Factors influencing the likelihood of females passing the Ottawa paramedic physical ability test.

Autor: Malone AL; Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada., Armstrong DP; Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada., MacPhee RS; Kinesiology & Physical Education and Health Sciences, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada., Fischer SL; Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. Electronic address: steven.fischer@uwaterloo.ca.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Applied ergonomics [Appl Ergon] 2024 Apr; Vol. 116, pp. 104187. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 05.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2023.104187
Abstrakt: The Ottawa Paramedic Physical Ability Test (OPPAT) was launched in Ontario as a physical employment standard for front-line paramedics. When considering pass rates based on sex, males had a higher likelihood of passing than females. To help understand how to improve pass rates among females we aimed to understand if factors such as participant demographics, college type, employment status and/or peak heart rate (a surrogate of fitness level) were related to OPPAT pass rates. Females who were employed, who were educated in a public paramedic college, and who had higher body mass were more likely to successfully complete the OPPAT. Those educated in a public paramedic college were more than twice as likely to pass relative to those educated in a private college program. This may underscore a need to further explore different modes of paramedic education to understand why public college program trained students are more likely to pass.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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