Paramedic Experiences and Perceptions of Training for Participation in Research: the PREPARE Study

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• Conditions: Staff Attitude
• Interventions: Other: Survey; Other: Interview (optional)

• Registration Number: NCT04709926
• Lead Sponsor: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Brief Summary

The investigators are currently conducting a research study, called PRESTO, in the pre-hospital environment where the investigators are asking paramedics to talk to patients about participating in the research study, interpret a heart tracing (or ECG), take a blood sample and record some study specific information. Apart from ECG interpretation, these are activities that the paramedics would not normally do and so the investigators had to provide training in order to ensure that these activities were carried out to the same standard across the four ambulance services that were involved, all of who have different working practices.

In order to do this, the investigators provided a training package based around four subject areas - blood sample collection, heart tracing interpretation, background to the study and the importance of conducting the study activities to a high standard (called Research Fundamentals). These were presented to the paramedics either as online training or in a face-to-face session. There has been a mixed response to both the uptake in training across the four ambulance services and the engagement from paramedics in following PRESTO with a potential participant.

As more research is being done in the pre-hospital environment the investigators feel that it would be beneficial to try to find out why paramedics may or may not have taken part in the PRESTO training. To do this the investigators will be sending out a survey to each of the four ambulance services which will contain questions around whether the paramedics thought the training package for PRESTO was suitable, whether the paramedics felt confident following PRESTO with a potential participant after the training and what the paramedics think the main barriers are to participating in research. Up to 30 paramedics will also be approached to participate in an interview, which will explore these ideas further.

This should allow the investigators to identify potential barriers that prevent paramedics from taking part in training for research studies. It should also allow the investigators to offer insight to future researchers about the type of training that should be provided for paramedics for a research study and how it should be delivered.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-01-16
• Study Start: 2020-09-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-01-13
• Study First Posted: 2021-01-14
• Status Verified: 2022-10
• Primary Completion: 2022-10-25
• Study Completion: 2022-10-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-10-31
• Last Update Posted: 2022-11-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: WITHDRAWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

• Staff that are employed by one of the four ambulance services involved in the PRESTO study

Exclusion Criteria

• Staff that are not employed by one of the four ambulance services involved in the PRESTO study

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Paramedics that were eligible to take part in the PRESTO study	Interview (optional)	Paramedics that are employed by one of the four Ambulance Services involved in the PRESTO study and were eligible to complete the training provided by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust to take part in the PRESTO study.
Paramedics that were eligible to take part in the PRESTO study	Survey	Paramedics that are employed by one of the four Ambulance Services involved in the PRESTO study and were eligible to complete the training provided by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust to take part in the PRESTO study.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Paramedic views on research training via interview (optional)	For the study duration, an average of 5 months	Interview will be used to collect answers on paramedics' views of training for research studies
Paramedic views on research training via survey	For the study duration, an average of 5 months	Survey will be used to collect answers on paramedics' views of training for research studies

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; 🇬🇧 Manchester, United Kingdom