ACPIC 2021: Enhancing prehospital feedback for emergency ambulance staff to promote workforce wellbeing and patient safety: A mixed-methods multiple sub-study PhD project

The ACP International Conference provides an unmatched opportunity for our members to learn from experts and leaders in paramedicine. ACPIC 2021 was delivered as a hybrid conference (online and face to face in the Sunshine Coast, QLD and Hobart, TAS) in November 2021.

This PhD explores how enhancing prehospital feedback can enrich emergency ambulance staff wellbeing, paramedic decision-making and prehospital patient safety. Drawing upon evidence from implementation science and organisational psychology, we are conducting 5 research studies: Study 1 (Systematic Review with Narrative Synthesis) and Study 2 (Qualitative Interview Study) have been completed, with Study 3 (Realist Evaluation of Current Practice) and Study 4 (Quantitative Survey) currently in development. Study 5 (Process and Outcome Evaluation) involves putting our findings into practice by developing and evaluating a pilot prehospital feedback initiative in collaboration with a local ambulance service in the United Kingdom.

Biography: Caitlin Wilson

Caitlin Wilson is a PhD student at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom funded by the National Institute for Health Research Yorkshire and Humber Patient Safety Translational Research Centre. Her PhD explores how enhancing prehospital feedback can enrich emergency ambulance staff wellbeing, paramedic decision-making and prehospital patient safety. Caitlin is also a paramedic for North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust and an Associate Editor for the British Paramedic Journal.

Session moderator: Linda Ross