A constructive critique of Corman et al. (2025): Towards a balanced perspective on social aspects of paramedic education in the UK

This is a letter in response to Corman et al. We frame this letter in the spirit of scholarly discourse around four areas in which we would like to challenge Corman et al. These are 1) that there is insufficient empirical evidence and overstated claims of sociological absence in paramedic curricula, 2) the notion of the so-called ‘translucent curriculum’ – where high-acuity care is prioritised at the expense of low-acuity and socially complex care – is misrepresentative and outdated, 3) the critique of the biopsychosocial model is overstated, reductive, and unrepresentative of current practice, and 4) that the relationship between paramedic education and problematic aspects of ambulance culture is far more complex than the paper suggests.