10 Mar 2025
Digital health education – focusing on the future
With the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and other technological advances, there’s never been a better time to focu...
05 Mar 2025
Professional staff the backbone of Medical School
They’re knowledgeable, experienced and unflappable. And what they don’t know about the Otago Medical School (OMS) probab...
28 Feb 2025
Med student on the fast track
Third-year Otago medical student Annise Boothroyd loves a challenge.
27 Feb 2025
Researchers call for end to futile CPR
To reduce unnecessary harm, staff in aged residential care facilities should not be forced to provide chest compressions...
18 Feb 2025
Change can foster innovation says new OMS Dean
People shouldn’t be scared of change as it can create great opportunities, says new Otago Medical School Dean Professor...
16 Jan 2025
HRC funding to help tackle diabetes ‘massive inequity’
The demand for recently-funded diabetes technology is likely to skyrocket by up to 400 per cent in coming years, but the...
02 Jan 2025
Language no barrier for Otago rowers in Japan
Rowing was the universal language for nine Otago tauira when they competed in an Olympic Legacy Regatta in Japan recentl...
09 Dec 2024
Family tragedy inspires path to medicine
Curiosity from tragedy led Dr Melenia Kaitaeifo to medicine.
07 Dec 2024
Otago journey leads to unexpected places
While most people get bitten by sandflies on the West Coast, Otago tauira Leni Leota was bitten by the love bug.
06 Dec 2024
Mammoth effort pays off for Māori medical graduand
If you want to see where hard work and determination can get you, look no further than Otago Medical School graduand Car...
05 Dec 2024
Congratulations doctor, doctor, doctor
If you think graduating once as a doctor is a big achievement, try three times.
22 Nov 2024
Wellington reunion for Med School Class of ’79
A reunion of Otago’s medical school Class of ’79 held on the Wellington campus in October gave the first-ever group of s...