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 Dive Utah's First IDC The IDC wouldn't have gone as well had it not been for a lot of extra help: Dave, Karl, Emily, Joe and Tanha all became Cortney's students for the different segments of the course. We definitely had fun with the program. For those of you interested in a new career or taking Scuba to the next level, here's a quick overview of an IDC. The program is open to PADI Divemasters & above or dive professionals from other training organizations. You have to be a diver for 6 months and have 60 logged dives to start the course. You also need a medical from a physician and current cpr/first aid training. The program covers how to teach in the classroom, confined water (pool) and open water. Additionally, PADI courses a new instructor can teach are also reviewed (Adventures in Diving, Rescue, Divemaster, etc). To best prepare a new instructor to teach, a review of the diving industry, business principles, legal responsibility & risk management and a few other topics are also covered. Then we spend a lot of time practicing teaching. All of this culminates in a PADI Instructor Examination (IE) conducted by an examiner from PADI. This is an objective evaluation of knowledge, skills and teaching ability. It's a really awesome process, especially when you realize how consistently PADI programs are conducted throughout the world. If you want to learn more about Instructor Development or want to sign up for the next IDC, please Contact Jon The next IDC will be in May, on weeknights and weekends, starting on 6-May. The May IE will be at the Homestead Resort & the Crater on the 23rd and 24th of May.  Dive Medicine for Divers Dive Medicine for Divers(DMFD) is a Divers Alert Network(DAN) program that encompassesfive of their existing programs and then goes a step further. For those of you that have ever asked "where do I learn more about _____?" this is the program. DMFD includes Oxygen First Aid for Scuba, Advanced Oxygen First Aid, Hazardous Marine Life Injuries, AED for Scuba and On-Site Neurological Exam for Divers. All of that is integrated with sections on Fitness for Diving, Safety Planning and Basic Physical Exams. What does all of this do for you? Two things: you are better prepared to help an injured diver and you're better able to assess if you are ready to make that next dive. For those of you interested in the toys, we work with bag-valve masks, oxygen-powered resuscitators, AED's, first aid supplies and stethoscopes. And....it's a lot of fun.    Congratultions! Congratulations to Cortney for completing his IDC & IE, becoming Dive Utah's newest Open Water Scuba Instructor. April 2009: EFR Instructor May 2009: Dive Medicine for Divers, PADI Instructor Development Course(IDC) June 2009: PADI Rescue Diver, Peak Performance Buoyancy, DAN Dive Medicine for Divers Instructor course, DAN Dive Emergency Management Provider(DEMP) Instructor course Please be sure to allow jon @ webscuba . net to send you email. You may need to add this address (without the spaces) to your address book, friend list, white list, etc. February 2009 Newsletter January 2009 Newsletter 2008 Newsletter archive 2007 Newsletter archive 2006 Newsletter Archive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
