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Kubota, C., & Suzuki, T. (2021). Literature Review on the Current Status of Family Support Practiced by Paramedics in Disaster and Emergency Medical Settings and Support Needs. In Abstracts of the 25th Congress and Academic Meeting of the Japanese Association for Clinical Emergency Medicine (p. 25).

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• TITLE: Bridging Crisis and Care on the Frontline: A Study of the Paramedic Communication Curriculum

  AUTHORS: Chikage Kubota, Hironori Hayashi, Miho Tatematsu, Junko Nemoto

  KEYWORDS: Crisis and Care, Paramedic Communication, Curriculum

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Social Sciences, Vol.14 No.2, February 2, 2026

  ABSTRACT: With the recent expansion of the scope of duties for Paramedics, acquiring advanced communication skills and the ability to support interprofessional collaboration has become a critical educational challenge in emergency medical training. The purpose of this study is to verify the educational effects of a newly established course, “Paramedic Communication,” introduced for second-year undergraduate students starting in the 2023 academic year. By analyzing students’ perceptions in detail, this study clarifies the course’s impact on their knowledge of communication, understanding of interprofessional work, and development of ethics, while providing specific suggestions for future curriculum improvement. As a result of the analysis, the mean value for all 23 items was 4.30 or higher (maximum 5.0), indicating an extremely high educational effect. In particular, “Q23. I was able to hold discussions in a group” was the highest at 4.74 (SD 0.44), and statistical analysis showed a significantly higher evaluation compared to 18 other items (p