At odds: How intraprofessional conflict and stratification has stalled the Ontario paramedic professionalization project

Autor: Madison Brydges, James R Dunn, Gina Agarwal, Walter Tavares
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Professions and Organization. 9:333-347
ISSN: 2051-8811
2051-8803
DOI: 10.1093/jpo/joac016
Popis: Historically, self-regulation has provided some professions with power and market control. Currently, however, governments have scrutinized this approach, and priorities have shifted toward other mandates. This study examines the case of paramedics in Ontario, Canada, where self-regulation is still the dominant regulatory model for the healthcare professions but not for paramedics. Instead, paramedics in Ontario are co-regulated by government and physician-directed groups, with paramedics subordinate to both. This paper, which draws on interviews with paramedic industry leaders analyzed through the lens of institutional work, examines perspectives on the relevance of self-regulation to the paramedic professionalization project. Participants had varying views on the importance of self-regulation in obtaining professional status, with some rejecting its role in professionalization and others embracing regulatory reform. Because paramedics disagree on what being a profession means, the collective professionalization project has stalled. This research has implications for understanding the impact of intraprofessional relationships and conflict on professionalization projects.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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