Department of Psychological Medicine
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The Department of Psychological Medicine consists of staff who
are enthusiastic about research, teaching (and the scholarship
of teaching) and clinical practice. Our core academic staff includes
adult and child psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and a family
therapist. In addition many senior clinicians from our two local
DHB's (Hutt Valley and Capital and Coast) are engaged as Senior
Clinical Lecturers.
Our research programme is configured around several themes relevant
to mental health practice in the New Zealand setting:
- Mental health service delivery and evaluation, including in
primary care
- The interface between psychological and physical health
- Social psychiatry
- Psychiatric epidemiology
- Suicide
- Education in the clinical professions
We take pride in our undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
programmes. Undergraduate medical students receive mental health
teaching in all three clinical years they spend at the University of Otago, Wellington. We have a summer research
student most years.
The Postgraduate teaching programmes include:
- Medical Postgraduate Training in Psychaitry leading to FRANZCP
- Postgraduate Certificate in Health Sciences (endorsed in
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Health Sciences (endorsed in
Child Mental Health)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences (endorsed in Mental
Health Rehabilitation
Other postgraduate papers convened or co-convened by department
staff include HASX417 Health Sciences Research Methods, (Distance
taught) and GENX710 Mental Health in Primary Care (Distance taught).
In 2008 we will be running a new postgraduate paper
- Postgraduate Certificate in Health Sciences (endorsed in Family
and Systemic Therapy (PSMX436 & PSMX437)
A number of other postgraduate qualifications and papers in mental
health are taught from the Christchurch and Dunedin Schools of
Medicine and Health Sciences. As many of these are distance taught
they are available to students nationwide. Note that not all papers
are available every year.
CSM&HS
Course Information
DSM&HS
Course Information
Contact Information
Tel 64 4 385 5541 extn 5653
Fax 64 4 389 5725
Email gerardine.robinson@otago.ac.nz
Postal Address
PO Box 7343
Wellington South
New Zealand
Street Address
Level J
University of Otago, Wellington
23A Mein Street, Newtown
Wellington 6002
New Zealand
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