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Evaluation Of Paramedic Students' Thoughts Towards The Profession And Their Concerns About Violence In Health Care
Abstract
Aim: Paramedics are an indispensable part of emergency healthcare in pre-hospital and hospital settings and are often the first-contact healthcare professionals. The mission they perform includes human aid and first response. They also face the possibility of violence due to the urgency of both their duty positions and the patients they serve.
Our study examined paramedic students' perceptions of their profession before graduation and their concerns about the profession and workplace violence.
Methots: This research was conducted as a descriptive cross-sectional and descriptive survey study in order to investigate the expectations and concerns of the First and Emergency Aid program students regarding their professions. A total of 11 questions were applied to the survey, three of which were demographic questions (age, gender, class) and 8 of which were related to the research topic.
Results:The vast majority (87.6%) of 129 participants chose the profession willingly. 56.6% of the participants chose this profession to help people, and 47.3% chose it because of financial return or job guarantee. The vast majority of participants (86.8%) stated that they wanted to practice their profession in the future. Male participants are less concerned about working conditions. Participants of both genders see that the female gender is more likely to be subjected to workplace violence in the profession.
Conclusion; As a result, students choose this profession mainly to help people. Although less so, a job guarantee is another reason to choose this profession. Despite all this, the possibility of workplace violence in health care, working conditions, and lack of financial return constitute students' concerns about this profession.
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Supporting Institution
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Ethical Statement
Prior to the study, ethical approval was obtained from the Hacettepe University Ethics Committee with decision number GO22/1222.
Thanks
We would like to thank the students who participated in the study for their participation.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Paramedicine
Journal Section
Research Article
Early Pub Date
October 28, 2025
Publication Date
November 30, 2025
Submission Date
September 8, 2025
Acceptance Date
October 7, 2025
Published in Issue
Year 2025 Volume: 15 Number: 6
APA
Kartal Yeter, N. D., Yeter, A. S., & Gündüz, A. (2025). Evaluation Of Paramedic Students’ Thoughts Towards The Profession And Their Concerns About Violence In Health Care. Journal of Contemporary Medicine, 15(6), 270-274. https://doi.org/10.16899/jcm.1779950
AMA
1.Kartal Yeter ND, Yeter AS, Gündüz A. Evaluation Of Paramedic Students’ Thoughts Towards The Profession And Their Concerns About Violence In Health Care. J Contemp Med. 2025;15(6):270-274. doi:10.16899/jcm.1779950
Chicago
Kartal Yeter, Nil Deniz, Ahmet Sefa Yeter, and Ahmet Gündüz. 2025. “Evaluation Of Paramedic Students’ Thoughts Towards The Profession And Their Concerns About Violence In Health Care”. Journal of Contemporary Medicine 15 (6): 270-74. https://doi.org/10.16899/jcm.1779950.
EndNote
Kartal Yeter ND, Yeter AS, Gündüz A (November 1, 2025) Evaluation Of Paramedic Students’ Thoughts Towards The Profession And Their Concerns About Violence In Health Care. Journal of Contemporary Medicine 15 6 270–274.
IEEE
[1]N. D. Kartal Yeter, A. S. Yeter, and A. Gündüz, “Evaluation Of Paramedic Students’ Thoughts Towards The Profession And Their Concerns About Violence In Health Care”, J Contemp Med, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 270–274, Nov. 2025, doi: 10.16899/jcm.1779950.
ISNAD
Kartal Yeter, Nil Deniz - Yeter, Ahmet Sefa - Gündüz, Ahmet. “Evaluation Of Paramedic Students’ Thoughts Towards The Profession And Their Concerns About Violence In Health Care”. Journal of Contemporary Medicine 15/6 (November 1, 2025): 270-274. https://doi.org/10.16899/jcm.1779950.
JAMA
1.Kartal Yeter ND, Yeter AS, Gündüz A. Evaluation Of Paramedic Students’ Thoughts Towards The Profession And Their Concerns About Violence In Health Care. J Contemp Med. 2025;15:270–274.
MLA
Kartal Yeter, Nil Deniz, et al. “Evaluation Of Paramedic Students’ Thoughts Towards The Profession And Their Concerns About Violence In Health Care”. Journal of Contemporary Medicine, vol. 15, no. 6, Nov. 2025, pp. 270-4, doi:10.16899/jcm.1779950.
Vancouver
1.Nil Deniz Kartal Yeter, Ahmet Sefa Yeter, Ahmet Gündüz. Evaluation Of Paramedic Students’ Thoughts Towards The Profession And Their Concerns About Violence In Health Care. J Contemp Med. 2025 Nov. 1;15(6):270-4. doi:10.16899/jcm.1779950