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Created by Jeffrey Williams on Apr 15, 2024 9:31 PM
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EMHS699 K001 Winter 2024 RO
EMHS699 K001 Winter 2024 Graded Discussions Week 10: Progress Report
Hello Class,
Hope all are doing well. My thesis is on the importance of interdisciplinary training for public safety dispatchers and public safety field units as a
tool or method of improving field unit safety.
I was able to put out my human research request about 15-20 days ago now in the form of a survey. I must admit I found the IRB approval process
was fraught difficulties and website application and approval process was, in my opinion, sub-par and extremely confusing. However, after weeks
of confusion I was finally able to get it out.
Now I’m just dealing with the difficulties of actually getting people to give me their time to submit a survey that deals with public safety
professionals and questions that could be perceived as challenging to the current status quo of department leadership. It is much more difficult
then I thought it would be in general.
Having said all that, the results I have received have been rewarding and thus far justify my research hypothesis. I gave a deadline of completing
my research by the 20th so I’m looking forward to actually getting in and finishing the paper.
I will admit that just from doing the literature review, and the reading the results I have received thus far, it is gratifying on personal and
professional level that my topic of choice is seemingly important to those in the field. My hope is that my results can be used in some fashion to
impact the field and cause some form of change in the training mentality of public safety dispatchers.
Jeff Williams
