Associate Professor Paul Simpson

Position

Associate Professor of Paramedicine

Biography

Paul is a registered paramedic and Associate Professor of Paramedicine at Western Sydney University (WSU). He is Deputy Chair of the WSU Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC), Deputy Chair/Chair-Elect of the Australasian Council of Paramedicine, and a Practitioner Member of Paramedicine Council of NSW.

He previously served as Director of Academic Program (Paramedicine) at WSU (2013-2022), and as Editor in Chief of the international journal 'Paramedicine' (2021-2026).

Outside of these roles, Paul is a strong advocate for sustainable academic life. Having once lost his own balance, he now gives voice to balance in life and supporting people develop values-based academic and professional careers.

Research Interests

• Paramedicine
• Paramedicine education
• Paramedic provision of mental health care
• Paramedicine academic workforce issues
• Work-integrated learning in paramedicine education
• Clinical reasoning and decision making

Professional Memberships

• Fellow of Australian and New Zealand College of Paramedicine (1997 - 2017)
• Paramedics Australasia (1997 - 2017)

Awards

• Solphus Falck Prehospital Research Award, International Conference on Emergency Medicine 2014-06-03
• Australian Prehospital Emergency Health Research Forum Best Paper Award 2014-10-21

Qualifications

• PhDPHCM University of New South Wales
• MSMCE University of Sydney
• GCPEM Victoria University
• GCCE Charles Sturt University
• BHSPH Charles Sturt University
• BED University of Wollongong

Research & Publications

• For a complete list of my publications please see my publications page (opens in a new window)
• View my Researchgate page (opens in a new window)

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