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University Of Otago Dunedin School Of Medicine
The Dunedin School of Medicine is the name of the School of Medicine that is based on the Dunedin campus of the University of Otago. All University of Otago medical students who gain entry after the competitive Health Sciences First Year program, or who gain graduate entry, spend their second and third years (ELM; Early Learning in Medicine) studying at the Otago Medical School in Dunedin. In their fourth, fifth, and sixth years (ALM; Advanced Learning in Medicine), students can either study at the Dunedin School of Medicine (Dunedin), the University of Otago, Christchurch, or the University of Otago, Wellington. History Opened in 1875, the Otago Medical School initially taught a two-year course with training completed overseas. 1887 saw the first medical graduate who had been taught solely at Otago. In 1891, the medical school was formally made the Faculty of Medicine. Until 1920, training took only four years, but was then extended to six. From 1924, students could complete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uni Of Otago Medical School
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Ada Paterson
Ada Gertrude Paterson (6 June 1880 – 26 August 1937) was a New Zealand school doctor, child health administrator and community worker. Early life and education Paterson was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1880. She graduated from the University of Otago in 1906, and subsequently travelled to the University of Dublin for further training. Career She returned to New Zealand and commenced practicing medicine in Picton. Paterson was appointed a Medical Inspector of Schools in 1912, initially based in Dunedin but then in Wellington from 1916. She was one of the four women doctors in the School Medical Service: the others were Dr Margaret McCahon in Auckland, Dr Eleanor McLaglan in Christchurch and Dr Emily Irwin in Dunedin. In 1923 Paterson was promoted to Director of the School Hygiene Division of the Department of Health. In 1935 Paterson represented New Zealand at a conference associated with the League of Nations held in Geneva. She was dedicated to working for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Otago School Of Pharmacy
Part of the University of Otago's Division of Health Sciences, the School of Pharmacy is based in Dunedin, New Zealand. It is ranked in the world's top-200 universities for pharmacy and pharmacology. Undergraduate programmes The School teaches the four-year Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) and Bachelor of Pharmacy with Honours (BPharm(Hons)) programmes. Admission is competitive, usually following successful completion of the University's Health Sciences First Year programme. The School has credit transfer agreements with Malaysia's International Medical University and multiple polytechnics in Singapore. These agreements can allow students to obtain an Otago Pharmacy degree in 2–3 years. Postgraduate programmes The School offers the following postgraduate programmes: * Postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacy * Postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacy endorsed in Medicines Management * Postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacy endorsed in Social Pharmacy * Postgraduate Certificate in Pharm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Otago Faculty Of Dentistry
("Dare to be wise") , established = 1907 , city = Dunedin , country = New Zealand , websitehttps://www.otago.ac.nz/dentistry} University of Otago Faculty of Dentistry is one of the faculties of the University of Otago. Founded in 1907, the Faculty of Dentistry is the only Faculty and School of Dentistry in New Zealand. It forms an integral part of the Division of Health Sciences within the University of Otago in Dunedin. It offers courses in all branches of dentistry, oral health therapy (formerly dental hygiene and dental therapy), and dental technology. In addition to the undergraduate dental program, Otago offers specialty training programs combined with the Doctor of Clinical Dentistry (DClinDent) degree, advanced training programs, and research degrees including PhD and DDSc programs. The Faculty has been ranked within the top 15 dental schools in the world by Quacquarelli Symonds since the introduction of its dentistry subject rankings in 2015. Und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Pih–Chang
Kathleen Pih–Chang (1902–1991) (also known as Pih Zhen–Wah and Kathleen Pih) was a Chinese–born New Zealand medical doctor and the first Chinese person to graduate as a doctor from the University of Otago in 1929. Early life Pih-Chang was born in Lin–Shui (formerly Antung) in Jiangsu Province. She was named "Pih Zhen–Wah" which translates as "graduate" or "finish" or "to awaken and serve China". As a small child she was severely ill with dysentery and was nursed by a New Zealand missionary, Margaret Reid. Reid was taught Chinese by Pih–Chang's father at the China Inland Mission in Antung. When it was time for Reid to return to New Zealand she wished to bring Pih–Chang with her and to continue to care for her. To do so she had to obtain special permission from Lord Plunket, the Governor General as Chinese were restricted entry to the country. In New Zealand Pih–Chang was named "Kathleen" after Plunket's daughter. Reid married Charles Russell of Waimate, a wido ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodora Clemens Hall
Theodora Clemens Hall (née Easterfield, 12 June 1902 – 19 December 1980) was a New Zealand medical doctor. She was born in Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand on 12 June 1902. Her father was Thomas Easterfield, a professor of chemistry and physics, and her sister Dr Helen Deem. Hall attended Wellington Girls' College. She graduated MB ChB from the University of Otago , image_name = University of Otago Registry Building2.jpg , image_size = , caption = University clock tower , motto = la, Sapere aude , mottoeng = Dare to be wise , established = 1869; 152 years ago , type = Public research collegiate ... in 1926. She became a house surgeon at Wellington Hospital, followed by two years as a registrar at Cook Hospital in Gisborne. She did post-graduate study in London in the early 1930s gaining her MRCP diploma in 1932. She was the second New Zealand woman to obtain the MRCP. She was appointed to Cook Hospital in Gisborne in 1935. In 1932 she married Dr Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Catherine Muir
Nina Catherine Muir (20 October 1900–9 June 1981) was a New Zealand medical doctor. Early life Nina Muir (née Howard) was born in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1900. Her father was Dr Ernest Henry Howard (d. 1954) who practised in Murchison and Taumarunui where he was superintendent of the hospital. Muir went to school at Auckland Girls' Grammar School and graduated from the University of Otago medical school in 1926. Career In 1927 Muir became the first woman house surgeon at Wellington Hospital. On moving to Gisborne she worked at Cook Hospital and Te Puia Hospital, attending births and treating patients in remote areas. After her marriage she became the first general practitioner to practise in the maternity unit of Cook Hospital. In 1949–1950 she did a postgraduate diploma in obstetrics and gynaecology at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin. During the 1940s Muir was the president of the East Coast branch of the British Medical Association. Personal life In 1929 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Deem
Muriel Helen Deem (née Easterfield, 26 February 1900 – 26 October 1955) was a New Zealand medical doctor, medical officer, Plunket medical adviser and university lecturer. Early life The daughter of Thomas Easterfield and Anna Maria Kunigunda Büchel, she was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on 26 February 1900. Her father was a founding professor of chemistry at Victoria University of Wellington and director of the Cawthron Institute in Nelson from 1919 to 1930. She attended Wellington Girls' College and Otago University where she graduated in 1925. Her sister was Dr Theodora Hall. Career After graduating Deem became a house surgeon at Wanganui Hospital and honorary physician to the Stewart Karitane Hospital. Becoming interested in infant health she undertook the Plunket nurse training at the Karitane hospital in Dunedin and was first recipient of the Plunket Society's Lady King Scholarship in 1928. She used the scholarship to study infant feeding and nutriti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecily Pickerill
Dame Cecily Mary Wise Pickerill (née Clarkson, 9 February 1903 – 21 July 1988) was a New Zealand plastic surgeon who specialised in treating infants with cleft palates and other conditions needing plastic surgery. She successfully demonstrated that care of hospitalised infants by their mothers prevented infections. Life and career Cecily Mary Wise Clarkson was born in Taihape, New Zealand, in 1903, the daughter of Margaret Ann Clarkson ( Hunter) and Rev. Percy Wise Clarkson, Taihape's first Anglican vicar. She was educated at Taihape School and the Diocesan High School for Girls (in Auckland). In 1921, she began her medical studies at the University of Otago, graduating MB, ChB in 1925. As a house surgeon in Dunedin, she was a pupil of Henry Pickerill, Dean of the University of Otago Dental School, a pioneering plastic surgeon, and facial and jaw surgeon at Dunedin Hospital. In 1927, Henry left Dunedin to take up a post at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Todd
Kathleen Mary Gertrude Todd (19 November 1898 – 21 March 1968) was a pioneering New Zealand child psychiatrist. Early life Kathleen Todd was born in 1898 in Heriot, Otago. She was one of the seven children of Charles Todd, an auctioneer and stock and station agent who founded the firm that became the Todd Corporation, and his wife Mary Hegarty. Kathleen was educated at St Dominic's College, Dunedin of which she was dux in 1915. She proceeded to the University of Otago to study medicine graduating ( M.B.Ch.B) UNZ in 1923. She obtained junior medical positions, but for women doctors professional options were limited in New Zealand at that time. She carried out further studies in Vienna and London hospitals and did further courses in Boston and Oakland, California in psychological medicine. She obtained a Diploma in Psychological Medicine (DPM) in London. Career Todd became a Member of the British Psychological Society in 1938 and a Fellow in 1942; a Fellow of the Royal Society ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eily Elaine Gurr
Eily Elaine Gurr (8 November 1896 – 12 December 1996) was a New Zealand medical doctor and medical administrator and advocate of the discipline of general practice. Early life and education Gurr was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on 8 November 1896, but grew up in Wellington and Dannevirke. She was educated at Woodford House and Wellington Girls' College. Gurr graduated from the University of Otago with MB ChB degrees in 1923. Career Gurr's first position was as a house surgeon at Timaru Hospital. She then left New Zealand to do post-graduate training in midwifery in Dublin at the Rotunda Hospital and Coombe Hospital. This was followed by further training in ante-natal care at the Royal Free Hospital and Chelsea Hospital in London. On the invitation of Thomas Valintine, Director General of Health and Maui Pōmare, the Minister of Health, she joined the New Zealand Department of Health in 1924 and was charged with setting up ante-natal clinics at St Helens Hospitals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muriel Bell
Muriel Emma Bell (4 January 1898 – 2 May 1974) was a New Zealand nutritionist and medical researcher. Early life Bell was born in Murchison, New Zealand on 4 January 1898, the daughter of Thomas, a farmer, and Eliza (). Bell attended the local school in Murchison. In 1907, her mother was killed, and her father injured, in a tramcar accident in Wellington and her father consequently had to give up farming. He moved the family to Nelson and later became Mayor of Richmond. Education Bell's father remarried in 1909, and Jessie McNee became Bell's stepmother. She encouraged Bell in her education, and Bell studied first at Nelson Girls' Central School and then Nelson College for Girls, where she became Head Girl. In 1916 Bell won a Junior Scholarship to Victoria University of Wellington and began a B.A. degree. In 1917 she transferred to Otago Medical School. In 1926, she was the first woman to be awarded an MD degree (Doctor of Medicine) by the University of Otago. Bell's thesi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
