{"id":2898,"date":"2019-06-30T09:06:45","date_gmt":"2019-06-30T13:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/?p=2898"},"modified":"2024-08-07T16:07:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T20:07:07","slug":"conference-season-uk-may-and-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/?p=2898","title":{"rendered":"Conference season: UK &#8211; May and June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Early in May, I presented to the UK College of Paramedics National Conference (remotely due to ankle injury) on patient advocacy in paramedicine. While I was disappointed not to be there in person and engage with attendees, the talk was seemingly well-received! Thanks to Paul Gowens, Liz Harris and Prof. Julia Williams for the invite and the willingness to have me deliver the presentation remotely!<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2898 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"D9_kvj1WsAE_pPx\" href='http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/D9_kvj1WsAE_pPx.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/D9_kvj1WsAE_pPx-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2848\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2848'>\n\t\t\t\tPerspectives on EMS Systems at the Emergency Medical Services Show in London, June 2019\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"D968ufWWsAArQxd\" href='http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/D968ufWWsAArQxd.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/D968ufWWsAArQxd-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2878\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2878'>\n\t\t\t\tWith Pierre, Shane, Ann and Christian in London\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"IMG-20190626-WA0001\" href='http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG-20190626-WA0001.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG-20190626-WA0001-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2880\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2880'>\n\t\t\t\tGood times with good people!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"IMG-20190626-WA0003\" href='http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG-20190626-WA0003.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG-20190626-WA0003-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2882\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2882'>\n\t\t\t\tPaige and I have the best idea of the day!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"D955i_xW4AA4Iuu\" href='http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/D955i_xW4AA4Iuu.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/D955i_xW4AA4Iuu-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2958\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2958'>\n\t\t\t\tWith Prof Tom Quinn, IJP Editorial Board member\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"D96oaYtXsAAvPU9\" href='http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/D96oaYtXsAAvPU9.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/D96oaYtXsAAvPU9-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2960\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2960'>\n\t\t\t\tWith the awesome Georgette Eaton!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, after cramming in our house move during June, I jumped back on a plane to the UK to speak at the Emergency Medical Services Show in London. I was joined there by colleagues Paige Mason, JD Heffern, Dr. Shane Knox, Andi Bauer, and others from Monash University, Ambulance Victoria and the NAS in Ireland. We had a great week of interesting talks, networking, and even fitted in some sightseeing around London and the odd pint or two! Well done to Anastasia Beretsos and Chris Shanks for organising this mammoth event (150+ speakers and chairs over 6 tracks)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early in May, I presented to the UK College of Paramedics National Conference (remotely due to ankle injury) on patient advocacy in paramedicine. While I was disappointed not to be there in person and engage with attendees, the talk was seemingly well-received! Thanks to Paul Gowens, Liz Harris and Prof. Julia Williams for the invite [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[76,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-conferences"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ALAN-BATT.png",1200,627,false],"thumbnail":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ALAN-BATT-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ALAN-BATT-300x157.png",300,157,true],"medium_large":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ALAN-BATT-768x401.png",768,401,true],"large":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ALAN-BATT-1024x535.png",1024,535,true],"1536x1536":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ALAN-BATT.png",1200,627,false],"2048x2048":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ALAN-BATT.png",1200,627,false],"kubio-fullhd":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ALAN-BATT.png",1200,627,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Alan","author_link":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/?author=1"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Early in May, I presented to the UK College of Paramedics National Conference (remotely due to ankle injury) on patient advocacy in paramedicine. 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