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Tom Davidson

  • Principal Lecturer in Paramedic Practice/ Director for the Centre of Excellence in Paramedic Practice
  • Institute of Health
  • Health and Wellbeing
Tom Davidson

Biography

Tom is the director of the Centre of Excellence in Paramedic Practice. This involves leading the paramedic provision within the University of Cumbria. The Centre sits within the university's Institute of Health (IoH) and Tom is part of the IoH Senior Leadership Team. Tom works directly with ambulance services and other key partners to develop institutional and educational partnerships. Previously Tom has worked as a senior lecturer as a programme lead for undergraduate and post-graduate programmes. Tom still teaches across the programmes and provide Msc Dissertation supervision. Tom is currently completing his PhD in Education at Lancaster University and is focusing on Technology Enhance Learning. 

Qualifications and memberships

BSc (Hons) Paramedic Practice

PgC Academic Practice

PgC Evidence Based Practice

HEA Fellow

Msc Paramedic Education

APM Practitioner 

PhD Candidate 

Academic and research interests

Emergency Medicine

Paramedic Education

Technology Enhanced Learning

Simulation

Social Learning Theory 

Publications

Feltham, Christina, Foster, Julie, Davidson, Tom and Ralph, Stewart (2016) Student midwives and paramedic students' experiences of shared learning in pre-hospital childbirth. Nurse Education Today, 41 . pp. 73-78.

Davidson, Tom (2019) Out of a trade, into a profession: auto-ethnographic research exploring how paramedics learn to become lecturers. In: College of Paramedics Research Conference 2019, 24 September 2019, Cardiff, UK. (Unpublished)
 
Davidson, Tom (2018) Out of a trade, into a profession: auto-ethnographic research exploring how paramedics learn to become lecturers. In: Borders and Boundaries Conference: Debating the Limits and Possibiities of Education, 3-4 July 2018, Lancaster University, UK. (Unpublished) 

Recent external roles

St George's University Bsc Paramedic Science External Examiner 

College of Paramedic Forum for Higher Education in Paramedic Science (FHEPS) member

End Point Assessor