dc.contributor.author | Boyle, Malcolm J | |
dc.contributor.author | McKenna, Lisa | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-04T00:32:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-04-04T00:32:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2042-6372 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.5116/ijme.582e.ac04 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/100733 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives: The objective of this pilot study was to identify
the type of workplace violence experienced by undergraduate
paramedic and midwifery students.
Methods: The study used a cross-sectional methodology
with the self-administered paper-based Paramedic Workplace
Violence Exposure Questionnaire to elicit undergraduate
paramedic and midwife responses to workplace violence
whilst on clinical placements. There were 393 students
eligible for inclusion in the study. A convenience sample
was used. The anonymous questionnaire took 10 to 20
minutes to complete. Descriptive statistics are used to
summarise the data with a two-tailed t-test used to compare
groups.
Results: The main form of workplace violence was verbal
abuse 18% and intimidation 17%. There was a statistically
significant difference between midwifery and paramedic
students for intimidation (t(134)=-3.143, CI: -0.367 to -0.082,
p=0.002) and between females and males for sexual harassment
(t(134)=2.029, CI: 0.001 to 0.074, p=0.045), all other
results were not statistically different.
Conclusions: This pilot study is the first of its kind in
Australia and internationally to identify exposure rates of
workplace violence by undergraduate paramedic students
during clinical placements and one of very few to identify
midwifery students’ exposure rates of workplace violence.
The study identified that students were exposed to a range
of workplace violence acts from verbal abuse through to
sexual harassment. These findings highlight a need for
investigation of workplace violence exposure of medical,
nursing and allied health students during the clinical phase
of their studies. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | International Journal of Medical Education (I J M E) | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 393 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 399 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | International Journal of Medical Education | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 7 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Health services and systems | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Public health | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Other health sciences | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Other Education | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 4203 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 4206 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 4299 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 3999 | |
dc.title | Paramedic and midwifery student exposure to workplace violence during clinical placements in Australia – A pilot study | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
dcterms.license | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ | |
dc.description.version | Version of Record (VoR) | |
gro.faculty | Griffith Health, School of Medicine | |
gro.rights.copyright | © 2016 Malcolm Boyle & Lisa McKenna. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use of work provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Boyle, Malcolm | |