The glut of graduate paramedics – What do we do with them?
Vol. 12 No. 5 (2015), Editorial
Vol. 12 No. 5 (2015)

The glut of graduate paramedics – What do we do with them?

Editorial
https://doi.org/10.33151/ajp.12.5.498
Published 2015-11-01
Malcolm J Boyle
Department of Community Emergency Health & Paramedic Practice Monash University
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4186-1280
Jaime Wallis
Department of Community Emergency Health & Paramedic Practice Monash University
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Keywords

paramedic
emergency medical services
paramedic education
emergency medical technicians
prehospital care

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Boyle MJ, Wallis J. The glut of graduate paramedics – What do we do with them?. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine [Internet]. 2015Nov.1 [cited 2023Feb.2];12(5). Available from: https://ajp.paramedics.org/index.php/ajp/article/view/498
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Abstract

This editorial looks at the excess of paramedic graduates and issues raised by a student on local radio
https://doi.org/10.33151/ajp.12.5.498
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