Senior Lecturer
Background and interests
Dr Rona Carroll is a GP working in youth health and a senior lecturer in the Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice. Rona has been working clinically in youth health since 2012 and has interests in sexual health, mental health, transgender healthcare and primary care HIV PrEP prescribing. Rona’s clinical work is mainly in gender affirming healthcare and she is keen to improve access in primary care and help educate health professionals in this area. She has formed transgender health peer support groups locally and nationally. Rona is a member of WPATH and PATHA and is on the PATHA education committee.
Teaching activities
Undergraduate
- Co-convenor 4th year general practice module
- Teaching 5th year consultation skills
- Teaching lectures on LGBTQIA+ cultural competency
- Created a TI “rainbow elective placement” (otago.ac.nz/otagobulletin/news/otago790082.html)
Postgraduate
- Co-convenor GENA 702 Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
Research activities
Rona’s research activities are in medical student education and confidence in providing care to LGBTQIA+ patients, improving primary health care access for rainbow youth and various aspects of gender affirming healthcare and hormone therapy.
Publications
Carroll, R., Rose, S. B., Garrett, S. M., & Gray, L. (2022). Fifth year medical students' education, confidence and learning needs related to healthcare provision for sexual and gender minority patients: A cross-sectional survey. Journal of Primary Health Care. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1071/HC22082
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
Carroll, R., Rose, S., Garrett, S., Morgan, S., & McKinlay, E. (2022, July). General practice experiences and challenges in providing health care to rainbow young people in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) Conference for General Practice, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Carroll, R., McKinlay, E., Morgan, S., Rose, S., & Garrett, S. (2022). Providing healthcare to rainbow young people in Aotearoa, New Zealand: Experiences and challenges in primary care. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 28(4), (pp. viii-ix). doi: 10.1071/PYv28n4abs
Tan, K. K. H., Carroll, R., Treharne, G. J., Byrne, J. L., & Veale, J. F. (2022). "I teach them. I have no choice": Experiences of primary care among transgender people in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1559), 59-72. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz
Carroll, R., Rose, S. B., Garrett, S. M., & Gray, L. (2022). Fifth year medical students' education, confidence and learning needs related to healthcare provision for sexual and gender minority patients: A cross-sectional survey. Journal of Primary Health Care. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1071/HC22082
Journal - Research Article
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
Tan, K. K. H., Carroll, R., Treharne, G. J., Byrne, J. L., & Veale, J. F. (2022). "I teach them. I have no choice": Experiences of primary care among transgender people in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1559), 59-72. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz
Journal - Research Article
Treharne, G. J., Carroll, R., Tan, K. K. H., & Veale, J. F. (2022). Supportive interactions with primary care doctors are associated with better mental health among transgender people: Results of a nationwide survey in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Family Practice. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmac005
Journal - Research Article
Carroll, R., & Bisshop, F. (2022). What you need to know about gender-affirming healthcare [Trainee focus]. Emergency Medicine Australasia. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13990
Journal - Research Other
Zwickl, S., Chaplin, B., Bisshop, F., Cook, T., Soo, S. T. M., Birtles, B., … Carroll, R., … Lin, A. (2022). Re: The RANZCP position statement on gender dysphoria. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/00048674221112007
Journal - Research Other
Carroll, R., & Gray, L. (2021). Diversifying clinical education case studies. Clinical Teacher, 18, 494-496. doi: 10.1111/tct.13369
Journal - Research Other
Carroll, R., Davis, W., Fourie, K., York, N., Adams, S., & Johnston, H. (2019). Response to 'The value to frenotomy for ankyloglossia from a parental perspective'. New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1503), 103-104. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Other
Carroll, R., McKinlay, E., Morgan, S., Rose, S., & Garrett, S. (2022). Providing healthcare to rainbow young people in Aotearoa, New Zealand: Experiences and challenges in primary care. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 28(4), (pp. viii-ix). doi: 10.1071/PYv28n4abs
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Carroll, R., Rose, S., Garrett, S., Morgan, S., & McKinlay, E. (2022, July). General practice experiences and challenges in providing health care to rainbow young people in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) Conference for General Practice, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
