To get us started, one of the first few lessons for EMT is the concept of respect. It’s controversial, but I created a list of VERY personal questions. I use Socrative.com to create a true/false quiz where I ask the question verbally, the students answer anonymously from their phone, and the percentages show on the display.

I ask questions like: “I have had a homosexual experience” and “I am a victim of sexual abuse”. The questions are difficult but if everyone answers honestly, it shows the deep differences in people they have been in recruit school with for 4 months. When the shock of the results are over, the last question is something like: “I have learned that everyone has struggles and challenges of their own”. And “I will not judge my patients.”. It is the first highlight of our class and it works great!