Buck convenes, coordinates or teaching into the following subjects:

• PHC101 Paramedic Professionalism and Communication
• CLS307 Transition to Paramedic Practice
• APS 404 Advanced Care Practicum
• APS 506 Principles of Extended Care

Buck has specific teaching expertise in clinical simulation (especially in the use of standardised patients), Workplace Integrated Learning and Active Learning.

Research Interests

• Paramedic Regulation and Governance
• Paramedic Professionalism and Professionalisation
• Rural Health
• Community Paramedicine
• Paramedic wellness and human capability optimisation

Research Projects

• Paramedic innovations in health service delivery
• Paramedic work in primary health care teams
• GP perceptions of paramedic referral
• Neurodivergence in the paramedic workforce

Research Supervision experience

• Buck currently supervises three students in the Western Sydney University School of Medicine MD Project program.

Research Collaborations:

• Mass Gathering Collaboration (Member)
• Social Sciences in Paramedic Academic Research Collaboration (Convenor)
• CP@Clinic (Steering Committee Member)
• McNally Project for Paramedic Research (International Collaborator/Scientist)

Conference Presentations

2023   Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine, Sydney, NSW

• Professionalism in Ultrasound (Invited Speaker)

Western NSW Health Research Network Conference

• Demystifying Rural PhD’s - How to navigate the way (Invited Panel)
• “They Only Do That in HEALTH” Paramedics as part of the health workforce (Invited speaker)

Paramedic Chiefs of Canada Leadership Forum, Kelowna, BC Canada

• Offload Delays, An International Problem (Invited International Speaker)

Frontline Mental Health Conference, Gold Coast, QLD

• Mental Health in Australian Paramedicine Students (Invited Speaker)

Australasian College of Paramedicine International Conference, Melbourne, VIC

• What is the relationship between professional registration, identity and professionalisation in Australian Paramedics?

2022   Front Line Mental Health Conference

• Practical strategics for preventing mental ill health (Invited Panel Chair)

Canadian Paramedicine Research Day (Online)

• Understanding ourselves to improve ourselves (Invited Keynote Speaker)

Trauma on the Border, Tweed Heads, NSW

• Pre-registration Trauma Education (Invited Panel Chair)

2021   ACP Student Conference (Online)

• Learning to make our practice culturally safe (Invited Panel Chair)
• Making the most of your student/preceptor relationship: Managing up to improve your placement experience (Invited Panel Chair)
• Thinking beyond ambulance services: Where your paramedicine education can take you (Invited Panel Chair)

College of Paramedicine/ACP/UCLA Annual International Research Conference 2021:  Global Developments in Paramedic Research (online)

• Social Media, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (Invited International Panel)

Australasian College of Paramedicine International Conference, (Online)

• A pre-registration survey of Australian paramedics: Qualitative findings

2019   Paramedics Australasia International Conference, Hobart, Tasmania

• Community Paramedicine Innovations (Invited Plenary)
• Motivation and Collaboration in Research (Invited Workshop Presentation)

Paramedics Across Canada Expo, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

• Self-Regulation Panel (Invited Plenary and Panel)
• Paramedics and Social Media (Invited Panel)
• Nuts and Bolts of Research (Invited Panel)
• Perceptions of Professional Registration by Australian Paramedics (Invited Speaker)

Paramedic Chiefs of Canada Leadership Forum, Charlottetown, Canada

• Do Degrees Make a Difference (Invited Plenary and Panel)
• Designing a paramedic degree curriculum (Invited Workshop)

The Future of Paramedicine, Sydney, NSW

• Looking Back to Look Forward (Invited Plenary)

Paramedics Australasia International Conference, Hobart, Tasmania

• Perceptions of Professional Registration by Australian Paramedics (Best PG Research Award)

International Roundtable on Community Paramedicine, Charlottetown, Canada

• Paramedics and interprofessional practice: Balancing autonomy and collegiality

2018   CPD By the Sea Conference, Port Macquarie, NSW

• Paramedic Registration (Invited Plenary)

Paramedics Australasia International Conference, Gold Coast, Queensland

• Philosophy and Paramedicine (Poster)

International Roundtable on Community Paramedicine, Auckland, New Zealand

• Salutogenesis: A potential underpinning theory for Community Paramedicine
• Is professionalisation a driver of Community Paramedicine? Looking at Paramedicine through the lens of professional identity.

2017   Paramedic Chiefs of Canada Leadership Forum, Charlottetown, Canada

• University Education: The Australian Experience (Invited Plenary)

Paramedics Australasia International Conference, Melbourne, Victoria

• Paramedic Professionalism and Professionalisation: A literature review
• Exploration of Canadian Paramedic Identity and the Impact of Self-Regulation

2016   Council of Ambulance Authorities Conference, Brisbane, QLD

• WSU Clinical Placement Card (Poster)

2015   Paramedics Australasia International Conference, Adelaide, SA

• Expanded Role/Scope Models in Canada (Invited Plenary)

International Roundtable on Community Paramedicine, Melbourne, Victoria

• What is the impact of community paramedicine on paramedic identity?

2014   Combined Universities Student Conference

• Rural Trauma and Paramedics (Invited Speaker)

Paramedics Australasia International Conference, Gold Coast, QLD

• Building paramedic resilience through cognitive behaviour modalities

2013   Paramedics Australasia International Conference, Canberra ACT

• The Future of Rural Paramedicine (Invited Plenary)

Rural Health and Research Congress, Dubbo NSW

• Social Media for Health Professionals (Invited Workshop)

2012   Rural Health and Research Congress, Wagga Wagga, NSW

• Community paramedicine (Invited Workshop)
• Creating Multidisciplinary Service Delivery in rural health settings using Boundary Theory (Best Paper)
• Community Paramedicine, a new paradigm for paramedics in small rural communities.

Paramedics Australasia International Conference, Hobart Tasmania

• Paramedic Health Promotion: Connecting Paramedics to Communities

2011   Paramedics Australasia International Conference, Sydney, NSW

• Determinants of ambulance usage in rural populations during serious health emergencies

4^th Rural Health Research Colloquium, Dubbo, NSW

• Decision making in rural health populations during unscheduled health events

NSW Rural and Remote Multidisciplinary Conference, Albury, NSW

• Rural utilisation of ambulance services in high acuity emergencies

2009   NDARC Symposium

• Patterns of patient presentations at music festivals (Invited Plenary)

2008   Australasian College of Ambulance Professionals Conference, Melbourne, VIC

• Event Medical Services: Is the traditional model sustainable?

2005   Club Health International Conference, Sydney NSW

• Safe @ Home – Medical coverage in a major night club
• Festival health services

2004   Project GHB International Conference, Las Vegas, NV, USA

• The Australian experience of medical coverage at dance party events

1996   EMS Australia,

• Providing medical support to a major sporting event