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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)

Publications

McKinlay, E., Brown, M., Beckingsale, L., Doolan-Noble, F., Garnett, A., & Pullon, S. (2024). Health professional students' emotional responses to effective and ineffective teamwork. Proceedings of the Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (ANZAHPE) Conference. 91. Retrieved from https://www.anzahpe.org/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Myers, J., McKinlay, E., Dahlberg, J., & Norbye, B. (2024). Learning from negotiating frameworks and methods. Proceedings of the Researching Work and Learning in Times of Change (RWL) Conference. (pp. 265-266). Retrieved from https://www.rwlconferences.org/conferences-events/rwl13-linkoping-sweden Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Morgan, S., McKinlay, E., & Higson, M. (2024). “Not many people know about us”: An interprofessional education learning activity that profiles radiation therapy students. Journal of Medical Imaging & Radiation Sciences, 55(4), 101409. doi: 10.1016/j.jmir.2024.04.002 Journal - Research Other

Darlow, B., Stotter, G., & McKinlay, E. (2024). Private practice model of physiotherapy: Professional challenges identified through an exploratory qualitative study. Journal of Primary Health Care, 16(2), 143-150. doi: 10.1071/hc23150 Journal - Research Article

Beckingsale, L., Morgan, S., Duffull, S., Hider, P., McDermott, L., Peterson, A., & McKinlay, E. (2024). Using an interprofessional decision-making model to determine the level of collaborative decision-making in a virtual learning environment: Using an interprofessional decision-making model. Journal of Practice Teaching & Learning. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1921/jpts.v21i3.2254 Journal - Research Article

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