Generolo Jono Žemaičio Lietuvos karo akademija

The study examines the effectiveness of communication, pedagogical, and psychological training in paramedic education in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The main aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of current educational approaches, identify their strengths and weaknesses, and test hypotheses concerning the relationship between students’ communication, pedagogical, and psychological preparation and their readiness for practice. The questionnaire included items addressing theoretical instruction, practical training, pedagogical methods, and psychological preparation for coping with crisis situations. The methodology was based on a quantitative approach. Data were analyzed using statistical methods including the chi-square test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and Spearman’s correlation. These methods allowed the verification of relationships between variables and the confirmation or refutation of hypotheses. The analysis revealed that a higher number of practical trainings significantly increased students’ ratings of preparedness for real-life situations. Differences were observed in the evaluation of education across different years of study, and a correlation was found between satisfaction with communication training and the ability to manage crisis situations. A survey of 328 students showed that increased practical training improves readiness, while strong soft skills instruction enhances crisis management, application of theory, and psychological resilience. The findings highlight the need for more simulation based learning, modern teaching methods, and harmonized educational standards to better prepare future paramedics. In conclusion, the integration of communication, pedagogy, and psychology into paramedic education represents an essential prerequisite for high-quality, safe, and effective health care. This work contributes to a deeper understanding of educational needs in this field and offers proposals that may serve both educational institutions and professional practice.

The article presents the basic principles of access to health care from the perspective of economics. Accessibility to health care implies adequate health expenditures and is based on the principle of equity. Based on a statistical analysis of international survey data, the article provides a comparative assessment of the accessibility to health care in Latvia, offers realistic solutions to one of the most pressing problems to improve the quality of life of the population. The results of the original studies carried out by research teams from Lithuania and other countries are widely used. The accessibility to health care is determined by two areas of a positive development of a country – economic growth and institutional maturity synthesized by social justice. In other words, the population’s greater access to health care-related services can and should be achieved not only by increasing the labour productivity of the employed through the introduction of new technologies and other components of economic growth, but also by adjusting higher-quality state and non-state institutions, their effective interaction in order to achieve economic growth and quality of life of the population.