Paramedicine aims to advance and transform the discipline by inspiring robust discussion, encouraging innovative thinking, informing leadership, and promoting research translation.
Toward that aim, Paramedicine is delighted to announce a call for papers for an upcoming special collection, the theme for which is ‘The Future of Paramedicine’.
The special issue aspires to stimulate those working in or adjacent to paramedicine to engage in ‘horizons thinking’:
Paramedicine as a profession sits on the cusp of accelerated growth and development, and acceptance into and within health systems with which it articulates. For this next era to be successful in further defining and evolving the profession, it’s essential to challenge existing professional constructs and propose new paradigms, debate paramedicine’s location and orientation within, and articulation with, broader healthcare systems, and establish professional boundaries. Paramedicine, like many health professions, will need to contend with numerous issues that manifest opportunities and challenges. Transformative technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-based learning, ‘big data’ usage and application, data-driven decision-making, and systems-level reinvention offer potential benefits and disbenefits. The challenge of embracing and implementing sustainability in the context of the environment, people in the profession, and the systems and infrastructure upon which the profession is situated needs solutions grounded in innovation and collaboration. The ongoing evolution of our professional identity, in how we perceive ourselves and are perceived by others, continues to move slowly forward, though with uncertainty regarding who is driving it (us, or the health system around us?). Finally, there is an urgent need for the profession to attend to societal perspectives on issues such as equity, representation, and reconciliation.
Read more here.
Submissions close on 31 October 2024.