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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 479 7443
Email
carol.atmore@otago.ac.nz

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Position
Senior Research Fellow
Department
Department of General Practice and Rural Health (Dunedin)
Qualifications
MBChB PhD FRNZCGP MSc(PublicHealth) DipCommunityEmergMed DipObs
Research summary
Health system design, community based generalism, rural health, integrated care
Teaching
General Practice Trainee Intern module co-convener
Memberships
Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners, Otago Faculty Secretary; Member, National Screening Advisory Committee; MBChB Curriculum Committee member
Clinical
General practice and continuity of care

Research

Dr Carol Atmore is a general practitioner in Dunedin, and Senior Research Fellow and former Head of Department in the Department of General Practice and Rural Health at the Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago.

She has spent many years working as a General Practitioner and health service clinical leader on the West Coast prior to moving to Dunedin in 2016. She also held senior clinical leadership roles at South Island and national level.

She has led health system service redesign to integrate community care, primary care, mental health and hospital services in rural communities, including the strengthening of local networks between smaller and larger hospitals.

Her interests include health system design, the role of generalism in the evolving New Zealand health system, integrated care, rural health and regional networks.

Publications

Sheridan, N., McKree Jansen, R., Harwood, M., Love, T., Kenealy, T., and the Primary Care Models Study Group, including Atmore, C., Crampton, P., Dowell, A., Gauld, R., McBain, L., Stokes, T., & Stubbe, M. (2024). Hauora Māori – Māori health: A right to equal outcomes in primary care. International Journal for Equity in Health, 23, 42. doi: 10.1186/s12939-023-02071-6 Journal - Research Article

Atmore, C., Sullivan, T., Millar, J., Paulose, A., Shute, A., Brown, D., & Stokes, T. (2024). The costs, barriers and enablers of providing PGY2 placements in general practice in Aotearoa New Zealand: A mixed-methods study. Journal of Primary Health Care. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1071/HC23116 Journal - Research Article

Penno, E., Atmore, C., Maclennan, B., Richard, L., Wyeth, E., Richards, R., Doolan-Noble, F., Gray, A. R., Sullivan, T., Gauld, R., & Stokes, T. (2023). How did New Zealand's regional district health board groupings work to improve service integration and health outcomes: A realist evaluation. BMJ Open, 13, e079268. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079268 Journal - Research Article

Atmore, C. (2023, July). Examining the costs, barriers, and enablers of providing PGY2 placements in general practice: A mixed-methods study. Verbal presentation at the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) Conference for General Practice, Tāmaki Makaurau - Auckland, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Pigden, A., Leitch, S., Atmore, C., & Stokes, T. (2023). Starting from scratch: Establishing an equity-focussed Primary Care Research Network. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 29(4), (pp. lviii). doi: 10.1071/PYv29n4abs Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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