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Ms Alecka Miles

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 2445
Email: a.miles@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO21.541  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5132-0691

Alecka is a Lecturer within the School of Medical and Health Sciences.

Qualifications

  • Master of Emergency Health, Monash University, 2019.
  • Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, Other VIC higher ed institution, 2008.
  • Bachelor of Health Science, Victoria University, 2007.

Research Outputs

2024

Reports

  • Thyer, L., Baldry, S., Hernandez Grande, A., Sharafizad, F., Aiello, S., Howie, G., Miles, A., Farr-Wharton, B. (2024). Australasian Paramedicine Workforce Survey. Report 2023-2024. Sydney. Australasian College of Paramedicine.

2023

Journal Articles

  • Mills, B., Hill, M., Miles, A., Smith, E., Afrifa-Yamoah, E., Reid, D., Rogers, S., Sim, M. (2023). Calling an ambulance for non-emergency medical situations: Results of a cross-sectional online survey from an Australian nationally representative sample. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 35(1), 133-141. https://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.14086.
  • Shannon, B., Baldry, S., O'Meara, P., Foster, N., Martin, A., Cook, M., Stewart, K., Miles, A. (2023). The definition of a community paramedic: An international consensus. Paramedicine, 20(1), 4-22. https://doi.org/10.1177/27536386221148993.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Hill, M., Miles, A., Flanagan, B., Mills, B., Hopper, L. (2022). Out-of-hospital births and the experiences of emergency ambulance clinicians and birthing parents: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 12(5), article number e062313. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062313.
  • Mills, B., Hill, M., Miles, A., Smith, E., Afrifa-Yamoah, E., Reid, D., Rogers, S., Sim, M. (2022). Ability of the Australian general public to identify common emergency medical situations: Results of an online survey of a nationally representative sample. Australasian Emergency Care, 25(4), 327-333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.auec.2022.04.002.
  • Bartlett, D., Hansen, S., Cruickshank, T., Rankin, T., Zaenker, P., Mazzucchelli, G., Gaston, M., Du Plooy, D., Minhaj, Z., Errey, W., Rumble, T., Hay, T., Miles, A., Mills, B. (2022). Effects of sleepiness on clinical decision making amongst paramedic students: A simulated sight shift study. Emergency Medicine Journal, 39(1), 45-51. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2019-209211.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Smith, E., Hill, M., Anderson, C., Sim, M., Miles, A., Reid, D., Mills, B. (2021). Lived Experience of Emergency Health Care Utilization during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 36(6), 691-696. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X21001126.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Miles, A., Hansen, S., Mills, B. (2020). A simulated night shift for undergraduate paramedicine students: Lessons learnt and the perceived value towards learning. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, 17(2020), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.33151/ajp.17.732.
  • Mills, B., Dykstra, P., Hansen, S., Miles, A., Rankin, T., Hopper, L., Brook, L., Bartlett, D. (2020). Virtual Reality Triage Training Can Provide Comparable Simulation Efficacy for Paramedicine Students Compared to Live Simulation-Based Scenarios. Prehospital Emergency Care, 24(4), 525-536. https://doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2019.1676345.

2018

Journal Articles

  • Mills, B., Miles, A., Phan, T., Dykstra, P., Hansen, S., Reid, D., Langdon, C., Walsh, A. (2018). Investigating the extent realistic moulage impacts on immersion and performance amongst undergraduate paramedicine students in a simulation-based traumatic scenario: A pilot study. Simulation in Healthcare: Journal of the society for simulation in healthcare, 13(5), 331-340. https://doi.org/10.1097/SIH.0000000000000318.

2016

Journal Articles

  • Carter, O., Mills, B., Ross, N., Miles, A., Mould, J., O'Brien, R. (2016). Assessing simulation-based clinical training: comparing the concurrent validity of students' self-reported satisfaction and confidence measures against objective clinical examinations. BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning, 2(2), 30-34. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjstel-2015-000089.

Research Projects

  • Pilot evaluation of an out-of-hospital immersive birthing simulation training application for Paramedics and Volunteer Ambulance Officers using virtual-reality technology, Women and Infants Research Foundation, Research Acceleration Awards, 2025, $45,000.
  • Paramedicine workforce survey, Australian and New Zealand College of Paramedicine, Tender, 2023 ‑ 2025, $36,879.
  • Development and evaluation of a novel gamified education package enhancing pandemic preparedness for frontline healthcare response staff and students, Department of Health WA, Future Health Research and Innovation FHRI Focus Grants: COVID-19, 2021 ‑ 2024, $224,446.
  • Community expectations and utilisation of emergency health services during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Covid-19 Research Fund, 2020 ‑ 2023, $100,000.
  • Out-of-hospital immersive birthing simulation training for WA Paramedics and Ambulance Officers using virtual-reality technology, Department of Health WA, Clinical Simulation and Training Grants, 2021 ‑ 2023, $49,853.
  • Development of a virtual reality platform to train and prepare paramedics for mass/multi casualty incidents, Edith Cowan University, ECU Industry Collaboration Grant - 2017 Open Round, 2018 ‑ 2019, $45,000.
  • Investigating the extent to which highly realistic moulage impacts on learning outcomes in simulation-based learning environments, Department of Health WA, Simulated Learning Environments Research Grants 2016, 2016, $15,000.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Associate Supervisor

  • Master of Medical and Health Science by Research, To what extent do paramedics experience fatigue during a regular shift cycle?
  • Master of Nursing (Research), Evaluation of a game-based learning simulation to enhance pandemic preparedness for nursing staff in Western Australia

Completed Supervisions

No data available
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