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Contact Details

Phone
+64 21 650 126
Email
lik.loh@otago.ac.nz
Position
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
Department
Department of Primary Health Care (Dunedin)
Qualifications
MB ChB MBHL FRNZCGP MRCP(UK) PhD PGCertPH PGCertMSM
Research summary
Health services research, mixed methods research
Teaching
I have recently been in shared supervisory roles to nurse practitioner interns and RNZCGP registrars
Memberships

Clinical governance – I have been part of advisory and credentialing committees for the Southern DHB and the South Canterbury DHB

Clinical

Clinical governance – I have joined advisory committees to the Southern DHB, and currently serve as Chief Medical Officer (Primary Care) for the South Canterbury DHB.

I am a general practitioner, with a special interest in musculoskeletal medicine. I have an auxiliary role as medical officer with the SCDHB persistent pain team.

  • Family medicine
  • Mental illness
  • Addiction
  • Medical ethics in relation to palliative care
  • Vocational rehabilitation
  • Clinical governance
  • Social medicine
  • Musculoskeletal medicine

Research

I am interested in the primary care – secondary care interface, in particular with regards to vulnerable and marginalised populations.

Publications

Loh, L., Trevallyan, S., Main, S., Revell, L., Patton, V., & Ojo, A. (2015). The case for a systematic policy approach to free primary health care for vulnerable groups in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 128(1424). Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal Journal - Research Other

Loh, L., Jaye, C., Dovey, S., Lloyd, H., & Rowe, J. (2015). Dunedin's free clinic: An exploration of its model of care using case study methodology. Journal of Primary Health Care, 7(2), 145-152. Journal - Research Article

Loh, L., & Dovey, S. (2015). Who attends Dunedin's free clinic? A study of patients facing cost barriers to primary health care access. Journal of Primary Health Care, 7(1), 16-23. Journal - Research Article

Loh, L., Jaye, C., & Dovey, S. (2015). Why do patients attend Dunedin's free clinic? An audit of general practice activity using the ICPC-2 classification system. New Zealand Medical Journal, 128(1410). Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal Journal - Research Article

Kongs-Taylor, H., Lockett, H., Killackey, E., & Loh, L. (2013, December). Starting the dialogue: Sharing decision making about the health benefits of work. Verbal presentation at the Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research (ASPR) Conference, Melbourne, Australia. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

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