I get to work with an awesome team here in the Discipline of Paramedicine.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m currently the topic coordinator for our undergraduate research topic, and also the topic where we teach the majority of the obstetric and paediatric care content. We focus on developing excellent paramedics.<\/p>\n
Where did you work before joining CMPH?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Before joining Flinders I was working on-road full-time as a registered paramedic with SA Ambulance Service.<\/p>\n What journey brought you to this point in your career?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n This morning: My mother-in-law\u2019s hand-me-down 2002 Subaru Liberty!<\/p>\n More broadly: I had a fantastic high-school biology teacher (thanks Mr. Greig) who nourished my curiosity of all things biology and science. He sparked an interest in becoming a paramedic, which I achieved with a lot of support from my family. More recently, I studied higher education and absolutely loved it, and now get to use both skill sets.<\/p>\n What is something you love most about your work?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n When I\u2019m having a chat with a student about a topic, and they have a sudden \u201clightbulb moment\u201d, where it all makes sense. You can see it in their eyes \u2013 it\u2019s a very cool experience. And being surrounded by smart, keen, positive people. \u201cWant to know more about this thing? No worries, go see Professor X<\/em> three doors down \u2013 they\u2019re an internationally recognised expert\u201d. It\u2019s incredible really.<\/p>\n If you could tell your younger self one thing, what would it be?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Go for a beer with Anna much sooner. Turns out that was a great plan. And get as much sleep as you can before the boys turn up.<\/p>\n If you had a superpower what would it be?<\/strong><\/p>\n Time travel for sure. I\u2019d go back and see my Nan, and then play with my doggies, who are on the Rainbow Bridge now.<\/p>\n I\u2019d also like to see the pleistocene megafauna, but then zap out before they eat me.<\/p>\n How do you like to relax or spend your spare time?<\/strong><\/p>\n Bushwalking, camping, hanging with our animals (dogs, alpacas, horses, chickens etc), and playing\/watching sports (including watching the Crows win occasionally!) with my wife and our four boys.<\/p>\n I also have an amateur (HAM) radio license which I\u2019d like to use more when I have free time\u2026one day.<\/p>\n Who is the most famous person you are related to?<\/strong><\/p>\n Elvis Presley! An I2 haplogroup (distant!) cousin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is your role and what does your work focus on?\u00a0 I get to work with an awesome team here in the Discipline of Paramedicine. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5156,"featured_media":1181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4123],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-get-to-know-cmph"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mph-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mph-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mph-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mph-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5156"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mph-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mph-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mph-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mph-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mph-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mph-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mph-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2022\/12\/james-sturt-team-min-1024x768.jpg\")
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