Matt Wilkinson-Stokes
Doctorate
Doctorate Title: Improving the utilisation of paramedics in the primary-emergency sector intersection to meet contemporary community healthcare demands.
Doctorate Description: Non-emergency ambulance transfers to Emergency Departments are estimated to have cost hospitals approximately $1.45 billion in 2020, a figure that is potentially reducible if these patients are referred to primary care instead of emergency care services. This PhD project will perform a cost-effectiveness analysis combined with a soft systems theory approach to practically evaluate the potential of ‘low acuity’ paramedic roles – including paramedic practitioners, community paramedics, and extended care paramedics – to assist in bridging the gap between current community healthcare needs and the existing paramedic models in the primary-emergency sectors.
Details:
Type: PhD
University: The University of Melbourne
Primary Supervisor: Prof Braitberg, Dr Crellin, Prof Gerdtz
Category: Professional Development
Funding: Westpac Scholars / The University of Melbourne / Australian Government
Start Date: 2021
End Date: 2024
Status: Ongoing
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