Mrs Natasha Walta (nee Jenkins)
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- is notAvailable for media queries
- is notAvailable to supervise research students at VU
Areas of expertise
- Clinical reasoning
- Practical application of theory
- Professionalism
- Manual Handling
- Injury Prevention
Contact details
About
Natasha has been a lecturer in paramedicine within the College of Health and Biomedicine at Victoria University since 2013. In 2018, she became part of the innovative First Year College, teaching Australia’s first Block Model course in paramedicine.
Before joining VU, Natasha was a qualified ambulance paramedic, clinical instructor and undertook other educational roles within Ambulance Victoria for a number of years. Natasha has developed a keen interest in paramedics, injury prevention and physical fitness and is dedicated to teaching fundamental hands-on paramedic skills and clinical practice theory.
Portfolios
Qualification
Publications
Refereed journal articles
Jenkins, N., Smith, G., Stewart, S., Kamphuis, C. (2016) Pre-employment physical capacity testing as a predictor for musculoskeletal injury in paramedics: A review of the literature. Work. 55 (3), 565-575.
Conference presentations
Jenkins, N (2015) “Pre-employment physical capacity testing as a predictor for musculoskeletal injury in paramedics: a review of the literature”, PAIC, Adelaide.
Industry experience
Previously employed with Ambulance Victoria as an Ambulance Paramedic.