The Experience of Paramedic Students who Participated in the Emergency Room Clinical Practice: A Grounded Theory Study
AUTHOR : 김유나
INFORMATION : page. 11~31 / 2023 Vol.30 No.4
ABSTRACT
This study examines paramedic students' emergency room clinical practice experiences. For this purpose, the researcher selected nine students at the college in the G area and conducted the study using the grounded theory approach. The researcher con-ducted in-depth interviews using semi-structured questionnaires and analyzed them us-ing grounded theory. Data analysis performed open coding, axis coding, and refining theo-ry proposed by Strauss and Corbin based on grounded theory. To acquire validity and reli-ability, the researcher categorized concepts through continuous questioning, comparative analysis, identifying essential things in the data, and giving meaning to them. As a result of this study, 14 categories, 36 subcategories, and 128 concepts were derived, and the core category was establishing occupational perspective as a paramedic. Causal context and intervening conditions influenced the central phenomenon of establishing an occupa-tional perspective as a paramedic. In addition, actions/interactions showed an incessant desire for academics, exploration of vocational aptitude, and effort to adapt to the emer-gency room. Consequences appeared as a feeling of the importance of clinical practice, perspective on society, growth and development, and the future of a paramedic. This study is meaningful because it seeks to understand the paramedic students' clinical prac-tice experiences and raise social and policy interests.