Professional codes of conduct: A scoping review

Collings-Hughes, Derek; Townsend, Ruth; Williams, Brett

doi:10.1177/09697330211008634

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“…A recent scoping literature review was undertaken examining the use, knowledge and understanding of professional codes in medicine, paramedicine and nursing. 11 Despite the long history of professional codes within nursing and medicine, research from those professions shows that although clinicians highly value their codes as reflecting the collective values of the profession, they are poorly understood. 11 Even when practitioners value and understand their codes, the research showed that the codes are seldom used in clinical practice.…”

Section: The Role Of Professional Codes In Healthcarementioning

confidence: 99%

“…11 Despite the long history of professional codes within nursing and medicine, research from those professions shows that although clinicians highly value their codes as reflecting the collective values of the profession, they are poorly understood. 11 Even when practitioners value and understand their codes, the research showed that the codes are seldom used in clinical practice. 12, 13 This is for a range of reasons, such as a lack of knowledge, workplace conflicts and institutional barriers.…”

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Paramedic use and understanding of their professional code of conduct

2022

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Background Paramedicine is a newly regulated profession in Australia and with the introduction of regulation in 2018 for this profession came increased responsibilities – including the introduction of a professional code of conduct. Several countries now have regulation of paramedicine and associated professional codes to guide ethical and professional behaviour. Despite this, there has been no published research into paramedic understanding and use of their professional codes. Objectives To explore Australian paramedics’ use and understanding of their professional code of conduct. Research design: This study used a qualitative descriptive design, underpinned by hermeneutic theory. Reflexive thematic analysis was used to analyse the interview data and identify Australian paramedic perceptions surrounding the use of their code of conduct. Results 11 Registered Paramedics from several states and territories were interviewed. Participants were invited to interview by advertisement on social media and the Australasian College of Paramedicine Web site. Participants had varied professional backgrounds including clinical work, education providers and policymakers/managers. Four themes were identified as follows: Theme 1 – ‘You don’t know, what you can’t know’; Theme 2 – ‘I don’t need the code – the code is for others’; Theme 3 – ‘It’s about time’; Theme 4 – ‘Navigating the new profession’. Ethical considerations: Ethics approval was granted by the Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee (MUHREC) Project ID: 28921. All participants provided informed consent. Conclusions The results of this study suggest that paramedics’ knowledge and use of their code is limited, and participants appeared to mostly rely instead on ‘common sense’ morals. Participants did appear to want to understand the broad concepts of the code more and have this better integrated into the profession. The code was also interpreted as important to the paramedic profession and its new professional status, helping to legitimise it as a health profession in Australia.

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Paramedic use and understanding of their professional code of conduct

2022

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“…This is the key function of regulation (Reed, 2019). Several regulatory mechanisms can be used to this end including title protection, entry to practice standards, codes of conduct and regulatory standards creating clear boundaries for practitioners (Irvine, 2016; Moritz, 2019; Collings-Hughes et al ., 2021).…”

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Perceptions of Australian paramedics following the introduction of professional regulation: a qualitative exploration

Reed,

Cowin,

O'Meara

et al. 2024

IJES

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PurposeParamedics became nationally registered in 2018 in Australia. Prior to this, there was no central regulation of the profession with reliance on organisational regulation through employers. As paramedics expanded their scope, role and range of employers, especially outside statutory agencies, there was increasing need to engage in professional regulation. Regulation is more than a legal and bureaucratic framework. The purpose of the paper states that the way paramedics interact with their new regulatory environment impacts and is influenced by the professionalisation of the discipline. Regulation also redefines their positionality within the profession.Design/methodology/approachTwo mixed-method surveys were undertaken. A pre-registration survey occurred in the month prior to regulation commencing (N = 419) followed by the second survey 31 months later (N = 407). This paper reports the analysis of qualitative data from the post-registration survey and provides comparison to the pre-registration survey which has been previously reported. Analysis was undertaken using interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA).FindingsThemes from the pre-registration survey continued however became more nuanced. Participants broadly supported registration and saw it as empowering to the profession. Some supported registration but were disappointed by its outcome, others rejected registration and saw it as divisive and oppressive.Originality/valueParamedics are beginning to come to terms with increasing professionalisation, of which regulation is one component. Changes can be seen in professional identity and engagement with professional practice; however, this is nascent and is deserving of additional research to track the profession as it continues to evolve.

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Das Ethik-Café – eine geeignete lernortbezogene und lernortübergreifende Methode der Ethikbildung im Pflege- und Gesundheitswesen

Riedel

Lehmeyer

2022

Springer Reference Pflege – Therapie – Gesundheit

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Professional codes of conduct: A scoping review

Cited by 10 publications

References 41 publications

Paramedic use and understanding of their professional code of conduct

Paramedic use and understanding of their professional code of conduct

Perceptions of Australian paramedics following the introduction of professional regulation: a qualitative exploration

Das Ethik-Café – eine geeignete lernortbezogene und lernortübergreifende Methode der Ethikbildung im Pflege- und Gesundheitswesen

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