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

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 374-378

  Kilner, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PARAMEDICAL PROFESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AMBULANCES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PERSONALITY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 2342585498     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2003.008243     Document Type: Article

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