Ornge and NOSM U are collaborating on a study titled “Challenges in Recruitment and Retention of Paramedics: Insights and Solutions in Northern Ontario” and invite you to participate. Your insights as paramedics are invaluable to understanding the challenges and exploring potential solutions for recruitment and retention in our region, particularly for flight paramedics.

Purpose of the Study:
This study aims to gather perspectives on the experiences, opportunities and challenges paramedics face in their career and their decisions to work or continue working in paramedicine. The insights gained will help inform strategies to improve these processes and better support paramedics in our region.

How You Can Participate:
Your participation in this study is voluntary, and your decision to participate or not will not affect your current employment or future opportunities in any way. Participation involves completing an online survey that will take approximately 30 minutes. Your responses will remain confidential and will be used exclusively for research purposes. If you are interested in participating in the second part of the study, you may be invited to take part in a one-hour video-recorded interview to explore in greater depth the existing challenges in the recruitment and retention of paramedics in Northern Ontario.

For more information about the study and to participate, please review the Information Letter available online by clicking this link. After reviewing the Information Letter, you can decide to proceed to the survey.

Participants are free to skip any survey questions they do not wish to answer. However, once the survey is submitted, responses cannot be withdrawn, as the survey is not linked to any identifiable information. For the interview portion, participants may decline to answer any questions and can withdraw their responses from the study at any time. However, once the analysis process begins and the data is aggregated, withdrawal will no longer be possible.