Abstract

Paramedics are very well educated healthcare professionals to manage life- and health-threatening conditions. In a few studies regarding the effects of the sense of coherence on various planes of professional life of paramedics, an attempt was made to determine the relationships between this personality variable and assessment of preparation for profession, which translated into professionalism of the medical interventions undertaken.The individuals assessing the theoretical and practical preparation as good were characterised by significantly higher levels of the sense of coherence (SOC) and the sense of manageability, as compared to those who considered their practical preparation superior to theoretical one.The participants reporting not enough theoretical knowledge provided concerned mainly anatomy and physiology had significantly lower mean scores (p=0.004) assessing the sense of comprehensibility, as compared to those pointing out insufficient knowledge of pharmacology they were taught. The sense of coherence is a variable affecting the diversification of paramedics in assessing the theoretical and practical preparation for their profession.

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