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EOWC Advocacy Day at Queen’s Park
The Eastern Ontario Wardens’ Caucus concluded a highly successful advocacy day at Queen’s Park on Monday 11th May. The advocacy day culminated in a packed[…]
Mason and Batt CanPRD Session: Pathways, Progression, and the Paramedic Profession
In this session Paige Mason and Dr. Alan Batt will review the 2024 Career Framework for Paramedics in Canada, discuss progression through the pathways with[…]
Lanos et al. Identifying the context-specific roles enacted by community paramedics in Canada.
Lanos, C.; Leyenaar, M.; Caperon, E.; D’Angelo, B.; Grenier, M.; Harrisson, J.; Heffern, J.D.; Hirello, L.; Hultink, A.; Kustra, D.; Laviolette, B.; Leduc, S.; McLeod,[…]
Policy commentary: Why Canada needs advanced practice roles – and why paramedics are the right place to start
Leduc, S., Bolster, J., & Batt, A. (2026). Why Canada needs advanced practice roles – and why paramedics are the right place to start. Zenodo.[…]
Preprint: Mausz et al. Utility of Personalized Mental Health Reports in Connecting Paramedics with Mental Disorder Symptoms to Trauma-Informed Care
Mausz, J.; Donnelly, E. A.; Batt, A. M.; McConnell, M. M.; Tavares, W.; Aleem, N. Utility of Personalized Mental Health Reports in Connecting Paramedics with[…]
Scope is not the problem: why governance is the real risk for advanced practice by paramedics in Canada – policy commentary
Continuing our focus on the regulation and governance of paramedics, I’m pleased to share the latest commentary from Shannon Leduc, Jen Bolster and I related[…]
Self-regulation of paramedics in Ontario – your questions answered
I had the pleasure of sitting down with Paige Mason last night for a 1.5 hour long conversation on the potential self-regulation of paramedics in[…]
Policy Commentary: Regulatory Lag
What happens when models of care evolve rapidly, yet regulatory frameworks governing scopes of practice, delegation, and professional accountability (including legislation, professional standards, and regulator-issued[…]
Cunningham et al. Developing a Complex Intervention to Integrate Community Paramedics in GP Out-of-Hours Care in Ireland
Cunningham, C.; Masterson, S.; Batt, A.M. et al. Developing a Complex Intervention to Integrate Community Paramedics in GP Out-of-Hours Care in Ireland: A Qualitative Study.[…]
OAPC re: self-regulation of paramedics in Ontario
It was a pleasure to speak to the Eastern Ontario Association of Paramedic Chiefs meeting today in Kingston on the self-regulation of paramedics in Ontario.[…]