The University of Otago, Wellington is one of seven component schools that make up the

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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

; 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

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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 Library
provides 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 *

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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. ...

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* Dianne Sika–Paotonu

References

External links

University of Otago Medical School

University of Otago, Wellington

University of Otago Health Sciences First Year
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