Allan Sunderland

Allan Sunderland

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8889-6838

    Overview

    Profile summary

    I am a Registered Paramedic, joining the University of Plymouth Paramedic team in 2024 from another HEI.  My HEI career started in 2018 after leaving the NHS where I had various educational roles ranging from the humble, yet essential Practice Educator to senior roles as an Education and Training Officer and lastly as a Training Centre and Quality Assurance Manager.  After achieving my MA in Medical Education, I took the next step into higher education where I have undertaken various roles and projects to advance paramedic education.
     
    My professional focus and diversification to clinical practice are within the Pillar of Education, where I seek to research and develop a professional and demographical understanding of how we learn, how we educate, and how we can combine the two to provide optimal learning environments that are a rich source of critical growth.  Simulation is another keen interest, and I seek to explore the biopsychosocial influences of learners and systems so that we can break down assessment barriers and promote assessment for learning.
     
    The current focus of my professional research is linked to Specific Learning Difficulties & Health (SpLD&H), exploring how, in the modern sociocultural and historical paradigm, we can break down barriers and increase both opportunity and inclusion.
     
    I currently sit on the Faculty of Health's EDI Committee and have commenced my Doctoral studies in Education.

    Professional memberships

    Registered Paramedic (PA30124)
    College of Paramedics (MCPara)
    Senior Fellowship Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
    Association of Higher Education Professionals (MAHEP)

    Roles on external bodies

    Peer Reviewer - Class Publishing
    Contributor - College of Paramedics 6th Curriculum.

    Supervised research degrees

    I currently supervise two researchers who are undertaking postgraduate studies in advanced practice.

    Teaching interests

    Professional Values & Relationships - Interdisciplinary education/learning
    Pedagogy
    Neurodiversity
    Leadership and Teamwork
    Education for Practice
    Quality Improvement

    Additional information

    During my academic career, I have been active in the following areas:
    • Course Coordination/Lead BSc (Hons) Paramedic Science
    • Undergraduate course redesign 
    • Undergraduate Internal and External Approval 
    • Undergraduate Apprenticeship (Paramedic) Design and Approval
    • Co-creator in building high-fidelity (Environmental & Psychological) simulation spaces to deliver interprofessional immersive learning and allow for both Ethnological and Phenomenological studies for academics.
    • Acute Placement Partnerships
    • Practice Educator Development
    • Assessment Design
    • Quality Assurance
    • Contributions to Research
    • Currently applying for Senior Fellow HEA

    Non-academic NHS career:

    • Co-creator in setting up and opening a Training Centre
    • Quality Assurance
    • Practice Educator program design
    • Education and Training Officer
    • Training Centre Manager

    Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    • SDG 4 - Quality Education
    • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

    Academic qualifications

    22 Education and teaching, Other higher degree (e.g. Masters degree), MA Medical Education, University of Bedfordshire

    Sept 2015 → May 2018

    Award Date: 31 Jul 2018

    22 Education and teaching, A/AS level or equivalent (e.g. International Baccalaureate Diploma, Level 3 NVQ), Internal Quality Assurance - Assessment

    Award Date: 1 Nov 2017

    22 Education and teaching, Other undergraduate qualification (e.g. Foundation Degree, Diploma of Higher Education, Level 4/5 NVQ), Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement

    Award Date: 1 Jul 2017

    External positions

    External Examiner, Birmingham Newman University

    8 Nov 2024 → …

    Research Interests

    • social learning
    • Clinical education
    • Deep Learning
    • Education
    • Educational research
    • Educational transitions
    • Emotion and Cognition
    • Healthcare Education
    • Healthcare workforce
    • Inclusivity
    • Individual Differences
    • interdisciplinary collaborations
    • Interdisciplinary learning
    • Interdisciplinary Methodologies
    • Knowledge exchange
    • Participation
    • Pedagogy
    • Phenomenology
    • Qualitative Research
    • Socio-cultural Activity Theory

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