further education

Student perceptions in relation to Paramedic Educator (PEd) roles

This study aimed to address a lack of published literature surrounding PEds' mentoring role within paramedic education. As findings from other healthcare professions were used when creating the PEd...

Is interprofessional teaching enhanced through peer-assisted learning?

‘Participants in this study clearly articulated benefits of inter-professional peer-assisted learning’.

Developing leadership in the UK's ambulance service: a review of the consultant paramedic role

The concept of improved clinical leadership through non-medical consultant roles was first introduced in DH guidance Making a Difference (DH, 1999a), and was part of the wider modernisation agenda set...

Master's of Research in Clinical Practice, Kingston and St George's, University of London

Having the time to explore clinical problems and pursue career development through research is a valuable opportunity not to be missed.

The transnational delivery of paramedic education: the Gibraltar case study

Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory with an independent government that is almost entirely autonomous in overseeing it's 30 000 population, despite having a status listed by the United Nations...

History taking, assessment and documentation for paramedics

‘[the ambulance service] is recognised as having a wider role, as a conduit to other NHS services and in ensuring patients can access the facilities they need, close to their home (DH, 2011:7).’.

SQIFED: A new reflective model for action learning

Although a form of group work, the focus of action learning is the individual. The individual brings a real-life problem to the group known as the ‘set’ and receives the full attention of the set as...