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Basic Information
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NOT_YET_RECRUITING
30 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2025-01-03
2025-07-01
Brief Summary
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The research questions are:
1\) What is the EC-ACP's perception of assimilation into emergency care teams, what tensions are created due to the role, and what system adaptations are required to facilitate integration?
With secondary aims :
1. What are the common organisational factors that affect the implementation of the EC-ACP workforce, and what recommendations can be made to improve Trust-wide implementation?
2. How are EC-ACPs deployed in two contrasting emergency departments, what differences can be identified in their Work-As-Done (WAD), and how does this compare to the Work-As-Imagined (WAI) of the role?
No patient data is being collected; the participants will all be hospital staff:
1. EC-ACP participants will be observed in practice, interviewed, or both.
2. Staff who are not EC-ACPs but work with them will be interviewed for their thoughts on how they work together.
Detailed Description
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Observations:
The researcher will aim to shadow x5 EC-ACPs from each site (n=10) for a maximum of five hours each, totalling at least 50 hours of observation in clinical practice. Data collection will aim to capture the variation in how EC-ACPs work by observing EC-ACPs Monday-Sunday between the following hours (08:00-13:00, 13:00-18:00, 18:00-01:00, 01:00-06:00). The researcher will record their observations in the form of field notes, which will be hand-written. Field notes will later be expanded on, typed up, and pseudonymized. During this observation period, researchers may engage in informal discussions with healthcare professionals to clarify what they observe where appropriate, though these will not be audio recorded. Additionally, the researcher will not observe patients while the EC-ACP clinically assesses them. No data will be collected on any patients.
Interviews:
Semi-structured interviews will be undertaken with a range of professional stakeholders (n=20), with ten from each Trust. Interviews will be conducted using an open-ended topic guide, facilitating the exploration of the questions with the participant (Pope \& Mays, 2006; Green \& Thorogood, 2018). The topic guide will include questions regarding the history of EC-ACP integration into the emergency care team, what specific challenges were encountered, how these were overcome, and what contribution the role has made to the emergency care system from various professional perspectives. If the interview participant was involved in the observation stage of data collection, some questions were asked to clarify observations, deriving more significant insights from the data (Pope \& Mays, 2006). Interviews will accommodate the times and dates most suitable for participants. It is envisaged that the 'gatekeepers' at both workplaces will suggest safe and appropriate locations on the two sites for conducting the interviews (Green \& Thorogood, 2018). Participants will be informed that interviews will take no more than 45 minutes and will be conducted at an agreeable time. Interview data will be sent to a Kings College London-approved transcription service via secure encrypted email.
Data Analysis:
All formal interview audio recordings will be recorded using a Dictaphone voice recorder with the participant's consent. These recordings will be anonymised and transcribed using a King's College London-approved transcription service. The researcher will personally transcribe 10% of the data interview and observational data to aid familiarisation. Thematic analysis will be conducted to identify recurring themes (Braun and Clarke, 2006). During the coding process, a code book will be created with a list of codes and descriptions to accompany it. The transcripts will be anonymized and uploaded to NVivo to be thematically analysed. The analysis will focus on answering the research questions, using constructs from the conceptual frameworks to sensitize the analysis.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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CASE_CONTROL
PROSPECTIVE
Study Groups
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Emergency Care Advanced Clinical Practitioners
These are nurses, paramedics, or allied health professionals who have undertaken an MSc and work in an Emergency Department.
No interventions assigned to this group
Clinical Colleagues of ACPs
These are staff who work directly with ACPs in the ED; they may be doctors, nurses, or allied health professionals.
No interventions assigned to this group
Non-Clinical Colleagues
These staff work with Advanced Clinical Practitioners but not in the clinical environment. Examples may be local managers or directors of the organisation.
No interventions assigned to this group
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* ACPs that are observed must work in the Emergency Department.
* All staff must have consented to participate in this research.
* Be over the age of 18.
18 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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King's College London
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Central Contacts
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Other Identifiers
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IRAS 337181
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id