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Purpose: This study aimed to examine the degree of paramedics' professional self- concept,empowerment, and burnout and to verify the effects of empowerment and burnout on their professionalself-concept. Method: The study subjects were 116 in-hospital paramedics who completed a structured questionnaire. Data were collected between June 18 and 25, 2013. Results: The results were as follows. First, the paramedics' mean score for professional self-conceptwas 2.93 (range: 1-4), and the mean scores for empowerment and burnout were 2.87 (range: 1-4) and2.48 (range: 1-5). Second, in terms of the general characteristics of the paramedics, professionalself-concept showed significant differences based on sex, religion, work experience, and medicalinstitution classification. Third, professional self-concept had a positive correlation with empowerment,and professional self-concept and empowerment had negative correlations with burnout. Fourth, themain variables affecting paramedics' professional self-concept were gender and total years of work experience. Conclusion: It is necessary to develop program to reduce paramedics' burnout and qualitatively improveparamedic services.