Macartan Hughes
Lecturer at University College Cork
Ireland
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Top SchoolMacartan Hughes is a seasoned educator and clinician with four decades of ambulance service experience, now serving as a Lecturer at University College Cork and an Adjunct Clinical Professor in UCC’s School of Medicine. He led national education and competency assurance for the National Ambulance Service, driving the introduction of EMT, paramedic, advanced paramedic, honours degree and community paramedic training programs. Holding an MSc in Emergency Medical Technology, an MEd, and multiple specialist diplomas and certifications, he combines rigorous academic credentials with hands-on critical care expertise. Macartan has supported ambulance service development internationally, most recently in Pakistan, bringing systems-level thinking to low-resource settings. He remains operationally active as a volunteer Advanced Paramedic responder and in community first-response organizations, blending frontline practice with policy and curriculum design. Less obvious: his career uniquely spans operational practice, national workforce development and international capacity-building, giving him rare insight into translating classroom learning into pragmatic, field-ready skills.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma in Immediate Medical Care, Diploma in Immediate Medical Care at Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh)Postgrad Certificate, Critical Care, Postgrad Certificate, Critical Care at Univeristy of EdinburghM.Sc, Emergency Medical Technology, M.Sc, Emergency Medical Technology at University College DublinM. Ed, M. Ed at Trinity College DublinDiploma, Diploma at Irish Institute of Training and Development
Github Skills (23)
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
macartan/macartan.github.io
Oct 2022 - Mar 2025
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Contributions:291 pushes in 2 years 5 months
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wzb-ipi/wzb-ipi.github.io
Sep 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:155 pushes, 1 comment in 1 year 6 months
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