AlanAfter 8 years, today I stepped down from my position as Professor in the Paramedic Programs at Fanshawe College. A bittersweet moment for me as […]
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Editorial: Untangling the web. The need for theory, theoretical frameworks, and conceptual frameworks in paramedic research.
I was delighted to collaborate with a friend of mine, Dr. Madison Brydges, to write this recent editorial piece for Paramedicine. In this editorial, we […]
Johnston et al. Barriers and enablers to implementing intranasal ketamine for Primary Care Paramedics in Canada – a parallel convergent mixed methods study.
A team led by Tania Johnston (which I was a member of) have just had a paper related to intranasal ketamine for PCPs published in […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Developing the National Occupational Standard for Paramedics in Canada – update 3.
Alan M. Batt, Pierre Poirier, Jeanne Bank, Jennifer Bolster, Michael Austin, Cheryl Cameron, Elizabeth Donnelly, Becky Donelon, Noël Dunn, Tim Essington, Sean Hackett, William Johnston, […]
Goodbye blue bird!
After 12 years and over 16,000 tweets on the platform, I have left Twitter. The deciding factors were recent developments concerning privacy and a growing […]
Developing competency frameworks in health professions
Last updated: 12/12/2022 A good place to start is this scoping review, which provides an overview of how competency frameworks have been developed in the […]