Rate My Professor Dave Dixon

Dr. Dave Dixon holds the position of Senior Professional Practice Fellow at the Centre for Rural Health, which is situated within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Otago. Operating from Queenstown, he fulfills the role of co-convener for the GENA723 paper, specifically titled Trauma and Emergencies in Rural Settings, as part of the Rural Postgraduate Programme. This programme is tailored to deliver postgraduate qualifications and continuing medical education to generalist doctors engaged in rural general practice and hospital settings across New Zealand. It encompasses offerings such as the Postgraduate Certificate in Clinician Performed Ultrasound (PGCertCPU), Postgraduate Certificate in Rural Clinical Practice (PGCertRCP), Postgraduate Diploma in Rural Clinical Practice (PGDipRCP), and Master of Health Sciences (MHealSc), all structured for distance learning to support practitioners in remote locations.

An Emergency Medicine Specialist at Lakes District Hospital in Queenstown, Dr. Dixon possesses the qualifications MBChB and FACEM, with the latter fellowship achieved upon passing the 2015.1 sitting of the examination administered by the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine. Throughout his career, he has maintained active involvement in emergency medicine fellowship programmes, first at Dunedin Hospital and subsequently at Christchurch Hospital. His stated professional interests include simulation training, medical education, ultrasound utilisation, and rural medicine. In his current capacity, Dr. Dixon also acts as the Principal Investigator for the Wayfind TBI project conducted at Lakes District Hospital, maintaining an affiliation with the University of Otago. The Centre for Rural Health itself advances rural healthcare through targeted teaching, research initiatives, and community partnerships aimed at enhancing health outcomes in rural and remote South Pacific regions.