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HEC funding: Community paramedicine needs assessment tool (CPNAT)
A team led by ABC has been awarded funding to develop an interim Community Paramedicine Program Needs Assessment Tool. The team – Tyne Lunn (Honours[…]
NCFP wins international research award
Congratulations to the team developing the PAC/CSA National Competency Framework for Paramedics (formerly the NOSP), who won the “Best of the Best” Research Award at[…]
Communication in Paramedic Practice published
I was delighted to receive a few copies of ‘Communication in Paramedic Practice’ in the post this week which I recently co-authored with Gjyn OToole[…]
Bolster: PhD scholarship
Congratulations to Jennifer Bolster, who has been awarded the inaugural Monash University/McNally Project PhD scholarship! Jen is doing amazing work researching the care of people[…]
Bolster et al. The Paramedic Role in Caring for People Who Use Illicit and Controlled Drugs: A Scoping Review
Jennifer Bolster has just had her scoping review related to the paramedic role in substance use accepted for publication in Paramedicine. She completed this as[…]
Batt et al. Canadian Paramedicine Landscape Review and Standards Roadmap
Download the report for free here Executive Summary The paramedic profession in Canada has evolved significantly in the last decade in terms of the professional[…]
Batt et al. Developing the National Occupational Standard for Paramedics in Canada – update 4.
Alan M. Batt, Jennifer Bolster, Pierre Poirier, Jeanne Bank, Michael Austin, Cheryl Cameron, Elizabeth Donnelly, Becky Donelon, Noël Dunn, Tim Essington, Sean Hackett, William Johnston,[…]
Cameron: Queen’s Jubilee Medal
Cheryl Cameron was awarded the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal at a virtual ceremony in January 2023. Cheryl was recognised for her services to palliative care[…]
Bolster et al. Emerging Concepts in the Paramedicine Literature to Inform the Revision of a pan-Canadian Competency Framework for Paramedics: A Restricted Review
The National Occupational Competency Profile (NOCP) – the competency framework for paramedics in Canada – is presently undergoing revision. Since the NOCP was published in[…]