Desirable attributes of the ambulance technician, paramedic and clinical supervisor: findings from a Delphi study

Timothy Kilner

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    Abstract

    OBJECTIVES: To identify those attributes experts regard as desirable qualities in the ambulance technician, paramedic, and clinical supervisor. METHODS: The Delphi technique was used to gain a consensus view from a panel of experts. The first round of the study asked the experts to list the attributes they believed were desirable for the ambulance technician, the ambulance paramedic, and the clinical supervisor. The first round of the study generated 3403 individual statements that were collapsed into 25 broad categories, which were returned to the experts, who were required to rate each of the attributes along a visual analogue scale in respect of each of the identified occupational groups. RESULTS: On completion of the second round the data were analysed to demonstrate rank ordering of desirable attributes by occupational group. The level of agreement within each group was determined by analysis using the Kendall coefficient of concordance. This showed high levels of agreement within the technician group but less agreement within the paramedic and clinical supervisor group. All were highly significant p
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)374-378
    Number of pages5
    JournalEmergency Medicine Journal
    Volume21
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2004

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