Embedding CPD, Reflective practice skills and Employability into Ambulance Technician Portfolios

On 29 July 2025, I co-delivered at the presentation 'Embedding CPD, Reflective practice skills and Employability into Ambulance Technician Portfolios' for the webinar theme 'Rapid Response Ready: Elevating Paramedic Practice and CPD with PebblePad'.

This webinar opportunity came my way from James Littlehales, Head of Customer Success Management EMEA, as one of the presenters had to pull out due to unfortunate circumstances.  As this was timely on some recent conversations with two paramedic lecturers, on making some improvements to the PebblePad CPD ePortfolio element of the Ambulance Technician Practice course.  I invited them to share their practice, which they haven't done in this format before, and future plans for improvements - I went onto leading on talking on a brief slide about the latter on potential plans with the Digital Curriculum Team.  Though this presentation is not about me/Digital Curriculum Team, but giving lecturers the opportunity to take centre stage to share, with the avenue to further our digital curriculum work.

Sara Ghafouri, Campaigns Marketing Manager - "...from NTU, we’ll hear from Lynne Thompson, Adam Clarke, and Daniel Scott-Purdy MSc(TEL) SFHEA SCMALT as they co-deliver a session on how PebblePad supports proficiency and professional development across a paramedic’s career."

Farai Pfende, Senior Lecturer in Learning Disabilities Nursing - "What stars you are. Registered to receive recording of this. Very exciting and innovative."

46 participants, including presenters, panellists and hosts.  It was really well-received and had good interaction.  Dare I say a bit fun ha.  I think it was a good experience for our lecturers and have gained new ideas as well.

Adam Clarke, Lecturer in paramedicine - "Cheers for that Dan, thanks for suggesting doing it too." 

Lynne Thompson - "We do not get involved but I quite enjoyed it in the end 🤣 if you get any other opportunities Dan happy to work with you too."

Nicola Sparkes, Customer Success Manager and Learning Consultant:

"Thank you for an enjoyable afternoon.  It was good to host your webinar this afternoon.  I found it really interesting to hear the varied ways that you are using PebblePad within Paramedic Science.

You all did a fantastic job at presenting and your practice is very relevant to all disciplines.

Many thanks for being willing to share your practice with others.

Best wishes for a fabulous Summer break."

Sara Ghafouri - "Really pleased with how it went, and you all did a great job of showcasing the work you have been doing and that clearly resonated with the audience."..."A big thanks to everyone for supporting this webinar and doing an amazing job of showing all the great things you’ve been working on! I know it’s going to inspire others who joined live and who also watch on demand."

I received a surprised complement from a colleague, who was also presenting, that used to work in our department.  When I explained our Digital Curriculum Team remit and induction process for students to build a positive relationship with PebblePad, in response to the question "Open to any of the presenters.  What onboarding support did you provide to help students use the PebblePad workbooks?"

• Andrew Kirke - "I think Daniel's underselling himself a little bit there. I worked with him very much at the beginning, NTU with this and the support. I think NTU, the health institute has a real benefit in having Daniel and his expanded department now, in supporting the students because the students really do have that availability of online support quite easily."
• Me - "Thank you, Andy."
  
  

Some presentation feedback:

• Shane - "That’s been a great webinar, thank you all for sharing your innovations and great Pebblegogy 😃"
• Ali - "Thank you to everyone on the panel. Such an insightful webinar, thank you so much for sharing.  👋 Loved it!"
• Alison Poot - "Great webinar everyone, thank you!"
• CMcCullagh - "Thank you very interesting"
• Rich Skyrme - "Thank you all - very interesting topics!"
• albertine - "Thanks very much! Very informative 🙂"

From seed to reap: our young iterative journey through developing immersive learning and VR experiences

Today myself and my colleague had the pleasure of delivering the presentation 'From seed to reap: our young iterative journey through developing immersive learning and VR experiences', to the Extended Reality in Education (XRE) Community of Practice, NHS England TEL Simulation and Immersive Technologies.  There were 85 members (including us as presenters, panellist and hosts) in attendance from healthcare to learning technologist professionals within healthcare education.  When it got to the Q&A there was a great variety of questions asked on implementation, application and technical aspects.  The response we received was very positive and impactful.  We acquired new contacts, questions and ideas to follow up with.  We both really enjoyed it and very happy to represent our department.  Chris Gay, Project Manager – Simulation and Immersive Technologies, is a brilliant host.  Below is our presentation and feedback.

Feedback:

• "...the excellent work that Dan and Godson have done..."
• "Many thanks all , very useful session 🙏"
• "Thank you for sharing your experiences Daniel Scott-Purdy and Godson Uma."
• "Thank you Dan and Godson!"
• "Fabulous session, thanks everyone!"
•  "Great session, thank you."
• "Thanks for the great presentation, well done."
• "Many thanks, very interesting session."
• Lucia Vazquez Bonome - "It was a pleasure attending the session this morning, thank you both for your insightful presentation. I found it very helpful."
• David Mangoro - "Thanks for sharing in the meeting today."
• Jayne Brown - "Congratulations both, a really great presentation."
  
  

Evaluation data:

Chris Gay:

"Dear Dan and Godson,

Thank you so much for taking the time to present your XR meeting session, and for all the hard work that went into planning it. I have attached a letter of thanks for you, which includes some of the feedback we gathered at the end of each session. I hope this is useful for your own CPD.

As you'll see from the feedback, it was really valuable and enjoyable for the group to hear from you.

Thank you again for doing this, I am sure the XR meeting would be delighted to have you back to present again in the future!"

Presentation:

Presentation recording accessible via NHS Learning Hub:

• Extended Reality in Education (XRE) Community of Practice 15/07/2025

Elevating scenario-based learning through Virtual Reality immersive wall suites

On 10 June 2025, myself, Cherylene Camps, Senior Lecturer in Paramedicine and Godson Uma, Digital Curriculum Support and Developer delivered the session 'Elevating scenario-based learning through Virtual Reality immersive wall suites', to NTU colleagues for the School of Social Sciences Showcase 2025 Day 2.  The session was well-received and created much rich discussion and ideas.  The two students who recently qualified from their BSc paramedicine course, that shared their experiences was a particular standout - so I am glad that I suggested this so the audience could hear their views directly and better represent their perspectives.  Our presentation is below.

NTU researcher - "#belonging at the NTU Social Sciences Showcase today.  Privileged to see the incredible work on...and the innovative VR development from Daniel Scott-Purdy and his team."

Senior Lecturer, Course Lead for the BA (Hons) Childhood and Education Studies (online) top-up degree, Nottingham Institute of Education - "I am so impressed by the incredible work you are engaged in and would be keen to learn more.  During the 2024/25 School Showcase event, I had the great pleasure of chairing a session led by Daniel Scott-Purdy and colleagues from IHAP.  The session (focused on immersive learning) was brought to life through some outstanding examples and brief demonstrations of how the immersion suite works in practice.  It was further enhanced through the contributions by students who had used the suite for practical exercises.  The team were passionate about this work and it was evident the students and staff had gained a great deal from this exciting learning resource facilitated through a team of experienced development staff who had bought the practical exercises to life.  A quintessential feature of the presentation was the teams recognition of areas for growth in the use of these resources.  The excitement, enthusiasm and expert knowledge of digital learning resources was bought to life by a team who are evidently hyper-focused on how we can work smarter through the use of digital technologies.  There are a wealth of opportunities for using such resources across different programmes and Daniel was gracious (both in the presentation and afterwards) in discussing ways in which the Childhood team might employ such tools."