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Future of digital technology in paramedic practice:blue light of discernment in responsive care for patients?

Hayes, Catherine and Graham, Yitka (2017) Future of digital technology in paramedic practice:blue light of discernment in responsive care for patients? Journal of Paramedic Practice, 9 (6). pp. 240-242. ISSN 2041-9457

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Abstract

This discussion explores the significance of digital technology to responsive patient care in applied paramedic practice. The authors' previous research identified the relative ambiguity of the role of digital technology in facilitating and supporting patients in practice, and the findings revealed the relative transferability of this finding to wider allied healthcare clinical and professional practice. The discussion encompasses two key debates, namely a) How best the quality of the digital technology patients engage with can be discerned with regard to the vast availability of information and b) what the fundamental pedagogical implications to the way paramedic education in the UK is currently delivered might be in relation to equipping the future paramedic workforce to empower patients and their families and carers in emergency situations. The discussion paper concludes with an overview of the tensions that unregulated apps pose in practice and how engaging with the public about the use of digital technology could be a key aspect for review in UK undergraduate curricula and staff development.

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Depositing User: Barry Hall

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Item ID: 7720
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2017.11.5.252
ISSN: 2041-9457
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/7720
Official URL: http://www.paramedicpractice.com/cgi-bin/go.pl/lib...

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ORCID for Catherine Hayes: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3870-2668
ORCID for Yitka Graham: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6206-1461

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Date Deposited: 22 Aug 2017 10:32
Last Modified: 18 Dec 2019 15:41