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Contact Details

Phone
64 3 479 7055
Email
kathryn.newsham-west@otago.ac.nz

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Position
Specialist Prosthodontist and Senior Professional Practice Fellow
Department
Department of Oral Rehabilitation
Qualifications
DClinDent (Prosthodontics) PGDip (Higher Education) BDS
Teaching
  • Programme lead: Postgraduate PGDipClinDent
  • Clinical co-ordinator: Undergraduate DENT551/561
  • Clinical supervision / Academic support / Examiner: Undergraduate BDS clinics (all years)
  • Research supervision / Examiner: Undergraduate BDS(Hons) DENT580/581
Memberships
  • Royal Australasian college of Dental Surgeons
  • Otago Medical School Health Professions Education Research Group
  • International Association of Dental Research
  • New Zealand Association of Prosthodontists and Restorative Dentists
  • Academy of Australian and New Zealand Prosthodontists
  • International College of Prosthodontists
  • New Zealand Society of Forensic Odontology
  • New Zealand Dental Association
  • Committee member: Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, BDS Year 5
Clinical
Prosthodontic Specialist, General Dental Surgeon, Forensic Odontologist

Publications

Ronayne, C., Olson, H., De Silva, H., Guan, G., Newsham-West, K., & Anakin, M. (2025). Intertwined, multidirectional and interactive: A qualitative study of students’ experiences of interprofessional competencies during an oral pathology module. Focus on Health Professional Education, 26(2), 46-62. Journal - Research Article

Clarkson, P., Heenan, R., Liu, X., Cameron, A. B., Newsham-West, K., Aarts, J. M., & Choi, J. E. (2025). Mechanical and adhesive properties of additively manufactured dental tray materials with variable sustainability profiles. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 170, 107115. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2025.107115 Journal - Research Article

Cannon, R. D., Lyons, K. M., Chong, K., Newsham-West, K., Niimi, K., & Holmes, A. R. (2023). Adhesion of yeast and bacteria to oral surfaces. In G. J. Seymour, M. P. Cullinan, N. C. K. Heng & P. R. Cooper (Eds.), Oral biology: Molecular techniques and applications: Methods in molecular biology (Vol. 2588). (3rd ed.) (pp. 131-156). New York, NY: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2780-8_9 Chapter in Book - Other

Newsham-West, K., & Anakin, M. (2020). Clinical reasoning in dentistry: A student perspective. Proceedings of the Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (ANZAHPE) Conference. (pp. 353). Retrieved from https://anzahpe.org Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Anakin, M., Gao, J., Olson, H., Lee, C., Wright, D., Kennedy, E., Newsham-West, K., & McMillan, M. (2020). Building a multi-professional framework for interpreting undergraduate students' experiences of learning decision-making in medicine, pharmacy, and physiotherapy [Research papers]. Proceedings of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE): The Virtual Conference. RP8.4 (3958). Retrieved from https://amee.org/conferences/amee-2020 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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