Staff Profile
Matt Perry
Senior Lecturer
Following a diverse career path that included being employed as a Youth Worker, Care and Protection Social Worker and then a Police Officer, I trained as a Paramedic in South Australia in 2006. I worked in clinical practice for about 10 years and then following the development of a successful project to improve prehospital education in Penang, Malaysia I moved to an academic career in the UK.
Since arriving in the United Kingdom I have led developments in the paramedic programme at Oxford Brookes University and established the paramedic subject area at the University of Gloucestershire. Since then I have also worked as the Course Director for the the paramedic BSc programme at Coventry University.
I am the lead for Paramedicine at York St John University and I support the school in the role of Learning and Teaching Lead. I completed my PhD in 2023, which focused on patient experience of paramedic interventions. I hold a keen interest in building research capacity and supporting the continued development of the paramedic profession. This, in my view, needs to lead to a global understanding of the role of paramedics within any healthcare system.
- School – School of Science, Technology and Health
- Email – m.perry@yorksj.ac.uk
Teaching
Teaching for the MSc Paramedic Science programme will begin shortly.
Publications
Perry, M. (2016a). Evidence based practice from the ashes of clinical freedom. Journal of Paramedic Practice, 8(12), 567-577.
Perry, M., Bromwich, K., & Catterall, M. (2016). A call for research into the link between professional practice and education. Journal of Paramedic Practice, 8(2), 66.
Perry, M., & Carter, D. (2017). The ethics of ambulance ramping. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 29(1), 116-118.
Perry, M., Reynolds, L., & Clare, J. (2018a). Contributions to public health around the world. International Paramedic Practice, 8(1), 3-9.
Perry, M., Reynolds, L., & Clare, J. (2018b). Education and clinical professional development in Penang, Malaysia. International Paramedic Practice, 8(2), 23-31.
Perry, M., Usher, K., & Jackson, D. (2019). Global patient experience of paramedic practice. International Paramedic Practice, 9(1), 3-12.
Perry, M. J. (2016). Setting basic standards in a developing ambulance service: a qualitative description of the impact of the intermediate ambulance care course on prehospital care practice in Penang, Malaysia. (M.Phil. (Public Health)), University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2440/99574
Conference presentations
2012 Asian Emergency Medical Services Council Conference, Penang, Malaysia.
Topics: Project Novo & Professional Development in Paramedic Practice.
2013 Philippine Society of Emergency Medical Technicians Conference, Manila.
Topic: Professional Development in Australian Paramedic Practice.
2018 International Health Congress, Oxford, UK
Topic: Professionalism and Education
Additional information
I am a member of the following professional body memberships, registrations and fellowships:
- Fellow, Higher Education Academy
- Member, College of Paramedics
- Registrant, Paramedic Register, Health and Care Professionals Council, UK.
