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Associate Professor Alan M. Batt PhD PGCME MAcadMEd FHLA SFHEA
Dr. Alan Batt is Associate Professor of Paramedicine (adjunct) at Monash University, Paramedicine Program Lead and Assistant Professor (adjunct) at Queen’s University, and Assistant Professor (status) at the University of Toronto. He is Co-Chair of the McNally Project for Paramedicine Research, a Member of the Academy of Medical Educators, an Associate of the Prehospital Care Research Forum at UCLA, a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Healthcare Leadership Academy. His program of research uses mixed methods approaches to explore health professions education, with a focus on professional competencies, care of marginalized populations, and social and structural determinants of health.
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Associate Professor Alan M. Batt PhD PGCME MAcadMEd FHLA SFHEA
Dr. Alan Batt is Associate Professor of Paramedicine (adjunct) at Monash University, Paramedicine Program Lead and Assistant Professor (adjunct) at Queen’s University, and Assistant Professor (status) at the University of Toronto. He is Co-Chair of the McNally Project for Paramedicine Research, a Member of the Academy of Medical Educators, an Associate of the Prehospital Care Research Forum at UCLA, a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Healthcare Leadership Academy. His program of research uses mixed methods approaches to explore health professions education, with a focus on professional competencies, care of marginalized populations, and social and structural determinants of health.
Dr. Batt is an experienced paramedic clinician, educator, and researcher, and serves as a subject matter expert and advisor on paramedicine and health systems for governments and agencies nationally and internationally. He has attracted over $3.7m in grant funding, and has published over 190 articles, reports, and chapters in peer-reviewed and professional publications. He supervises several masters and PhD students exploring diverse areas of paramedicine. He led the development of key pan-Canadian projects including the National Competency Framework for Paramedics, Paramedic Education and Practice Guidance, Code of Ethics, and the Career Framework for Paramedics.
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Associate Professor Alan M. Batt PhD PGCME MAcadMEd FHLA SFHEA
Dr. Alan Batt is Associate Professor of Paramedicine (adjunct) at Monash University, Paramedicine Program Lead and Assistant Professor (adjunct) at Queen’s University, and Assistant Professor (status) at the University of Toronto. He is Co-Chair of the McNally Project for Paramedicine Research, a Member of the Academy of Medical Educators, an Associate of the Prehospital Care Research Forum at UCLA, a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Healthcare Leadership Academy. His program of research uses mixed methods approaches to explore health professions education, with a focus on professional competencies, care of marginalized populations, and social and structural determinants of health.
He is a Canadian, Irish, and UK registered paramedic, with a clinical, leadership, and academic career spanning 20 years, nine countries, and four continents. He currently serves as Deputy Editor of the peer-reviewed international journal Paramedicine, and as a Senior Appraiser with the PEP Project at Dalhousie University. He is Co-Chair of the McNally Project for Paramedicine Research, and a former Vice-President of the Irish College of Paramedics. He is a member of the Violence in Paramedicine Research Group, and the IMPACC research group.
His research employs mixed methods approaches to explore health professions education, with a focus on professional competencies, care of marginalized populations, community paramedicine, and social and structural determinants of health. He is involved in various national and international collaborative research projects investigating these topics and has received over $3.7m of funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Healthcare Excellence Canada, the Foundation for Advancing Family Medicine, the Health Research Board (Ireland), the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (Ireland), and the ZOLL Foundation (USA), amongst others. He serves as a proposal reviewer for tri-council funding in Canada, and for the Swiss National Science Foundation.
Dr. Batt completed a PhD at Monash University, and an MSc in Critical Care at Cardiff University. He has lectured at Central Queensland University, Charles Sturt University, Monash University, Queen’s University, the Justice Institute of BC, Portland Community College, Fanshawe College, and the University of Toronto. He has taught paramedics, health professionals, educators, and researchers in vocational and higher education settings worldwide, and was previously a faculty member and senior instructor trainer for over 20 courses delivered by the AHA, ITLS, NAEMT, ECSI, and HSI. He has consulted as an expert advisor on paramedicine and health services for multiple governments and agencies nationally and internationally. He has published over 190 journal articles, magazine articles, textbook chapters, textbooks, and reports, and he has presented at conferences over 200 times.
He has published his research in outlets such as: Advances in Health Sciences Education, Paramedicine, Health and Social Care in the Community, BMJ Open, Health Research Policy and Systems, HRB Open Research, Healthcare, the British Journal of Surgery, Frontiers in Medicine, and Progress in Palliative Care, amongst others.
Dr. Batt has received international recognition for his scholarly and professional contributions to paramedicine. He received a Departmental research scholarship to complete his PhD research, which received a Research Impact Award and a Publication Impact Award. He received the 2018 Award of Excellence for Leadership & Community Building from the Paramedic Association of Canada, the 2023 Highest Quality Research Award from the Australasian College of Paramedicine, and the King Charles III Coronation Medal for significant contributions and exceptional service to paramedicine in Canada in 2024.
He led the development of key pan-Canadian projects including the National Competency Framework for Paramedics, and the Career Framework for Paramedics. He is currently supervising 6 PhD research scholars, has supervised 7 masters and honours scholars, and over 300 undergraduate students in final year group research projects.
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Qualifications
- PhD, Monash University
- Member, Academy of Medical Educators
- Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education, Newcastle University
- Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy
- Fellow, Healthcare Leadership Academy
- Master of Science in Critical Care, Cardiff University
- Graduate Certificate in Intensive Care Paramedic Studies, Charles Sturt University
- Certificate, Critical Care Paramedic, Creighton University
- Certificate, Advanced Paramedic, University of Ioannina
- Diploma, Emergency Medical Technology, University College Dublin.
Additional education
- Certificate in Quality and Safety in Healthcare
- Certificate in Leadership & Organizing for Change
- Certificate in Gerontology
- Certificate in Clinical Simulation
- Certificate in Training & Development
Committee Memberships
- Paramedic Social Prescribing Collaborative Steering Committee, Healthcare Excellence Canada.
- Social Prescribing Leadership Table, Older Adult Centres’ Association of Ontario.
- Program Advisory Committee, Paramedic Program, Fleming College.
- Chair, External Expert Review Panel, Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Board
- Capacity Building, Education & Research Working Group, Provincial Geriatrics Leadership Ontario.
- Ontario Community Paramedicine Knowledge Exchange Committee.
- Examinations Subcommittee, PHECC, Ireland.
- Canadian Paramedicine Education Chapter, Canada.
- Z1630: Community Paramedicine.
- Z1660: National Occupational Standard for Paramedics.
- Z1635: Canadian Paramedic Information System.
- Z1650: Paramedic response to the opioid crisis.
- Advisory Council, Prehospital Evidence Based Practice Project.
- Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) Initiative Curriculum Committee
- Queen’s/WAHA/Northern College Working Group
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