Michael Miller, EdD, RN, NRP: No financial relationships to disclose
Emergency Medical Services personnel frequently confront ethical dilemmas involving patient care. EMS educators are generally well equipped to address patient care-related ethics, but what about ethics for the EMS educator? The ethical challenges in the classroom may be even more daunting because we rarely discuss them. How much should you help students? Is there a line where "helping" may become an unfair advantage, or dare I say cheating? Should you be friends with your students? Is it okay to "fudge" a grade, just a little, so a student passes? What are your ethical responsibilities to the EMS profession and the broader community? Ethics and ethical behavior belong to everyone, including EMS educators at all levels, and the many roles it has in and out of the classroom
