Kevin Armstrong

Biography

Kev is the Director of Education for the School of Medicine where he has strategic oversight, leadership, and management of the school’s wide range of education programmes and the Director of Paramedicine where he leads the paramedic education team. He has over 15 year’s experience in higher education, spending the last 4 years at Keele University.

He is a member of the Faculty Education Committee, chair of the School Education Committee and a member of the University Standing Validation panel. Kev is also a Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences representative to the University Senate.

Research and scholarship

Kirk, A., Armstrong, K., Nurkka,N. and Jinks, A. (2018), "The impact of blame culture on paramedic practice: A qualitative study exploring English and Finnish paramedic perceptions", International Journal of Emergency Services, Vol. 7 No. 3, pp. 214-227. 

Teaching

Kevin has been teaching paramedicine in higher education for more than 15 years and has taught a wide range of subject’s areas in that time and continues to further develop new teaching and learning activities for both undergraduate and post-graduate students from the broader range of health professions.

Further information

Conference contributions

IRCP Conference 2017 – Las Vegas, Nevada. 'The impact of blame culture on paramedic practice: a qualitative study exploring English and Finnish paramedic perceptions.

All-Russian scientific-practical conference “Ambulance – 2016” Saint Petersburg, Russia. Does the fear of complaint and/or litigation influence the delivery of care by paramedics in the clinical practice setting? An international comparative study. Current findings; Overview of Paramedic Profession in the UK.

Edge Hill University SOLSTICE & CLT conference 2014.
“Adopting the principles of gamification to enhance the teaching and learning of ECG Recognition and Case Management of various patient medical complaints via an interactive online experience.”