Publications

Blattner, K., Clay, L., Keenan, R., Taafaki, J., Crengle, S., Nixon, G., Fortune, K., & Stokes, T. (2024). He Aroka Urutā: Rural health provider perspectives of the COVID-19 vaccination rollout in rural Aotearoa New Zealand with a focus on Māori and Pasifika communities: A Qualitative study. Journal of Primary Health Care. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1071/HC23171

Liepins, T., Davie, G., Miller, R., Whitehead, J., De Graaf, B., Clay, L., Crengle, S., & Nixon, G. (2024). Rural-urban variation in COVID-19 vaccination uptake in Aotearoa New Zealand: Examining the national roll-out. Epidemiology & Infection, 152, e7. doi: 10.1017/s0950268823001978

Nixon, G., Davie, G., Whitehead, J., Miller, R., de Graaf, B., Liepins, T., Lawrenson, R., & Crengle, S. (2024). Rural-urban variation in the utilisation of publicly funded healthcare services: An age-stratified population-level observational study. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 137(1590), 33-47. Retrieved from https://www.nzmj.org.nz/

Walker, S. M., Blattner, K., Nixon, G., Koroheke Rogers, M., & Kennedy, E. (2024). What does it mean to be an allied health professional working in rural Aotearoa New Zealand? A qualitative study. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 32, 53-66. doi: 10.1111/ajr.13061

Bagg, W., Curtis, E., Eggleton, K. S., Nixon, G., Bristowe, Z., Brunton, P., Hendry, C., … Scarf, D., … Williman, J., … Crampton, P. (2023). Socio-demographic profile of medical students in Aotearoa, New Zealand (2016–2020): A nationwide cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 13, 073996. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073996

Blattner, K., Clay, L., Nixon, G., Richard, L., Miller, R., Crengle, S., … Stokes, T. (2023). The place of rural hospitals in New Zealand's health system: An exploratory qualitative study. Rural & Remote Health, 23(2), 7583. doi: 10.22605/rrh7583

Blattner, K., Rogers-Koroheke, M., & Clay, L. (2023). Te Paatu o Te Ao Hurihuri: Pandemic-related virtual adaptation of an established marae-based workshop for rural doctors: A qualitative study. Journal of Primary Health Care, 15(4), 343-349. doi: 10.1071/HC23089

Dacombe-Bird, M., Dassanayake, S., Beck, S., Ribeiro, D. C., Nixon, G., Bryant, K., Stokes, T., Wilkins, G., Johnstone, C., Kennedy, E., … Dixon, D. (2023). Musculoskeletal chest pain prevalence in emergency department presentations: A retrospective case notes review. Emergency Medicine Australasia. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14352

Mason, L., Turner-Adams, H., Nixon, G., & Eggleton, K. (2023). Rural secondary school leaver attainment inequities for students entering medical programmes in Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2023.2258072

Miller, R., Nixon, G., Stokes, T., Smith, M., Pickering, J. W., Liepins, T., … Than, M. (2023). The cost-savings of the rural accelerated chest pain pathway for low-risk chest pain in rural general practice: A cost minimisation analysis. Journal of Primary Health Care, 15(1), 71-76. doi: 10.1071/HC22117

Miller, R., Nixon, G., Turner, R. M., Stokes, T., Keenan, R., Grey, C., … Kerr, A. (2023). Outcomes and access to angiography following non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes in patients who present to rural or urban hospitals: ANZACS-QI 72. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1573), 27-54. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Miller, R., Nixon, G., Turner, R. M., Stokes, T., Keenan, R., Jiang, Y., … Kerr, A. (2023). Investigation and treatment after non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome for patients presenting to rural or urban hospitals in Aotearoa New Zealand: ANZACS-QI 75. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1585), 85-102. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Miller, R., Rimmer, E., Blattner, K., Withington, S., Ram, S., Topping, M., … Bergin, A., … Smith, M., & Nixon, G. (2023). A retrospective observational study examining interhospital transfers from six New Zealand rural hospitals in 2019. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 31, 921-931. doi: 10.1111/ajr.13024

Nixon, G., Davie, G., Whitehead, J., Miller, R., de Graaf, B., Lawrenson, R., Smith, M., … Crengle, S. (2023). Comparison of urban and rural mortality rates across the lifespan in Aotearoa/New Zealand: A population-level study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1136/jech-2023-220337

Whitehead, J., Blattner, K., Miller, R., Crengle, S., Ram, S., Walker, X., & Nixon, G. (2023). Defining catchment boundaries and their populations for Aotearoa New Zealand's rural hospitals. Journal of Primary Health Care, 15(1), 14-23. doi: 10.1071/hc22133

Whitehead, J., Davie, G., de Graaf, B., Crengle, S., Lawrenson, R., Miller, R., & Nixon, G. (2023). Unmasking hidden disparities: A comparative observational study examining the impact of different rurality classifications for health research in Aotearoa New Zealand. BMJ Open, 13, e067927. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067927

Blattner, K., Clay, L., Miller, R., Nixon, G., Crengle, S., Richard, L., … Stokes, T. (2022). New Zealand's rural hospitals in 2021: Findings from an exploratory questionnaire survey. Journal of Primary Health Care, 14(3), 254-258. doi: 10.1071/HC22072

Blattner, K., Faatoese, A., Smith, M., Maoate, K., Miller, R., & Richards, R. (2022). New Zealand postgraduate medical training by distance for Pacific Island country-based general practitioners: A qualitative study. Journal of Primary Health Care, 14(1), 74-79. doi: 10.1071/HC21090

Blattner, K., Miller, R., Smith, M., & Lander, J. (2022). Doing without the residential component of a blended postgraduate rural medical programme during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand: Student perspectives. Education for Primary Care, 33(2), 77-84. doi: 10.1080/14739879.2021.2011626

Crengle, S., Davie, G., Whitehead, J., de Graaf, B., Lawrenson, R., & Nixon, G. (2022). Mortality outcomes and inequities experienced by rural Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand. Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific, 28, 100570. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100570

Miller, R., Nixon, G., Pickering, J. W., Stokes, T., Turner, R. M., Young, J., Gutenstein, M., Smith, M., … Watson, A., George, P., … Than, M. (2022). A prospective multi-centre study assessing the safety and effectiveness following the implementation of an accelerated chest pain pathway using point-of-care troponin for use in New Zealand rural hospital and primary care settings. European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care, 11(5), 418-427. doi: 10.1093/ehjacc/zuac037

Whitehead, J., Davie, G., de Graaf, B., Crengle, S., Fearnley, D., Smith, M., Lawrenson, R., & Nixon, G. (2022). Defining rural in Aotearoa New Zealand: A novel geographic classification for health purposes. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1559), 24-40. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz

Beazley, C., Blattner, K., & Herd, G. (2021). Point-of-care haematology analyser quality assurance programme: A rural nursing perspective. Journal of Primary Health Care, 13(1), 84-90. doi: 10.1071/hc20080

Blattner, K., Miller, R. M., Lawrence-Lodge, R., Nixon, G., McHugh, P., & Pirini, J. (2021). New Zealand's vocational Rural Hospital Medicine Training Programme: The first ten years. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1529), 57-68. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Doolan-Noble, F., Noller, G., Nixon, G., & Stokes, T. (2021). 'I'm still here, that's probably the best part': Lives of those living rurally with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator: A qualitative study. Rural & Remote Health, 21, 5659. doi: 10.22605/RRH5659

Kiuru, S., Gutenstein, M., & Withington, S. (2021). Exploratory survey of procedural sedation and analgesia practice in sample of New Zealand rural hospitals: Existing guidelines do not support current rural practice. Rural & Remote Health, 21(1), 6320. doi: 10.22605/rrh6320

Nixon, G., Blattner, K., Withington, S., Miller, R., & Stokes, T. (2021). Exploring the response to the Covid-19 pandemic at the rural hospital-base hospital interface: Experiences of New Zealand rural hospital doctors. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1545), 11-21. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Poole, P., Van Lier, D., Verstappen, A., Bagg, W., Connell, C. J. W., Nixon, G., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2021). How rural is rural? The relationship between rural background of medical students and their career location intentions. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 29(3), 363-372. doi: 10.1111/ajr.12743

Blattner, K., Stokes, T., Rogers-Koroheke, M., Nixon, G., & Dovey, S. M. (2020). Good care close to home: Local health professional perspectives on how a rural hospital can contribute to the healthcare of its community. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1509), 39-46. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Goodyear-Smith, F., Stokes, T., McKinlay, E., Nixon, G., Lack, L., Fortier, R., & Pullon, S. (2020). New Zealand general practice registrars' views on their academic learning needs during vocational training: Online survey. Education for Primary Care, 31(3), 136-144. doi: 10.1080/14739879.2020.1729250

Blattner, K., Beazley, C. J., Nixon, G., Herd, G., Wigglesworth, J., & Rogers-Koroheke, M. G. (2019). The impact of the introduction of a point-of-care haematology analyser in a New Zealand rural hospital with no onsite laboratory. Rural & Remote Health, 19(2), 4934. doi: 10.22605/rrh4934

Blattner, K., Stokes, T., & Nixon, G. (2019). A scope of practice that works 'out here': Exploring the effects of a changing medical regulatory environment on a rural New Zealand health service. Rural & Remote Health, 19(4), 5442. doi: 10.22605/rrh5442

Ellis, C. J., Gamble, G. D., Williams, M. J. A., Matsis, P., Elliott, J. M., Devlin, G., Mann, S., … for the Regional Cardiac Society NZ ACS Audit Group, including Richards, M., & Nixon, G. (2019). All-cause mortality following an acute coronary syndrome: 12-year follow-up of the comprehensive 2002 New Zealand Acute Coronary Syndrome Audit. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 28(2), 245-256. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2017.10.015

Gutenstein, M., Kiuru, S., & Withington, S. (2019). Development of a rural inter-professional simulation course: An initiative to improve trauma and emergency team management in New Zealand rural hospitals. Journal of Primary Health Care, 11(1), 16-23. doi: 10.1071/HC18071

Gutenstein, M., Pickering, J. W., & Than, M. (2019). Development of a digital clinical pathway for emergency medicine: Lessons from usability testing and implementation failure. Health Informatics Journal, 25(4), 1563-1571. doi: 10.1177/1460458218779099

Miller, R., Stokes, T., & Nixon, G. (2019). Point-of-care troponin use in New Zealand rural hospital: A national survey. New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1493), 25-37. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Nixon, G., Blattner, K., Finnie, W., Lawrenson, R., & Kerse, N. (2019). Use of point-of-care ultrasound for the assessment of intravascular volume in five rural New Zealand hospitals. Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine, 24(4), 109-114. doi: 10.4103/CJRM.CJRM_26_18

Nixon, G., Blattner, K., Muirhead, J., Kiuru, S., & Kerse, N. (2019). Point-of-care ultrasound for FAST and AAA in rural New Zealand: Quality and impact on patient care. Rural & Remote Health, 19(3), 5027. doi: 10.22605/RRH5027

Nixon, G., Blattner, K., Koroheke-Rogers, M., Muirhead, J., Finnie, W. L., Lawrenson, R., & Kerse, N. (2018). Point-of-care ultrasound in rural New Zealand: Safety, quality and impact on patient management. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 26(5), 342-349. doi: 10.1111/ajr.12472

Nixon, G., Blattner, K., Muirhead, J., & Kerse, N. (2018). Rural point-of-care ultrasound of the kidney and bladder: Quality and effect on patient management. Journal of Primary Health Care, 10(4), 324-330. doi: 10.1071/HC18034

Nixon, G., Blattner, K., Muirhead, J., Finnie, W., Lawrenson, R., & Kerse, N. (2018). Scope of point-of-care ultrasound practice in rural New Zealand. Journal of Primary Health Care, 10(3), 224-236. doi: 10.1071/HC18031

Blattner, K., Maoate, K., Lloyd, T., Iro, E., Davidson, S., & Jacob, M. (2017). Initial perspective of New Zealand doctors: Developing capacity and a training programme in the Cook Islands. Journal of Primary Health Care, 9(1), 16-21. doi: 10.1071/HC16025

Blattner, K., Nixon, G., Gutenstein, M., & Davey, E. (2017). A targeted rural postgraduate education programme: Linking rural doctors across New Zealand and into the Pacific. Education for Primary Care, 28(6), 346-350. doi: 10.1080/14739879.2017.1319253

Gilchrist, N., Dalzell, K., Pearson, S., Hooper, G., Hoeben, K., Hickling, J., McKie, J., … Gutenstein, M. (2017). Enhanced hip fracture management: Use of statistical methods and dataset to evaluate a fractured neck of femur fast track pathway: Pilot study. New Zealand Medical Journal, 130(1455), 91-101. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Keys, J., Venter, L., & Nixon, G. (2017). The use of CT in the management of minor head injuries in Queenstown. Journal of Primary Health Care, 9(2), 162-166. doi: 10.1071/HC16029

The New Zealand Emergency Medicine Network, including Gutenstein, M., and the Shorter Stays in Emergency Department National Research Project Group, including Pickering, J. (2017). National audit of the quality of pain relief provided in emergency departments in Aotearoa, New Zealand: The PRiZED 1 Study. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 29(2), 165-172. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.12714

Fearnley, D., Kerse, N., & Nixon, G. (2016). The price of ‘free’: Quantifying the costs incurred by rural residents attending publically funded outpatient clinics in rural and base hospitals. Journal of Primary Health Care, 8(3), 204-209. doi: 10.1071/HC16014

Lawrenson, R., Reid, J., Nixon, G., & Laurenson, A. (2016). The New Zealand Rural Hospital Doctors Workforce Survey 2015. New Zealand Medical Journal, 129(1434), 9-16. Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Wong, D. L., & Nixon, G. (2016). The rural medical generalist workforce: The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners’ 2014 workforce survey results. Journal of Primary Health Care, 8(3), 196-203. doi: 10.1071/HC15055

Fox, J., Gutenstein, M., Khan, O., South, M., & Thomson, R. (2015). OpenClinical.net: A platform for creating and sharing knowledge and promoting best practice in healthcare. Computers in Industry, 66, 63-72. doi: 10.1016/j.compind.2014.10.001

Madsen, M., Kiuru, S., Castrèn, M., & Kurland, L. (2015). The level of evidence for emergency department performance indicators: A systematic review. European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 22(5), 298-305. doi: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000279

Nixon, G., Samaranayaka, A., de Graaf, B., McKechnie, R., Rodwell, P., & Blattner, K. (2015). The impact of a rural scanner in overcoming urban versus rural disparities in the utilisation of computed tomography. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 23, 150-154. doi: 10.1111/ajr.12125

Blattner, K., Nixon, G., Horgan, C., Coutts, J., Rogers, M., Wong, B., … Wilkins, G. (2014). Evaluation of a rural primary-referred cardiac exercise tolerance test service. New Zealand Medical Journal, 127(1406). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Nixon, G., Samaranayaka, A., de Graaf, B., McKechnie, R., Blattner, K., & Dovey, S. (2014). Geographic disparities in the utilisation of computed tomography scanning services in southern New Zealand. Health Policy, 118(2), 222-228. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2014.05.002

Sherpa, T. W., Sherpa, K. T., Nixon, G., Heydon, J., Heydon, E., & Dovey, S. (2012). The prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in Sherpa residents of the Upper Khumbu, an isolated community in eastern Nepal. New Zealand Medical Journal, 125(1365). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Blattner, K., & Ward, C. (2011). Point of care testing in Hokianga Hospital or 'How to get a good night's sleep in a lab-free zone'. New Zealand Journal of Medical Laboratory Science, 65, 39-41.

Lawrenson, R. A., Nixon, G., & Steed, R. H. (2011). The rural hospital doctors workforce in New Zealand. Rural & Remote Health, 11(2), 1588.

Lloyd, T., Blattner, K., & Nixon, G. (2011). Transfers from rural hospitals in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 124(1328). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/124-1328/4509/content.pdf

Nixon, G., Blattner, K., Dawson, J., Dovey, S., Black, M. A., Wilkins, G., Dunn, A. C., & McLellan, A. D. (2011). Streptokinase antibodies in patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome in three rural New Zealand populations. Journal of Clinical Pathology, 64, 426-429. doi: 10.1136/jcp.2010.085837

Blattner, K., Nixon, G., Dovey, S., Jaye, C., & Wigglesworth, J. (2010). Changes in clinical practice and patient disposition following the introduction of point-of-care testing in a rural hospital. Health Policy, 96, 7-12. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.12.002

Blattner, K., Nixon, G., Jaye, C., & Dovey, S. (2010). Introducing point-of-care testing into a rural hospital setting: Thematic analysis of interviews with providers. Journal of Primary Health Care, 2(1), 54-60.

Kiuru, S. (2006). Ultrasound in New Zealand emergency departments. ASUM Ultrasound Bulletin, 9(2), 21-24.

El Sherbini, H., Hock, B., Fearnley, D., McLellan, A., Vuckovic, S., & Hart, D. N. J. (2000). Lectin ligands on human dendritic cells and identification of a peanut agglutinin positive subset in blood. Cellular Immunology, 200, 36-44. doi: 10.1006/cimm.1999.1612

Kato, M., Neil, T. K., Fearnley, D. B., McLellan, A. D., Vuckovic, S., & Hart, D. N. J. (2000). Expression of multilectin receptors and comparative FITC-dextran uptake by human dendritic cells. International Immunology, 12(11), 1511-1519. doi: 10.1093/intimm/12.11.1511

Fearnley, D. B., Whyte, L. F., Carnoutsos, S. A., Cook, A. H., & Hart, D. N. J. (1999). Monitoring human blood dendritic cell numbers in normal individuals and in stem cell transplantation. Blood, 93(2), 728-736.

Hock, B. D., Fearnley, D. B., Boyce, A., McLellan, A. D., Sorg, R. V., Summers, K., & Hart, D. N. J. (1999). Human dendritic cells express a 95 kDa activation/differentiation antigen defined by CMRF-56. Tissue Antigens, 53(4), 320-334. doi: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.1999.530402.x

Vuckovic, S., Fearnley, D. B., Gunningham, S., Spearing, R. L., Patton, W. N., & Hart, D. N. J. (1999). Dendritic cells in chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia. British Journal of Haematology, 105(4), 974-985. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01431.x

McLellan, A. D., Heiser, A., Sorg, R. V., Fearnley, D. B., & Hart, D. N. J. (1998). Dermal dendritic cells associated with T lymphocytes in normal human skin display an activated phenotype. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 111(5), 841-849. doi: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00375.x

Sorg, R. V., McLellan, A. D., Hock, B. D., Fearnley, D. B., & Hart, D. N. J. (1998). Human dendritic cells express functional interleukin-7. Immunobiology, 198(5), 514-526. doi: 10.1016/S0171-2985(98)80075-2

Vuckovic, S., Fearnley, D. B., Whyte, L., & Hart, D. (1998). Generation of CMRF-44 monocyte derived dendritic cells (Mo-DC) from cytokine treated PBMC: Optimization of cytokine requirements. Experimental Hematology, 26, 1255-1264.

Fearnley, D. B., McLellan, A. D., Mannering, S. I., Hock, B. D., & Hart, D. N. J. (1997). Isolation of human blood dendritic cells using the CMRF-44 monoclonal antibody: implications for studies on antigen-presenting cell function and immunotherapy. Blood, 89(10), 3708-3726.

Mannering, S. I., McKenzie, J. L., Fearnley, D. B., & Hart, D. N. J. (1997). HLA-DR1-restricted BCR-ABL (B3A2)-specific CD4(+) T lymphocytes respond to dentritic cells pulsed with B3A2 peptide and antigen-presenting cells exposed to B3A2 containing cell lysates. Blood, 90(1), 290-297.

Williams, L. A. M., McLellan, A. D., Summers, K., Sorg, R. V., Fearnley, D. B., & Hart, D. N. J. (1996). Identification of a novel dendritic cell surface antigen defined by carbohydrate specific CD24 antibody cross-reactivity. Immunology, 89, 120-125.

Phillips, H., Sukheja, N., Williams, S., La Forgia, A., Nixon, G., McArthur, L. A., … Walters, L. (2023). Point-of-care ultrasound in general practice: An exploratory study in rural South Australia. Rural & Remote Health, 23(1), 7627. doi: 10.22605/rrh7627

Walker, S. M., Kennedy, E., Nixon, G., & Blattner, K. (2022). The allied health workforce of rural Aotearoa New Zealand: A scoping review. Journal of Primary Health Care, 14(3), 259-267. doi: 10.1071/HC22055

Kiuru, S. P., & Webster, C. S. (2021). How might access to postgraduate medical education in regional and rural locations be best improved? A scoping review. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 29, 236-244. doi: 10.1111/ajr.12725

Nixon, G., Whitehead, J., Davie, G., Fearnley, D., Crengle, S., de Graaf, B., Smith, M., … Lawrenson, R. (2021). Developing the geographic classification for health, a rural-urban classification for New Zealand health research and policy: A research protocol. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 29(6), 940-947. doi: 10.1111/ajr.12778

Blattner, K., Lawrence-Lodge, R., Miller, R., Nixon, G., McHugh, P., & Pirini, J. (2020). New Zealand's Rural Hospital Medicine training program at 10 years: Locality and career choice of the first graduate cohort [Short report]. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 28, 623-625. doi: 10.1111/ajr.12678

Miller, R., Young, J., Nixon, G., Pickering, J. W., Stokes, T., Turner, R., … Gutenstein, M., … George, P. M., … Than, M. (2020). Study protocol for an observational study to evaluate an accelerated chest pain pathway using point-of-care troponin in New Zealand rural and primary care populations. Journal of Primary Health Care, 12(2), 129-138. doi: 10.1071/HC19059

Gutenstein, M. (2019). Daring to be wise: We are black boxes, and artificial intelligence will be the solution. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 31, 891-892. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13363

Gutenstein, M., & Kiuru, S. (2019). Building collaborative research networks across rural and provincial Aotearoa. New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1493), 12-14. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Nixon, G., & Lawrenson, R. (2019). Failing to thrive: Academic rural health in New Zealand [Guest]. Journal of Primary Health Care, 11(1), 4-5. doi: 10.1071/HCv11n1_ED2

Nixon, G., Blattner, K., Miller, R., Bolden, F., Jelley, G., & Keys, J. (2019). Few New Zealand medical students intend to work in rural areas. New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1498), 105-106. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Gutenstein, M., & Kiuru, S. (2018). The Matthew effect in New Zealand rural hospital trauma and emergency care: Why rural simulation-based education matters. New Zealand Medical Journal, 1476(131), 81-84. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Koroheke-Rogers, M., & Blattner, K. (2018). Kete pikau: A basket of knowledge: 'Guidelines from back home'. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 26(5), 350-352. doi: 10.1111/ajr.12448

Miller, R., & Nixon, G. (2018). The assessment of acute chest pain in New Zealand rural hospitals utilising point-of-care troponin. Journal of Primary Health Care, 10(1), 90-92. doi: 10.1071/HC18007

Nixon, G. H., Kerse, N. M., Bagg, W., Skinner, M. A., Larmer, P. J., & Crampton, P. (2018). Proposal for a National Interprofessional School of Rural Health. New Zealand Medical Journal, 131(1485), 67-75. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Nixon, G., & Burmeister, O. K. (2018). Special issue: Trans-Tasman issue. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 26(5), 306-307. doi: 10.1111/ajr.12478

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

Fearnley, D., Lawrenson, R., & Nixon, G. (2016). ‘Poorly defined’: Unknown unknowns in New Zealand rural health. New Zealand Medical Journal, 129(1439), 77-81. Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Sopoaga, F., Crampton, P., Ekeroma, A., Perez, D., Maoate, K., Watson, B., Kokaua, J., & Blattner, K. (2015). The role of New Zealand health professional training institutions in capacity building in the Pacific region. New Zealand Medical Journal, 128(1420). Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

The New Zealand Emergency Medicine Network, including Gutenstein, M. (2015). New Zealand emergency medicine network: A collaboration for acute care research in New Zealand. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 27(2), 169-172. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.12371

Gutenstein, M. (2014). Psychological factors in emergency medicine. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 26(3), 295-299. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.12210

Schroeder, E. D., Jacquet, G., Becker, T. K., Foran, M., Goldberg, E., Aschkenasy, M., … on behalf of the Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review (GEMLR) Group, including Kiuru, S. (2012). Global emergency medicine: A review of the literature from 2011. Academic Emergency Medicine, 19(10), 1196-1203. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2012.01447.x

Aschkenasy, M., Arnold, K., Foran, M., Lippert, S., Schroeder, E. D., Bertsch, K., … on behalf of the International Emergency Medicine Literature Review Group, including Kiuru, S. (2011). International emergency medicine: A review of the literature from 2010. Academic Emergency Medicine, 18(8), 872-879. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01129.x

Barillari, A., & Kiuru, S. (2010). Detection of spontaneous pneumothorax with chest ultrasound in the emergency department. Internal & Emergency Medicine, 5(3), 253-255. doi: 10.1007/s11739-010-0347-z

Gutenstein, M. (2007). Osmotic myelinolysis syndrome after treatment of severe deamino arginine vasopressin-associated hyponatraemia: Pitfalls in emergency medicine [Case report]. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 19(1), 68-70. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2007.00931.x

Gutenstein, M. (2003). Stridor and Down's syndrome [Case report]. Emergency Medicine Journal, 20(3), 301.

Nixon, G. (2015). General practitioners gatekeepers for referral but neurosurgeons gatekeepers for investigations [Guest editorial]. Journal of Primary Health Care, 7(3), 180-181. [Editorial].

Than, M., Jones, P., Dalziel, S., Larkin, L., Munro, A., Ellis, C., the NZEM Network, including Ardagh, M., & Gutenstein, M. (2014). New Zealand Emergency Medicine Network (NZEMN): Collaboration for acute care research in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 127(1407). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Kiuru, S. (2012). Emergency medicine development in Finland. IEMSIG Newsletter, 8(2), 13.

Dawson, J., & Nixon, G. (2008). Recent developments in Rural Hospital Medicine II: Experiential pathway to Fellowship of the Division of Rural Hospital Medicine. New Zealand Family Physician, 35(6), 405-406.

Kiuru, S., & Vaula, E. (2008). Emergency medicine in Finland. IEMSIG Newsletter, 4(2), 2-3.

Nixon, G., & Blattner, K. (2008). Recent developments in Rural Hospital Medicine I: Rural hospital medicine special scope. New Zealand Family Physician, 35(6), 402-404.

Nixon, G. (2007). Medical emergencies in rural practice. New Zealand Family Physician, 34(6), 419-421.

Nixon, G., Blattner, K., & for the NZ Rural Hospital Doctors Working Party. (2007). Rural hospital medicine in New Zealand: Vocational registration and the recognition of a new scope of practice [Special article]. New Zealand Medical Journal, 120(1259). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/120-1259/2654/content.pdf

Gutenstein, M. (2003). A mixture of medication. BMJ, 327(7414), 549. doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7414.549

Blattner, K., Fa'aotese, A., Smith, M., & Maoate, K. (2021). Tailoring New Zealand based academic support for postgraduate distance education students in the Pacific region training in general practice. In L. Gómez Chova, A. López Martínez & I. Candel Torres (Eds.), Proceedings of the 15th International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED). (pp. 8381-8385). Valencia, Spain: IATED Academy. doi: 10.21125/inted.2021.1705

Nixon, G. (2018). Rural generalism: The New Zealand way [Address for the Eric Elder Medal, RNZCGP Conference July 2017]. Journal of Primary Health Care, 10(2), (pp. 102-105). doi: 10.1071/HC18025

Nixon, G., Blattner, K., Muirhead, J., Wynn, N., & Ormandy, J. (2016). Postgraduate rural programme: Linking rural doctors across NZ and into the Pacific. In N. Wright (Ed.), Proceedings of the Distance Education Association New Zealand (DEANZ) Conference: There and Back: Charting Flexible Pathways in Open, Mobile and Distance Education. (pp. 183-187). Retrieved from http://conference.deanz.org.nz/

Hart, D. N., Clark, G., Dekker, J. W., Fearnley, D. B., Kato, M., Hock, B. D., McLellan, A. D., Neil, T. K., Sorg, R. V., Sorg, U. R., Summers, K., & Vuckovic, S. (1997). Dendritic cell surface molecules. A proliferating field. Advances in Experimental and Medical Biology. 417, (pp. 439-442). [Full Paper]

McLellan, A. D., Sorg, R. V., Fearnley, D. B., Hock, B. D., Tiedemann, R. J., Fraser, J. R., & Hart, D. N. J. (1997). T lymphocyte mediated regulation of costimulator molecule expression of human dendritic cells. Advances in Experimental and Medical Biology. 417, (pp. 203-206). [Full Paper]

Hart, D., & Fearnley, D. B. (1996). Denritic cell studies report. In T. Kishimoto & et al (Eds.), Leucocyte Typing VI: White Cell Differentiation Antigens: Proceedings of the Sixth International Workshop and Conference Held in Kobe, Japan, 10-14 November 1996. New York: Garland Publishing. [Full Paper]

Davie, G., Crengle, S., & Nixon, G. (2023). Estimating the ratio of standardised incidence rates: Why, how and what standard population? Proceedings of the New Zealand Biostatistics Conference. Retrieved from https://events.otago.ac.nz/2023-biostatistics-conference

Miller, R., Davie, G., De Graaf, B., Crengle, S., & Nixon, G. (2023). Avoiding double counting: The effect of bundling hospital events in administrative datasets for the interpretation of rural-urban differences in Aotearoa New Zealand. Proceedings of the New Zealand Biostatistics Conference. Retrieved from https://events.otago.ac.nz/2023-biostatistics-conference

Miller, R., Nixon, G., Stokes, T., Turner, R., Jiang, Y., Keenan, R., … Kerr, A. (2023). Outcomes and access to angiography following non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes in patients that present to rural or urban hospitals. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1585), (pp. 121-122). Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Dacombe-Bird, M., Dassanayake, S., August, S., Ribeiro, D. C., Nixon, G., Stokes, T., Wilkins, G., Bryant, K., Beck, S., & Kennedy, E. (2022). Musculoskeletal chest pain prevalence in emergency department presentations: A retrospective case notes review. New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, 50(3, Suppl.), (pp. S18). doi: 10.15619/NZJP/50.3.07

Nixon, G. (2021). Geographic classification for health. Proceedings of the New Zealand Primary Health Care, General Practice & Rural Health Research Symposium. Retrieved from https://events.otago.ac.nz/2021-gp-phc-rh

Poole, P., Van Lier, D., Verstappen, A., Bagg, W., Connell, C. J. W., Nixon, G., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2020). How rural is rural? The medical workforce implications of varying definitions. Proceedings of the Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (ANZAHPE) Conference. (pp. 173). Retrieved from https://anzahpe.org

Blattner, K., Stokes, T., & Dovey, S. (2019). 'A scope of practice that works out here': The impact of the Rural Hospital Medicine scope at Hauora Hokianga. Proceedings of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) Annual Conference. Retrieved from http://www.generalpractice.org.nz/gp19

Goodyear-Smith, F., Nixon, G., Stewart, R., & Burton, J. (2019). Update on the National School of Rural Health. Proceedings of the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network (NZRGPN) National Rural Health Conference. Retrieved from http://www.nationalruralhealthconference.org.nz/nrhc19

Kiuru, S., Wilson, S., & Withington, S. (2019). From secondary specialist to rural genereal hospital: A 10 year transition of the medical model of care at Ashburn Hospital: 2008-2017. Proceedings of the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network (NZRGPN) National Rural Health Conference. Retrieved from http://www.nationalruralhealthconference.org.nz/nrhc19

Blattner, K., & Stokes, T. (2018). The impact on the Hokianga Health service of the Rural Hospital Medicine vocational scope. Proceedings of the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network (NZRGPN) National Rural Health Conference. Retrieved from http://www.nationalruralhealthconference.org.nz/nrhc18

Gilchrist, N., Dalzell, K., Pearson, S., Hooper, G., Hoeben, K., Hickling, J., McKie, J., … Gutenstein, M. (2018). Fast track hip fracture management: Model for sarcopenia treatment? Proceedings of the Australian & New Zealand Society for Sarcopenia & Frality Research (ANZSSFR) Annual Meeting. (pp. 38). Retrieved from https://anzssfr.org/past-meetings

Kiuru, S., Withington, S., Reid, T., & Gutenstein, M. (2018). New Rural Interprofessional Simulation Course (RiSC). Proceedings of the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network (NZRGPN) National Rural Health Conference. Retrieved from http://www.nationalruralhealthconference.org.nz/nrhc18

Miller, R., Twinem, G., Blattner, K., Cane, N., & Nixon, G. (2018). The qualities of a good rural hospital: A NZ 2017 perspective. Proceedings of the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network (NZRGPN) National Rural Health Conference. Retrieved from http://www.nationalruralhealthconference.org.nz/nrhc18

Beazley, C., Blattner, K., & Herd, G. (2017). Point-of-care testing to improve access and improve outcomes in rural and general practice. Proceedings of the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network (NZRGPN) National Rural Health Conference. Retrieved from http://www.nationalruralhealthconference.org.nz/nrhc17

Blattner, K., Wynn, N., & Pirini, J. (2017). The Cook Islands: Developing capacity and a training programme: Linking to rural remote practice in NZ and beyond. Proceedings of the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network (NZRGPN) National Rural Health Conference. Retrieved from http://www.nationalruralhealthconference.org.nz/nrhc17

Nixon, G. (2017). Unknown unknowns in New Zealand rural health. Proceedings of the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network (NZRGPN) National Rural Health Conference. Retrieved from http://www.nationalruralhealthconference.org.nz/nrhc17

Nixon, G., & Lawrenson, R. (2017). Does NZ need a rural school of medicine? [Keynote]. Proceedings of the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network (NZRGPN) National Rural Health Conference. Retrieved from http://www.nationalruralhealthconference.org.nz/nrhc17

Lawrenson, R., Reid, J., Nixon, G., & Laurenson, A. (2015). The 2015 Rural Hospital Doctors Survey. Proceedings of the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network (NZRGPN) and the Rural Health Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand (RHĀNZ) National Rural Health Conference: Close to Home. Retrieved from http://www.conference.co.nz/nrhc15/programme#presentations

Nixon, G. (2015). Equity of access to secondary health services for rural patients. Proceedings of the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network (NZRGPN) and the Rural Health Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand (RHĀNZ) National Rural Health Conference: Close to Home. Retrieved from http://www.conference.co.nz/nrhc15/programme#presentations

Rodwell, P., & Nixon, G. (2015). The impact of a rural scanner in overcoming urban versus rural disparities in the utilisation of computed tomography. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 27(Suppl. 1), (pp. 21). doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.12415

Blattner, K. (2022, July). Would New Zealand's rural hospitals please stand up: An exploratory qualitative study. Verbal presentation at the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) Conference for General Practice, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Fernando, I., Marshall, B., Nixon, G., & Apa, M. (2022, July). Under pressure: Addressing the biggest workforce issues in general practice. Panel discussion at the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) Conference for General Practice, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Gutenstein, M., Holland, K., Civil, I., & Than, M. (2022, November). Mahi Tahi in action: Networks. Panel discussion at the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) Spring Symposium, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Nixon, G. (2022, July). Quantifying rural-urban health disparities: Does the definition of 'rural' matter? Verbal presentation at the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) Conference for General Practice, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Blattner, K., & Stokes, T. (2021, August). Exploring the response to the Covid-19 pandemic at the rural hospital-base hospital interface: Experiences of New Zealand rural hospital doctors. Verbal presentation at the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) Conference for General Practice, Wellington, New Zealand.

Nixon, G., & Crengle, S. (2021, August). Geographic classification for health (GCH): A novel definition of rural for health policy and research in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) Conference for General Practice, Wellington, New Zealand.

Smith, M., & Blattner, K. (2021, August). Doing without the in-person component of a blended postgraduate rural medical programme during the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic: Rural trainee perspectives. Verbal presentation at the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) Conference for General Practice, Wellington, New Zealand.

Kiuru, S. (2019, April). Survey of procedural sedation capacity in rural hospitals of New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network (NZRGPN) National Rural Health Conference, Blenheim, New Zealand.

Milne, M., Nixon, G., Kiuru, S., Kerse, N., & Wood, G. (2019, April). Developing the capacity of ethical rural researchers. Panel discussion at the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network (NZRGPN) National Rural Health Conference, Blenheim, New Zealand.

Nixon, G. (2019, April). Point of care ultrasound assessment of intravascular volume in rural practice. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network (NZRGPN) National Rural Health Conference, Blenheim, New Zealand.

Nixon, G. (2019, April). Urban vs. rural health disparities in NZ: Can we conclude anything from the data? Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network (NZRGPN) National Rural Health Conference, Blenheim, New Zealand.

Crampton, P., Nixon, G., & Doolan-Noble, F. (2018, July). The future of regional healthcare. Panel discussion at the University of Otago Winter Symposium Series, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Nixon, G. (2017, April-May). Clinician performed ultrasound in rural New Zealand: Quality, safety and impact on patient management. Verbal presentation at the 14th World Rural Health Conference, Cairns, Australia.

Nixon, G. (2017, April-May). Linking rural doctors across New Zealand and into the Pacific: The Otago University national postgraduate rural programme. Verbal presentation at the 14th World Rural Health Conference, Cairns, Australia.

Nixon, G. (2017, July). Rural generalism: The New Zealand way. Invited presentation at the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) Conference for General Practice, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Nixon, G. (2017, June). Rural health research: An overview. Invited presentation at the Southern Health Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Nixon, G. (2017, March). What is rural? Verbal presentation at the Rural Research Day, Wellington, New Zealand.

Blattner, K., & Chandler, R. (2016, July). Postgraduate rural programme: Linking rural doctors across New Zealand and the Pacific. Verbal presentation at the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) Conference for General Practice, Auckland, New Zealand.

Herd, G., Blattner, K., & Beazley, C. (2016, July). Point-of-care testing to improve access and improve outcomes in rural and general practice. Verbal presentation at the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) Conference for General Practice, Auckland, New Zealand.

Nixon, G., & Reid, T. (2016, March-April). Education/up-skilling for nurses and registrars. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network (NZRGPN) National Rural Health Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Walters, L., Crampton, P., Nixon, G., & Kerse, N. (2015, March). Connecting the rural education pipeline. Keynote presentation at the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network (NZRGPN) and the Rural Health Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand (RHĀNZ) National Rural Health Conference: Close to Home, Rotorua, New Zealand.

Walters, L., Crampton, P., Nixon, G., Goodyear-Smith, F., Benny, G., Malloy, T., … Stokes, T., Sijnja, B., Pullon, S., … McHugh, P., Smith, M., Reid, J., … Gowland, S. (2015, March). Rural Clinical Training Forum: Connecting the Pipeline [Pre-conference workshop]. Workshop presentation at the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network (NZRGPN) and the Rural Health Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand (RHĀNZ) National Rural Health Conference: Close to Home, Rotorua, New Zealand.

Nixon, G. (2014, July). Clinician performed ultrasound in the rural setting. Verbal presentation at the Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM) New Zealand Branch Annual Scientific Meeting, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Nixon, G. (2014, October-November). Impact of rural clinician performed ultrasound on patient management. Verbal presentation at the Rural Medicine Australia Conference, Sydney, Australia.

Blattner, K. (2012, July). Partnership programme with Division of RHM, RCGP. Verbal presentation at the Annual Cook Islands Health Conference: Addressing the NCD Crisis in the Cook Islands, Rarotonga, Cook Islands.

Nixon, G. (2012, July). Research findings on streptokinase for thrombolysis. Verbal presentation at the Annual Cook Islands Health Conference: Addressing the NCD Crisis in the Cook Islands, Rarotonga, Cook Islands.

Nixon, G. (2011, February). Using technology and expanded scopes of generalist practice to improve access to secondary medical services for rural communities. Verbal presentation at the US-NZ Health Innovation Symposium, Auckland, New Zealand.

Nixon, G. (2009, October). Streptokinase antibodies in rural communities and Point of Care Testing in rural communities. Verbal presentation at the Waitomo General Practitioners Research Weekend, Waitomo, New Zealand.

Enhancing Aotearoa New Zealand Clinical Trials Project Team, including, Sharples, K., Stamp, L., Darlow, B., Baxter, D., Nixon, G., & Stokes, T. (2022). Enhancing Aotearoa New Zealand clinical trials. Commissioned by Ministry of Health and Health Research Council of New Zealand. Auckland, New Zealand: University of Auckland. 40p. Retrieved from https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/liggins/our-research/reports-and-guidelines.html

Whitehead, J., Davie, G., de Graaf, B., Crengle, S., Smith, M., Lawrenson, R., Fearnley, D., Farrell, N., & Nixon, G. (2021). The geographic classification for health: Methodology and classification report. (pp. 1-35). Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/rural-urbannz/

Miller, R., Kerr, A., Nixon, G., Grey, C., & Jiang, Y. (2019). Post-ACS all-cause mortality and coronary angiography provision in New Zealand metropolitan and rural hospitals (2014-16) [ANZACS-QI National Dataset Report]. (pp. 1-15). [Technical/Scientific Report].

Nixon, G. (2023, November). On solid ground: Rural health in Aotearoa New Zealand. University of Otago, Earnscleugh, New Zealand. [Inaugural Professorial Lecture].

Nixon, G., Davie, G., & Whitehead, J. (2020, August). An rural-urban classification for NZ health research and policy. Public Health Seminar Series, Department of Preventive & Social Medicine, University of Otago, in association with The Public Health Association Otago/Southland, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].

Doolan-Noble, F., Noller, G. & Stokes, T. (2018, January). Exploring the lives of those living rurally with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. Department of General Practice & Rural Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].

Nixon, G., & Burmeister, O. (Eds.). (2018). Australian Journal of Rural Health, 26(5) [Special issue: Trans-Tasman issue]. [Guest Editors].

Blattner, K. (2019). The impact of the Rural Hospital Medicine vocational scope on the Hokianga Health Service (MHealSc). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/9067