Dr Martyn Williamson

Position	Senior Lecturer
Department	Department of General Practice and Rural Health (Dunedin)
Qualifications	MBBS FRNZCGP Dip Gp (dist)
Research summary	My research interests are medical education and rural health
Teaching	My current teaching commitments include the rural 5th year attachment at DSM and co convening postgraduate papers of Ethics in practice, and Teaching and Learning in Clinical practice. I have assisted in the redesign of the Teaching and Learning paper to increase the practical component of the learning while retaining it's academic basis. We have formed a team to evaluate the impact on practice of completing these postgraduate papers.
Memberships	I am member of the Medical Assessment Subcommittee (MASC). I have worked with rural communities in the past redesigning local health services and taking them into community ownership, in Lawrence and Alexandra, where I was part of the board set up to run these services.
Clinical	I work as a part time Rural GP at Health Central in Alexandra, Central Otago. My clinical interests lie in the power of plant-based nutrition to prevent and reverse many of our common chronic diseases and the role of lifestyle medicine in clinical practice. I am developing this aspect of my practice in addition to the standard GP role.

Research

I researched the impact of the Dunedin medical school's 5th-year undergraduate rural health attachment on intentions to practice rurally, and then explored the role rural hospitals play in the New Zealand health system. As part of the rural undergraduate program, I and a colleague co developed a simulation of general practice (The SECO clinic), to help prepare students for working in the community.

I have lead a research team exploring the educational benefits of the SECO clinic and we have published 2 articles so far, with further manuscripts under development. SECO has also been adopted by Keele University in the UK for training of medical students and Leeds University for training of Physician assistants. We are now in the process of adapting this learning technology for use with rural nurse specialists on the West Coast, and setting up a formal evaluation.

I was able to join a departmental team in developing and researching the concept of Communities of Clinical Practice (CoCP), in both general practice and hospital settings to understand the patient's care world and the potential for use of CoCP care maps to add value to clincical practice.

Additional details

I am member of Evidence Based Eating NZ, a group of lay people and health practitioners whose goal is to inform New Zealanders of the potential of plant-based nutrition to allow them the ability to choose this option for themselves.

Publications

Leitch, S., Dovey, S., Cunningham, W., Wallis, K., Eggleton, K., Lillis, S., McMenamin, A., Williamson, M., Reith, D., Samaranayaka, A., & Tilyard, M. (2021). Epidemiology of healthcare harm in New Zealand general practice: A retrospective records review study. BMJ Open, 11, e048316. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048316

Leitch, S., Dovey, S., Cunningham, W., Smith, A., Zeng, J., Reith, D., … Williamson, M., & Lillis, S. (2021). Medication-related harm in New Zealand general practice: A retrospective records review. British Journal of General Practice. Advance online publication. doi: 10.3399/bjgp.2020.1126

Young, J., Poole, U., Mohamed, F., Jian, S., Williamson, M., Ross, J., Jaye, C., Radue, P., & Egan, T. (2021). Exploring the value of social network 'care maps' in the provision of long-term conditions care. Chronic Illness, 17(2), 95-110. doi: 10.1177/1742395319836463

Bolger, L., Hall, K. H., & Williamson, M. (2019). Knowing me, knowing you: A qualitative study of the effects on patients of doctors' self-illness disclosures. Journal of Primary Health Care, 11(4), 327-333. doi: 10.1071/HC19061

Wallis, K. A., Eggleton, K. S., Dovey, S. M., Leitch, S., Cunningham, W. K., & Williamson, M. I. (2018). Research using electronic health records: Balancing confidentiality and public good. Journal of Primary Health Care, 10(4), 288-291. doi: 10.1071/HC18040

Journal - Research Article

Jaye, C., Young, J., Egan, T., & Williamson, M. (2018). Moral economy and moral capital in the community of clinical practice. Qualitative Health Research, 28(4), 523-533. doi: 10.1177/1049732317740347

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Leitch, S., Dovey, S. M., Samaranayaka, A., Reith, D. M., Wallis, K. A., Eggleton, K. S., … Williamson, M. I., … Tilyard, M. W. (2018). Characteristics of a stratified random sample of New Zealand general practices. Journal of Primary Health Care, 10(2), 114-124. doi: 10.1071/HC17089

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Young, J., Jaye, C., Egan, T., Williamson, M., Askerud, A., Radue, P., & Penese, M. (2018). Communities of clinical practice in action: Doing whatever it takes. Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness & Medicine, 22(2), 109-127. doi: 10.1177/1363459316688515

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Hall, K., Donaldson, E., & Williamson, M. (2017). To report or not to report? That is the question. Journal of Primary Health Care, 9(4), 244-247. doi: 10.1071/HC16064

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Young, J., Egan, T., Jaye, C., Williamson, M., Askerud, A., Radue, P., & Penese, M. (2017). Shared care requires a shared vision: Communities of clinical practice in a primary care setting. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(17-18), 2689-2702. doi: 10.1111/jocn.13762

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Young, J., Jaye, C., Williamson, M., & Egan, T. (2017). The valuing of 'good care' within neoliberal times: The importance of relationship activities. New Zealand Sociology, 32(2), 81-104.

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Young, J. E., Williamson, M. I., & Egan, T. G. (2016). Students' reflections on the relationships between safe learning environments, learning challenge and positive experiences of learning in a simulated GP clinic. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 21(1), 63-77. doi: 10.1007/s10459-015-9611-3

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Young, J., Egan, T., Williamson, M., Jaye, C., Kenrick, K., Ross, J., & Radue, P. (2016). An exercise to map patient-centred care networks. Clinical Teacher, 13(6), 448-450. doi: 10.1111/tct.12459

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Williamson, M. (2014). A change in students' perceptions of peer and faculty attitudes to rural medicine following the introduction of a rural health rotation. International Journal of Family Medicine, 2014, 124708. doi: 10.1155/2014/124708

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Williamson, M., Walker, T., Egan, T., Storr, E., Ross, J., & Kenrick, K. (2013). The Safe and Effective Clinical Outcomes (SECO) Clinic: Learning responsibility for patient care through simulation. Teaching & Learning in Medicine, 25(2), 155-158. doi: 10.1080/10401334.2013.772016

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Williamson, M. I., Wilson, R., McKechnie, R., & Ross, J. (2012). Does the positive influence of an undergraduate rural placement persist into postgraduate years? Rural & Remote Health, 12(2), 2011. Retrieved from http://www.rrh.org.au/articles/subviewnew.asp?ArticleID=2011

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Dovey, S., Tilyard, M., Cunningham, W., & Williamson, M. (2011). Public and private funding of general practice services for children and adolescents in New Zealand. Health Policy, 103, 24-30. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.09.003

Journal - Research Article

Williamson, M., Gormley, A., Dovey, S., & Farry, P. (2010). Rural hospitals in New Zealand: Results from a survey. New Zealand Medical Journal, 123(1315). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/123-1315/4130/content.pdf

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Farry, P., Thompson, R., Robertson, H., Benwell, G., & Williamson, M. (2008). The role of GIS in supporting evidence-based rural health service planning and evaluation: A New Zealand case study. New Zealand Family Physician, 35(6), 373-379.

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Williamson, M., Gormley, A., & Farry, P. (2006). Otago Rural Hospitals Study: What do utilisation rates tell us about the performance of New Zealand rural hospitals? New Zealand Medical Journal, 119(1236). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/119-1236/2030/content.pdf

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Williamson, M., Gormley, A., Bills, J., & Farry, P. (2003). The new rural health curriculum at Dunedin School of Medicine: How has it influenced the attitudes of medical students to a career in rural general practice? New Zealand Medical Journal, 116(1179). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/116-1179/537/content.pdf

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Dovey, S. M., Leitch, S., Wallis, K. A., Eggleton, K. S., Cunningham, W. K., Williamson, M. I., … Tilyard, M. W., Reith, D. M., Samaranayaka, A., & Hall, J. E. (2017). Epidemiology of patient harms in New Zealand: Protocol of a general practice records review study. JMIR Research Protocols, 6(1), e10. doi: 10.2196/resprot.6696

Journal - Research Other

Egan, T. G., Jaye, C., Young, J., & Williamson, M. (2017). Re: Margaret McCartney: The social care system has become inherently unsafe: Putting social care on the map. BMJ, 357, j2329. doi: 10.1136/bmj.j2329

Journal - Research Other

Nixon, G., Blattner, K., Williamson, M., McHugh, P., & Reid, J. (2017). Training generalist doctors for rural practice in New Zealand. Rural & Remote Health, 17(1), 4047. Retrieved from http://www.rrh.org.au/articles/subviewnew.asp?ArticleID=4047

Journal - Research Other

Farry, P., & Williamson, M. (2004). Aligning medical education with the healthcare needs of the population [Editorial]. New Zealand Medical Journal, 117(1204). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/117-1204/1114/content.pdf

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