Open AccessExploring paramedic perceptions of feedback using a phenomenological approach
Author(s) -
Peter Eaton-Williams,
Freda Mold,
Carin Magnusson
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
british paramedic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1478-4726
DOI - 10.29045/14784726.2020.06.5.1.7
Subject(s) - interpretative phenomenological analysis , isolation (microbiology) , perception , psychology , resource (disambiguation) , health care , medical education , nursing , medicine , qualitative research , computer science , computer network , social science , neuroscience , sociology , microbiology and biotechnology , economics , biology , economic growth
Despite widespread advocacy of a feedback culture in healthcare, paramedics receive little feedback on their clinical performance. Provision of 'outcome feedback', or information concerning health-related patient outcomes following incidents that paramedics have attended, is proposed, to provide paramedics with a means of assessing and developing their diagnostic and decision-making skills. To inform the design of feedback mechanisms, this study aimed to explore the perceptions of paramedics concerning current feedback provision and to discover their attitudes towards formal provision of patient outcome feedback.