Dr David N. Long is an accomplished academic and Australian-registered paramedic with over two decades of clinical expertise and a commitment to advancing education in the healthcare workforce. He holds a diverse range of qualifications, including a PhD, a Master of Education in Leadership and Management, and degrees in pre-hospital care and education. A former Intensive Care and Extended Care Paramedic, he served within an Australian jurisdictional ambulance service for over two decades before transitioning into the higher education sector.  

Throughout his academic career, Dr Long has held significant leadership positions, including Discipline Lead and First Year Experience Lead in the tertiary sector. His doctoral research focused on the transition of qualified paramedics into specialist roles within community paramedicine, a topic that remains a core pillar of his research interests alongside models of care and higher education pedagogy. He has successfully supervised higher degree research students to completion and continues to serve as an active thesis examiner.  

Dr Long is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and was honoured with a Fellowship of the Australasian College of Paramedicine in 2024. He remains actively engaged in the sector through his independent consultancy, his role as a casual academic, and his appointment to the Paramedics Panel of Assessors for the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT).

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