Dr Maira Patu

2025

Journal - Research Article

Harris, C., Bidwell, S., Hudson, B., Patu, M., McKerchar, C., & Al-Busaidi, I. S. (2025). Te hāpai i te mana wāhine, te takahi i te mana wāhine: Māori women's experiences of empowerment and disempowerment in sexual and reproductive healthcare. Journal of Primary Health Care, 17(2), 154-160. doi: 10.1071/hc25037

Harris, C., Bidwell, S., Hudson, B., Patu, M., McKerchar, C., & Al-Busaidi, I. S. (2025). He mana tō te mātauranga - Knowledge is power: A qualitative study of sexual and reproductive healthcare experiences of wāhine Māori. Journal of Primary Health Care, 17(2), 146-153. doi: 10.1071/HC24103

Journal - Research Other

Patu, M., Kerdemelidis, M., Summers, N., Monk, N. J., Philpott, A., Beard, A., Geddes, J., … Mark, S., & Pitama, S. (2025). Introducing the Hauora Māori Equity Toolkit for Specialist Healthcare Services (HMET-SHS). New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 138(1622), 80-93. doi: 10.26635/6965.6942

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Campbell, V., Kelly, P., Wallace, L., Beckert, L., & Patu, M. (2025). Community spirometry reaching equality not equity in Waitaha/Canterbury. Internal Medicine Journal, 55(Suppl. 1), TP246. doi: 10.1111/imj.70003

2024

Journal - Research Article

Cashmore, B., Tunnicliffe, D. J., Palmer, S., Blythen, L., Boag, J., Kostner, K., … Patu, M., … Walker, R., on behalf of the CARI Guidelines Steering Committee. (2024). Australian and New Zealand Living Guideline cholesterol-lowering therapy for people with chronic kidney disease (CARI Guidelines): Reducing the evidence-practice gap. Nephrology, 29(8), 495-509. doi: 10.1111/nep.14295

Journal - Research Other

Pitama, S., Haitana, T., Patu, M., Robson, B., Harris, R., McKerchar, C., Clark, T., & Crengle, S. (2024). Toitū Te Tiriti. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 137(1589), 7-11. Retrieved from https://nzmj.org.nz/

2023

Other Research Output

CARI Living Guideline Lipid Working Group, including Walker, R., Palmer, S. & Patu, M. (2023). CARI Living Guidelines: Management of cholesterol-lowering therapy in people with chronic kidney disease. 38p. Retrieved from https://www.cariguidelines.org/

2021

Journal - Research Other

Pitama, S., Beckert, L., Lacey, C., Patu, M., Melbourne-Wilcox, M., Philpott, A., Palmer, S. C., & Huria, T. (2021). Implementing an indigenous model of practice. Clinical Teacher, 18, 502-504. doi: 10.1111/tct.13395

2020

Journal - Research Other

Pitama, S., Huria, T., Patu, M., & Lacey, C. (2020). Impaired wellness in medicine. Medical Education, 55, 4-15. doi: 10.1111/medu.14393

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Huria, T., Patu, M., Lacey, C., Philpott, A., Melbourne Wilcox, M., & Pitama, S. (2020). Indigenous health: Designing a clinical orientation program valued by learners [Short communications]. Proceedings of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE): The Virtual Conference. SC4.1.11 (5228). Retrieved from https://amee.org/conferences/amee-2020

Pitama, S., Beckert, L., Huria, T., Melbourne-Wilcox, M., Patu, M., & Wilkinson, T. (2020). The role of social accountable medical education in addressing health inequity in Aotearoa New Zealand [Short communications]. Proceedings of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE): The Virtual Conference. SC3.2.2 (5240). Retrieved from https://amee.org/conferences/amee-2020

Other Research Output

CARI Living Guideline Lipid Work Group including Walker, R., Palmer, S. & Patu, M. (2020). CARI Guidelines: Management of lipid-lowering therapy in CKD. 42p. Retrieved from https://app.magicapp.org/summary/guideline_4689.html

2019

Journal - Research Article

Pitama, S., Beckert, L., Huria, T., Palmer, S., Melbourne-Wilcox, M., Patu, M., Lacey, C., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2019). The role of social accountable medical education in addressing health inequity in Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 49(Suppl. 1), 58-71. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2019.1659379

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Patu, M. (2019). Decolonising the discharge summary. In C. Ryan (Ed.), Proceedings of the 8th Biennial Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education (LIME) Network LIME Connection: Pouhine Poutama: Embedding Indigenous Health Education. (pp. 87). Melbourne, Australia: The University of Melbourne. Retrieved from https://www.limeconnection.net.au/program/

Melbourne-Wilcox, M., Huria, T., Patu, M., & Pitama, S. (2019). Whakatere: Decolonising clinical reasoning. In C. Ryan (Ed.), Proceedings of the 8th Biennial Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education (LIME) Network LIME Connection: Pouhine Poutama: Embedding Indigenous Health Education. (pp. 86). Melbourne, Australia: The University of Melbourne. Retrieved from https://www.limeconnection.net.au/program/

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Patu, M., & Melbourne-Wilcox, M. (2019, August). Hauora Tamariki: A joint initiative between Hauora Māori and paediatrics. Verbal presentation at the George Abbott Symposium, Christchurch, New Zealand.

2017

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Pitama, S., Patu, M., & Melbourne-Wilcox, M. (2017, July). Utilising the hui process/Meihana Model in clinical practice. Invited presentation at the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) Conference for General Practice, Dunedin, New Zealand.