The information on this page is to support staff and students throughout Otago Medical School (OMS) with networking and collaboration in conducting medical/health professional education research, and to help external researchers identify OMS staff for potential collaboration.
Themes, theme descriptions, and categories:
Staff Location Key:
| CELM | Centre for Early Learning in Medicine (Dunedin) |
| BSM | School of Biomedical Sciences (Dunedin) |
| DSM | Dunedin School of Medicine |
| OMS | Otago Medical School |
| UOC | University of Otago, Christchurch |
| UOW | University of Otago, Wellington |
| Division of Health Sciences (Dunedin) |
Last updated: 1 August 2019
Assessment
Clinical/OSCE
- Dr Kristin Kenrick – DSM
- Associate Professor Mark Thompson-Fawcett – DSM
- Professor Tim Wilkinson – UOC
Competence
- Dr Mike Tweed – UOW
- Professor Tim Wilkinson – UOC
Feedback
MCQ's
- Associate Professor Rebecca Grainger – UOW
- Associate Professor Diane Kenwright – UOW
- Dr Mike Tweed – UOW
Performance
- Dr Mike Tweed – UOW
- Professor Tim Wilkinson – UOC
Programmatic
- Dr Mike Tweed – UOW
- Professor Tim Wilkinson – UOC
Curriculum
Development/Change
- Dr Megan Anakin – DSM
- Dr Helen Paterson (O&G) – DSM
- Associate Professor Ralph Pinnock – DSM
- Ms Joy Rudland – UOW
- Dr Linda Gulliver - CELM
Evaluation of Curriculum
- Ms Joy Rudland – UOW
- Dr Martyn Williamson – DSM
- Associate Professor Hamish Wilson – CELM, Dunedin
- Dr Linda Gulliver - CELM, Dunedin
Hidden Curriculum
- Professor Chrys Jaye – DSM
- Dr Kelby Smith-Han – OMS, Dunedin
Interprofessional Education
- Dr Megan Anakin – DSM
- Dr Ben Darlow – UOW
- Mrs Lesley Gray – UOW
- Ms Jo Hilder – UOW
- Associate Professor Eileen McKinlay – UOW
- Dr Linda Gulliver - CELM, Dunedin
- Professor Sue Pullon – UOW
Education Management
Institutional Management
- Professor Peter Crampton – Division of Health Sciences, Dunedin
International/Transnational Medical Education
- Faumuina Professor Fa'afetai (Tai) Sopoaga – Division of Health Sciences, Dunedin
Programme Management
- Mr Anthony Ali – UOC
- Ms Joy Rudland – UOW
- Dr Linda Gulliver- CELM, Dunedin
Selection of Students/Trainees
- Professor Peter Crampton – Division of Health Sciences, Dunedin
- Professor Tim Wilkinson – UOC
- Mr Tony Zaharic – CELM, Dunedin
Widening Participation
- Professor Peter Crampton – Division of Health Sciences, Dunedin
- Faumuina Professor Fa'afetai (Tai) Sopoaga – Division of Health Sciences, Dunedin
- Mr Tony Zaharic – CELM, Dunedin
Workforce
- Dr Kati Blattner (Rural) – DSM
- D Wayne Morriss (wayne.morriss@cdhb.health.nz) (Anaesthesia) – UOC
- Professor Garry Nixon (Rural) – DSM
- Ms Joy Rudland – UOW
- Professor Tim Wilkinson – UOC
- Dr Linda Gulliver - CELM, Dunedin
Learning Outcomes
Ambulatory Care Education
- Ms Lis Latta – DSM
- Professor Patrick Manning – DSM
Basic Medical Sciences
- Dr Rebecca Bird (Anatomical Sciences) – BSM, Dunedin
- Dr Natasha Flack (Anatomical Sciences) – BSM, Dunedin
- Associate Professor Jane Girling (Anatomical Sciences) – BSM, Dunedin
- Dr Brad Hurren (Anatomical Sciences) – BSM, Dunedin
- Associate Professor Diane Kenwright – UOW
- Tim McLennan (tim.mclennan@otago.ac.nz) (Anatomical Sciences) – BSM, Dunedin
- Professor Helen Nicholson (Anatomical Sciences) – BMS, Dunedin
Clinical Reasoning/Decision-Making
- Dr Megan Anakin – DSM
- Dr Katherine Hall – DSM
- Dr Kristin Kenrick – DSM
- Raewyn Lesa (Nursing education) – UOC
- Dr MaryLeigh Moore (Legal and ethical frameworks) – UOC
- Associate Professor Ralph Pinnock – DSM
- Dr Sarah Rennie (Surgical Decision Making) – UOW
- Dr Linda Gulliver - CELM, Dunedin
Clinical Skills
- Dr Darren Khodaverdi (darren.khodaverdi@southerndhb.govt.nz) (EM) – DSM
- Dr Fali Langdana (O&G) – UOW
- Dr Lynn McBain – UOW
- Associate Professor Janice McKenzie – UOC
- Dr Helen Paterson (O&G) – DSM
- Dr Sarah Rennie – UOW
- Ms Joy Rudland – UOW
Communication in Health Care
- Dr Chris Gale – DSM
- Ms Jo Hilder – UOW
- Associate Professor Maria Stubbe – UOW
- Associate Professor Nicola Swain – DSM
Critical Thinking
- Dr Alfie Blakey – Bioethics Centre, Dunedin
Death and dying
- Dr Jon Cornwall – CELM, Dunedin
- Professor Helen Nicholson (Anatomical Sciences) – BMS, Dunedin
- Dr Kelby Smith-Han – OMS, Dunedin
Empathy
Health Promotion
- Professor Sue Pullon – UOW
Mental Health Education
Palliative Medicine Education
- Ms Lis Latta – DSM
- Dr Lynn McBain – UOW
- Associate Professor Eileen McKinlay – UOW
Professionalism/Ethics
- Professor Lynley Anderson – Bioethics Centre, Dunedin
- Dr Ben Gray – UOW
- Dr Katherine Hall – DSM
- Dr MaryLeigh Moore (Legal and ethical frameworks) – UOC
- Professor Jing-Bao Nie (Medical ethics in China and Asia) – Bioethics Centre, Dunedin
- Associate Professor Neil Pickering – Bioethics Centre, Dunedin
- Dr Kelby Smith-Han – OMS, Dunedin
- Dr Simon Walker – Bioethics Centre, Dunedin
- Professor Tim Wilkinson – UOC
- Associate Professor Hamish Wilson – CELM, Dunedin
Sex and Gender/Sexual Health Education
- Dr Charlene Rapsey – DSM
Surgical Education
Radiology Education
- Dr Mike Hurrell – UOC
Research in Medical Education
Medical Student/Trainee Research Publication
- Dr Yassar Alamri (yassar.alamri@cdhb.health.nz) – UOC
- Dr Ibrahim Al-busaidi – UOC
Students/Trainees
Capacity Building
- Faumuina Professor Fa'afetai (Tai) Sopoaga – Division of Health Sciences, Dunedin
Career Choice
- Professor Helen Nicholson (Anatomical Sciences) – BMS, Dunedin
- Dr Kelby Smith-Han – OMS, Dunedin
- Dr Linda Gulliver - CELM, Dunedin
Continuing education
- Dr Kati Blattner (Rural) – DSM
Health and Wellbeing/Resilience
- Mr Anthony Ali (anthony.ali@otago.ac.nz) – UOC
- Associate Professor Janice McKenzie – UOC
- Professor Tim Wilkinson – UOC
Students in difficulty/Remediation
Teachers/Trainers
Capacity Building
- Dr Ben Darlow – UOW
- Associate Professor Eileen McKinlay – UOW
- Professor Sue Pullon – UOW
- Professor Tim Wilkinson – UOC
- Dr Linda Gulliver - CELM, Dunedin
Faculty/Staff Development
- Dr Alfie Blakey – Bioethics Centre, Dunedin
- Dr Linda Gulliver - CELM, Dunedin
Health and Wellbeing of Staff/Resilience
- Mr Anthony Ali (anthony.ali@otago.ac.nz) – UOC
- Associate Professor Janice McKenzie – UOC
Scholarship
Teaching and Learning
Academic Motivation
- Dr Tehmina Gladman – UOW
Academic Performance
- Faumuina Professor Fa'afetai (Tai) Sopoaga – Division of Health Sciences, Dunedin
- Mr Tony Zaharic – CELM, Dunedin
Co-creation
Communities of Clinical Practice
- Professor Chrys Jaye – DSM
- Dr Peter Radue – DSM
- Jessica Young – DSM
Cultural competency/Diversity
- Dr Ben Gray – UOW
- Faumuina Professor Fa'afetai (Tai) Sopoaga – Division of Health Sciences, Dunedin
- Mr Tony Zaharic – CELM, Dunedin
E-Learning/Educational technology
- Dr Phil Blyth – OMS, Dunedin
- Dr Yusuf Cakmak – BMS, Dunedin
- Dr Steve Gallagher – DSM
- Dr Tehmina Gladman – UOW
- Gay Dungey (Wikis) – UOW
- Mr Vivek Perumal – BMS, Dunedin
- Professor Philippa Seaton – UOC
- Judith Swan (judith.swan@otago.ac.nz) – CELM, Dunedin
Experiential Learning
- Dr Kelby Smith-Han – OMS, Dunedin
- Associate Professor Hamish Wilson – CELM, Dunedin
Feedback
- Ms Joy Rudland – UOW
Flipped Classroom
Integration
- Mr Anthony Ali (anthony.ali@otago.ac.nz) – UOC
- Dr Mike Hurrell – UOC
- Dr Andrew Miller – UOC
- Ms Joy Rudland – UOW
Interprofessional Education
- Dr Megan Anakin – DSM
- Dr Ben Darlow – UOW
- Mrs Lesley Gray – UOW
- Ms Jo Hilder – UOW
- Associate Professor Eileen McKinlay – UOW
- Professor Sue Pullon – UOW
Learning Environments
- Professor Lynley Anderson(CAPLE Project) – Bioethics Centre, Dunedin
- Dr Alfie Blakey(CAPLE Project) – Bioethics Centre, Dunedin
- Dr Kelby Smith-Han (CAPLE Project) – OMS, Dunedin
- Professor Tim Wilkinson (CAPLE Project) – UOC
Lectures
- Mr Tony Zaharic – CELM, Dunedin
Māori/Indigenous Health Education
- Professor Jo Baxter – Division of Health Sciences, Dunedin
- Tania Huria – UOC
- Professor Cameron Lacey – UOC
- Professor Suetonia Palmer – UOC
- Professor Suzanne Pitama – UOC
Medical Humanities
- Dr Katherine Hall – DSM
- Professor Chrys Jaye – DSM
- Professor Jing-Bao Nie – Bioethics Centre, Dunedin
- Dr Kelby Smith-Han – OMS, Dunedin
- Associate Professor Maria Stubbe – UOW
Metacognition
- Dr Steve Gallagher – DSM
- Dr Kelby Smith-Han – OMS, Dunedin
Mindfulness in Medical Education
Movies
- Dr Richard Jaine – UOW
Nursing Education (Postgraduate)
- Raewyn Lesa (Nursing education) – UOC
- Professor Philippa Seaton – UOC
Pacific Health Education
- Faumuina Professor Fa'afetai (Tai) Sopoaga – Division of Health Sciences, Dunedin
Patient-as-Teacher
- Dr Ben Gray – UOW
- Dr Lynn McBain – UOW
- Associate Professor Eileen McKinlay – UOW
Posthumous Human Assets in Medical Education
- Dr Jon Cornwall – CELM, Dunedin
Professional Identity Formation
- Dr Kelby Smith-Han – OMS, Dunedin
Reflective Practice
- Dr Lynn McBain – UOW
Rural Medicine Education
- Dr Kati Blattner (Rural) – DSM
- Dr Marc Gutenstein (Rural) – DSM
- Dr Sampsa Kiuru (Rural) – DSM
- Professor Garry Nixon (Rural) – DSM
- Dr Martyn Williamson – DSM
Self-Efficacy
- Dr Steve Gallagher – DSM
- Dr Tehmina Gladman – UOW
- Ms Lis Latta – DSM
Simulation
- Dr Phil Blyth – OMS, Dunedin
- Dr Marc Gutenstein (Rural) – DSM
- Dr Sampsa Kiuru (Rural) – DSM
- Raewyn Lesa (Nursing education) – UOC
- Dr Jim Ross (SECO Clinics) – DSM
- Dr Martyn Williamson(SECO Clinics) – DSM
Small Group Learning
- Ms Joy Rudland – UOW
- Dr Linda Gulliver - CELM, Dunedin
Social Media
- Dr Joanne Corbett (joanne.cobbett@southerndhb.govt.nz) – DSM
Socialisation in Medical Education
- Professor Chrys Jaye – DSM
- Dr Kelby Smith-Han – OMS, Dunedin
- Jessica Young – DSM
Transitions
- Mrs Maree Steel – Division of Health Sciences
Uncertainty
- Dr Katherine Hall – DSM
- Dr Ciara Lee (ciaralee@doctors.org.uk) (PhD Student) – DSM
Values
- Dr Alfie Blakey – Bioethics Centre, Dunedin
- Associate Professor Neil Pickering – Bioethics Centre, Dunedin
Virtual Reality
- Dr Yusuf Cakmak – BMS, Dunedin
- Dr Steve Gallagher – DSM
Virtual Learning Environments
- Associate Professor Patries Herst – UOW
- Mr Aidan Leong – UOW
- Mr Paul Kane – UOW
Workplace learning
Themes and researchers (PDF)
The names of staff members involved in different areas of medical/health professional research at OMS are linked to the staff profile available through the Division of Health Sciences Expertise Database. (Set or update your profile here: https://www.otago.ac.nz/forms/hsprofile-update-form/.) The research themes are based on categories used by the Association of Medical Education Europe (AMEE) for submitting abstracts to their annual conference, with additional categories added as required.
Please note that this document is a continual work in progress compiled from many sources, and reflecting those sources, which include the Division of Health Sciences Expertise Database, recent and past publications in medical/health professional education by OMS staff, and departmental websites Some individuals may be missing or in categories that aren't applicable. To correct, add, move or delete yourself from any theme or category, please email med.ed.research@otago.ac.nz so information can be updated.