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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News

Otago academics question whether it is timely to salary GPs and abolish patient fees

Friday, 1 February 2019

University of Otago academic health and business leaders consider it timely for a debate about funding primary healthcare services including the possibility of the Government salarying all GPs and abolishing patient fees.

Otago academic offers new explanation for Alexander the Great’s death

Tuesday, 22 January 2019

It may have happened more than 2300 years ago, but the mystery of Alexander the Great’s death could finally be solved, thanks to a University of Otago academic.

University of Otago to study the impacts of mycoplasma bovis on farmers and their communities

Wednesday, 16 January 2019

The University of Otago will carry out a study on the emotional, social and psychological impacts of mycoplasma bovis on Southern farmers and farming communities.