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The University of Otago, Wellington is one of seven component schools that make up the
University of Otago
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Division of Health Sciences. All University of Otago medical students who gain entry after a competitive Health Sciences First Year programme, or who gain graduate entry, spend their second and third years studying in Dunedin in a programme called Early Learning in Medicine (ELM), which is jointly taught by the
Otago Medical School
The Dunedin School of Medicine is the name of the School of Medicine that is based on the Dunedin campus of the University of Otago.
All University of Otago medical students who gain entry after the competitive Health Sciences First Year prog ...
and the
School of Biomedical Sciences. In their fourth, fifth, and sixth years, medical students study at either
Otago Medical School
The Dunedin School of Medicine is the name of the School of Medicine that is based on the Dunedin campus of the University of Otago.
All University of Otago medical students who gain entry after the competitive Health Sciences First Year prog ...
; the
University of Otago, Christchurch
The University of Otago, Christchurch is one of seven component schools that make up the University of Otago Division of Health Sciences. The University of Otago, Christchurch is based primarily at Christchurch Hospital, in Christchurch Central ...
; or the University of Otago, Wellington.
History
From 1924, students could complete their last year of training at hospitals in either
Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...
,
Christchurch
Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / ...
, or
Wellington
Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by me ...
as well as
Dunedin
Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...
. In 1938, a branch faculty was established in Christchurch, Auckland, and Wellington. The Wellington branch faculty became a 'clinical' school in 1977, the forerunner to the modern University of Otago, Wellington.
In 2021 the 1970s campus building in
Newtown, adjacent to
Wellington Regional Hospital, was closed due to earthquake concerns, requiring the staff to work from home or at other locations.
Departments
The University of Otago, Wellington is structured into nine academic departments:
* Medicine
* Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Women's Health
* Paediatrics
* Pathology and Molecular Medicine
* Primary Health Care and General Practice
* Psychological Medicine
* Public Health
* Radiation Therapy
* Surgery and Anaesthesia.
Additional disciplines are taught in Dunedin and Christchurch.
Th
Wellington Medical and Health Sciences Libraryprovides library services to staff and students of the University and staff of the
Capital and Coast District Health Board
The Capital and Coast District Health Board (CCDHB) was a district health board with the focus on providing healthcare to Wellington City, Porirua City and the Kapiti Coast in New Zealand. The CCDHB employed about 6000 people across the Wellingt ...
.
Notable academics and staff
*
Michael Baker
*
Dawn Elder
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*
Keri Lawson-Te Aho
Keri Rose Lawson-Te Aho is a New Zealand academic specialising in studying mental health issues and suicide amongst New Zealand's Māori people.
Biography
In 1995–96, Lawson-Te Aho was a Fulbright scholar and visiting research fellow at the ...
*
Tom O'Donnell (physician)
Thomas Vianney O'Donnell (23 July 1926 – 25 December 2014) was a New Zealand medical practitioner and academic.
Early life and family
O'Donnell was born in Wellington in 1926, the only son of Scottish-born Annie (née Welsh) and Irish-born Pa ...
*
Ian Prior (epidemiologist)
*
Sue Pullon
Sue Pullon is a New Zealand public health researcher and practicing GP. She is the author of the ''New Zealand Pregnancy Book''.
Background
Pullon is a professor at the University of Otago's Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences. ...
*
Lynette Sadleir
Lynette Grant Sadleir (born 1 August 1963) is a New Zealand paediatric neurologist and epileptologist, and a former synchronised swimmer and coach.
Biography
Born on 1 August 1963 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Sadleir competed for N ...
*
Diana Sarfati
Diana Sarfati (born 1967/1968) is New Zealand's Director–General of Health and a public health physician and health services researcher. She was formerly head of Te Aho o Te Kahu, the Cancer Control Agency in New Zealand.
Career
Sarfati wa ...
*
Dianne Sika–Paotonu
References
External links
University of Otago Medical SchoolUniversity of Otago, WellingtonUniversity of Otago Health Sciences First Year
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University of Otago
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