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Eileen Mckinlay imageProfessor, WITI Convenor

Background and Interests

Eileen McKinlay is a Professor and currently seconded as Director of the Centre for Interprofessional Education (IPE), Division of Health Sciences, University of Otago.

Interprofessional Education (IPE)

Interprofessional collaboration (good teamwork) in health care is known to lead to improved communication between the disciplines, reduced error and higher levels of patient and whanau satisfaction with health care services.

Research shows that students who have taken part in IPE are more likely to be teamwork ready at graduation. Eileen's role is to ensure health sciences students at Otago University have access to IPE learning activities throughout their training programmes. Her role includes directing the rural immersion IPE programmes at Tairāwhiti and Te Tai Poutini.

Research Activities

  • Interprofessional education research including a Swedish Research Council funded study involving Sweden, Norway, Australia and New Zealand
  • Diabetes prevention and management: primary health care and community initiatives
  • New models of primary health care including primary care pharmacy roles: an HRC funded study led by Victoria University Health Services Research Centre
  • Youth health care including sexual and reproductive health: Sally Rose PI
  • Arthritis care initiated in pharmacy: Ben Darlow PI

Supervision

Two PhD students (models of long term conditions care; kaiawhina workforce development)

Publications

Barthow, C., Kuiper, N., Betty, B., Stanley, J., Ranchhod, D., Miller, E., … McKinlay, E., & Krebs, J. (2026). Metabolic complexity and health service use among adults with prediabetes and diabetes in a high-need primary care population: A cross-sectional study. Proceedings of the New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes (NZSSD) Annual Scientific Meeting. (pp. 16). Retrieved from https://www.nzssd.org.nz/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Barthow, C., Chonel, K., Porirua Union and Community Health Service Team, Patel, H., Dunlop, A., Amataiti, T., & McKinlay, E. (2026). “It runs in our family”: Understanding Pacific families' journeys with intergenerational diabetes: A multiple case study. Proceedings of the New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes (NZSSD) Annual Scientific Meeting. (pp. 41). Retrieved from https://www.nzssd.org.nz/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Barthow, C., Patel, H., Dunlop, A., Porirua Union and Community Health Service Team, Amataiti, T., & McKinlay, E. (2026). Pacific families' experiences of intergenerational diabetes in New Zealand: A qualitative interpretive case study. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 32(3), PY25266. doi: 10.1071/py25266 Journal - Research Article

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

Wickramasinghe, U., Symes, A., & McKinlay, E. (2026). Interprofessional education program administration: The key to collaborative, successful and sustainable pre-registration IPE programs. Journal of Interprofessional Care. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2026.2664032 Journal - Research Article

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