Exploring undergraduate paramedic students' understanding and experiences of person-centred care while on practice placement.

Objective: To explore paramedic students' understanding and experience of the perceived facilitators and barriers to implementing person-centred care in urgent and emergency practice-based placement situations. Aim: To explore paramedic students' understanding of this concept and how it may be appli...

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Published in:Paramedicine Vol. 21; no. 5; pp. 186 - 200
Main Authors: McAteer, Lorraine, Brown, Donna
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. Sep2024
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          McAteer, Lorraine
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          Students, Undergraduate Psychosocial Factors
          Paramedicine
          Student Attitudes Evaluation
          Student Experiences Evaluation
          Patient Centered Care
          Student Placement
          Emergency Care
          Health Care Delivery
          Human
          Academic Medical Centers United Kingdom
          United Kingdom
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          Nonprobability Sample
          Convenience Sample
          Audiorecording
          Semi-Structured Interview
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      ab: Objective: To explore paramedic students' understanding and experience of the perceived facilitators and barriers to implementing person-centred care in urgent and emergency practice-based placement situations. Aim: To explore paramedic students' understanding of this concept and how it may be applied to clinical practice. Methods: A non-probability convenience sample of participants was drawn from a second-year undergraduate Bachelor of Science (Hons) programme in Paramedic Science, at a United Kingdom university. The programme was underpinned by the Person-centred Practice Framework. Undergraduate paramedic students participated in face-to-face, audio-recorded, semi-structured interviews. A qualitative reflexive thematic analysis was then conducted to identify themes arising from the data. Results: Ten participants were interviewed. Four key themes emerged from the data: (1) realising person-centred prerequisites which have two sub-themes – curriculum and reality of practice, (2) challenge of high-acuity calls, (3) developing a rapport with vulnerable people and, (4) factors in the macro environment. Conclusion: Paramedic students witnessed moments of person-centred practice and were enabled to reflect on their learning experiences in positive ways, by working with paramedics/practice educators. However, their person-centred ideals were constantly challenged as students negotiated to work in complex, dynamic situations and in a health system under pressure.
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