TY  - JOUR
TI  - Can coaching paramedics help them reflect on their wellbeing and confidence and be empowered within their profession?
AU  - Barody, G.
AB  - There has been a significant increase in the number of paramedic practitioners leaving the profession, in relation to the increased anxiety and stress associated with the evolving, diverse role, and increased workload. The ambulance services are struggling nationally to recruit the numbers of staff required to support the current healthcare demands. This qualitative study was set up, to ascertain whether delivering a short course of coaching sessions, over a two-month period to a group of practitioners, could make a difference to the general wellbeing and satisfaction of the paramedic professional. Findings revealed themes, including confidence building, enabling expression, professional and personal improvements, recognition of patterns of thought and behaviour, and a reduction of stress
JO  - International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring
PY  - 2016
KW  - Coaching
KW  - job satisfaction
KW  - stress
KW  - confidence
KW  - paramedic
KW  - workload
SP  - 147
EP  - 157
VL  - Special Issue No. 10
LA  - English
ER  -