Ross Linda, Kabidi Sophia
Dep. of Community Emergency Health and Paramedic Practice, Monash University- Peninsula Campus, PO Box 527, McMahons Road, Frankston, VIC 3199, Australia. Tel 61 3 9904 4407.
J Allied Health. 2017 Fall;46(3):192-196.
Paramedics require a wide range of skills that are beyond clinical or technical skills in order to meet the demands of the role and provide quality and compassionate care to patients. Non-technical or "soft" skills and attributes are generally challenging to teach and develop in the classroom setting. Volunteerism provides an opportunity for students to gain exposure to different communities and develop interpersonal skills.
This cross-sectional study used one-on-one interviews with 12 third-year Bachelor of Emergency Health (Paramedic) students from Monash University, Australia, who completed a community volunteering program.
Results suggest that paramedic students see volunteering as a highly valuable means of developing a number of skills crucial to their future roles and paramedic practice. Volunteering also provided students with an opportunity to learn about themselves and the broader community, develop confidence, and improve overall job-readiness and employability.
This study demonstrates that embedding volunteering into paramedic education is an effective way to develop the broad range of paramedic attributes required for the role. These experiences allow students to make the important transition to a job-ready graduate paramedic who can provide holistic patient-centred care.
护理人员需要具备广泛的技能，这些技能超出了临床或技术技能范畴，以便满足该岗位的要求，并为患者提供优质且充满关怀的护理。非技术或“软”技能及特质通常很难在课堂环境中教授和培养。志愿服务为学生提供了接触不同社区并培养人际交往能力的机会。
这项横断面研究对来自澳大利亚莫纳什大学的12名完成社区志愿服务项目的应急健康（护理）专业三年级本科学生进行了一对一访谈。
结果表明，护理专业学生将志愿服务视为培养一系列对其未来职业角色和护理实践至关重要的技能的极有价值的方式。志愿服务还为学生提供了了解自己和更广泛社区的机会，增强了自信心，并提高了整体就业准备度和就业能力。
本研究表明，将志愿服务融入护理教育是培养该岗位所需的广泛护理特质的有效途径。这些经历使学生能够顺利过渡到成为一名做好就业准备的毕业生护理人员，能够提供以患者为中心的全面护理。
