Education

Building ad-hoc team social capital through simulation

Social capital is seen as a valuable asset to both individuals and groups within organisations or communities. The amount of capital an individual or group holds can shift as relationships change or...

Effectiveness of e-learning to develop the ability to recognise and manage stroke

The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of e-learning to develop ambulance staff in the management of acute stroke and stroke mimics..

Frameworks that guide curriculum development in Australian higher education

As paramedicine education is still progressing as an established tertiary institution qualification, it is yet to gain credibility as a scientific discipline. Pertinent to this impasse is whether...

Student paramedic decision-making: a critical exploration of a patient interaction

While in clinical practice during second-year placement, the lead author, a third-year student paramedic at the time of writing, attended a 49-year-old palliative care patient, Mr Smith, who was in...

Undergraduate paramedics' understanding of mental health insight placements

The return rate of 26% was small so cannot be said to be representative and this inevitably influences the reliability of the findings and means the findings cannot be generalised. The evaluation was...

Changing paramedic students' perception of people who self-harm

The workshop was delivered by the first author, who has considerable expertise in the topic of self-harm including the delivery of educational interventions in this subject area. The intervention was...

A ‘think aloud’ exercise to develop self-awareness of clinical reasoning in students

This study aimed to evaluate a teaching tool, established in other disciplines, for developing students' clinical reasoning skills.

Road resilience: adaptive education for emerging challenges

The efficacy of any professional training programme depends on educators being able to prepare students for the future. Paramedicine in 2030 will not be the role students sign up for today...

Student paramedics' views on placements in general practice as part of a degree

What are student paramedics' views on the importance of including a placement within general practice as part of their degree on their learning and development as an autonomous paramedic?.

Application of pelvic binders by student paramedics: an observational cohort study

Purposeful convenience sampling was used to recruit student paramedics at the College of Paramedics' UK National Student Conference and one UK higher education institution between November 2018 and...

Clinical decision making and the challenges of responding to mental health needs

Qualitative methodology was employed to explore the views and experiences of paramedic students undertaking a diploma in higher education to become a qualified paramedic. This approach supports...

Interdisciplinary work integrated learning: a pilot evaluation instrument

Paramedic and outdoor recreation students have similar imperatives to practise first response skills in austere environments. Undergraduate paramedic students—traditionally embedded in the health...