Katharine Wallis

23 September 2014

My interests & affiliations

• General practitioner from Dunedin• MBHL (Master of Bioethics and Health Law)

– Health (National Cervical Screening Programme) Amendment Act 2004

• PhD– Developing a culture of safety: education or regulation?

• HPDT (Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal)

• MARC (Medicines Adverse Reactions Committee)

• NZMA ethics committee• PMMRC (Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee)

Research interests

• Medical professional regulation– No-fault compensation for treatment injury and

medical professional accountability for harm• Patient safety• Medical ethics• (Over-diagnosis)

Current research project (?s)

• Patient harms in New Zealand general practices– HRC funded records review study to describe the types, frequency,

preventability and severity of healthcare induced harms experienced by patients in New Zealand general practices

• The Master of Primary Health Care degree: who wants it and why?– Summer student to discover who might be interested in studying

for a MPHC, their motivation and learning needs, and their preferred teaching format