Duncan McConnell

Duncan McConnell

Gumdale, Queensland, Australia
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Duncan is a consultant and paramedic practitioner who utilises over 27 years of experience within pre-hospital care, management, GLNG mining and ICT industries to achieve innovation, transformational change and ongoing professional development that achieves a clear, practical and client focused approach. Duncan has worked across ambulances in Australia, as well as consulted internationally as well. Other experience within this field includes working as a Senior Lecturer and Foundational Paramedicine Program Director in the School of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University and Post Graduate Paramedicine Programs Coordinator / Senior Lecturer with Charles Darwin University. Duncan’s has also worked with the Queensland Ambulance Service for 27 years, starting off as an Honorary Ambulance Officer in 1997, then working his way up through the ranks of paramedic, station officer, inspector and other senior leadership roles throughout that career.

Duncan's specialties within these areas include: Change Management, Innovation, Transformational Change, Human Resource Management, Logistics, Planning, eLearning, Software Development, Website Development, Managerial Education Development Programs, Paramedical Education, Pre-Hospital Care Operations, Aeromedical Operations and Disaster Management, Simulation and Moulage, Clinical Governance, Quality Assurance, Provision of formal and informal education, Clinical Assessment, Clinical Review & Investigation, Assistance with Management of Diminished Performance, Workplace Health and Safety and First Aid Education.

Duncan’s Board experience includes being the current President of the Australian Institute of Paramedic Practitioners (AIPP) and International Board Member at Large for the International College of Advanced Paramedic Practice (I-CAPP).

Duncan also works across Developing Countries designing and implementing EMS / Ambulance / Paramedic Services and Systems, based on the needs of the countries health system. This methodology enables a contextualised and sustainable approach to the delivery of prehospital care within that country.

Duncan has also works in the Australian Entertainment Industry as a professional guitarist and singer, in which he toured Australia in the Class of 59 Rock around Australia Tour, performing as "Eddie Cochran".

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Experience

  • Griffith University Graphic

    Griffith University

    School of Medicine - Gold Coast Campus

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    Brisbane, Australia

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    Queensland

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    Northern Territory, Australia

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    Casuarina

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    South Bank Campus, Brisbane, Queensland

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    225 St Pauls Tce Fortitude Valley

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    Brisbane, Australia

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Education

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    A comparison of international ambulance models in developed and developing countries.

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    Paramedical Education Program completed with the Queensland Ambulance Service

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Volunteer Experience

Publications

  • Community Paramedicine within Developing Countries

    International Roundtable on Community Paramedicine (IRCP)

    The implementation of community Paramedicine within developing countries provides a valuable increase in reach and increased patient care for hospital health systems. Focusing on the working currently being done in the republic of the Maldives, this presentations discussed the growth and development within this area.

  • EMS Leadership and Education in Developing Countries

    Paramedics Chiefs of Canada Conference

    This presentation touches on the work currently being done in Mongolia and the Republic if the Maldives in the areas of EMS, Ambulance and Paramedicine and implementing these changes within a developing country.

  • An unexpected journey into paramedicine research

    Canadian Paramedicine

    This article discusses how I accidentally ended up working within areas of Paramedic research. It discusses how any paramedic could become involved in research within Paramedicine and why it is so important that paramedics lead the development of Paramedic Research.

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  • A high-impact approach to death and dying training

    Journal of Paramedicine

    We spend hundreds of hours learning how to manage complex issues with patient care. But what about our ability to communicate with patients, families and friends in times of death or breaking bad news. This article describes a scenario and method of training that is being done at the Griffith University Paramedicine Program that addresses this.

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  • Low Acuity - Chapter 21

    Wiley Publishing

    Fundamentals of Paramedic Practice, 2nd Edition. 2019 Release date TBC

  • Paramedic Assessment Skills - Chapter 19

    Wiley Publishing

    Fundamentals of Paramedic Practice 2nd Edition. 2019 Release date TBC

  • Environmental Methods of Simulation in Paramedic Education

    International Round Table of Community Paramedicine (IRCP) / Council of Ambulance Authorities (CAA) Conference

    Simulation has become a major learning paradigm across industries around the world today. Paramedicine is no exception to this, with it now playing a major part in the delivery of both the education of our future paramedics but also within skill maintenance and development of qualified paramedics as well. Simulation now enables the learner to have a more authentic learning experience, which ultimately enables them to learn, apply, reflect and improve, before they ever touch a real patient.

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  • A descriptive analysis of a Health Management Work Integrated Learning course – moving from Health Services Management learning to employment readiness

    Asian Pacific Journal of Health Management

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  • Authentic Simulation via Interprofessional Leaning

    International Round Table of Community Paramedicine (IRCP) / EMS World Conference 2017 Las Vegas, USA

    This inter-professional learning environment provides our students with an authentic and real-time learning experience, far beyond anything you can achieve from just inside a classroom. It also introduces and prepares them for the team-based approach required in today’s holistic approach to health care, which ultimately leads to a gold standard of patient care.

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  • Immersive Ambulance Simulator Opens at Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia

    Duncan McConnell / Nine News Gold Coast

    Nine News broadcast of the Immersive Ambulance Simulator opening at the School of Medicine, Griffith University.

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  • Immersive Ambulance Simulator - Bringing vehicles into our classrooms

    IRCP Conference Saskatoon Canada 2016

    26 minute presentation from the 2016 IRCP Conference that discusses the roll out and development of this new style of immersive prehospital care simulation.

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  • Virtual Reality Simulation in Paramedic Education. Does it have the potential to change the direction of paramedic training as we see it today?

    International Round Table of Community Paramedicine (IRCP) / Council of Ambulance Authorities (CAA), Melbourne, Australia

    This study is aimed at reviewing what current Virtual Reality Simulation (VRS) methods are currently in use within the prehospital setting, what effect this is having on student paramedic development and if the use of VRS has the potential to change the direction of paramedic training as we see it today. From the literature reviewed as part of this study and from the applications of how VRS is being currently utilised by three groups who also participate as part of this study, it was clearly…

    This study is aimed at reviewing what current Virtual Reality Simulation (VRS) methods are currently in use within the prehospital setting, what effect this is having on student paramedic development and if the use of VRS has the potential to change the direction of paramedic training as we see it today. From the literature reviewed as part of this study and from the applications of how VRS is being currently utilised by three groups who also participate as part of this study, it was clearly evident the benefits VRS technology has brought into industry already and just what the future could possibly hold. While there is still much work to be done to fully appreciate the impact of integrating VRS into a prehospital curriculum, the evidence identified within this initial research from Australia and around the Globe is promising.

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Honors & Awards

  • 125 Years of Queensland Ambulance Service Group Citation

    Queensland Ambulance Service

  • Vice Chancellor Award for Academic Excellence

    Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)

  • 2010 – 2011 Queensland Floods and Cyclone Group Citation

    Queensland Government

  • National Medal

    Australian Government

  • Queensland Ambulance Service Long Service Medal

    Queensland Ambulance Service

  • Australian Defence Medal

    Royal Australian Army

  • Assistant Commissioner’s Commendation for Bravery

    Queensland Ambulance Service

Organizations

  • Bayside United Sports & Recreation Club

    President

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  • Australian College of Health Service Managers (ACHSM)

    Assistant Secretary/Membership Registrar - Queensland Branch Coucil

  • Royal United Services Institute Queensland (RUSIQ)

    Vice President (Administration)

    Previous roles included Public Awareness Officer.

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