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Eileen Mckinlay imageAssociate Professor, WITI Convenor
Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice 

Background and Interests

Eileen McKinlay is an Associate 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)

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Publications

Barthow, C., Krebs, J., & McKinlay, E. (2023). A multiple case study of pre-diabetes care undertaken by general practice in Aotearoa/New Zealand: De-incentivised and de-prioritised work. BMC Primary Care, 24, 109. doi: 10.1186/s12875-023-02053-1

Rose, S. B., Garrett, S. M., & McKinlay, E. (2023). Experience of telehealth for receipt of primary health care: An online survey of young people in a geographic region of Aotearoa New Zealand. Australian Journal of Primary Health. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1071/PY22073

Darlow, B., Brown, M., McKinlay, E., Gray, L., Purdie, G., & Pullon, S. (2023). Influence of a rural interprofessional education placement on the rural health workforce: Working in primary care, rural settings, and with Māori [Short research report]. Journal of Primary Health Care, 15(1), 78-83. doi: 10.1071/hc22136

Carroll, R., Morgan, S. J., Ker, A., Garrett, S. M., Rose, S. B., Gardiner, T., & McKinlay, E. M. (2023). "It was a very awkward consultation because I didn't know": General practice staff experiences and challenges in providing healthcare to gender and sexual minority youth in Aotearoa New Zealand. Family Practice. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmad024

McKinlay, E., White, K., Garrett, S., Gladman, T., & Pullon, S. (2023). Work-place cancer and palliative care interprofessional education: Experiences of students and staff. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 37(1), 29-38. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2021.1981259

Pullon, S., Darlow, B., & McKinlay, E. (2016). Building evaluation into the development of interprofessional education initiatives. In D. Forman, J. Thistlethwaite & M. Jones (Eds.), Leading research and evaluation in interprofessional education and collaborative practice. (pp. 145-166). Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-53744-7_8

Chapter in Book - Research

Pullon, S., McKinlay, E., Gallagher, P., Gray, L., Skinner, M., & McHugh, P. (2015). Case study 14.4: Interprofessional education in a rural setting: A quick-start innovation for final-year health professional students. In K. Bin Abdulrahman, S. Mennin, R. Harden & C. Kennedy (Eds.), Routledge international handbook of medical education. (pp. 197). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. [Case Study].

Chapter in Book - Research

McKinlay, E., & McBain, L. (2010). The palliative care partnership: The evolution of a New Zealand model of integrated palliative care. In A. Fortier & S. Turcotte (Eds.), Health education: Challenges, issues and impact. (pp. 241-262). New York: Nova.

Chapter in Book - Research

McKinlay, E., Bycroft, J., Darlow, B., Gray, B., Morris, C., & Pullon, S. (2021). Interdisciplinary collaboration: Working in teams for patient care. In K. A. Morris (Ed.), Cole's medical practice in New Zealand. (14th ed.) (pp. 23-44). Wellington, New Zealand: Medical Council of New Zealand.

Chapter in Book - Other

McKinlay, E., Bycroft, J., Darlow, B., Gray, B., Morris, C., & Pullon, S. (2017). Interdisciplinary collaboration: Working in teams for patient care. In K. A. Morris (Ed.), Cole's medical practice in New Zealand. (13th ed.) (pp. 81-99). Wellington, New Zealand: Medical Council of New Zealand.

Chapter in Book - Other

McKinlay, E., Gray, B., & Pullon, S. (2013). Interdisciplinary collaboration: Working in teams for patient care. In I. St George (Ed.), Cole's medical practice in New Zealand. (12th ed.) (pp. 143-149). Wellington, New Zealand: Medical Council of New Zealand.

Chapter in Book - Other

Barthow, C., Krebs, J., & McKinlay, E. (2023). A multiple case study of pre-diabetes care undertaken by general practice in Aotearoa/New Zealand: De-incentivised and de-prioritised work. BMC Primary Care, 24, 109. doi: 10.1186/s12875-023-02053-1

Journal - Research Article

Carroll, R., Morgan, S. J., Ker, A., Garrett, S. M., Rose, S. B., Gardiner, T., & McKinlay, E. M. (2023). "It was a very awkward consultation because I didn't know": General practice staff experiences and challenges in providing healthcare to gender and sexual minority youth in Aotearoa New Zealand. Family Practice. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmad024

Journal - Research Article

Darlow, B., Brown, M., McKinlay, E., Gray, L., Purdie, G., & Pullon, S. (2023). Influence of a rural interprofessional education placement on the rural health workforce: Working in primary care, rural settings, and with Māori [Short research report]. Journal of Primary Health Care, 15(1), 78-83. doi: 10.1071/hc22136

Journal - Research Article

McKinlay, E., White, K., Garrett, S., Gladman, T., & Pullon, S. (2023). Work-place cancer and palliative care interprofessional education: Experiences of students and staff. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 37(1), 29-38. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2021.1981259

Journal - Research Article

Rose, S. B., Garrett, S. M., & McKinlay, E. (2023). Experience of telehealth for receipt of primary health care: An online survey of young people in a geographic region of Aotearoa New Zealand. Australian Journal of Primary Health. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1071/PY22073

Journal - Research Article

Beckingsale, L., Brown, M., McKinlay, E., OLeary, M., & Doolan-Noble, F. (2022). Sustainable interprofessional education programmes: What influences teachers to stay involved? Journal of Interprofessional Care. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2022.2115470

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Brown, M., Pullon, S., McKinlay, E., Gray, L., & Darlow, B. (2022). Template analysis of a longitudinal interprofessional survey: Making sense of free-text comments collected over time. Journal of Research in Interprofessional Practice & Education, 12(1). doi: 10.22230/jripe.2022v12n1a337

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Darlow, B., Brown, M., Hudson, B., Frew, G., Clark, J., Vincent, L., Abbott, J. H., … Grainger, R., Marra, C., McKinlay, E., & Stanley, J. (2022). Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of two types of written information for people with knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage Open, 4, 100254. doi: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2022.100254

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Darlow, B., Brown, M., Hudson, B., Frew, G., Clark, J., Vincent, L., Grainger, R., Marra, C., McKinlay, E., Abbott, J. H., & Briggs, A. (2022). Knee osteoarthritis and the knowledgeable, trustworthy pharmacist: Patient and pharmacist perceptions of community pharmacy-based education and support. Musculoskeletal Care. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/msc.1660

Journal - Research Article

Darlow, B., Brown, M., McKinlay, E., Gray, L., & Pullon, S. (2022). Factors influencing health career choices during clinicians' first three years in practice. Journal of Research in Interprofessional Practice & Education, 12(2), 1-13. doi: 10.22230/jripe.2022v12n2a347

Journal - Research Article

Darlow, B., Brown, M., McKinlay, E., Gray, L., Purdie, G., Pullon, S., the Longitudinal Interprofessional Study Group, including Beckingsale, L., Foster Page, L., Gallagher, P., Handley, J., Herkt, J., Kuperus, L., McHugh, P., Meldrum, A., Skinner, M., Schwass, R., Weaver, J., Wilson, C., & Windle, J. (2022). Longitudinal impact of preregistration interprofessional education on the attitudes and skills of health professionals during their early careers: A non-randomised trial with 4-year outcomes. BMJ Open, 12, e060066. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060066

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Garrett, S. M., Rose, S. B., & McKinlay, E. M. (2022). Young people talk about primary care and telehealth: A survey of 15- to 25-year olds in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Health & Social Care in the Community. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/hsc.14076

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Imlach, F., McKinlay, E., Kennedy, J., Pledger, M., Middleton, L., Cumming, J., & McBride-Henry, K. (2022). Seeking healthcare during lockdown: Challenges, opportunities and lessons for the future. International Journal of Health Policy & Management, 11(8), 1316-1324. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2021.26

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Ker, A., Gardiner, T., Carroll, R., Rose, S. B., Morgan, S. J., Garrett, S. M., & McKinlay, E. M. (2022). "We just want to be treated normally and to have that healthcare that comes along with it": Rainbow young people's experiences of primary care in Aotearoa New Zealand. Youth, 2(4), 691-704. doi: 10.3390/youth2040049

Journal - Research Article

McKinlay, E., Hilder, J., Hood, F., Morgan, S., Barthow, C., Gray, B., Huthwaite, M., Weatherall, M., Crane, J., Krebs, J., & Pullon, S. (2022). Uncertainty and certainty: Perceptions and experiences of prediabetes in New Zealand primary care: A qualitative study. Journal of Primary Health Care, 14(2), 138-145. doi: 10.1071/HC21066

Journal - Research Article

Officer, T. N., Imlach, F., McKinlay, E., Kennedy, J., Pledger, M., Russell, L., … McBride-Henry, K. (2022). COVID-19 pandemic lockdown and wellbeing: Experiences from Aotearoa New Zealand in 2020. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 19(4), 2269. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19042269

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Officer, T. N., McKinlay, E., Imlach, F., Kennedy, J., Churchward, M., & McBride-Henry, K. (2022). Experiences of New Zealand public health messaging while in lockdown. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13297

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Rose, S. B., Garrett, S. M., McKinlay, E. M., & Morgan, S. J. (2022). Experience of sexual healthcare by Māori and non-Māori young people: An online survey of 15-24 year olds in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. International Journal of Sexual Health, 34(1), 118-129. doi: 10.1080/19317611.2021.1926041

Journal - Research Article

Askerud, A., Jaye, C., Doolan-Noble, F., & McKinlay, E. (2021). What do they get out of it? Considering a partnership model in health service research. Primary Health Care Research & Development, 22, e14. doi: 10.1017/S1463423621000141

Journal - Research Article

Imlach, F., McKinlay, E., Kennedy, J., Morris, C., Pledger, M., Cumming, J., & McBride-Henry, K. (2021). E-prescribing and access to prescription medicines during lockdown: Experience of patients in Aotearoa/New Zealand. BMC Family Practice, 22, 140. doi: 10.1186/s12875-021-01490-0

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Kennedy, J., Kim, H., Moran, S., & McKinlay, E. (2021). Qualitative experiences of primary health care and social care professionals with refugee-like migrants and former quota refugees in New Zealand. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 27, 391-396. doi: 10.1071/py20285

Journal - Research Article

McKinlay, E. M., Brown, M., Wallace, D., Morris, C., & Garnett, A. (2021). A match made in heaven: Exploring views of medicine students, pharmacy interns and facilitators in an interprofessional medicines pilot study. Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences & Practice, 19(1), 3. Retrieved from https://nsuworks.nova.edu/ijahsp/vol19/iss1/3

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McKinlay, E., Banks, D., Coleman, K., Darlow, B., Dungey, G., Farr, T., Fyfe, R., Gray, B., Kemp, L., … Morris, C., Myers, J., … Perry, M., … Pullon, S. (2021). Keeping it going: The importance of delivering interprofessional education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Primary Health Care, 13(4), 359-369. doi: 10.1071/HC21070

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McKinlay, E., Morgan, S., Garrett, S., Dunlop, A., & Pullon, S. (2021). Young peoples’ perspectives about care in a youth-friendly general practice. Journal of Primary Health Care, 13(2), 157-164. doi: 10.1071/HC20134

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McKinlay, E., Vaipuna, K., O'Toole, T., Golds, H., & Adams, A. (2021). Doing what it takes: A qualitative study of New Zealand carers' experiences of giving home-based palliative care to loved ones. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1533), 21-32. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

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Morgan, S., Pullon, S., McKinlay, E., Garrett, S., Kennedy, J., & Watson, B. (2021). Collaborative care in primary care: The influence of practice interior architecture on informal face-to-face communication: An observational study. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 14(1), 190-209. doi: 10.1177/1937586720939665

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Morris, C., Wong, M., & McKinlay, E. (2021). A qualitative study of community pharmacists' perceptions of their role in primary mental health care in New Zealand. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 29, 499-507. doi: 10.1093/ijpp/riab039

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Pullon, S., Garrett, S., Garnett, A., Schwass, E. R., McKinlay, E., Ashworth, N., & Darlow, B. (2021). Five years on: Influences on early career health professionals from a rural interprofessional pre-registration immersion program. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 29, 146-157. doi: 10.1111/ajr.12705

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Rose, S. B., Garrett, S. M., McKinlay, E. M., & Morgan, S. J. (2021). 'Be nice to us, we're still learning': An online survey of young people in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, about unmet need for sexual health care and improving access to services. Sexual Health, 18(5), 394-404. doi: 10.1071/sh21092

Journal - Research Article

Rose, S. B., Garrett, S. M., McKinlay, E. M., & Morgan, S. J. (2021). Access to sexual healthcare during New Zealand's COVID-19 lockdown: Cross-sectional online survey of 15–24-year-olds in a high deprivation region. BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health, 47, 277-284. doi: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2020-200986

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Darlow, B., Brown, M., Grainger, R., Hudson, B., Briggs, A. M., Abbott, J. H., & McKinlay, E. (2020). Stakeholder views about a novel consumer health resource for knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage Open, 2, 100058. doi: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2020.100058

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Garrett, S., Pullon, S., Morgan, S., & McKinlay, E. (2020). Collaborative care in 'Youth One Stop Shops' in New Zealand: Hidden, time-consuming, essential. Journal of Child Health Care, 24(2), 180-194. doi: 10.1177/1367493519847030

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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

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Imlach, F., McKinlay, E., Middleton, L., Kennedy, J., Pledger, M., Russell, L., … McBride-Henry, K. (2020). Telehealth consultations in general practice during a pandemic lockdown: Survey and interviews on patient experiences and preferences. BMC Family Practice, 21(1), 269. doi: 10.1186/s12875-020-01336-1

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Kennedy, J. D., Moran, S., Garrett, S., Stanley, J., Visser, J., & McKinlay, E. (2020). Refugee-like migrants have similar health needs to refugees: A New Zealand post-settlement cohort study. BJGP Open, 4(1), bjgpopen20X101013. doi: 10.3399/bjgpopen20X101013

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McKinlay, E., Brown, M., Beckingsale, L., Burrow, M., Coleman, K., Darlow, B., Donovan, S., … Hilder, J., Neser, H., Perry, M., … Pullon, S. (2020). Forming inter-institutional partnerships to offer pre-registration IPE: A focus group study. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 34(3), 380-387. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2019.1685476

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McKinlay, E. M., Moran, S. V., Morgan, S. J., Sari, P., Kerridge, J. M., & Pullon, S. R. H. (2019). What does palliative care look like in a New Zealand aged residential care facility when patients die are admitted to die? New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1505), 14-28. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

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McKinlay, E., McDonald, J., Darlow, B., & Perry, M. (2019). The social networks of New Zealand patients with multimorbidity and the work of those nominated as their 'significant supporters': An exploratory study. Health & Social Care in the Community, 27, 392-399. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12657

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McKinlay, E., White, K., McChesney, P., Hardie, C., Higgs, R., Hilder, J., & Gallagher, P. (2019). Interprofessional education for cancer care. Clinical Teacher, 16, 519-524. doi: 10.1111/tct.12985

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Morgan, S., Pullon, S., Garrett, S., & McKinlay, E. (2019). Interagency collaborative care for young people with complex needs: Front-line staff perspectives. Health & Social Care in the Community, 27, 1019-1030. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12719

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Darlow, B., Brown, M., Thompson, B., Hudson, B., Grainger, R., McKinlay, E., & Abbott, J. H. (2018). Living with osteoarthritis is a balancing act: An exploration of patients' beliefs about. BMC Rheumatology, 2, 15. doi: 10.1186/s41927-018-0023-x

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McKinlay, E., Young, J., & Gray, B. (2018). General practice and patients' views of the social networks of patients with multimorbidity. Journal of Primary Health Care, 10(3), 258-266. doi: 10.1071/HC17050

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Darlow, B., McKinlay, E., Gallagher, P., Beckingsale, L., Coleman, K., Perry, M., & Pullon, S. (2017). Building and expanding interprofessional teaching teams. Journal of Primary Health Care, 9(1), 29-33. doi: 10.1071/HC16053

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McDonald, J., McKinlay, E., Keeling, S., & Levack, W. (2017). Complex home care: Challenges arising from the blurring of boundaries between family and professional care. Kōtuitui, 12(2), 246-255. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2017.1373681

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