A/Prof. Alan M. Batt PhD PGCME MAcadMEd FHEA

Dr. Alan Batt is an experienced educator and mid-career researcher in paramedicine. He is a Canadian, Irish, and UK registered paramedic, with a clinical, leadership, governance, and academic career spanning 20 years, nine countries, and four continents. Dr. Batt's research and scholarly activities are primarily focused on health professions education, community paramedicine, care of marginalized and under-served populations, and social and structural determinants of health. He serves as an expert advisor on paramedicine, health professions education, and health services policy for multiple government agencies, regulators, funding bodies and consulting groups.

He is Associate Professor of Paramedicine (adjunct) at Monash University, Victoria, Australia; Paramedicine Program Lead and Assistant Professor (adjunct) at Queen's University, Ontario, Canada; and Assistant Professor (status) at IHPME at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is Deputy Editor of Paramedicine, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK), and a Member of the Academy of Medical Educators (UK).

Dr. Batt serves as Co-Chair of the McNally Project for Paramedicine Research in Canada, and as an Associate of the Prehospital Care Research Forum at UCLA, USA.

He has published over 190 articles, reports, book chapters, textbooks and has presented at conferences on more than 200 occasions. He has been awarded more than $3.7m of funding to date in principal and co-investigator roles. He currently supervises several PhD, master's and honour's students.

He is Managing Partner of Alan Batt Consulting.

Education

• PhD, Monash University
• Postgraduate Certificate, Medical Education, Newcastle University
• MSc, Critical Care, Cardiff University
• Certificate, Disaster Management, TISS/IFRC
• Graduate Certificate, Intensive Care Paramedicine, Charles Sturt University
• Diploma, Emergency Medical Technology, University College Dublin

Awards and Grants

• Coronation Medal for services to paramedicine in Canada.
• Highest Quality Research Award, Australasian College of Paramedicine
• Research Publication Award, Monash University
• Research Impact Award, Monash University
• Award of Excellence for Leadership, Paramedic Association of Canada
• Presidents Award, Paramedic Association of Canada

Publications

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