Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 21 279 6943
- chris.higgs@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Senior Professional Practice Fellow and Clinical Education Programme Lead
- Qualifications
- BSc (Phty) MPhty PGCertHealSc PGCertTertT (clinical)
- Research summary
- Long-term condition rehabilitation research
- Teaching
Chris is the Clinical Education Manager for the School of Physiotherapy. He is involved in undergraduate and postgraduate Motivational Interviewing (MI) training with health professional students.
- Memberships
- Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers
- Member of Physiotherapy New Zealand
- Member of School of Physiotherapy Executive Committee Division of Health Sciences – Pacific Student Support Group
- Clinical
Chris is a physiotherapist. His clinical work primarily focuses on community group exercise and education interventions for people with diabetes and associated multimorbidity.
Research
My research focuses on Long-Term Condition (LTC) rehabilitation through self-management support using exercise, education, and motivational interviewing within community settings.
Projects:
- Diabetes Community Exercise Programme. HRC funded trial
- Maintaining of wellness for people with LTC’s in Southern NZ