Krista Reed
Paramedicine
Ms Krista Reed
AssocDegAppSc (Paramed), MHSc (Distinction)
Lecturer in Paramedicine
Bathurst
Building 1448
Krista is an overseas trained paramedic and has completed an Associate of Applied Science at Shawnee State University in the United States. Krista has also completed a Master of Health Science at Western Sydney University and is currently enrolled in a PhD at Monash University.
Krista has taught into Health Sciences, Public Health and Paramedicine and is committed to providing culturally safe learning and healthcare. She has a strong background in research-related project management, supervising student research at the undergraduate level and postgraduate levels and in partnership with key stakeholders within health and education sectors.
Krista’s primary research focus explores paramedic attitudes towards salutogenesis and health resilience and improving collaborative care models through interprofessional practice and education. Additionally, she is actively involved with organisations such as the Western NSW Health Research Network (WHRN) and Australasian Interprofessional Practice and Education Network (AIPPEN).
Krista is currently a Lecturer of Paramedicine in the School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Health Sciences.
Krista’s teaching experience includes:
- Coordination and supervision of casual academic staff
- Developing and completing subject syllabus
- Managing assessments and grades
- Managing vUWS site and content
- Managing student queries
- Curriculum development
- Preparation and presentation of synchronous, asynchronous and blended learning content
- Facilitation of tutorials, workshops and practical classes
- Provision of feedback to students
- Course review
- Course design
- Development of bespoke course for overseas students involved in special study programs.
Additionally, Krista has previously been employed by the National Institute of Complementary Medicine to develop a training program for health interpreters working with clinical trials. This resulted in a program to increase the engagement of CALD populations in clinical trials through better health interpreter support.
Krista has received the Vice Chancellor’s Excellence Award for excellence in Engagement and Sustainability and was nominated for the School of Health Sciences, School Learning and Teaching Award in the sessional academic category at Western Sydney University.
Research Interests
- Rural Health
- Interprofessional Education
- Community Paramedicine
- Paramedic use of alternative pathways and referrals
- Salutogenesis/Salutogenic Theory
Research Projects
- Improving health resilience in rural and remote communities through the development of a referral pathway tool assessing individual sense of coherence using a salutogenic model of prehospital care delivery
- Exploration of rural paramedics’ capacity for utilising a salutogenic approach to health care delivery: A mixed methods study (Masters Dissertation)
- Development and evaluation of a tool to assess health and resilience in a salutogenic model: The Sense of Coherence, Health And Resilience Assessment (SCHARA) Pilot
- Inter-professional education to prepare students for effective inter-disciplinary health care: Feedback and perceptions of conducting simulation training in a regional and rural setting
- Pharmacy Approach to Early Detection of Diabetes through Opportunistic Screening in Rural Australia
- Assessing the impacts of Western Sydney University community engagement
- AiMing High: Evaluation of the Assistant in Medicine (AiM) Role
- Building the Evidence Base in Medical Education
- Students’ views on Future Rural Workforce: Rural Training - Practice Intentions - Technology
- Individualised Indigenist Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
Research Supervision experience
- Rural GP perspectives on preventative bowel cancer screening
- Presentation 16th National Rural Health Conference 2022
- Presentation Western NSW Rural Health Symposium 2022
- Manuscript submission to Rural and Remote Health
- Perspectives on cardiac rehab services in the Bathurst region (provider and patient)
- Manuscript submission to Rural and Remote Health
- Perspectives on stroke services in the Bathurst region (provider and patient)
- Manuscript submission Australian Journal of Rural Health
- What makes you “rural”? A qualitative study of rural perspectives on being rural
- Manuscript submission BMC Medical Education
- The Effect of Gender on ADHD Diagnosis and the Unique Issues in a Regional Paediatric Cohort
- Exploring the perceptions of rural general practitioners in regard to the utility of telehealth in their daily practice
- Patient experiences with using ®FIASP insulin for their diabetes management: A qualitative interview study
- Screening for anaemia in pregnancy in a regional centre
- Knowledge and awareness of Healthcare Acquired Infections (HAI) in a rural community and willingness to be actively involved as patient in HAI prevention in rural NSW
- Rural patient’s perspectives on e-prescribing
- Midwives experiences with birthing in a regional centre during CoVid-19
Conference Presentations
- Exploring rural paramedics’ capacity for utilising a salutogenic approach to healthcare delivery (6th Rural and Remote Health Scientific Symposium)
- Salutogenesis: A potential underpinning theory for Community Paramedicine (International Roundtable for Community Paramedicine 2018)
- Exploring paramedic perceptions of incorporating primary healthcare in practice and development of a tool to assess patient health resilience (Paramedics Australasia International Conference 2018)
- The Sense of Coherence, Health and Resilience Assessment (SCHARA) as part of a study of identified frequent users of the Canadian emergency services system: How well does the tool align to paramedic prescribed interventions to improve health resilience? (International Roundtable for Community Paramedicine 2019)
- Interprofessional tertiary education in the rural environment as a means to enhance multidisciplinary care in future practice: Breaking down silos in health education (International Roundtable for Community Paramedicine 2019)
- Interdisciplinary teaching in rural settings to enhance team care: The RIPL effect (The Network Towards Unity for Health 2019)
- Rural interdisciplinary learning to enhance team care (8th Rural Health and Research Congress 2019)
- Improving health resilience in frequent users of the Canadian emergency health system (8th Rural Health and Research Congress 2019)
- The Community Paramedicine at Clinic Program (CP@Clinic): Potential Impact of Adoption in Australia (Paramedics Australasia International Conference 2019)
- Interprofessional education in the rural environment as a means to enhance multidisciplinary care in future practice: Breaking down silos in tertiary health education (Paramedics Australasia International Conference 2019)
Professional Memberships
- Australasian College of Paramedicine
- Australasian Interprofessional Practice and Education Network
- Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators
- Western NSW Health Research Network
Committee Memberships
Steering Committee Member
Australasian Interprofessional Practice and Education Network (AIPPEN)
AIPPEN is a network of individuals, groups and organisations dedicated to improving health outcomes by promoting, researching and supporting interprofessional education. The group recognizes the importance of interprofessional communication and care collaboration in the improvement of health outcomes, particularly among groups with increased social needs. As a member of the steering committee, Krista also sits on the Rural and Remote special interest group.
Executive Committee Member/Treasurer
Western NSW Health Research Network
In this role Krista is responsible for overseeing the finances of the research network which runs a major symposium every year for rural researchers.