Dr Chris O Connor joins EQI

Dr. Chris O''Connor, an expert in quality assurance and evaluation in the healthcare field has joined EQI as a Research Associate.

Chris volunteers as an Advanced Paramedic and as the Area Training Officer with the Irish Red Cross in Monaghan.  He works freelance providing Clinical Education and Consultancy Services in relation to Clinical Audit & Accreditation for a wide variety of clients, and as an Advanced Paramedic.  He has also presented education programmes internationally in Denmark, Spain, Pakistan, UAE, UK and USA.

Throughout his career, Chris has led many innovative initiatives such as the introduction of pre-hospital 12 lead ECG’s in Ireland, CPR & AED Training in Primary Schools and the introduction of a blended learning approach for Advanced Life Support training.  He is also experienced in clinical audit and has contributed to learning at organisational level through the development of a robust process of clinical audit which included reflective discussion.

Chris is a member of the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council’s (PHECC) Education & Standards Committee.  He is chair of PHECC’s Research Working Group and is also a member of the PHECC working groups relating to Paramedic Examinations and Continuous Professional Competency (CPC) Education for practitioners.

Chris will bring a research interest in areas such as:  Reflective Practice, Video-assisted structured reflection, Debriefing, the Flipped Classroom and the evaluation of alternative learning strategies for pre-hospital emergency care practitioners to the work of EQI and will be active in the development of evaluation processes in healthcare and allied professional areas.