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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">cndcgs</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Challenges to national defence in contemporary geopolitical situation</journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2538-8959</issn>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2669-2023</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>LKA</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">131_OTRISAL</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47459/cndcgs.2026.131</article-id>
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          <subject>Article</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>Analysis of Paramedic Education in the Areas of Communication, Pedagogy, and Psychology</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>OTRISAL</surname>
            <given-names>Pavel</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:pavel.otrisal@upol.cz">pavel.otrisal@upol.cz</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_cndcgs_aff_000"/>
          <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1">∗</xref>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_cndcgs_aff_000">Department of Adapted Physical Activities, Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>RALBOVSKA</surname>
            <given-names>Dana Rebeka</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_cndcgs_aff_001"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_cndcgs_aff_001">Department of Health Care and Population Protection, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic</aff>
      </contrib-group>
      <author-notes>
        <corresp id="cor1"><label>∗</label>Corresponding author.</corresp>
      </author-notes>
      <volume>2026</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>1125</fpage>
      <lpage>1134</lpage>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>14</day>
        <month>07</month>
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
      <permissions>
        <license license-type="open-access">
          <license-p>Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY)</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <p>The study examines the effectiveness of communication, pedagogical, and psychological training in paramedic education in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. 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.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <label>Keywords</label>
        <kwd>Paramedic</kwd>
        <kwd>Communication</kwd>
        <kwd>Pedagogy</kwd>
        <kwd>Psychology</kwd>
        <kwd>Education</kwd>
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