A/Prof. Alan M. Batt PhD PGCME MAcadMEd FHLA SFHEA

Dr. Alan Batt is an experienced health professions 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 25 years, ten countries, and five continents. Dr. Batt's research and scholarly activities are primarily focused on health professions education, workforce evolution and strategy, 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 policy for 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 Member of the Academy of Medical Educators (UK), a Fellow of the Healthcare Leadership Academy (UK), and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK).

He has published over 200 articles, reports, book chapters, and textbooks and has presented at conferences more than 200 times. He has been awarded over $5.5m CAD of funding to date in principal, co-investigator/applicant and collaborator 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
• Certificate, Critical Care Paramedic, Creighton University
• Diploma, Emergency Medical Technology, University College Dublin

Awards and Grants

• King Charles III 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

Committee roles

• Chair, External Expert Review Panel, Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Board
• Co-Chair, CASPERR Steering Committee
• Co-Chair, McNally Project for Paramedicine Research
• Co-Chair, HSO Acute Care: Emergency Transport Technical Committee
• Co-Chair, Paramedics and Social Prescribing Advisory Committee
• Member, Social Prescribing Leadership Table
• Associate, Prehospital Care Research Forum, UCLA, USA
• Member, Examination Sub-Committee, PHECC, Ireland