“…The results from this research study indicate that many students do not appreciate the social sciences component of the paramedic curriculum, preferring to concentrate on traumatic emergencies and cardiac arrest. The lack of appreciation for social science subjects in the paramedic curriculum confirms similar findings in the literature (Clark, 2009;Hallikainen, Vaisanen, Rosenberg, Silfvast, & Niemi-Murola, 2007;Mallinson, 2011;Williams, McCook, et al, 2012;Willis, Williams, Brightwell, O'Meara, & Pointon, 2010). Other professional socialization agents present in the formal phase were encounters with paramedic tutors, lecturers and senior undergraduate paramedic students while at university and on-road paramedics during clinical placements.…”