Dr James Thompson

• Appointments

  Date	Position	Institution name
  2023 - ongoing	Senior Lecturer	The University of Adelaide
  2015 - 2022	Senior Lecturer/ Teaching Specialist	Flinders University
  2012 - 2018	Paramedic (Casual)	SA Ambulance Service
  2006 - 2015	Lecturer	Flinders University
  2004 - 2006	Emergency Care Lecturer/Practitioner	St George's, University of London
  2002 - 2004	Emergency Nurse Practitioner	Newham University Hospital
  1999 - 2003	Emergency Nurse Specialist (Locum)	Mayfair Specialist Nurses Agency
  1997 - 1999	Paramedic	SA Ambulance Service
  1995 - 1997	Registered Nurse	Flinders Medical Centre
  1993 - 1995	Registered Nurse	Queen Elizabeth Hospital

• Awards and Achievements

  Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
  2021	Fellowship	Advance HE Senior Fellowship	Advance HE	United Kingdom	-
  2019	Teaching Award	Conference Award : HERGA Conference	Flinders University	Australia	-
  2017	Teaching Award	Best Paper Conference Award: HERDSA	Edith Cowan	Australia	-
  2014	Teaching Award	Executive Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence (Individual)	Flinders University	Australia	-
  2013	Research Award	Australasian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) Honours Conference Award	Flinders University	Australia	-
  2012	Teaching Award	Council of Ambulance Authorities Educational Performance Award	Flinders University	Australia	-

• Education

  Date	Institution name	Country	Title
  2020	Flinders University	Australia	PhD
  2014	Flinders University	Australia	Graduate Certificate Education (Higher Education)
  2011	Flinders University	Australia	Bachelor Health Science (Honours)
  1999	University of Hertfordshire	United Kingdom	Graduate Certificate - Developing Autonomous Practice (Emergency Nurse Practitioner)
  1999	SA Ambulance Service	Australia	Diploma of Applied Science- Ambulance Studies
  1992	University of South Australia	Australia	Bachelor of Nursing

• Research Interests

  Curriculum and Pedagogy Education Education Assessment and Evaluation Emergency & Critical Care Medicine Emergency Medicine Physiology

• Journals

  Year	Citation
  2024	Verrall, C., Willis, E., Gerrie, A., & Thompson, J. (2024). Missed care or missed opportunities in general practice nursing. Collegian: The Australian Journal of Nursing Practice, Scholarship and Research, 31(4), 188-194. DOI
  2024	Thompson, J., Verrall, C., Bogaardt, H., Thirumanickam, A., Marley, C., & Boyle, M. (2024). Responding to the real problem of sustainable resuscitation skills with real assessment. Mixed-methods evaluation of an authentic assessment programme. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 30(6), 989-999. DOI
  2024	Thompson, J., & Houston, D. (2024). Resolving the wicked problem of quality in paramedic education: the application of assessment for learning to bridge theory-practice gaps. Quality in Higher Education, 30(1), 112-129. DOI Scopus4 WoS2
  2023	Thompson, J. (2023). From training to education: Understanding and responding to the resuscitation education issues with ideas and theory. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 29(1), 228-232. DOI Scopus1
  2020	Thompson, J., & Houston, D. (2020). Programmatic assessment condensed: Introducing progress testing approaches to a single semester paramedic subject. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 17(3), 195-211. DOI
  2020	Thompson, J., Couzner, L., & Houston, D. (2020). Assessment partnerships from the start: Building reflective practice as a beginning paramedic student competency. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, 17, 1-8. DOI
  2017	Thompson, J., Houston, D., & Dansie, K. (2017). Teaching Students to Think like a Paramedic: Improving Professional Judgement through Assessment Conversations. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, 14, 1-6. DOI
  2017	Thompson, J., Houston, D., Dansie, K., Rayner, T., Pointon, T., Pope, S., . . . Grantham, H. (2017). Student & tutor consensus: a partnership in assessment for learning. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 42(6), 942-952. DOI Scopus13 WoS11
  2015	Thompson, J., Grantham, H., & Houston, D. (2015). Paramedic capstone education model: Building work-ready graduates. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, 12(3), 1-9. DOI Scopus13
  2015	Carter, H., & Thompson, J. (2015). Defining the paramedic process. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 21(1), 22. DOI
  2013	Thompson, J. (2013). Exploring paramedic patient assessment. Journal of Paramedic Practice, 5(6), 342-347. DOI
  -	Houston, D., & Thompson, J. (n.d.). Blending Formative and Summative Assessment in a Capstone Subject: ‘It’s not your tools, it’s how you use them’. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 14(3). DOI

• Conference Papers

  Year	Citation
  2017	Thompson, J., & Houston, D. (2017). A bridge to being a practitioner: the role of pedagogical practice-in-context knowledge in the design, delivery and experience of a capstone subject.. In A bridge to being a practitioner: the role of pedagogical practice-in-context knowledge in the design, delivery and experience of a capstone subject.. Sydney.

• Conference Items

  Year	Citation
  2024	Thompson, J. (2024). Tackling resuscitation skill decay with authentic sustainable assessment. Poster session presented at the meeting of ANZAHPE Conference.
  2024	Maddern, A., & Thompson, J. (2024). Entrustment and consensus assessment approaches are beneficial in the evaluation of physiotherapy student competence. Poster session presented at the meeting of Festival of Learning and Teaching 2024. University of Adelaide.
  2024	Thompson, J. (2024). Student-tutor consensus assessment : Challenging beliefs on testing. Poster session presented at the meeting of Festival of Teaching and Learning 2024.
  2023	Thompson, J., Charlton, K., Thirumanickam, A., Prideaux, N., & Chen, K. (2023). Fusing Authentic Learning & Interprofessional Education: Re-imagining human bioscience education through the use of health care HUDDLE's. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts of the Higher Education Research Group Adelaide Conference (HERGA 2023): The Future is Now!. Flinder University Campus, Adelaide: HERGA.
  2023	Thomas, K., Stanhope, J., Thompson, J., & Thirumanickam, A. (2023). Are the most accessible green spaces where they are most needed? A project proposal. Poster session presented at the meeting of International Environmental Physiotherapy Festival.
  2022	Thompson, J. (2022). Can good assessment save your life?. Poster session presented at the meeting of Higher Education Research Group of Adelaide Conference. Adelaide.
  2021	Thompson, J. (2021). Development and evaluation of a paramedic taxonomy and progress test. Poster session presented at the meeting of College of Paramedics International Education Conference. London (Online).
  2021	Thompson, J. (2021). Programmatic Assessment for Improved Graduate Work-readiness: Testing ‘for’, not just ‘of’ learning. Poster session presented at the meeting of College of Paramedics International Education Conference. London (0nline).
  2021	Thompson, J. (2021). Improving simulation through student assessment partnerships. Poster session presented at the meeting of College of Paramedics International Education Conference. London (Online).
  2019	Thompson, J. (2019). Progress testing in a single subject.. Poster session presented at the meeting of Higher Education Research Group of Adelaide Conference. Adelaide.
  2019	Thompson, J., & Houston, D. (2019). Making Progress: Introducing progress testing approaches to a single semester paramedic subject. Poster session presented at the meeting of Unknown Conference. DOI
  2018	Thompson, J. (2018). It’s not your tools it’s how you use them. Assessment design in a paramedic capstone program.. Poster session presented at the meeting of Prideaux Seminar Series. Prideaux Centre for Research in Health Professions Education.
  2018	Thompson, J. (2018). Evaluation of Student-Tutor Consensus Marking Model in First Year Paramedic Undergraduate Degree: Developing Skills in Self-Evaluation.. Poster session presented at the meeting of Higher Education Research Group of Adelaide Conference, Adelaide. Adelaide.
  2018	Thompson, J., Houston, D., & Couzner, L. (2018). Making progress: Helping students to know where they are going and where they have been with the use of progress testing: Design & Implementation. Poster session presented at the meeting of Higher Education Research Group of Adelaide Conference.
  2017	Houston, D., & Thompson, J. (2017). Simulated job interview as an oral tool for assessment: personalised assessment of personalised learning. Poster session presented at the meeting of Higher Education Research Group Adelaide Conference. Adelaide.
  2016	Thompson, J., & Houston, D. (2016). Using Wikis to Enhance Problem Based Learning. Poster session presented at the meeting of Higher Education Research Group Adelaide Conference. Adelaide.
  2016	Thompson, J., Dansie, K., & Houston, D. (2016). Teaching Students to think like a Paramedic: Improving Professional Judgement through Assessment Conversations. Poster session presented at the meeting of Paramedics Australasia International Conference. Auckland.
  2015	Thompson, J., & Houston, D. (2015). Customising a capstone experience around assessment for learning: A case study for paramedic education. Poster session presented at the meeting of International Conference on Assessment for Learning. Hong Kong.
  2015	Thompson, J., Pointon, T., Rayner, T., Pope, S., Mitchell, B., & Houston, D. (2015). Student and tutor consensus as a basis of assessment: Developing undergraduate skills in self-evaluation. Poster session presented at the meeting of Higher Education Research Group of Adelaide Conference. Adelaide.
  2014	Thompson, J. (2014). Learning through technology and social media. Poster session presented at the meeting of Medicine and the Natural Resources Industry- 1st Annual Conference. Brisbane.
  2014	Thompson, J., & Houston, D. (2014). Developing better graduates through individualised learning: A case study of a Paramedic Capstone Experience. Poster session presented at the meeting of Higher Education Research Group Adelaide Conference. Adelaide.
  2013	Thompson, J., & Drummond, C. (2013). Exploring Paramedic Assessment. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australian Society for Medical Research Scientific Meeting. Adelaide.

• Theses

  Year	Citation
  2020	Thompson, J. (2020). Assessment “for learning” approaches in the development of work-ready paramedic graduates. (PhD Thesis, Flinders University).

• Internet Publications

  Year	Citation
  2024	Thompson, J., & Maddern, A. (2024). Taking trust to the next level in healthcare assessment.. Times Higher Education.
  2023	Thompson, J. (2023). How consensus grading can help build a generation of critical thinkers. Times Higher Education.

Current Course Coordinator

• Human Bioscience A
• Evidence Based Practice 1
• Human Bioscience B
• Foundations of Health and Wellbeing

Current Lecturer

• Evidence Based Practice 2

Previous Coordination & Teaching Expertise

• Standardised Patient & Simulation : (Masters Clinical Education)
• Assessment in Health Professions Education: (Masters Clinical Education)
• Human Bioscience
• Patient Assessment
• Applied Paramedic Practice (Capstone)
• Cardiovascular Pathophysiology
• Integrated Physiology
• Introduction to Medical Emergencies
• Introduction to Traumatic Emergencies
• Clinical Decision Making
• Minor Injuries 
• Minor Illness
• Learning Coach Medical Program

Other key education contributions

• Conveynor paramedic annual field day (2008-2022)
• Conveynor ECG training event for Practice Nurses
• Invited presenter Haemodynamics and Fluid Physiology 
• Invited presenter Recognising the Deteriorating Patient 
• Invited presenter Innovations in Assessment Design
• Medical Program Assessment Lead 
• Educator and Advisor Extended Care Paramedic Program (SAAS & London Ambulance)

• Other Supervision Activities

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Location	Program	Supervision Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2024 - ongoing	Co-Supervisor	What accessibility features are present in public green spaces that have been advertised accessible by local government?	University of Adelaide	Bachelor Physiotherapy Honours	Honours	Full Time	Kael Thomas
  2024 - ongoing	Principal Supervisor	Exploring the use of entrustment in speech pathology assessment	University of Adelaide	Bachelor of Speech Pathology Honours	Honours	Full Time	Quynh An Ngoc Vy

• Position: Senior Lecturer
• Phone: 83131777
• Email: j.thompson@adelaide.edu.au
• Campus: North Terrace
• Building: Engineering and Maths. Sciences, floor Fourth Floor
• Room: 408A
• Org Unit: School of Allied Health Science and Practice