David is the Associate Dean of Allied Health in the School of Medical and Health Sciences and a Registered Paramedic.
Current Teaching
David has a teaching focus on emergency care focussing on trauma and prehospital resuscitation, ethics and law and emergency management. He has a specialist interest in safety and quality in healthcare and clinical governance.
Background
David holds pre-hospital qualifications and works with St John Ambulance (WA). Previously he worked for the Ambulance Service of NSW and St John Ambulance (Northern Territory). He has held operational (front line) paramedical roles as well as management roles in areas such as emergency management, clinical governance, and resuscitation improvement.
Prior to joining ECU, David spent a number of years in management consulting, where, as a manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers and a boutique consultancy in Perth he undertook specialist healthcare consulting across private and public healthcare providers.
He is a past Director of Performance Review in the Office of the Auditor General (WA), and holds the Australian Institute of Company Director’s Diploma.
In his spare time David is a member of Surf Life Saving Australia’s Medical Advisory Committee and is currently on the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare’s Committee developing Safety and Quality Standards for Australian Ambulance Services. He is a competency assessor for Ahpra and leads consortium of five Universities providing assessment services to the Paramedicine Board of Australia.
Professional Associations
- Graduate Member Australian Institute of Company Directors
- Member Paramedics Australasia
- Independent Member Lifesaving Advisory Committee – Surf Life Saving Australia
Awards and Recognition
- School of Medical and Health Sciences Strategic Initiative Funds. Edith Cowan University, June 2016 (Postgraduate Paramedic Management Course Development (with St John NT); Transport Officer Course Development (with PIBT); Electronic Skills Tracker for Paramedic Students; Zip Car for Extrication Training).
- School of Medical and Health Sciences Student Research Cadetship. Edith Cowan University. Analysis of injuries at the Surf Life Saving Australia national championships. $3,000. May 2016.
- WA Clinical Training Network. Simulated Learning Environments Research Grant 2016. Investigating the extent highly realistic moulage impacts on learning outcomes in simulation-based learning environments. $15,000. February 2016.
- Collaboration Enhancement Grant. Edith Cowan University, $2,000. October 2015 (with Surf Life Saving Australia).
- Endeavour Grant. Australian Government. $16,000 grant for students to participate in a study tour for 4-weeks with London Ambulance Service. February, 2016.
- New Colombo Plan. Australian Government. 3-years recurrent funding for 15 students to visit Sanglah Hospital, Indonesia on study tour. $90,000. August 2015.
Research Areas and Interests
- Pre-Hospital Paramedicine
- Emergency Management
- Mass Gatherings
- Aeromedical Clinical Care and Evacuation
- Evidence Based Competency Assessment