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A Pharmacist Amongst Paramedics: My experience with the National Ambulance Service Clinical Directorate

As part of her PhD studies Edel carried out a placement in the National Ambulance Service (NAS) Clinical Directorate, in Dooradoyle

By Danielle Norton 9 min read
As part of her PhD studies Edel carried out a placement in the National Ambulance Service (NAS) Clinical Directorate, in Dooradoyle, Limerick from March to May 2022. Edel’s placement supervisor was Mr. David Willis, Clinical Information Manager with NAS.

Written by Edel Burton – Edel Burton is a second year Structured Population and Health-services Research Education (SPHeRE) scholar in University College Cork and a scholar on the Health Research Board(HRB) Collaborative Doctoral Programme in Chronic Disease Prevention(CDP- CDP).

Edel is also a Clinical Pharmacist in the Bons Secours Hospital Cork.

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