This study was conducted to identify an initial clinical experience of EMT students, so to better understand their´ experience in clinical training.
The subjects were 30 EMT students of C department of Emergency Medical technology in C city, who were demonstrating at the emergency room in C, T, S, W city.
This study was approached by phenomenological method, collected data were analyzed by Colaizzi´s method, the results were as a follows.
From the protocol, significant statements were organized into 34 formulated meanings, from the formulated meanings, 21themes were identified, organized into 8 theme clusters, and then categories.
EMT students got experienced ´tension resulting from new situation´, ´fear in contacting with patients´, ´lack of knowledge and skill´, ´confidence feeling from being adapted´, ´facing up to Paramedic role´, ´experience of death´ and ´stress´.
The results of this study are to use as basic data for students attending clinical experience for the first time.
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