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Program Director: Paramedicine, Western Sydney University

As a former Assistant Director in a jurisdictional Ambulance Service and having served on the executive of the Professional Board for Emergency Care in South Africa, Navin is experienced in health systems management and regulation. His research and policy interest includes critical theory, transformative pedagogy, gender-based violence prevention and evidence-informed decision making that intersects state and civil society interests in emergency care professionalisation and in particular gender-based violence prevention. Navin was immediate past Chair of the Faculty Ethics Committee at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology and co-chair of the Belgium Red Cross First Aid for First Responders Evidence-based Medicine (EBM) project in sub-Saharan Africa and is a certified alternate dispute resolution mediator (Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town). He supervises higher degree research in South Africa and Australia, in the fields of Paramedicine, social inclusivity, health professions education, emergency and forensic medicine. Navin holds: a PhD in Forensic Medicine, a Master of Public Health, Higher Diploma in Education, Bachelor of Technology in Emergency Medical Care and a National Diploma in Ambulance and Emergency Care. More recently, he completed certification from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Recognising and Responding to Sexual Violence.

Experience

  • 2022–present
    Program Director: Paramedicine, Western Sydney University
  • 2020–2022
    Academic Course Advisor, Western Sydney University
  • 2007–2020
    Senior Lecturer, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, RSA

Education

  • 2022 
    Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Certificate in Recognising and Responding to Sexual Violence
  • 2017 
    University of Cape Town, PhD Forensic Medicine
  • 2007 
    University Of KwaZulu Natal, RSA, Master of Public Health (MPH)
  • 2006 
    Durban University of Technology, Bachelor of Technology: Emergency Medical Care
  • 2000 
    University of Natal, RSA, Higher Diploma in Education (HD Ed)
  • 1996 
    Technikon Natal, National Diploma: Ambulance and Emergency Care
  • 1996 
    KZN Emergency Medical Rescue Service, College of Emergency Care, Certificate: Critical Care Assistant

Professional Memberships

  • AHPRA
  • HPCSA
  • MACPara