{"id":4016,"date":"2022-06-08T11:23:24","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T15:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/?p=4016"},"modified":"2024-08-07T16:07:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T20:07:05","slug":"potential-for-paramedic-roles-in-irish-general-practice-a-qualitative-study-of-stakeholders-perspectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/?p=4016","title":{"rendered":"Barry et al. Potential for Paramedic Roles in Irish General Practice: A qualitative study of stakeholder\u2019s perspectives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Barry T, Batt A, Agarwal G et al.<\/em> Potential for Paramedic roles in Irish General Practice: A qualitative study of stakeholder\u2019s perspectives [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. HRB Open Res<\/em> 2022, 5<\/strong>:40 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12688\/hrbopenres.13545.1<\/a>) [open access]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Background<\/strong>: Irish health policy emphasises the role of Primary \nCare and General Practice however, there is a growing shortage of \nGeneral Practitioners (GPs) in Ireland. Paramedics have traditionally \nfocused on emergency care in the community. More recently Paramedics \nhave taken on roles in General Practice in international jurisdictions, \nbut not yet in Ireland. This study aimed to explore key stakeholder \nperceptions of \u2018the potential for Paramedic roles in Irish General \nPractice\u2019.
Methods<\/strong>: We conducted an exploratory, qualitative \nstakeholder consultation study incorporating in-depth semi structured \ntelephone interviews followed by thematic analysis. Interviews were \nconducted with a total of eighteen participants that included six senior\n Paramedics (Advanced Paramedics), seven General Practitioners (GPs), \nthree Practice Nurses and two Practice Managers.
Results<\/strong>: \nParticipants in this study expressed polarised views on the potential \nfor Paramedic roles in Irish General Practice. Paramedics were \nenthusiastic, highlighting opportunity for professional development and \nfavourable working conditions. GP\u2019s, Practice Nurses and Managers were \nmore circumspect and had concerns that Paramedic scope and skillset was \nnot currently aligned to General Practice care. GP\u2019s, Practice Nurses \nand Managers emphasised a greater role for expanded General Practice \nNursing. There were varied perceptions on what the potential role of a \nParamedic in General Practice might entail, but consensus that \nGovernment support would be required to facilitate any potential \ndevelopments.
Conclusions<\/strong>: The findings of this research can \ninform future development of novel roles in Irish General Practice and \nsuggests that there is appetite from within the Paramedic profession to \npursue such roles. A pilot demonstration project, grounded in an action \nresearch framework could address data gaps and potential concerns. Any \nfuture developments should occur in tandem with and with due \nconsideration for the expansion of General Practice Nursing in Ireland. \n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Barry T, Batt A, Agarwal G et al. Potential for Paramedic roles in Irish General Practice: A qualitative study of stakeholder\u2019s perspectives [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. HRB Open Res 2022, 5:40 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12688\/hrbopenres.13545.1) [open access] Background: Irish health policy emphasises the role of Primary Care and General Practice however, there is a growing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[76,70,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-frontpage","category-publications"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector.jpg",1920,1920,false],"thumbnail":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"medium_large":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector-768x768.jpg",768,768,true],"large":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector-1024x1024.jpg",1024,1024,true],"1536x1536":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector-1536x1536.jpg",1536,1536,true],"2048x2048":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector.jpg",1920,1920,false],"kubio-fullhd":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector-1080x1080.jpg",1080,1080,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Alan","author_link":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/?author=1"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Barry T, Batt A, Agarwal G et al. Potential for Paramedic roles in Irish General Practice: A qualitative study of stakeholder\u2019s perspectives [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. HRB Open Res 2022, 5:40 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12688\/hrbopenres.13545.1) [open access] Background: Irish health policy emphasises the role of Primary Care and General Practice however, there is a growing…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4016"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4908,"href":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4016\/revisions\/4908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}