Introduction: There are several factors that can affect a student’s academic performance. These include family and peer support, previous education, and socioeconomic status (SES). Resear...
Introduction: Previous research has found significant differences in patient care associated with race/ethnicity. However, little research has been conducted in the prehospital environmen...
Introduction: Accreditation standards pressure paramedic programs to admit students most likely to succeed. Programs failing to meet retention levels risk being cited among other conseque...
Introduction: Accreditation standards pressure paramedic programs to admit students most likely to succeed. Therefore, it is critical for programs to understand how to best predict studen...
Introduction: Paramedic programs are pressured by student retention-level standards to admit students more likely to succeed, their cognitive abilities often measured by the Paramedic Ent...
Introduction—Disparities in healthcare are associated with factors such as social status, age, and race or ethnicity, with evidence showing African-Americans receive fewer procedures and ...
Introduction—During paramedic training, students encounter multiple opportunities to perform psychomotor skills on actual patients under realistic conditions. In some cases, however, the ...