Joseph F. Clark, Ph.D.

you risk is a legacy of tombstones all with the epitaph, “the placebo group were the lucky ones

By writing My Ambulance Education Joe brings the challenges and rewards to a lot of people. EMS professionals toil in relative anonymity. Joe brings the world of EMS to a general audience that is captivating and respectful.

A grant proposal is a work of fiction, in literary terms, because it talks about stuff that has not happened.

Empowered versus non-empowered administrators and managers. This is the incomplete blog that I was working on when I ended up hosting the guest blog a short time ago. Please recall that the discussion included the concept of administrators who sound empowered but are not. They are the biggest risk. So I want to purchase an [...]

So being the loving uncle I tried to play a practical joke on him.

ADMINISTRATORS … SHOULD REALIZE THAT THEIR JOB IS TO ACT AS LUBRICATION NOT A DOOR.

My favorite entity is of course administrators. But every once in a while administration tries to work with the grunts in the work force. The following really happened; names were changed and details redacted to ensure my future employment. Admin: You’ve not documented the frequency for performing this compliance task. Grunt: it is done when [...]

This is a follow up to my post of http://www.josephfclark.com/blog/?p=333, which I posted as a comment to that blog and wanted to post as a mini follow up blog here too. My Catch 22 in academia is concerning a conflict between federal laws and local laws/policy. Recently, I am happy to say, I am not [...]

Why I think Oprah should promote My Ambulance Education. It has all the characteristics she tends to promote. In it there is a great human interest concerning people helping people. There is a solid foundation of the common man working to improve his life and overcoming adversity. This is overlaid in it a touching love [...]