Alan M. Batt
Paramedic, Researcher, and Educator in Ontario, Canada
Alan M. Batt
Paramedic, Researcher, and Educator in Ontario, Canada
Alan M. Batt PhD MSc PGCME MAcadMEd FHEA
Dr. Alan Batt is the Paramedicine Program Lead at Queen's University, Ontario, Canada, Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Paramedicine at Monash University, Victoria, Australia, and Assistant Professor (status) at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is Deputy Editor of Paramedicine. Alan is an experienced paramedic clinician, educator, and researcher, and serves as a subject matter expert and reviewer on paramedicine, health professions education, and health services.
He originally qualified as a paramedic in Ireland, and has since worked in nine countries across four continents. As a researcher, Dr. Batt specializes in mixed-methods approaches to explore health professions education, with a focus on professional competencies, care of vulnerable and under-served populations, and social and structural determinants of health. He has published over 190 articles, reports, textbooks and book chapters, and has presented nationally and internationally on more than 200 occasions.
He is Scientist and Co-Chair of the McNally Project for Paramedicine Research in Canada, and an Associate of the Prehospital Care Research Forum at UCLA, USA. He currently supervises several PhD, master's and honour's students.
He is Principal of Alan Batt Consulting, providing a wide range of consulting services related to paramedicine, education, health services, leadership, and research.
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
Teaching interests
- Social and structural determinants of health
- Professional issues
- Research capacity
Research interests
- Evolving role of paramedicine
- Structural and social determinants of health
- Vulnerable, marginalized and under-served populations
- Health professions education
- Competency framework development
Awards and Grants
- $1M+ of grant funding to date
- 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
Honours
- Fellow, Higher Education Academy
- Member, Academy of Medical Educators
Publications
- Available below