Costello, Barry2022-09-052022-09-052022-01-02Costello, B., 2022. Taking meaningful steps. Journal of Paramedic Practice, 14 (1), 38.1759-13762041-945710.12968/jpar.2022.14.1.38http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12417/1313As the clock strikes 12 and we collectively say goodbye (or good riddance) to 2021, I find myself singing this beautiful song over in my head while reminiscing on the year since passed—my first as a newly qualified paramedic (NQP), my first year of ‘experience’. I always reassured myself that with experience would come enlightenment, although I never fully understood exactly how to measure it, or what form it would take when it did arrive…a beaming ray of light from the sky possibly? Abstract published with permission.enEmergency Medical ServicesNewly Qualified Paramedic (NQP)AssessmentCompetencyExperience