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

Dr. Alan Batt is an educator and early career researcher in paramedicine. He is a Canadian, Irish, and UK registered paramedic, with a clinical, leadership, 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 vulnerable and under-served populations, professionalism, and social and structural determinants of health. He serves as an expert on paramedicine, health professions education, and health services policy for multiple governments and agencies.

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, textbooks, and book chapters, and has presented at conferences on more than 200 occasions. His research has attracted more than $1.6M of funding to date. He currently supervises several PhD, master's and honour's students.

He is Principal 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

• 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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