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NZDipPhys (ATI), PGDipRehab (Otago), MHealSc Rehabilitation (Otago), PhD (Otago)

Role within the department

Julie Myers 2019 thumbnailSenior Lecturer and Course Director Research, Master's Co-ordinator

Julie is a Senior Lecturer and the Course Director for Research in the Occupational and Aviation Medicine Unit (OAMU). She teaches research methods papers (AVME785/AVME885), supervises masters' and PhD research students, and provides general research-related guidance for staff and students planning or undertaking research. Julie has a professional background in physiotherapy, and also holds a master's degree in Rehabilitation and a PhD.

Research expertise and interest

Julie’s PhD research focused on understanding the extent and consequences of fatigue-related performance decrements in critical care clinicians, particularly those involved in air ambulance transfer. She has developed methods for assessing clinicians' non-technical skills, and undertaken a range of research focused on the health and wellbeing of critical care clinicians and commercial pilots. Julie is currently part of an international interprofessional education study examining how students from different health disciplines learn about interprofessional practice.

Julia A Myers publications – Google Scholar

Contact details

Email julie.myers@otago.ac.nz

Publications

McKinlay, E., Myers, J., Gulliver, L., & Morgan, S. (2026). Student learning in an interprofessional peer shadowing activity embedded in an IPE curriculum: An Aotearoa New Zealand ethnographic case study. Journal of Medical Education & Curricular Development, 13. doi: 10.1177/23821205261448297 Journal - Research Article

McKinlay, E., Morgan, S., Myers, J., & Gulliver, L. (2025, November). What do students learn from peer shadowing of a student of another discipline? Verbal presentation at the Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice (IPECP) Showcase, Auckland, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Beka, S. G., Griffiths, R. F., Myers, J. A., & Skirrow, P. M. (2025). Post-COVID-19 neurocognitive screening in routine pilot aeromedical evaluations. Aerospace Medicine & Human Performance, 96(10), 931-935. doi: 10.3357/AMHP.6700.2025 Journal - Research Article

Myers, J. A., Aldington, S., & Powell, D. M. C. (2025). A qualitative examination of job satisfaction in emergency medicine from the perspective of physicians also working in prehospital and retrieval medicine. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 37, e70121. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.70121 Journal - Research Article

Beka, S. G., Griffiths, R. F., Myers, J. A., & Skirrow, P. M. (2025). Appropriate screening tests to assess post-COVID-19 cognitive dysfunction in aeromedical settings. Aerospace Medicine & Human Performance, 96(5), 414-424. doi: 10.3357/AMHP.6500.2025 Journal - Research Other

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