Otago Medical School has established a medical education research fund to support research by our staff into education that includes MB ChB students. The fund is designed to foster active development of medical education research that will enhance our students' learning, staff development and curriculum development and delivery and contribute to the scholarly literature of medical/health professional education. The MB ChB Education Research and Evaluation Committee ( MEREC ) would like to thank the University of Otago Medical School for making this funding opportunity available.
Funding information will be updated annually. For enquiries about the fund, please contact med.ed.research@otago.ac.nz
2023 funding round suspended
We usually invite staff to apply for the Otago Medical School Medical Education Research Grants in two rounds, one in April and one in September. We have allocated the round 1 funds but we are disappointed to announce that there is no funding for round 2.
However, we are keen to support research. If you still want feedback on your research or to consider how the Educational Advisers can help you realise your Medical Education Research aspirations please don’t hesitate to contact the Educational Development and Staff Support Unit ( EDSSU ).
Email med.ed.research@otago.ac.nz
We are anticipating that this may be a suspension in the funding and that the fund may be reinstated when greater financial stability is secured.
Funding awarded
2022 funding
Round 1:
Professor Rebecca Grainger Telling Our Stories: Disabled Medical Students' Perspectives of Medical School.
Professor Lynley Anderson Responding to unacceptable behaviours towards University of Otago Health Sciences clinical students.
Round 2:
Professor Lynn McBain Filling a gap: Development and evaluation of an oral health clinical skills session for undergraduate medical students.
2021 funding
Round 1:
Dr Tehmina Gladman The influence of students' perceived learning autonomy support on approaches to learning.
Round 2:
Dr Sarah Gordon Active and scholarly development of service-user led education to counter discrimination, promote recovery, and human rights with medical students.
2020 funding
Round 2:
Dr Alice RoganDeveloping a tool to evaluate the quality of verbal feedback offered by trainee interns to junior medical students in an online setting.
Dr Qian Liu,Education Unit, University of Otago, Wellington
Project – Capturing the invisible: An investigation of the use of non-institutional elearning tools and resources by medical students
Dr Parimala Kanagasabai, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Otago, Wellington
Project – Does patient storytelling enhance empathy in medical students for women's health care: a pilot study
No grants were funded in Round 1.
2019 funding
Round 2:
Dr Sarah Rennie, Education Unit, Dean's Department, University of Otago Wellington
Project - Attitudes and self-reported behaviours of medical students to academic misconduct in New Zealand and Scotland - a mixed methods study.
Associate Professor Hamish Wilson, Centre for Early Learning in Medicine, Dunedin
Project – 'Medically Unexplained Symptoms' (MUS) at Otago Medical School: What is taught and what is learned by graduation?
Associate Professor Diane Kenwright, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, University of Otago Wellington
Project - Using Illness Scripts to Enhance Students Knowledge
Round 1:
Associate Professor Lynley Anderson, Bioethics Centre
Project - The CAPLE (Creating a Positive Learning Environment) project: Experiences and effects of bullying intervention/policy
Mr Vivek Perumal, Department of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences
Project - Gamification: A novel approach to promote student learning of an integrated medical curriculum
2018 funding
Dr Steve Gallagher, Dunedin School of Medicine
Project - Assessing the utility of Virtual reality simulation in medical education and its impact on self-efficacy and anxiety in medical students
Dr Tehmina Gladman, University of Otago, Wellington
Project - Developing a method of measuring the usefulness of Clinical Skills Apps for just-in-time learning
Mr Jeremy Simcock, University of Otago, Christchurch
Project - Understanding novice medical student roles and expectations in a surgical environment to enhance learning experience and outcomes