Objective: Paramedics are critical in Emergency Medical Services since they undertake the task of emergency treatment and facilitate communication in both prehospital and in-hospital emergency situations. Emergency Medical Services becomes truly valuable when its accumulated theories are translated ...
Objective: Paramedics are critical in Emergency Medical Services since they undertake the task of emergency treatment and facilitate communication in both prehospital and in-hospital emergency situations. Emergency Medical Services becomes truly valuable when its accumulated theories are translated into practice. Universities divide field training into hospital training and ambulance training. This study aims to assess the current situation and the level of satisfaction with clinical training which is implemented as part of education programs for Emergency Medical Services at universities and hospitals. Therefore, the study will identify the influencing factors on the level of satisfaction with clinical training and provide basic data for more efficient clinical training. Methods: The study was conducted on 402 paramedic students who have experienced clinical training, starting from September 6 until October 12. The study was limited to only the cases where the emergency rooms are the most recent department that has undergone clinical training and where they have resident paramedics at the same time. The students were explained about the purpose and intention of the study by phone and the questionnaires have been collected with their concent. The questionnaires consisted of a total of 49 questions. Using SPSS 18.0 frequency analysis, technical statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation coefficients and Multiple Regression Analysis. The reliability of satisfaction ranged from 0.770 to 0.927, as measured by Chronbach's alpha. Results: 1. The level of satisfaction with clinical training hospitals showed significant difference according to the frequency of clinical training (F=9.314, p=.000), and how many weeks clinical training continued (F=16.073, p=.000). In terms of the satisfaction of the clinical training also showed difference depending on the frequency (F=8.837, p=.000), and the duration (F=11.215, p=.000). The level of satisfaction with clinical training hospitals varied according to clinical training managers (F=7.322, p=.000), whereas the satisfaction of the clinical training differed depending on clinical training managers (F=5.418, p=.000). The level of satisfaction with clinical training hospitals and clinical training showed meaningful difference depending on when the clinical training guidance was given (F=6.563, p=.000). The level of satisfaction with clinical training showed significant difference according to whether orientations and lectures were given (F=9.175, p=.000). 2. The level of satisfaction with clinical training showed the strongest positive correlation with the satisfaction of clinical training hospitals (r=.694, p=.000). The level of satisfaction with clinical training also indicated relatively strong positive correlation with trainees’s preparation before the clinical training (r=.460, p=.000), and the level of satisfaction with Emergency Medical Services(EMS) Department education (r=.405, p=.000), while it had the average positive correlation with the number of paramedics (r=.251, p=.000). However, the level of satisfaction with clinical training showed a slightly negative correlation with the number of clinical training experiences (r=-.195, p=.000). 3. Multiple Regression Analysis was conducted to assess the factors that influence the level of satisfaction with clinical training. As a result, the satisfaction level about clinical training hospitals had the strongest explanatory power of 48.2%, the preparation before the clinical training(5.4%), the satisfaction of EMS Department education(1.0%), the frequency of clinical training experiences(0.8%), and the total duration of clinical training(0.7%). These five variables accounted for 56.1% of the satisfaction of clinical training among paramedic students. Conclusion: Universities should provide clinical training guidances and orientations in order to help students thoroughly prepared before clinical training. Hospitals should designate paramedics as preceptors. A legal revision is necessary to ensure that hospitals’ clinical training is conducted based on relevant laws, which in turn will make clinical training more efficient. Since resident doctors and nurses in emergency rooms have the closest and most immediate relations with paramedics, they should make continuous efforts to facilitate mutual communication and participate in paramedic clinical training and students’ hospital clinical training. As student’s satisfaction of the clinical training increases, the quality of paramedics is expected to improve in the future. As a result, would-be paramedics can be nurtured to be highly skilled in on-the-spot emergency situations right after graduation. Paramedics at emergency sites, hospitals and other various institutions, will contribute to enhancing the survival rates of emergency patients by providing accurate and reliable emergency medical services. Key Words: Clinical Training, Paramedic Students, Satisfaction
Objective: Paramedics are critical in Emergency Medical Services since they undertake the task of emergency treatment and facilitate communication in both prehospital and in-hospital emergency situations. Emergency Medical Services becomes truly valuable when its accumulated theories are translated into practice. Universities divide field training into hospital training and ambulance training. This study aims to assess the current situation and the level of satisfaction with clinical training which is implemented as part of education programs for Emergency Medical Services at universities and hospitals. Therefore, the study will identify the influencing factors on the level of satisfaction with clinical training and provide basic data for more efficient clinical training. Methods: The study was conducted on 402 paramedic students who have experienced clinical training, starting from September 6 until October 12. The study was limited to only the cases where the emergency rooms are the most recent department that has undergone clinical training and where they have resident paramedics at the same time. The students were explained about the purpose and intention of the study by phone and the questionnaires have been collected with their concent. The questionnaires consisted of a total of 49 questions. Using SPSS 18.0 frequency analysis, technical statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation coefficients and Multiple Regression Analysis. The reliability of satisfaction ranged from 0.770 to 0.927, as measured by Chronbach's alpha. Results: 1. The level of satisfaction with clinical training hospitals showed significant difference according to the frequency of clinical training (F=9.314, p=.000), and how many weeks clinical training continued (F=16.073, p=.000). In terms of the satisfaction of the clinical training also showed difference depending on the frequency (F=8.837, p=.000), and the duration (F=11.215, p=.000). The level of satisfaction with clinical training hospitals varied according to clinical training managers (F=7.322, p=.000), whereas the satisfaction of the clinical training differed depending on clinical training managers (F=5.418, p=.000). The level of satisfaction with clinical training hospitals and clinical training showed meaningful difference depending on when the clinical training guidance was given (F=6.563, p=.000). The level of satisfaction with clinical training showed significant difference according to whether orientations and lectures were given (F=9.175, p=.000). 2. The level of satisfaction with clinical training showed the strongest positive correlation with the satisfaction of clinical training hospitals (r=.694, p=.000). The level of satisfaction with clinical training also indicated relatively strong positive correlation with trainees’s preparation before the clinical training (r=.460, p=.000), and the level of satisfaction with Emergency Medical Services(EMS) Department education (r=.405, p=.000), while it had the average positive correlation with the number of paramedics (r=.251, p=.000). However, the level of satisfaction with clinical training showed a slightly negative correlation with the number of clinical training experiences (r=-.195, p=.000). 3. Multiple Regression Analysis was conducted to assess the factors that influence the level of satisfaction with clinical training. As a result, the satisfaction level about clinical training hospitals had the strongest explanatory power of 48.2%, the preparation before the clinical training(5.4%), the satisfaction of EMS Department education(1.0%), the frequency of clinical training experiences(0.8%), and the total duration of clinical training(0.7%). These five variables accounted for 56.1% of the satisfaction of clinical training among paramedic students. Conclusion: Universities should provide clinical training guidances and orientations in order to help students thoroughly prepared before clinical training. Hospitals should designate paramedics as preceptors. A legal revision is necessary to ensure that hospitals’ clinical training is conducted based on relevant laws, which in turn will make clinical training more efficient. Since resident doctors and nurses in emergency rooms have the closest and most immediate relations with paramedics, they should make continuous efforts to facilitate mutual communication and participate in paramedic clinical training and students’ hospital clinical training. As student’s satisfaction of the clinical training increases, the quality of paramedics is expected to improve in the future. As a result, would-be paramedics can be nurtured to be highly skilled in on-the-spot emergency situations right after graduation. Paramedics at emergency sites, hospitals and other various institutions, will contribute to enhancing the survival rates of emergency patients by providing accurate and reliable emergency medical services. Key Words: Clinical Training, Paramedic Students, Satisfaction
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