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Paramedics and professionalism: Looking back and looking forwards
Paramedic practice, like many areas of health care, has moved forward dramatically since the early 1970s when the first training scheme for paramedics was established in Brighton. The 1980’s saw a national training scheme adopted and in 2000, paramedics became registered with the Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine (CPSM), soon followed by the transfer to statutory regulation with the Health Professions Council.
The new generation of paramedics coming through education and training programmes across the country receive far more integrated theory, practice and professionalism in their development than perhaps their predecessors did in the early days of paramedic training. This shift is in line with the professional body, the College of Paramedics (CoP), Curriculum Framework 2008 (Furber, 2008). This acts as an educational guide for future paramedic education and development, influenced by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Benchmarking Statements (QAA, 2004). It reflects the wider changes across all the health and care professions in terms of training and practice. As knowledge and technology changes, so must educational input, and as public expectations of professionals change, so must the emphasis on professional skills in training and practice.
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