For new and experienced public safety instructors, McClincy, an EMT, public safety trainer and educator, and director of an EMS council, provides principles, practices, and procedures for quality emergency services instruction based on current National Guidelines for Educating EMS Instructors by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and encompassing the recommendations of the National EMS Education Standards. He discusses adult learners and learning styles, characteristics of effective educators, education theories and philosophies, facility and classroom setup, legal issues, educational system design, accreditation, lesson planning, teaching strategies and methods, instruction methods for psychomotor skills, using realism concepts, student and program evaluation, multimedia and technology resources, and computers and distance learning. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)