Professor Tim Wilkinson, Our people, University of Otago, Christchurch, University of Otago, New Zealand

Professor of Medicine and Medical Education

MB ChB MD(Otago) PhD(Otago) M Clin Ed(UNSW) FRACP FRCP(London) FANZAHPE FAMEE

Education Unit
University of Otago, Christchurch
PO Box 4345
Christchurch
New Zealand

Email tim.wilkinson@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 378 6272

Current roles

Otago Medical School

Professor of Medicine and Medical Education

Canterbury District Health Board

Consultant physician in geriatric medicine

Awards

University of Otago, Christchurch, Gold medal for research excellence, 2019
Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (ANZAHPE) award for outstanding achievement in the field of health professional education in Australia, New Zealand and internationally, 2016
University of Otago, Christchurch, Gold medal for teaching excellence, 2009
Minister of Education / NZQA Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award (for sustained excellence in tertiary teaching), 2002

Research interests

Medical education - Deputy Editor of Medical Education, Section Editor of BMC Medical Education, member of editorial board for Focus on Health Professional Education, and Australasian Journal on Ageing
Assessment of competence and performance
Workplace learning
Selection into medical school
Professionalism
Career choices in medicine
Clinical research in Geriatric medicine

Tim is keen to promote independence in old age as well as independence in his students.

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Publications

Alamri, Y., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2020). Career outcomes of students of an intercalated MBChB/PhD: Experience from New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1508), 85-91. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Tweed, M., Purdie, G., & Wilkinson, T. (2020). Defining and tracking medical student self-monitoring using multiple-choice question item certainty. BMC Medical Education, 20, 344. doi: 10.1186/s12909-020-02250-x

O'Brien, L., Skidmore, P., Wall, C., Wilkinson, T., Muir, J., Frampton, C., & Gearry, R. (2020). A low FODMAP diet is nutritionally adequate and therapeutically efficacious in community dwelling older adults with chronic diarrhoea. Nutrients, 12(10), 3002. doi: 10.3390/nu12103002

Ali, A., Anakin, M., Tweed, M. J., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2020). Towards a definition of distinction in professionalism. Teaching & Learning in Medicine, 32(2), 126-138. doi: 10.1080/10401334.2019.1705826

Rudland, J., Tweed, M., Jaye, C., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2020). Medical student learner neglect in the clinical learning environment: applying Glaser's theoretical model. Medical Education. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/medu.14424

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Ekeroma, A. J., Perez, D., Percival, T., Mola, G., Sopoaga, F., & Wilkinson, T. (2014). A new medical curriculum for the National University of Samoa: Discussion document. Auckland, New Zealand: Pacific Society for Reproductive Health, 21p.

McAlister, H., Fink, J., Wilkinson, T., & et al (2005). The management of people with atrial fibrillation and flutter: Evidence-based best practice guideline. Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Guidelines Group. Retrieved from http://www.nzgg.org.nz

Anderson, C., Wilkinson, T. J., Hodder, M., Ibell, B., Milne, R., Perkins, C., … Pollock, M., … Wood, P. (2000). Guidelines for the use of acetylcholinesterase inhibitor drugs in the treatment of people with Alzheimer's disease. Wellington: National Health Committee, 26p.

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Edited Book - Other

Joyce, P., Nicholls, G., Thomas, K., & Wilkinson, T. (Eds.). (2013). The Christchurch experience: 40 years of research and teaching. Christchurch, New Zealand: University of Otago, 192p.

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Wilkinson, T., & Meeks, M. (2019). Learning and assessing professionalism using simulation. In K. Forrest & J. McKimm (Eds.), Healthcare simulation at a glance. (1st ed.) (pp. 60-61). Oxford, UK: John Wiley & Sons.

Kenwright, D. N., & Wilkinson, T. (2018). Quality in medical education. In T. Swanwick, K. Forrest & B. C. O'Brien (Eds.), Understanding medical education: Evidence, theory, and practice. (3rd ed.) (pp. 101-110). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.

Golding, C., Wilkinson, T., & Gamble Blakey, A. (2018). Cultivating critical thinkers. In C. Delany & E. Molloy (Eds.), Learning and teaching in clinical contexts: A practical guide. (1st ed.) (pp. 29-44). Sydney, Australia: Elsevier.

Wilkinson, T. (2014). Assessment in rural medical education. In A. B. Chater, J. Rourke, I. D. Couper, R. P. Strasser & S. Reid (Eds.), WONCA rural medical education guidebook. Bangkok, Thailand: World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) Working Party on Rural Practice. Retrieved from http://www.globalfamilydoctor.com

Worthington, R., Hays, R., Parker, M., Wilkinson, T., McKenzie, J., & Weisberg, D. (2013). Australia and New Zealand. In R. Worthington & R. Hays (Eds.), Practical professionalism in medicine: A global case-based workbook. (pp. 127-170). London, UK: Radcliffe.

Teunissen, P. W., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2011). Learning and teaching in workplaces. In T. Dornan, K. Mann, A. Scherpbier & J. Spencer (Eds.), Medical education: Theory and practice. (pp. 193-210). Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.

Wilkinson, T. J. (2001). Signage. In M. D. Mezey, M. M. Bottrell, B. J. Berkman, C. M. Callahan, T. T. Fulmer, E. L. Mitty, … N. E. Strumpf (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Elder Care. The Comprehensive Resource on Geriatric and Social Care. (pp. 592-594). New York: Springer Publishing Company.

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Wilkinson, T. J. (2018). Signage. In E. A. Capezuti, M. L. Malone, D. S. Gardner, A. Khan & S. L. Baumann (Eds.), Encyclopedia of elder care: The comprehensive resource on geriatric health and social care. (4th ed.) New York, NY: Springer. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].

Joyce, P., & Wilkinson, T. (2013). The future. In P. Joyce, G. Nicholls, K. Thomas & T. Wilkinson (Eds.), The Christchurch experience: 40 years of research and teaching. (pp. 184-186). Christchurch, New Zealand: University of Otago.

Wilkinson, T. (2013). Medical Education Unit. In P. Joyce, G. Nicholls, K. Thomas & T. Wilkinson (Eds.), The Christchurch experience: 40 years of research and teaching. (pp. 22-24). Christchurch, New Zealand: University of Otago.

Wilkinson, T. (2013). Medical education: The next 40 years. In P. Joyce, G. Nicholls, K. Thomas & T. Wilkinson (Eds.), The Christchurch experience: 40 years of research and teaching. (pp. 135-140). Christchurch, New Zealand: University of Otago.

Wilkinson, T. (2010). Communicating with older people. In M. Groves & J. Fitzgerald (Eds.), Communication skills in medicine: Promoting patient-centred care. (pp. 146-158). Victoria, Australia: IP Communications.

Wilkinson, T. J. (2008). Signage. In E. A. Capezuti, E. L. Siegler & M. D. Mezey (Eds.), The encyclopedia of elder care: The comprehensive resource on geriatric and social care. (2nd ed.) (pp. 720-722). NY: Springer.

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Journal - Research Article

Lord, S., Moyes, S., Teh, R., Port, W., Muru-Lanning, M., Bacon, C. J., Wilkinson, T., & Kerse, N. (2020). Gait, cognition and falls over 5 years, and motoric cognitive risk in New Zealand octogenarians: Te Puāwaitanga o Nga Tapuwae Kia Ora Tonu, LiLACS NZ. BMC Geriatrics, 20, 43. doi: 10.1186/s12877-020-1420-8

Smith-Han, K., Collins, E., Asil, M., Gamble Blakey, A., Anderson, L., Berryman, E., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2020). Measuring exposure to bullying and harassment in health professional students in a clinical workplace environment: Evaluating the psychometric properties of the clinical workplace learning NAQ-R scale. Medical Teacher, 42(7), 813-821. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2020.1746249

Ellis, P. M., Wilkinson, T. J., & Hu, W. C.-Y. (2020). Differences between medical school and PGY1 learning outcomes: An explanation for new graduates not being “work ready”? Medical Teacher, 42(9), 1043-1050. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2020.1782865

Rudland, J. R., Golding, C., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2020). The stress paradox: How stress can be good for learning. Medical Education, 54(1), 40-45. doi: 10.1111/medu.13830

Hanger, H. C., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2020). Low-impact (compliant) flooring and staff injuries. Disability & Rehabilitation. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2020.1786174

van Schalkwyk, S., O'Brien, B. C., van der Vleuten, C., Wilkinson, T., Meyers, I., Schmutz, A. M. S., & Varpio, L. (2020). Exploring perspectives on health professions education scholarship units from sub-Saharan Africa. Perspectives on Medical Education. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s40037-020-00619-8

Sopoaga, F., Crampton, P., Wilkinson, T., & Zaharic, T. (2019). Two decades in the making: Reflecting on an approach to increase the participation and success of Pacific students at the Otago Medical School in New Zealand. Pacific Health Dialog, 21(3), 128-138. doi: 10.26635/phd.2019.608

Almari, Y., Magner, K., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2019). Would you do it again? A qualitative study of student and supervisor perceptions of an intercalated MBChB/PhD programme. BMC Medical Education, 19, 471. doi: 10.1186/s12909-019-1909-z

Rudland, J. R., Golding, C., Jaye, C., Tweed, M., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2019). Student belief about the value of challenge. Clinical Teacher, 16(4), 390-394. doi: 10.1111/tct.13081

Pitama, S., Beckert, L., Huria, T., Palmer, S., Melbourne-Wilcox, M., Patu, M., Lacey, C., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2019). The role of social accountable medical education in addressing health inequity in Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 49(Suppl. 1), 58-71. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2019.1659379

Lyons, O., McHardy, K., Bagg, W., & Wilkinson, T. (2019). Leadership development in New Zealand and Australian medical schools: Needs analysis. BMJ Leader, 3(4), 123-128. doi: 10.1136/leader-2019-000147

Pinnock, R., Anakin, M., Lawrence, J., Chignell, H., & Wilkinson, T. (2019). Identifying developmental features in student's clinical reasoning to inform teaching. Medical Teacher, 41(3), 297-302. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2018.1463433

Al-Busaidi, I. S., Wells, C. I., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2019). Publication in a medical student journal predicts short- and long-term academic success: a matched-cohort study. BMC Medical Education, 19(1), 271. doi: 10.1186/s12909-019-1704-x

Alamri, Y., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2019). Attrition among New Zealand medical students completing research degrees: A 20-year analysis. Perspectives on Medical Education, 8, 284-288. doi: 10.1007/s40037-019-00531-w

Nanayakkara, W. S., Skidmore, P., O'Brien, L., Wilkinson, T., Frampton, C., & Gearry, R. (2019). From menu to mouth: The decay pathway of nutrient intake from planned menu to consumed and characteristics of residents in an aged care facility with greater nutrient decay rates: A cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 9(10), e024044. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024044

Abey-Nesbit, R., Schluter, P. J., Wilkinson, T., Thwaites, J. H., Berry, S. D., & Jamieson, H. A. (2019). Risk factors for hip fracture in New Zealand older adults seeking home care services: A national population cross-sectional study. BMC Geriatrics, 19, 93. doi: 10.1186/s12877-019-1107-1

Links, M. J., Wilkinson, T., & Campbell, C. (2019). Discourses of professionalism: Metaphors, theory and practice. Medical Teacher, 41(1), 91-98. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2018.1442565

Gamble Blakey, A., Smith-Han, K., Anderson, L., Collins, E., Berryman, E., & Wilkinson, T. (2019). "They cared about us students:" Learning from exemplar clinical teaching environments. BMC Medical Education, 19, 119. doi: 10.1186/s12909-019-1551-9

Ryan, C., Teh, R., Moyes, S., Wilkinson, T., Connolly, M., Rolleston, A., … Kerse, N. (2019). Quality of prescribing predicts hospitalisation in octogenarians: Life and living in advanced age: A cohort study in New Zealand (LiLACS NZ). BMC Genetics, 19, 357. doi: 10.1186/s12877-019-1305-x

Alamri, Y., Currie, W., Magner, K., Al-Busaidi, I. S., Wilkinson, T. J., & Beckert, L. (2019). Publication rates of, and attitudes toward, summer research projects: 10-year experience from a single institution in New Zealand. Advances in Medical Education & Practice, 10, 263-271. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S198789

Seleq, S., Jo, E., Poole, P., Wilkinson, T., Hyland, F., Rudland, J., … Bagg, W. (2019). The employment gap: The relationship between medical student career choices and the future needs of the New Zealand medical workforce. New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1506), 52-59. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Gamble Blakey, A., Smith-Han, K., Anderson, L., Collins, E., Berryman, E. K., & Wilkinson, T. (2019). It's 'probably the teacher!' A strategic framework for clinical staff engagement in clinical student bullying intervention. BMC Medical Education, 19(1), 116. doi: 10.1186/s12909-019-1552-8

Teh, R. O., Menzies, O. H., Connolly, M. J., Doughty, R. N., Wilkinson, T. J., Pillai, A., … Kerse, N. (2018). Patterns of multi-morbidity and prediction of hospitalisation and all-cause mortality in advanced age. Age & Ageing, 47(2), 261-268. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afx184

Kent, M., Verstappen, A., Wilkinson, T., & Poole, P. (2018). Keeping them interested: A national study of factors that change medical student interest in working rurally. Rural & Remote Health, 18(4), 4872. doi: 10.22605/rrh4872

Heppenstall, C. P., Hanger, H. C., Wilkinson, T. J., & Dhanak, M. (2018). Telephone discharge support for frail, vulnerable older people discharged from hospital: Impact on readmission rates: Participant and general practitioner feedback. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 37(2), 107-112. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12477

Shulruf, B., Bagg, W., Begun, M., Hay, M., Lichtwark, I., Turnock, A., … Wilkinson, T. J., & Poole, P. J. (2018). The efficacy of medical student selection tools in Australia and New Zealand. Medical Journal of Australia, 208(5), 214-218. doi: 10.5694/mja17.00400

Sopoaga, F., van der Meer, J., Nada-Raja, S., Wilkinson, T., & Jutel, S. (2018). Mental health and wellbeing of Pacific students starting University in New Zealand. Pacific Health Dialog, 21(2), 71-79.

Tweed, M., Purdie, G., & Wilkinson, T. (2017). Low performing students have insightfulness when they reflect-in-action. Medical Education, 51(3), 316-323. doi: 10.1111/medu.13206

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