List of Contributors

Elicia Austin

Elicia previously worked as Research Paramedic for South Central Ambulance Service. Following this she entered Higher Education as a lecturer at Coventry University. She currently works as Senior Lecturer of Paramedic Science and is Research Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire. Elicia will begin her PhD part-time in the academic year 2023/2024 and stills enjoys working clinically as Bank Paramedic for the ambulance service.

Craig Barlow

Craig is Consultant Practitioner (Paramedic) in Emergency Medicine at St Georges University Hospital, London, UK. He is also Associate Lecturer in Advanced Clinical Practice at St Georges University Hospital and a member of NHS England Workstream 3 (Hospitals) Clinical Advisory Group. Craig has a specialist interest and background in advanced clinical practice, primary, urgent and emergency care, governance, and quality assurance, where he is Specialist Professional Advisor to the Care Quality Commission.

He began his career within a UK NHS ambulance service, where he later developed a portfolio career in advanced clinical practice within primary and urgent care, but most recently has returned to emergency care. Craig has worked at both local and regional levels for Health Education England in the faculty for advancing practice. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Paramedic Practice, Post Graduate Certificate in Education, Post Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice, and MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice and Professional Education. Craig is an active and longstanding instructor for the Resuscitation Council UK.

Seán Bolger

Seán is an experienced healthcare professional whose passion for nursing has taken him on a dynamic journey through various facets of the field. With a strong foundation in emergency nursing, Seán currently serves on the frontline as an Emergency Department nurse as well as a Clinical Educator. Currently based in Western Australia, Seán has experience in healthcare delivery in Ireland and the United Kingdom.

In addition to his work in the hospital setting, Seán has made a meaningful impact in community healthcare. As a Nurse Practitioner, he has worked closely with diverse populations, ensuring access to quality care and promoting health and wellness. Seán’s experiences extend beyond traditional healthcare settings, as he has provided nursing services in police custody environments, as well as resource-poor areas such as music festivals and cruise ships.

Jemmima Bowd

Jemmima is an ambulance paramedic working in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. She graduated with a Bachelor of Paramedicine at Griffith University in 2021 and previously worked in event medicine and the Covid-19 vaccination programme.

Janie Brown

Janie is an Associate Professor in Curtin School of Nursing, a Senior Research Fellow at St John of God Midland Public Private Hospital and Lead of the International Consortium for Occupational Resilience (ICOR). She is a Registered Nurse and has been a nurse educator within many adult education sectors throughout Australia. Janie is a nurse researcher who responds to demand driven research, continually striving to contribute in meaningful ways to the national and international health care community of practice. She does this through reflexive and effective nursing leadership and academic excellence in teaching and research. The nexus between her leadership, teaching and research roles engages Janie with nursing students, clinicians, higher education specialists and researchers to work collaboratively and collectively for better health outcomes for all Australians.

Marie Boulianne

Marie works at Bethesda Clinic as the Clinical Nurse Manager providing specialised mental health assistance to Defence Personnel, Veterans and First Responders. Her working experience includes a mixture of community mental health nursing, private practice, and academic positions in undergraduate and postgraduate nursing. She is a Credentialed Mental Health Nurse. She completed her PhD at the University of Notre Dame researching the role played by humour in the development of resilience and well-being in nursing.

Matthew Campbell

Matt is a registered paramedic with St John WA in Australia. His work involves frontline pre-hospital care in metropolitan Perth as well as working as an industrial paramedic in remote sites across Western Australia. Matt has also worked as a registered paramedic for the London Ambulance Service. Prior to his career as a paramedic he studied at the University of Adelaide and completed a Bachelor of Health Sciences with a major in Pathology. He has since completed a Bachelor of Paramedic Science and a Graduate Certificate in Healthcare in Remote and Extreme Environments. Matt has a passion for teaching and education and has held various positions at Flinders University and Curtin University.

Vince Clark

Vince is Programme Lead for the BSc(Hons) in Paramedic Science at the University of Hertfordshire, UK, where he has been employed since 2016. He joined the London Ambulance Service in 1996, qualified as paramedic in 1998 and entered the Education and Development Department in 2001. He worked as part of the Higher Education team and developed in-house paramedic programmes as well as working closely with higher education partner institutions.

A Health & Care Professions Council partner since 2006, Vince has been involved in the regulatory approval of a wide range of paramedic educational programmes across the United Kingdom as well as assessing Continuing Professional Development submissions and sitting on Conduct and Competence Fitness to Practise panel hearings.

Vince is Trustee for Education for the College of Paramedics, the UK’s professional body for paramedics, having previously held the position of Head of Endorsements. He maintains clinical currency and works for the London Ambulance Service as a Bank Paramedic. Vince also works as an independent paramedic expert witness for the Court and prepares reports on breach of duty for both claimants and defendants.

Vince’s Professional Doctorate in Education focused on the theory-practice relationship in paramedic undergraduate education. This work informed the development of university accredited ambulance service paramedic Practice Educator courses and forms the basis for the College of Paramedics approach to practice-based learning with Vince having edited the College publication “Paramedic Practice-based learning: A Handbook for Practice Educators and Facilitators’.

Derek Collings-Hughes

Derek is a registered paramedic BParamed(Hons), MACPara originally from New Zealand who now resides in Western Australia. He holds a clinical role as an Ambulance Paramedic for St John Ambulance and an academic role as Lecturer in Paramedicine and Co-course Co-ordinator for the BSc-Paramedicine degree at Curtin University, Western Australia. Derek has a strong interest in the non-technical skills within paramedic practice. As such, his research interests include paramedic identity and professionalism, ethical and clinical decision-making, and using evidence to inform system improvements within paramedicine.

Joe Copson

Joe is a final-year PhD Student at the University of Hertfordshire and Lecturer in Paramedic Science at the University of East Anglia. He graduated in 2019 with a BSc (Hons) in Paramedic Science, following which he began his paramedic career working for the East of England Ambulance Service. He commenced his PhD full-time in 2021 – with funding from the University of Hertfordshire and the College of Paramedics – and is due to complete his PhD in 2024. His PhD is exploring the transition to practice experiences of newly qualified paramedics.

Michael Fanner

Michael is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, Honorary Assistant Professor in Community Child Health at the School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, and works one day a week as Health Visitor for Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust. Michael is currently establishing an England-wide NIHR funded Supporting Early Minds Research Network to identify, facilitate and support the research infrastructure focusing on the development of accessible, acceptable, and targeted interventions aimed at the cognitive and mental well-being of infants, toddlers, and pre-schoolers and their families from diverse backgrounds. In 2012–2013, Michael graduated as a Registered Nurse (Adult) and Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor) at King’s College London and maintains registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council through clinical, educational and research practice. In addition, Michael is a Queen’s Nurse and a Fellow of AdvanceHE/Higher Education Academy. Michael holds a PhD in social policy and has research interests in how social policy and clinical practice ‘caters for’ ethically complex social issues and evidence translation in infant mental health. Michael is an experienced educator and has lectured in nursing, paramedic science, social work and specialist community and public health nursing across a number of universities.

Sarah Fulford

Sarah is an Australian Historian and award-winning teacher. She holds a BA and MPhil and is Lecturer/MCASI in the Faculty of Health Science and Humanities at Curtin University. Through teaching, she is able to join the students’ journey as they understand the sociological impact of marginalisation on vulnerable...