The Department of General Practice and Rural Health: Enhancing healthcare today, for tomorrow

Ko te oranga o āpōpō kei ngā ringa whakahaumanu o nāianei

• Working to improve health outcomes for all through research, teaching and service in general practice & rural health.
• Recognising Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing an environment that nurtures our people, values, and goals.
• Committed to person-centredness in health care and education, generalism, rurality, interprofessionalism and integration across the health system.

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Primary Health Care, General Practice and Rural Health Research Symposium: 27-29 August 2021

News

Researchers receive funding to investigate use and safety of anti-nausea drug in pregnancy

Wednesday 28 July 2021

Associate Professor Lianne Parkin and colleagues from the Pharmacoepidemiology Research Network have been awarded $1.2 million from the Health Research Council of New Zealand to investigate the use and safety of an anti-nausea drug during pregnancy. 

The psychosocial impact of Mycoplasma bovis on Southern farmers

Tuesday 22 June 2021

A poorly managed government response to the 2017 Mycoplasma bovis outbreak inflicted significant and lasting trauma on farmers whose stock was culled, a University of Otago study has found.

New Chair of Rural Health to be established

Tuesday 4 May 2021

The University of Otago is establishing a Chair of Rural Health as part of its commitment to improving health outcomes across Aotearoa New Zealand.