Casey, Chloe

Darby, Iain

Phillips, Peter

Warren-James, Matt

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Who CARES?Evaluating the success of the CARES Skills Framework as a peer support intervention amongst paramedic students in the UKPeter Phillips1, Iain Darby1, Matt Warren-James2, Chloe Casey11 Bournemouth University, UK 2 Queensland University of Technology, AustraliaANDRAGOGYIntroductionStudent paramedics face a myriad of potential stressors during clinical placementPeer support is documented as a common informal coping strategy1The CARES Skills Framework is a structured peer support framework developed to support studentparamedics2A nominative group technique was used to evaluate the experiences in clinical placement of 35paramedics students undertaking the CARES Skills FrameworkReferences1. Price, J.A., Landry, C.A., Sych, J., McNeill, M., Stelnicki, A.M., Asmundson, A.J. and Carleton, R.N., 2022. Assessing the perceptions and impact of criticalincident stress management peer support among firefighters and paramedics in Canada. International journal of environmental research and public health,19(9), p.4976.2. Flanagan, B., Warren-James, M., Young, J. 2022. Evaluation of the CARES skills framework as a peer support model in the paramedic undergraduatecurriculum: facilitating challenging discussion in a safe environment. Prehospital Emergency Care.3. Pinks, D., Warren-James, M. and Katsikitis, M., 2021. Does a peer social support group intervention using the cares skills framework improve emotionalexpression and emotion-focused coping in paramedic students?. Australasian Emergency Care, 24(4), pp.308-313.Shared Experience“A sense of relief that I’m not the only one feeling these emotions”“It was nice to know that actually everybody is going through something”“Useful to speak about experiences with people who understand”“I didn’t feel so alone”Safe Space“There as an unwritten trust in the conversations we had”“I thought I would feel judged, but actually it was a safe space”“Honest emotions were displayed”“Was able to express feelings without fear of judgement”“It fostered supportive comments”ConclusionStudent paramedics experienced many of the benefits of peer support found in literature3Potential for this framework to be used in curricula and preceptorshipFurther research needed to understand its’ potential use more widely

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