Red X iconGreen tick iconYellow tick icon

Contact Details

Phone
+64 4 806 1031
Email
rebecca.grainger@otago.ac.nz
Position
Professor
Department
Department of Medicine (Wellington)
Qualifications
MB ChB (Dstn) BNedSci (Dstn) MisntD CHIA FRACP FACHI PhD
Research summary
Rheumatology and gout

Research

Rebecca is an academic rheumatologist who is passionate about patient-focused care and engaging with colleagues in primary and secondary care to provide the highest quality collaborative care for people with arthritis.

A University of Otago medical graduate, she undertook rheumatology training in Melbourne and her PhD examined inflammatory mechanisms in gout.

Rebecca’s clinical work focuses on assessment and management of inflammatory arthritis and her particular clinical interests include inflammatory arthritis, gout and scleroderma. Rebecca’s academic interests include outcome measures, non-pharmacological management of musculoskeletal disease, use of information technology solutions to optimise care for people with chronic rheumatic diseases and medical education.

Research and Interests:

  • Development and assessment of mobile health tools for clinical care and self-care for clinicians and health care users.
  • Social media for participatory health and medical education
  • Enhancing engagement and active learning in medical education
  • Outcome measures in musculoskeletal and rheumatic disease
  • Gout including inflammatory mechanisms, pharmacological treatment and clinical assessment
  • Rebecca is also interested in supervising postgraduate students in any of the research areas listed above. Please contact Rebecca directly.

    Publications

    Gasteiger, N., Norman, G., Grainger, R., Eost-Telling, C., Jones, D., Ali, S. M., … Dowding, D. (2024). Reporting quality of published reviews of commercial and publicly available mobile health apps (mHealth app reviews): A scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 14(7), e083364. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083364 Journal - Research Other

    Gladman, T., Li, H., McCullough, O., & Grainger, R. (2024). Rapid design of a student-centred app for musculoskeletal clinical skills: An example of a theoretically informed approach to developing apps for learning. Perspectives on Medical Education, 13(1), 368-379. doi: 10.5334/pme.1223 Journal - Research Article

    Hill, C., Sukkar, M., Ainley, R., Barrett, C., Bond, S., Bradbury, L., … Grainger, R., … Keen, H. (2024). Development of a clinical care standard for the diagnosis and management of rheumatoid arthritis in Australia. International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 27(Suppl. 2), P074. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.15172 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

    Gladman, T., Li, H., McCullough, O., & Grainger, R. (2024). Designing a student-centred mobile app for learning musculoskeletal clinical skills. International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 27(Suppl. 2), P019. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.15172 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

    Townsley, H., Sumner, B., O'Neill, A., Kenwright, D., Wilkinson, T., & Grainger, R. (2024). Student perspectives on health informatics in a medical curriculum: A case study. Focus on Health Professional Education, 25(1), 17-36. doi: 10.11157/fohpe.v25i1.764 Journal - Research Other

    Back to top