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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 Primary Health Care (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

Leitch, S., Pigden, A., Ryde, A., Atmore, C., Li, J.-R., Moerenhout, T., Yeo, W., Williams, A., Smith, A., Turner, R., & Stokes, T. (2025). The Southern Primary Care Research Network 3 years on: Reflections from the end of the beginning. Journal of Primary Health Care, 17(3), 269-275. doi: 10.1071/HC25020 Journal - Research Other

Sheridan, N., Hoare, K., Carryer, J., Mills, J., Hewitt, S., Love, T., … and the Primary Care Models Study Group, including Atmore, C., Crampton, P., Dowell, A., Gauld, R., McBain, L., Stokes, T., & Stubbe, M. (2024). Nurses' work in relation to patient health outcomes: An observational study comparing models of primary care. International Journal for Equity in Health, 23, 198. doi: 10.1186/s12939-024-02288-z Journal - Research Article

Atmore, C., & Haughey, M. (2024, July). Identifying opportunities to reduce diabetic microvascular complications for Māori and Pacific people in Southern District: A quality improvement approach. Verbal presentation at the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) Conference for General Practice, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Bühler, M., Atmore, C., Perry, M., Crengle, S., Norris, P., & Baxter, G. D. (2024). Patient experiences and perspectives of health service access for carpal tunnel syndrome in Aotearoa New Zealand: A normalisation process theory-informed qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research, 24, 465. doi: 10.1186/s12913-024-10871-x Journal - Research Article

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

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