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STRESS MEASUREMENT NETWORK

Our Network has developed a taxonomy of terms (the ‘Stress Typology’) as a first step toward providing a common language, including descriptive dimensions of exposure and responses to stress. The purpose of this tool is to highlight the important conceptual dimensions of stress relevant to the study of health and well-being.

Check out the following podcasts on learning and teaching, research and paramedic job performance

Dr Sandy MacQuarrie (Griffith University): Paramedic Wellness

Alex (Sandy) MacQuarrie is a transplanted Canadian trained to the level of Critical Care Paramedic (flight). He has worked in paramedicine since 1993 in urban, rural, and remote environments including helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) and senior management positions. He has a Bachelor of Science, a Master of Business Administration and recently completed a PhD. Currently, he is Senior Lecturer at the School of Medicine at Griffith University on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. A passion for exploring paramedic wellness led him to conduct doctoral research in cooperation with New South Wales Ambulance Service in a truly unique collaboration. He also has over 20 years as a firefighter in suburban and rural settings in three Canadian provinces and one Australian state. Current research interests include the physiological response to stress in emergency services providers and others.

Are we ready to deal with death? - Dr Sandy MacQuarrie,

Dr Sandy MacQuarrie is an accomplished paramedic, academic and researcher. After decades of ambulance and fire service in Canada, he migrated to Australia to teach. He completed a PhD in paramedic wellness and continues his work at Griffith University on the Gold Coast. Last year, Sandy suffered 4 cardiac arrests.

We sat down with Sandy to talk about how paramedics deal with death and dying. How do we care for family? How do we care for ourselves? What did he learn from his experiences as both a paramedic and patient.

Can students do research? w/ Sandy MacQuarrie, Joel, Elise, Jasmin and Chloe

This week we have a chat to Dr Sandy MacQuarrie (senior lecturer and researcher at Griffith University), Joel and Elise (Honour students) and Jasmin and Chloe (research assistants and second year Paramedicine students).

We have a discussion about what they are researching and have found, how they got into research, the benefits of undertaking research and the importance of it.

We challenge you to be curious.

The Debrief - EP3: Not just a career of putting band aids on red stuff!

Host: Sandy MacQuarrie | Guest: J.D. Heffern

About this episode:

In this episode Sandy and J.D. have a chat about J.D.’s incredible career, one that is unique and has him in a role that did not exist until now. They also discuss patient advocacy, the emerging role of paramedicine in austere settings and inclusive of First Nations/Indigenous persons, and how to chart a course for the future if you are new to the paramedicine field. This episode is filled with a wealth of experience, knowledge and insight!

Student Talk - EP2: All good until you're not

Host: Jasmine Dietrich | Guest: Dr Sandy MacQuarrie

In this episode, we invite our guest speaker Dr Sandy MacQuarrie to discuss the physical, physiological, and mental dimensions of student health and performance. Sandy is a registered paramedic with 25 years of experience and has recently completed a PhD on paramedic wellbeing.

As we approach the end of semester, Sandy will discuss what do the first few years on-road look like? How do I recognise and prevent burnout? How do I keep a cool head for my OSCE? We’ll answer these questions and more in this month’s episode.

Episode 41 - The paramedic education paradigm

Aaron sits down with three fantastic academics to delve into the world of tertiary paramedic education.

Andy Bell, Georgina Sanger and Sandy Macquarrie work to design, deliver and develop university curriculum’s within Australia.

How do we design a course when we are still searching for our identity?

What would the ideal course look like?

Why it’s ok for students to fail.

The Debrief - The art of paramedicine (BONUS Episode)

Host: Sandy MacQuarrie Guest: Rebekah Spratt

About this episode:

Sandy and Rebekah take some time to discuss the art of being a paramedic. Rebekah shares wisdom and thoughts drawn from a rich and rewarding career as a paramedic in Canada.

STRESSED! Capturing Stress and Anxiety in Healthcare Simulation for Outcomes Improvement

Well designed and executed simulation for health care providers provides an ideal learning platform. There has been work done in understanding learner response(s) to the simulation environment beyond clinical outcomes. We focus on extending that work to explore that response while measuring psychophysiological variables such as stress, anxiety, heart rate and heart rate variability. Our findings from recent studies with paramedicine students lay the groundwork for some interesting findings shared during the presentation. We explore the effect of a physically demanding activity prior to clinical simulation. We also examine the effect of a mindfulness and tactical breathing intervention for students and how it may affect their psychophysiological responses in medical simulation. These are encouraging findings as we continue to refine our methodologies.