Professor Peter O’Meara

Qualifications

BHA, GradCertAgHlthMed, MPP, PhD, RP, FACPara

Research Profile

Dr Peter O’Meara is an Australian Health Professional Regulatory Agency (AHPRA) registered paramedic in Australia (No. 00073350) and an internationally recognized expert on paramedicine models of care and education. In addition to his paramedicine training, he holds tertiary qualifications in health administration, public policy, and agricultural health and medicine. He was one of the first paramedics in the world to be awarded a PhD examining a paramedicine-related question. He has completed a wide range of research projects and published extensively. He is a Fellow of the Australasian College of Paramedicine.

Dr O’Meara has published extensively and is highly cited in the paramedicine and rural health fields. His current roles include being a Professor in the Department of Paramedicine at Monash University and a course assessor for AHPRA. Peter remains available to supervise graduate research students and continues to work on paramedic-related research and curriculum projects related to the professionalization of paramedicine, community paramedicine and violence against health workers. Peter holds a wide range of board and advisory appointments locally and internationally.

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Professional Affiliations

Australasian College of Paramedicine

  • Fellow
  • Member of the Rural, Remote and Community Paramedicine Special Interest Group
  • College Representative on the Council of the National Rural Health Alliance

Accreditation Assessor, Paramedic Board of Australia

Journal Advisory Committee, Australian Journal of Rural Health

Associate Editor, Australasian Journal of Paramedicine

Board Member, American Paramedic Association (USA)

Member, International Roundtable on Community Paramedicine

The Paramedic Network (USA)

  • Lead, Global Community Paramedicine Higher Education Council
  • Educational Advisory Board, MobileCE

Member, Bendigo Health Research Ethics Committee

Recent Publications

  1. O’Meara, P. 2021 Chapter 48, Presenting and getting your research published, in A. Olaussen, K.A. Bowles, B. Lord & B. Williams (Eds.). Introducing, designing and conducting research for paramedics. [publication pending]
  2. O’Meara, P. & O’Meara, D. 2021 Chapter 6. Qualitative Research, in Siriwardena, N. Whitley, G. (Eds). Prehospital Research Methods and Practice. [publication pending]
  3. Thomas, B., McGillion, A., Edvardsson, K. et al. 2021 Barriers, enablers, and opportunities for organisational follow-up of workplace violence from the perspective of emergency department nurses: a qualitative study. BMC Emerg Med 21, 19. 
  4. van Vuuren, J., Thomas, B., Agarwal, G. et al. 2021 Reshaping healthcare delivery for elderly patients: the role of community paramedicine; a systematic review. BMC Health Serv Res 21, 29.
  5. Thomas, B. O’Meara, P. Edvardsson, K. Spelten, E. 2020 Barriers and opportunities for workplace violence interventions in Australian paramedicine: a qualitative study. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine. Vol 17.
  6. Martin, A. O’Meara, P. 2020 Community Paramedicine through multiple stakeholder lenses using a modified soft systems methodology. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine. Vol 17.
  7. Spelten E, Thomas B, O'Meara PF, Maguire BJ, FitzGerald D, Begg SJ. 2020 Organisational interventions for preventing and minimising aggression directed towards healthcare workers by patients and patient advocates. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2020, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD012662. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012662.pub2.
  8. Makrides, T. Gosling, C. Ross, L. O’Meara, P. 2020 The structure and characteristics of Anglo-American paramedic systems in developed countries: A scoping review protocol. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine Vol 17.
  9. Boehringer B, O’Meara P, Gary Wingrove G, Nudell, NG. 2020 Call to Action from the American Paramedic Association: An Emergency Amendment to the National Scope of Practice for Paramedics in the Setting of a Global Pandemic. Journal of Rural Health [accepted 11th April 2020] 
  10. Spelten E, Thomas B, O’Meara P, van Vuuren J, McGillion A. 2020 Violence against Emergency Department nurses; Can we identify the perpetrators? PLoS ONE 15(4): e0230793.
  11. Reed, B., Cowin, L., O'Meara, P., & Wilson, I. 2019 Professionalism and professionalisation in the discipline of paramedicine. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, 16.
  12. O’Meara, P. 2019 The ageing farming workforce and the health and sustainability of agricultural communities: a narrative review. Australian Journal of Rural Health 27: 281-289.
  13. Munro, G. O’Meara, P. Mathisen, B. 2019 Paramedic transition into an academic role in universities: A qualitative survey of paramedic academics in Australia and New Zealand. Irish Journal of Paramedicine 4(1).
  14. Martin, A. O’Meara, P. 2019 Perspectives from the frontline of two North American community paramedicine programs: an observational, ethnographic study. Rural & Remote Health. 19(1) doi.org/10.22605/RRH4888
  15. Perona, M. Rahman MA. O’Meara, P. 2019 Paramedic judgement, decision-making and cognitive processing: a review of the literature. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine. 16