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Psychometric testing of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy Health Profession Students' version with Australian paramedic students

Nursing & Health Sciences, 2013

Evidence now suggests that improved empathic behaviors can have a positive impact on healthcare o... more Evidence now suggests that improved empathic behaviors can have a positive impact on healthcare outcomes. Therefore, having psychometrically-sound empathy scales is important for healthcare educators. In this study, the factor structure of the 20-item Jefferson Scale Empathy-Health Profession Students' version, when completed by a group of undergraduate paramedic students from a large Australian university, was investigated. Data from the Scale completed by 330 paramedic students were analyzed using principal components analysis followed by a maximum likelihood confirmatory factor analysis to test goodness of fit to the sample data. Two factors emerged from the principal components analysis, "compassionate care" and "perspective taking", accounting for 44.2% of the total variance. The 17-item two-factor model produced good model fit and good reliability estimates. Three of the original items did not fit the model. Results from the confirmatory factor analysis suggest that the 17-item Jefferson Scale Empathy-Health Profession Students' version is a valid and reliable measure for undergraduate paramedic students' empathy levels.

The 2007 Shepparton Research Conference. "Moving Forward: Rural Research & Knowledge Transfer

Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care, 2008

Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, May 5, 2014

Trauma patients who suddenly deteriorate in the care of paramedics: an Australian case

Journal of Paramedic Practice, Nov 4, 2011

Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, 2014

Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, 2012

This was the 28th EMS Today Conference and was preceded by numerous workshops in the two days pri... more This was the 28th EMS Today Conference and was preceded by numerous workshops in the two days prior. The workshops covered topics like; leadership, ALS core content refresher program, advanced airway course, hands on reality-based command training, understanding the legal environment for EMS leaders, ALS assessment, emergency paediatric care course, presentation tips and techniques, haemodynamic monitoring for the critical care transport provider, airway assessment for dummies, emergency ethics, critical care certification course, and flight and critical care paramedic examinations.

Why are firefighters not part of the team?

Journal of Paramedic Practice, Jul 1, 2011

Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, 2012

This was the second international conference on violence in the health sector, which was held ove... more This was the second international conference on violence in the health sector, which was held over three days with workshops run alongside the concurrent sessions. The first day consisted of the welcome addresses, five keynote presentations, and the remainder of the day consisted of concurrent sessions and parallel workshops. Day two consisted of all concurrent sessions with some parallel workshops, and day three commenced with concurrent sessions, finishing up with two more keynote presentations, and a conference summary session.

Measuring workplace trauma response in Australian paramedics: an investigation into the psychometric properties of the Impact of Event Scale

Psychology Research and Behavior Management, 2015

Investigation into the psychological effects of violence toward health care workers and its assoc... more Investigation into the psychological effects of violence toward health care workers and its associated trauma is increasing. The Impact of Event Scale (IES) provides a measure of current, subjective, emotional distress symptomatic of a specific traumatic event. However, its validity among paramedics is largely unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties and factor structure of the IES with a sample of Australian paramedics. The study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties and factor structure of the 15-item IES with a sample of Australian paramedics using Exploratory Factor Analysis with model fit statistics as found in confirmatory analysis. Maximum Likelihood Factor Analysis with Varimax rotation supported the hypothesis that a two-factor solution would provide the best fit of the data. Procrustes rotation provided further support for this hypothesis indicating that the factors, labeled "Intrusion" and "Avoidance", as well as the individual items of the 12-item final model, were a good fit to an ideal solution. The revision of the scale has improved its validity for use in the general population of paramedics, improving the potential for its use in trauma-related research.

Student access to information technology for participation in new electronic education programs: a cross sectional study

There has been little emphasis in paramedic education about silent myocardial ischaemia, its impl... more There has been little emphasis in paramedic education about silent myocardial ischaemia, its implications, and management in the prehospital environment. There is also inadequate information about the aetiology and prehospital management of silent myocardial infarction. The objective of this study was to review the literature on silent myocardial ischaemia and determine appropriate prehospital management.

Prehospital tricyclic antidepressant overdose: a retrospective case series study of prehospital intervention by MICA paramedics in metropolitan Melbourne

Is every chest pain a cardiac event? A literature review of risk prediction models for the prehospital setting

EMS Systems in Low-Middle Income Countries: A Review of the Literature. Abstracts of the Paramedics Australasia International Conference, September 2014

Pre-hospital femoral neck fracture management: A review of the literature

Journal of Paramedic Practice, 2013

Trauma patients who suddenly deteriorate in the care of paramedics: an Australian case

Journal of Paramedic Practice, 2011

Weigh out: A new formula needed?

Journal of Paramedic Practice, 2012

Why are firefighters not part of the team?

Journal of Paramedic Practice, 2011

Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care

EMS today conference

Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care

Psychometric testing of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy Health Profession Students' version with Australian paramedic students

Nursing & Health Sciences, 2013

Evidence now suggests that improved empathic behaviors can have a positive impact on healthcare o... more Evidence now suggests that improved empathic behaviors can have a positive impact on healthcare outcomes. Therefore, having psychometrically-sound empathy scales is important for healthcare educators. In this study, the factor structure of the 20-item Jefferson Scale Empathy-Health Profession Students' version, when completed by a group of undergraduate paramedic students from a large Australian university, was investigated. Data from the Scale completed by 330 paramedic students were analyzed using principal components analysis followed by a maximum likelihood confirmatory factor analysis to test goodness of fit to the sample data. Two factors emerged from the principal components analysis, "compassionate care" and "perspective taking", accounting for 44.2% of the total variance. The 17-item two-factor model produced good model fit and good reliability estimates. Three of the original items did not fit the model. Results from the confirmatory factor analysis suggest that the 17-item Jefferson Scale Empathy-Health Profession Students' version is a valid and reliable measure for undergraduate paramedic students' empathy levels.

The 2007 Shepparton Research Conference. "Moving Forward: Rural Research & Knowledge Transfer

Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care, 2008

Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, May 5, 2014

Trauma patients who suddenly deteriorate in the care of paramedics: an Australian case

Journal of Paramedic Practice, Nov 4, 2011

Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, 2014

Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, 2012

This was the 28th EMS Today Conference and was preceded by numerous workshops in the two days pri... more This was the 28th EMS Today Conference and was preceded by numerous workshops in the two days prior. The workshops covered topics like; leadership, ALS core content refresher program, advanced airway course, hands on reality-based command training, understanding the legal environment for EMS leaders, ALS assessment, emergency paediatric care course, presentation tips and techniques, haemodynamic monitoring for the critical care transport provider, airway assessment for dummies, emergency ethics, critical care certification course, and flight and critical care paramedic examinations.

Why are firefighters not part of the team?

Journal of Paramedic Practice, Jul 1, 2011

Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, 2012

This was the second international conference on violence in the health sector, which was held ove... more This was the second international conference on violence in the health sector, which was held over three days with workshops run alongside the concurrent sessions. The first day consisted of the welcome addresses, five keynote presentations, and the remainder of the day consisted of concurrent sessions and parallel workshops. Day two consisted of all concurrent sessions with some parallel workshops, and day three commenced with concurrent sessions, finishing up with two more keynote presentations, and a conference summary session.

Measuring workplace trauma response in Australian paramedics: an investigation into the psychometric properties of the Impact of Event Scale

Psychology Research and Behavior Management, 2015

Investigation into the psychological effects of violence toward health care workers and its assoc... more Investigation into the psychological effects of violence toward health care workers and its associated trauma is increasing. The Impact of Event Scale (IES) provides a measure of current, subjective, emotional distress symptomatic of a specific traumatic event. However, its validity among paramedics is largely unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties and factor structure of the IES with a sample of Australian paramedics. The study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties and factor structure of the 15-item IES with a sample of Australian paramedics using Exploratory Factor Analysis with model fit statistics as found in confirmatory analysis. Maximum Likelihood Factor Analysis with Varimax rotation supported the hypothesis that a two-factor solution would provide the best fit of the data. Procrustes rotation provided further support for this hypothesis indicating that the factors, labeled "Intrusion" and "Avoidance", as well as the individual items of the 12-item final model, were a good fit to an ideal solution. The revision of the scale has improved its validity for use in the general population of paramedics, improving the potential for its use in trauma-related research.

Student access to information technology for participation in new electronic education programs: a cross sectional study

There has been little emphasis in paramedic education about silent myocardial ischaemia, its impl... more There has been little emphasis in paramedic education about silent myocardial ischaemia, its implications, and management in the prehospital environment. There is also inadequate information about the aetiology and prehospital management of silent myocardial infarction. The objective of this study was to review the literature on silent myocardial ischaemia and determine appropriate prehospital management.

Prehospital tricyclic antidepressant overdose: a retrospective case series study of prehospital intervention by MICA paramedics in metropolitan Melbourne

Is every chest pain a cardiac event? A literature review of risk prediction models for the prehospital setting

EMS Systems in Low-Middle Income Countries: A Review of the Literature. Abstracts of the Paramedics Australasia International Conference, September 2014

Pre-hospital femoral neck fracture management: A review of the literature

Journal of Paramedic Practice, 2013

Trauma patients who suddenly deteriorate in the care of paramedics: an Australian case

Journal of Paramedic Practice, 2011

Weigh out: A new formula needed?

Journal of Paramedic Practice, 2012

Why are firefighters not part of the team?

Journal of Paramedic Practice, 2011

Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care

EMS today conference

Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care