Rural research day videos now available

College news
18 April 2018

On 5 April 2018, the Rural General Practitioners' Chapter of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners held a research day. This was an opportunity to present research pertinent to life in rural New Zealand, to properly inform our communities, rural GPs and policy makers of the issues facing the sector.

All the videos are now available to view. You can claim CME points for watching these videos.

Presentations included:

  • Welcome Mihi Whakatau
  • Introduction to the rural research day – Greville Wood
  • Research is integral to rural practice – Roger Strasser, Northern Ontario School of Medicine
  • How do you activate a blueprint? From concept to reality, a rural research network – Fiona Doolan-Noble, Dept of GP and rural medicine, University of Otago
  • Developing a rural hospital research network – Sampsa Kiuru
  • Urban and rural differences in GP enrolment patterns – Jesse Whitehead, National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis, Waikato University
  • Self-harm and suicidality in rural youth: a ten-year observational retrospective study of trends in self-harm and suicidality in Ashburton youth – Steve Withington, Ashburton Rural Academic Unit
  • Aging in the rural environment: LiLACS NZ cohort data by rural/urban split – Ngaire Kerse, Auckland University
  • Energy density: an evidence-based approach for weight loss in general practice – Nick White
  • Leptospirosis in Northland –  Tanya Quin
  • Pharmacogenomics and developments in personalised medicine – Professor Jose Flores, Harvard University
  • Obesity, genetics and appetite control –  Dr Giles Yeo, Cambridge University (Presenter of BBC’s ‘Trust me, I’m a Doctor’ series)
  • Telemedicine – Dr Lance O’Sullivan
  • How to write and publish research – Felicity Goodyear-Smith, University of Auckland
  • The assessment of acute chest pain in New Zealand rural hospitals using point-of care troponins – Rory Miller
  • What are the factors influencing the success of primary care quality improvement efforts? – Jane Cullen
  • Panel discussion: Developing the capacity of rural researchers – Felicity Goodyear-Smith, Sampsa Kiuru, Ngaire Kerse, Garry Nixon, Greville Wood

Dr Greville Wood

Dr Greville Wood introducing the rural research day

Fiona Doolan-Noble chairing a panel session on developing the capacity of rural researchers