Dr Robbie King (PhD) is a lecturer of Paramedicine at the Faculty of health Science at the Australian Catholic University (ACU) Brisbane. He also continues to provide clinical care as an extended scope ‘community’ paramedic.
Dr King completed his PhD in early 2024 which explored the patient experience of paramedic-led healthcare that resulted in non-conveyance. This research generated a theory that describes a process of how patients restore their self-efficacy through interaction with paramedics. This occurs when paramedics take a biopsychosocial approach and the time to validate patients’ vulnerabilities while providing clinically competent and compassionate care. This work received the “Dean, Graduate Research award for outstanding thesis”.
His current research projects continue to explore patient experience, paramedic use of referral pathways, empathy & compassion, and paramedic use of biopsychosocial models to support patient assessment and management plans. Dr King is open to co-supervising PhD candidates and supervising Honours and Master’s students.
Area of research: Paramedicine, Non-conveyance and referral pathways, Patient experience, Patient reported experience measures, Community Paramedicine - Extended practice, Empathy and Compassion
Are you currently taking students? Yes
What supervision can you provide? Honours, Masters, PhD, Primary Supervisor, Co-supervisor
Supervision approach: Each person has their own unique set of skills, perspectives and needs from research supervision. My approach is to work with the individual's needs while providing scaffolding, goal setting and encourage self-reflection.
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