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Time for reflection

Cochrane, Alice
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Emergency Medical Services
 Reflection
 Newly Qualified Paramedic (NQP)
 Paramedic Practice
 Training and Education
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Journal of Paramedic Practice
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Publications - Northern Ireland Ambulance Service
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12417/1835
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10.12968/jpar.2024.0060
Abstract
In April, I began my career with Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) alongside five other newly qualified paramedics (NQPs), who each are at varying stages of their NQP programme—I am right at the start of mine. The NQP framework is relatively new to Northern Ireland, mainly driven by the recent establishment of an undergraduate paramedic degree at Ulster University. It is fair to say that I felt like a guinea pig and I was worried about how this ‘trial and error’ would affect my progression as an NQP. Abstract published with permission.
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