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

Staff Attitude Clinical Trial

— PREPARE  

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04709926
• Other study ID #: B00686
• Status: Withdrawn
• Start date: September 9, 2020
• Est. completion date: October 25, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: October 2022
• Source: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: October 25, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: October 25, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 100 Years

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Staff Attitude

Intervention

Other:
• Survey
Paramedics will complete a 5 minute survey that is asking for their opinions on why they did or did not take part in the PRESTO training package and also why they think paramedics might not engage with research training in general.
• Interview (optional)
Paramedics will also be given the option to participate in a 1hr interview to explore the questions asked in the survey in more detail.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United Kingdom	Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Manchester

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Paramedic views on research training via survey	Survey will be used to collect answers on paramedics' views of training for research studies	For the study duration, an average of 5 months
Primary	Paramedic views on research training via interview (optional)	Interview will be used to collect answers on paramedics' views of training for research studies	For the study duration, an average of 5 months