Associate Professor
Email phil.hider@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 364 3679
Department of Population Health
University of Otago, Christchurch
PO Box 4345
Christchurch 8140
Background
Phil Hider originally trained as a medical practitioner and worked for ten years in general practice.
He has since retrained as a public health physician and obtained further postgraduate qualifications including a PhD in epidemiology, patient safety and quality improvement.
Teaching
- Undergraduate patient safety, quality improvement (Co-convenor)
- Undergraduate epidemiology and public health (Co-convenor)
- PUBH 711 Principles of Epidemiology (Convenor)
- PUBH 732 Prevention and Control of Disease in Populations
- Contributes to NURS442 Health Care in New Zealand
Teaching resource
- Patient Safety and Quality of Care (Peter Davis, PDF 1.6MB)
Selected examples of past student supervision
2018
Topic: Price discounts on core and non-core foods and beverages in two New Zealand supermarkets
Student: Eline Thomson
Degree: MPH
Co-supervisor: Christina McKerchar
Topic: Observational cohort study comparing maternal and newborn outcomes after waterbirth or conventional birth
Student: Alison Eddy
Degree: MPH
Co-supervisor: Jonathan Williman
2016
Topic: Growing up on Shaky Ground: An Investigation into the Emotional and Behavioural Wellbeing of Four-Year-Olds in Canterbury's Post-Disaster Environment
Student: Kara Seers
Degree: MPH
Co-supervisor: Stephanie Moor
Medical curriculum development
- Epidemiology
- Applied epidemiology
- Health informatics
- Evidence-based medicine
- Safety and quality
Research Interests
- Evidence-based practice
- Quality improvement
- Systematic reviews/meta-analyses
- Health services research
Selected examples of past projects
- National Primary Medical Care Survey (HRC)
- Improving Performance in New Zealand Health Care: Hospital Outcomes (HRC)
Selected Professional Activities
- Chair, Population Health and Epidemiology Domain, Otago Medical School
- Member, MB ChB Curriculum Committee, Otago Medical School
- Member, Curriculum Sub-Committee, University of Otago, Christchurch
- Member, Advanced Learning in Medicine Committee, University of Otago, Christchurch
- Associate Editor; Quality, Performance, Safety and Outcomes, BMC Health Services Research Journal
- Deputy Chair, Faculty Training Committee, Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine
- Member, Faculty Education Committee, Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine
- Member, New Zealand Committee, Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine
- Clinical Epidemiologist, Perioperative Mortality Review Committee, Health Quality and Safety Commission