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Table 5 Reviewing and defining themes

From: “This is how I'm going to do it, but this is not how you're going to do it”: the expectation gap between student paramedics and mentors in East and Central Scotland

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Initial themes

Developing and reviewing

Naming and defining

- The role of a PEM

- Attributes

- Attitudes on University system

- Understanding clinical ability

- Communication

- Mentoring experience

- Differences in theory to practice

- Relationships

- What students believe is wanted from them

- Suggestions of improvement

- Practice assessment document

- Meeting expectations

- Experiences

- Motivation to mentor

- Evolvement of the service

- Applying theory to practice

- Attributes

- Teaching and learning styles

- Relationship

- Motivation to mentor

- Mentor education

- Attitude on university culture

- Student clinical ability

- Practice assessment document

- Previous experience

- Changes in expectation

- Attributes to effective learning

- Academic paradigm

- System barriers to effective learning

- Changes in expectation

- Previous experience

1. Attributes to effective learning

2. Academic paradigm

3. System barriers to effective learning

4. Changes in expectation