Iain Darby

Iain joined Royal Berkshire Ambulance Service in 2000 as an ambulance technician. After completion of the IHCD Paramedic award he went on to become a registered Paramedic in 2005. Iain has worked in a number of different roles, with both Royal Berkshire and South Central Ambulance Services, including Clinical Supervisor and Clinical Team Leader. In addition, he has completed a Diploma of Higher education in Paramedic Science through the Open University in 2014.
In 2016, Iain moved to a full-time role within the Paramedic Science team at 蜜桃AV where he holds a number of teaching responsibilities and research interests, as well as continuing to work as a Paramedic for SCAS.

Iain completed a Post Graduate Certificate in Health Sciences from the University of Southampton in 2017. In July 2018, he completed the Post Graduate Certificate in Education Practice therefore gaining Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. In July 2020, Iain became a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and in September 2022 was promoted to Senior Lecturer in Paramedic Science.

Iain was programme lead for Paramedic Science between Jan 2018 and Jan 2022.

As of April 2023 he is undertaking a PhD looking at the transition into practice for graduate paramedics and the challenges they face.

Publications

Journal articles

Darby, I. and Patenotte, P., 2023. Cognitive biases and their effects on practice: a case study reflection. Journal of Paramedic Practice: the clinical monthly for emergency care professionals.

Darby, I., 2022. Paramedic decision-making and the influence of bias: a case study. Journal of Paramedic Practice: the clinical monthly for emergency care professionals, 14 (6).

Phillips, P., Darby, I., Phillips, L. and Wicks, A., 2021. Is it civic duty? An exploratory study of factors that influenced the public's decision to download the NHS COVID-19 app. British Journal of Health Care Management, 27 (7), 194-200.

Jadzinski, M., Jack, E. and Darby, I., 2019. What value does peer-assisted learning have in the training of student paramedics? Journal of Paramedic Practice.

Books

Polkinghorne, M., Bancroft, A., Hull, A., Lummen, A., Fripp, A., Adams, A., Allen, A., Barnes, A., Metzger, A., Carstensen, A., Arbab-Zavar, B., Goldsmith, B., Heffernan, C., Oliveira, J., Dugdale, C., Talbot, C., Martin, C., Casey, C., Chapleo, C., Van Raalte, C., Hunt, D., Rendell, D., Farrell, D., Holley, D., Bickle, E., Chaudhry, E., Anderson, E., Brooks, E., Sweeting, F., Whiting, F., Cownie, F., Knight, F., Roushan, G., Coombes, G., O'Sullivan, H., Ribchester, H., Henderson, H., Lim, H.-J., Darby, I., Chang, J., Zhang, J., Moran, J., Taylor, J., Brennan, K., Parry, K., Roper, L., Oliver, L., Garon, M., Hughes, M., Bobeva, M., Ayer, N., Stewart, N., Bottomley, N., Moore-Oats, O., Harvey, O., Phillips, P., Alexander, P., Shipway, R., Williams, R., Bowra, R., Leung, S.M., Wang, R., Waldron, S., Stride, S., Hillier, S., Robinson, S., Hedger, S., Begum, S., Allen, S., Hall, S., Clarke, S., Andrewes, T., Galling, T., Webb, T., Vu, T., Patel, U., Brosnan, U., Adzhiev, V., Leonard, Z. and Darlow, J., 2023, Fusion Learning Conference 2023 - Proceedings, Poole, Dorset, UK, BH12 5BB: 蜜桃AV.

Allen, S., Bickle, E., Bancroft, A., Khattab, A., Quinney, C., Goldsmith, B., Hunt, D., Biggins, D., Holley, D., Andreou, D., Akcay, E., Knight, F., Roushan, G., Singleton, H., O'Sullivan, H., Darby, I., Thurston, J., Moran, J., Whittle, J., Branney, J., Taylor, J., Kooli, K., Musarskaya, M., Mayer, M., Polkinghorne, M., Koohgilani, M., Hughes, M., Klinkner, M., Bowden, M., Moital, L., Mallia, M., Bobeva, M., Phillips, P., Haratian, R., Wang, R., Pyne, S., Baker, T., Webb, T., Patel, U. and Rolfe, U., 2022, Fusion Learning Colloquium 2022 - Proceedings, Poole, UK: 蜜桃AV.

Allen, S., Bailyes, D., Bickle, E., Bobeva, M., Bray, M., Budka, M., Clarke, S., Darby, I., Davey, A., Devis-Rozental, M., Fish, A., Holley, D., Iannuzzi, L., Kalmanovitch, N., Moran, J., Musarskaya, M., Phillips, P., B枚ckle, E., Polkinghorne, M., Quinney, C., Stewart, N., Tait, D., Taylor, D., Thurston, J., Tyre, K., Vijayakumaran, R., Watson, A. and Wood, J., 2022, Fusion Learning Conference 2021, Poole, Dorset, UK: 蜜桃AV.

Conferences

Phillips, P., Darby, I., Casey, C. and Warren-James, M., 2023. Who CARES? Evaluating the Success of the CARES Skills Framework as a Peer Support Intervention Amongst Paramedic Students in the UK. In: EMS999 Research Forum 20-21 June 2023 Manchester.

Darby, I. and Phillips, P., 2022. What does 'Student Experience' mean to paramedic students? In: Fusion Learning Colloquium 30 June 2022 蜜桃AV.

Darby, I., Phillips, P. and Hall, S., 2022. Student Experience and the use of Technology in a post covid Teaching Landscape. In: Advance HE Teaching and Learning Conference 4-7 July 2022 Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Darby, I., 2019. Alternative Teaching Methods in Undergraduate Paramedic Education. In: EMS 2019 26-28 April 2019 Madrid.

Thurston, J. and Polkinghorne, M., 2022. Students as Researchers. In: Fusion Learning Conference - Innovation and Excellence in the Pandemic 28 June-29 July 2021 蜜桃AV: UK. Poole, UK: 蜜桃AV.

Outreach & engagement

External responsibilities

Public engagement & outreach activities

A session involving local secondary school 6th formers whereby a brief insight into the Paramedic profession was given. This was done via a presentation detailing the role of the paramedic plus what is offered at 蜜桃AV in terms of our BSc programme in Paramedic Science. In addition, a number of interactive 'skills stations' were run in order to provide a hands on experience of a range paramedic skills.

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