Table 1.

Inclusion/exclusion criteria for the study sample.

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
HCPC registered paramedics that are either: A qualified emergency practitioner/ACP, practising in one of the target EDs within the West Midlands region. Enrolled as a student emergency practitioner and completed or currently undertaking an ED placement.	Any other health professional working as or studying to be an emergency practitioner or ACP, i.e. not a registered HCPC paramedic. Paramedics with a dual registration, giving them a potentially different scope of practice. Paramedics enrolled as a student emergency practitioner but yet to undertake a placement within an ED and who would have no experience of working in an ED.

ACP = advanced clinical practitioner; ED = emergency department; HCPC = Health and Care Professions Council.