06/18/2026
At our 2025 IRCP event, Dr Peter O’Meara, Professor in the Department of Paramedicine at Monash University and a course assessor for the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, shared insights on “Integrating community paramedicine topics into degree-level paramedic education programs: a strategic pragmatic approach.”
In his keynote, Dr O’Meara highlighted how community paramedics have adopted the knowledge, skills and behaviours of primary healthcare professionals, yet often lack access to higher education that enables autonomous, collaborative practice. He outlined an educational framework designed to bridge this gap, equipping graduates to practice as clinicians across primary care, acute and low-acuity settings alongside health and social service professionals.
Read Dr Peter O’Meara’s full abstract: caacongress.net.au/speaker/dr-peter-omeara/
Register for the 2026 IRCP event: events.prehos.net/IRCP2026