The development of competency frameworks in healthcare professions: a scoping review

AM Batt, W Tavares, B Williams - Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2020 - Springer
Competency frameworks serve various roles including outlining characteristics of a
competent workforce, facilitating mobility, and analysing or assessing expertise. Given these …

Reshaping healthcare delivery for elderly patients: the role of community paramedicine; a systematic review

J van Vuuren, B Thomas, G Agarwal… - BMC Health Services …, 2021 - Springer
Background Healthcare systems are overloaded and changing. In response to growing
demands on the healthcare systems, new models of healthcare delivery are emerging …

Paramedics providing palliative care at home: a mixed-methods exploration of patient and family satisfaction and paramedic comfort and confidence

AJE Carter, M Arab, M Harrison, J Goldstein… - Canadian Journal of …, 2019 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveParamedics Providing Palliative Care at Home was launched in two provinces,
including a new clinical practice guideline, database, and paramedic training. The aim of …

Principles to guide the future of paramedicine in Canada

W Tavares, A Allana, L Beaune, D Weiss… - Prehospital …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Objective: Paramedicine in Canada has experienced significant growth in recent
years, which has resulted in a misalignment between existing guiding conceptualizations …

Looking back to inform the future: a review of published paramedicine research

N Cavanagh, IE Blanchard, D Weiss… - BMC Health Services …, 2023 - Springer
Objective Paramedicine has evolved in ways that may outpace the science informing these
changes. Examining the scholarly pursuits of paramedicine may provide insights into the …

Palliative paramedicine: comparing clinical practice through guideline quality appraisal and qualitative content analysis

ML Juhrmann, NE Anderson, M Boughey… - Palliative …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Palliative care is an emerging scope of practice for paramedicine. The COVID-
19 pandemic has highlighted the opportunity for emergency settings to deliver palliative and …

Applying Kane's validity framework to a simulation based assessment of clinical competence

W Tavares, R Brydges, P Myre, J Prpic, L Turner… - Advances in Health …, 2018 - Springer
Assessment of clinical competence is complex and inference based. Trustworthy and
defensible assessment processes must have favourable evidence of validity, particularly …

A critical analysis of debates around mental health calls in the prehospital setting

PC Ford-Jones, C Chaufan - Inquiry: The Journal of Health …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Paramedics, health care workers who assess and manage health concerns in the
prehospital setting, are increasingly providing psychosocial care in response to a rise in …

[HTML][HTML] Implementing community paramedicine: a known player in a new role. A narrative review

E Spelten, B Thomas, J van Vuuren, R Hardman… - Australasian Emergency …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Community Paramedicine is a model of care which is effective and
accepted by health professionals and the community. Community paramedicine delivers low …

Perspectives from the frontline of two North American community paramedicine programs: an observational, ethnographic study

AC Martin, P O'Meara - Rural and Remote Health, 2019 - search.informit.org
Introduction: Community paramedicine is one emerging model filling gaps in rural
healthcare delivery. It can expand the reach of primary care and public health service …