MB ChB Programme Director (Otago Medical School)
MB ChB MD(Otago) PhD(Otago) M Clin Ed(UNSW) FRACP FRCP(London) FANZAHPE
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
- Director, MB ChB programme, University of Otago
Canterbury District Health Board
- Consultant physician in geriatric medicine
Awards
- 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
- Clinical research in Geriatric medicine
Tim is keen to promote independence in old age as well as independence in his students.
Publications
Wilkinson, T. J., & Tweed, M. J. (2018). Deconstructing programmatic assessment. Advances in Medical Education & Practice, 9, 191-197. doi: 10.2147/amep.S144449
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.
Pitama, S. G., Palmer, S. C., Huria, T., Lacey, C., & Wilkinson, T. (2018). Implementation and impact of indigenous health curricula: A systematic review. Medical Education. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/medu.13613
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.
Sheehan, D., Jowsey, T., Parwaiz, M., Birch, M., Seaton, P., Shaw, S., … Wilkinson, T. (2017). Clinical learning environments: Place, artefacts and rhythm. Medical Education, 51(10), 1049-1060. doi: 10.1111/medu.13390
Chapter in Book - Research
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
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.
Journal - Research Article
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
Links, M. J., Wilkinson, T., & Campbell, C. (2018). Discourses of professionalism: Metaphors, theory and practice. Medical Teacher. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2018.1442565
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
Jardine, D. L., McKenzie, J. M., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2017). Predicting medical students who will have difficulty during their clinical training. BMC Medical Education, 17, 43. doi: 10.1186/s12909-017-0879-2
Henning, M. A., Hawken, S., MacDonald, J., McKimm, J., Brown, M., Moriarty, H., … Hilder, J., & Wilkinson, T. (2017). Exploring educational interventions to facilitate health professional students' professionally safe online presence. Medical Teacher, 39(9), 959-966. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2017.1332363
Sheehan, D., Jowsey, T., Parwaiz, M., Birch, M., Seaton, P., Shaw, S., … Wilkinson, T. (2017). Clinical learning environments: Place, artefacts and rhythm. Medical Education, 51(10), 1049-1060. doi: 10.1111/medu.13390
Tweed, M. J., Stein, S., Wilkinson, T. J., Purdie, G., & Smith, J. (2017). Certainty and safe consequence responses provide additional information from multiple choice question assessments. BMC Medical Education, 17, 106. doi: 10.1186/s12909-017-0942-z
Wilkinson, T. M., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2016). Selection into medical school: From tools to domains. BMC Medical Education, 16, 258. doi: 10.1186/s12909-016-0779-x
Wilkinson, T. J., McKenzie, J. M., Ali, A. N., Rudland, J., Carter, F. A., & Bell, C. J. (2016). Identifying medical students at risk of underperformance from significant stressors. BMC Medical Education, 16, 43. doi: 10.1186/s12909-016-0565-9
McKimm, J., & Wilkinson, T. (2015). "Doctors on the move": Exploring professionalism in the light of cultural transitions. Medical Teacher, 37(9), 837-843. doi: 10.3109/0142159X.2015.1044953
Wilkinson, T. J., Hudson, J. N., McColl, G. J., Hu, W. C. Y., Jolly, B. C., & Schuwirth, L. W. T. (2015). Medical school benchmarking: From tools to programmes. Medical Teacher, 37(2), 146-152. doi: 10.3109/0142159x.2014.932902
Parker, J. E., Hudson, B., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2014). Influences on final year medical students' attitudes to general practice as a career. Journal of Primary Health Care, 6(1), 56-63.
Wilkinson, T. J., Ali, A. N., Bell, C. J., Carter, F. A., Frampton, C. M., & McKenzie, J. M. (2013). The impact of learning environment disruption on medical student performance. Medical Education, 47(2), 210-213. doi: 10.1111/medu.12065
Wilkinson, T. M., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2013). Preparation courses for a medical admissions test: Effectiveness contrasts with opinion. Medical Education, 47(4), 417-424. doi: 10.1111/medu.12124
Shulruf, B., Turner, R., Poole, P., & Wilkinson, T. (2013). The Objective Borderline method (OBM): A probability-based model for setting up an objective pass/fail cut-off score in medical programme assessments. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 18(2), 231-244. doi: 10.1007/s10459-012-9367-y
Shulruf, B., Poole, P., Wang, G. Y., Rudland, J., & Wilkinson, T. (2012). How well do selection tools predict performance later in a medical programme? Advances in Health Sciences Education, 17, 615-626. doi: 10.1007/s10459-011-9324-1
Sheehan, D., Wilkinson, T. J., & Bowie, E. (2012). Becoming a practitioner: Workplace learning during the junior doctor's first year. Medical Teacher, 34(11), 936-945. doi: 10.3109/0142159x.2012.717184
Hodges, B. D., Ginsburg, S., Cruess, R., Cruess, S., Delport, R., Hafferty, F., … Wilkinson, T., & Wade, W. (2011). Assessment of professionalism: Recommendations from the Ottawa 2010 Conference. Medical Teacher, 33(5), 354-363. doi: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.577300
Heppenstall, C. P., Wilkinson, T. J., Hanger, H. C., Keeling, S., & Pearson, J. (2011). Factors related to care home admission in the year following hospitalisation in frail older adults. Age & Ageing, 40(4), 513-516. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afr045
Wilkinson, T. J., Tweed, M. J., Egan, T. G., Ali, A. N., McKenzie, J. M., Moore, M., & Rudland, J. R. (2011). Joining the dots: Conditional pass and programmatic assessment enhances recognition of problems with professionalism and factors hampering student progress. BMC Medical Education, 11, 29. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-11-29
Sheehan, D., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2010). Who's going to move first? Practice guidelines for clinical supervision. Focus on Health Professional Education, 12(2), 14-29.
Wilkinson, T. J., Weller, J. M., McKimm, J., O'Connor, B. J., Pinnock, R. E., Poole, P. J., … Tweed, M. J., & Wearn, A. M. (2010). Programmatic research in New Zealand medical education: A national collaboration. New Zealand Medical Journal, 123(1318). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/123-1318/4210/content.pdf
Wilkinson, T. J. (2010). Scholarship in health professional education organisations: Creating a community of scholars. Focus on Health Professional Education, 11(3), 33-41.
Perry, W. R. G., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2010). Taking the pulse: Medical student workforce intentions and the impact of debt. New Zealand Medical Journal, 123(1318). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/123-1318/4212/content.pdf
Dare, A., Fancourt, N., Robinson, E., Wilkinson, T., & Bagg, W. (2009). Training the intern: The value of a pre-intern year in preparing students for practice. Medical Teacher, 31(8), e345-e350. doi: 10.1080/01421590903127669
Wilkinson, T. J., D'orsogna, L. J., Nair, B. R., Judd, S. J., & Frampton, C. M. (2009). The reliability of long and short cases undertaken as practice for a summative examination. Internal Medicine Journal, (Accepted article). doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.01970.x
Tweed, M., & Wilkinson, T. (2009). A randomized controlled trial comparing instructions regarding unsafe response options in a MCQ examination. Medical Teacher, 31(1), 51-54. doi: 10.1080/01421590802146018
Wilkinson, T. J., Wade, W. B., & Knock, L. D. (2009). A blueprint to assess professionalism: Results of a systematic review. Academic Medicine, 84(5), 551-558. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31819fbaa2
Rudland, J., Wilkinson, T., Smith-Han, K., & Thompson-Fawcett, M. (2008). ″You can do it late at night or in the morning. You can do it at home, I did it with my flatmate.″ The educational impact of an OSCE. Medical Teacher, 30, 206-211. doi: 10.1080/01421590701851312
Sheehan, D., Wilkinson, T. J., & Paltridge, D. (2008). A tool to evaluate effective learning environments within clinical attachments for interns. Focus on Health Professional Education, 10(1), 1-10.
Wilkinson, T. J., Campbell, P. J., & Judd, S. J. (2008). Reliability of the long case. Medical Education, 42(9), 887-893.
Kerse, N., Peri, K., Robinson, E., Wilkinson, T., von Randow, M., Kiata, L., … Arroll, B. (2008). Does a functional activity programme improve function, quality of life, and falls for residents in long term care? Cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ, 337(7675), 912-915. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1445
Wilkinson, T. J., Smith, J. D., Margolis, S. A., Gupta, T. S., & Prideaux, D. J. (2008). Structured assessment using multiple patient scenarios by videoconference in rural settings. Medical Education, 42(5), 480-487. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03011.x
Wilkinson, T. J., Wells, J. E., & Bushnell, J. A. (2007). What is the educational impact of standards-based assessment in a medical degree? Medical Education, 41, 565-572.
Journal - Research Other
Wilkinson, T. J., & Tweed, M. J. (2018). Deconstructing programmatic assessment. Advances in Medical Education & Practice, 9, 191-197. doi: 10.2147/amep.S144449
Pitama, S. G., Palmer, S. C., Huria, T., Lacey, C., & Wilkinson, T. (2018). Implementation and impact of indigenous health curricula: A systematic review. Medical Education. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/medu.13613
Roy, M., Walker, R., Blyth, P., & Wilkinson, T. (2014). Virtual reality-based assessment of clinical reasoning ability. Medical Education, 48, 1123. doi: 10.1111/medu.12559
Wilkinson, T. J. (2013). Medical education: The next 40 years. New Zealand Medical Journal, 126(1371). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
McKimm, J., Wilkinson, T., Poole, P., & Bagg, W. (2010). The current state of undergraduate medical education in New Zealand. Medical Teacher, 32(6), 456-460. doi: 10.3109/0142159x.2010.486427
