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Paramedik Öğrencilerinin Mesleğe Yönelik Düşüncelerinin Ve Sağlıkta Şiddete Yönelik Kaygılarının Değerlendirilmesi

Year 2025, Volume: 15 Issue: 6, 270 - 274, 30.11.2025
https://doi.org/10.16899/jcm.1779950

Abstract

Amaç: Paramedikler gerek hastane öncesi gerekse hastanede acil sağlık hizmetinin vazgeçilmez bir parçası ve genellikle ilk temas sağlık çalışanlarıdır. İcra ettikleri görev insana yardımı ve ilk müdahaleyi içerir. Hem görev yerleri hem de hizmet verdikleri hastaların acil olması nedeniyle şiddet ihtimali ile de karşı karşıya kalırlar. Çalışmamızda paramedik öğrencilerinin mezuniyet öncesi meslekleri ile ilgili algıları ve şiddet yönelik kaygıları incelendi.
Gereç ve Yöntemler: Bu araştırma; İlk ve Acil Yardım programı öğrencilerinin meslekleri ile ilgili beklenti ve kaygılarının araştırılması amacıyla tanımlayıcı tipte kesitsel ve betimsel bir anket çalışması olarak yapılmıştır. Üç tanesi demografik soru (yaş, cinsiyet, sınıf) olmak üzere 8 tanesi araştırma konusuna yönelik olmak üzere toplamda 11 soruluk anket uygulanmıştır.
Bulgular: 129 katılımcının çok büyük çoğunluğu (%87.6) mesleği isteyerek seçmiştir. Katılımcıların %56.6’sı insanlara yardım amacıyla, %47.3 ü maddi getiri veya iş garantisi nedeniyle bu mesleği seçmiştir. Katılımcılar çok büyük bir çoğunluğu (%86.8) ileride mesleğini icra etmek istediklerini belirtmiştir. Erkek katılımcılar cinsiyetlerinden dolayı çalışma şartlarından daha az endişe etmektedir. İki cinsiyetteki katılımcılar da kadın cinsiyetin meslekte şiddete uğrama ihtimalini daha çok görmektedir
Sonuç: Öğrencilerin bu mesleği en çok insana yardım amacıyla seçtiği anlaşılmıştır. Daha az olmakla birlikte iş garantisi mesleği seçmenin diğer sebebidir. Tüm bunlara rağmen sağlıkta şiddet olasılığı, çalışma şartları (uzun mesai saatleri, uyku-beslenme düzensizliği, psikolojik baskı vb.) ve maddi getiride azlık düşüncesi öğrencilerin bu meslekle ilgili endişelerini oluşturmaktadır.

Ethical Statement

Çalışma öncesi Hacettepe Üniversitesi Etik Kurulu’ndan GO22/1222 no’lu karar ile etik onay alınmıştır

Supporting Institution

yok

Thanks

Çalışmaya katılım gösteren öğrencilere katılımlarından dolayı teşekkür ederiz.

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Evaluation Of Paramedic Students' Thoughts Towards The Profession And Their Concerns About Violence In Health Care

Year 2025, Volume: 15 Issue: 6, 270 - 274, 30.11.2025
https://doi.org/10.16899/jcm.1779950

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.

Ethical Statement

Prior to the study, ethical approval was obtained from the Hacettepe University Ethics Committee with decision number GO22/1222.

Supporting Institution

none

Thanks

We would like to thank the students who participated in the study for their participation.

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  • 2. Kaya U, Güvenir M, Balcı Okcanoğlu T, Aykaç A. Determining the views of students in the graduation phase about their colleagues and professional expectations: an example from the paramedic department. Anadolu Hemşirelik ve Sağlık Bilimleri Derg. 2021;24(4):461-7.
  • 3. Ünlüoğlu İ, Ekşi A, Anık N. A new health profession group: paramedics. STED. 2002;11(4):308.
  • 4. Yılmaz M, Tellioğlu M, Arıkan İ. Violence in healthcare: its effect on medical students’ views toward the profession. OTJHS. 2021;6(3):404-12.
  • 5. Yıldırım D, Sarı E, Gündüz S, Yolcu S. Paramedic education: past and present. Smyrna Med J. 2014;3(1):51-3. 6. Göllüce A, Avan H, Karsu F. The paramedic profession through the eyes of students. Hastane Öncesi Derg. 2017;2(1):1-9.
  • 7. Tengilimoğlu D, Zekioğlu A, Topçu HG. Examination of healthcare workers’ perceptions of a healthy working environment. Acıbadem University J Health Sci. 2019;(3):455-63.
  • 8. Özdemir A, İlhan A. Brain drain: a qualitative study in the context of reasons directing students to abroad education. İstanbul Ticaret University J Soc Scis. 2021;20(42):1159-86.
  • 9. Düzova S. Job satisfaction of personnel working in 112 Emergency Medical Services: the case of Ankara province. Atılım University Institute of Social Sciences; 2015.
  • 10. Annagür B. Violence towards health care staff: risk factors, effects, evaluation and prevention. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar. 2010;2(2):161-73.
  • 11. Hosseinikia SH, Zarei S, Najafi Kalyani M, Tahamtan S. A Cross-Sectional Multicenter Study of Workplace Violence against Prehospital Emergency Medical Technicians. Emerg Med Int. 2018;2018:7835676. 12. Boyle M, McKenna L. Paramedic student exposure to workplace violence during clinical placements - A cross-sectional study. Nurse Educ Pract. 2017;22:93-7.
  • 13. Winstanley S, Whittington R. Aggression towards health care staff in a UK general hospital: variation among professions and departments. J Clin Nurs. 2004;13(1):3-10.
  • 14. Sarı Ö. The relation between gender and occupational role: The case of male students in nursery. Int J Erzincan Social Sciences Institute, 2011;4(2):493-504.
  • 15.Hamdan M, Erdem R, Toraman A, Ceylan H, Rashed A, Jawabreh B. Dimensions of violence against healthcare workers in emergency departments: a cross-sectional comparative study. BMC Public Health. 2025;25(1):1370.
  • 16. Spelten E, van Vuuren J, O'Meara P, et al. Workplace violence against emergency health care workers: What Strategies do Workers use?. BMC Emerg Med. 2022;22(1):78.
  • 17. Boateng GO, Neilands TB, Frongillo EA, Melgar-Quiñonez HR, Young SL. Best Practices for Developing and Validating Scales for Health, Social, and Behavioral Research: A Primer. Front Public Health. 2018;6:149.
  • 18. Artino AR Jr, La Rochelle JS, Dezee KJ, Gehlbach H. Developing questionnaires for educational research: AMEE Guide No. 87. Med Teach. 2014;36(6):463-74.
  • 19. Fernandes CM, Bouthillette F, Raboud JM, et al. Violence in the emergency department: a survey of health care workers. CMAJ. 1999;161(10):1245-8.
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Details

Primary Language English
Subjects Paramedicine
Journal Section Research Article
Authors

Nil Deniz Kartal Yeter 0000-0003-2409-9853

Ahmet Sefa Yeter 0000-0002-5000-1031

Ahmet Gündüz 0000-0003-1127-8051

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 Issue: 6

Cite

AMA 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. November 2025;15(6):270-274. doi:10.16899/jcm.1779950