Joseph F. Clark, Ph.D.

OK, so I went back and looked at some of the blogs I posted over the past few months. It became fairly obvious to me that I have focused on the difficulties and battles that dominate my life as a college professor and full time researcher. Unfortunately I have failed to highlight the numerous positive [...]

A well trained scientist with a Ph.D. or similar advanced degree and research experience has been trained to identify a problem, formulate a hypothesis, which is an interrogation of said problem, test the hypothesis and learn from the observations. This process requires open minded thought through and around complicated subjects and to understand cause and [...]

In Shannon Burke’s novel, “Black Flies” he talks about an event that he claims occurs to all EMS personnel. First, I completely agree with his description and think that he gives a great insight into what happens when a person endures an ambulance call that has the potential to change the people involved. The job [...]

There are two types of people; Those who think transporting a bike on the front of a car is ok and those who do not. I was peripherally involved in a conversation between two people who had differing views on where to carry bikes when driving. The conversation started because local busses will take bike [...]

I had a flight from Stewart Airport; about 45 miles of New York City, to take me back to Cincinnati. Unfortunately that flight was cancelled and there were no others until the next day. Because of obligations I needed to get back home, so I re-booked another flight out of New York City’s LaGuardia Airport. [...]

Ok, so I had my second book signing and as usual I learned a thing or two. Not a bad thing for a college professor talking about ambulance education. Never too old to learn and continue learning. The book signing was at the Firehouse Exposition in Baltimore Maryland. I was doing the signing at the [...]

Why do most research universities in the USA lose money on research? That is a question that comes up in numerous college, university and teaching hospital conference rooms. Deans, Department Chairs and essentially all administrators are asking that question. It is not because of the economy although the economy contributes to the very bad situation [...]

I have spent innumerable hours in meetings and do what ever I can to avoid talking and leading meetings. People know that the best way to get my opinion is to ask and people tend to listen if I am forced to participate. I tell people I am a voracious note taker and bring my [...]

A colleague asked me about the partners I had when working on the ambulance. She specifically wanted to know what female partners I had and if I had any female partners. Yes, I did indeed have several female partners. However, they were not as visible in My Ambulance Education as some of the other partners [...]

I had a chance to spend the day in an emergency room this past week. Fortunately it was not because of an emergency for myself or loved one. Rather I was shadowing a physician to evaluate technologies used in the emergency room and to help identify areas of technological improvement. This was an interesting assignment [...]