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Rate My Professor Eileen McKinlay

University of Otago

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4.08/20/2025

Always patient, kind, and understanding.

5.04/30/2025

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About Eileen

Eileen McKinlay is a Professor in the Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice at the University of Otago, Wellington, and serves as Director of the Centre for Interprofessional Education within the Division of Health Sciences. A registered nurse holding a Master of Arts, she leads the delivery of interprofessional education programmes, including rural immersion initiatives at Tairāwhiti and Te Tai Poutini. Her research focuses on interprofessional education, encompassing international collaborative studies funded by the Swedish Research Council involving Sweden, Norway, Australia, and New Zealand. Additional areas include diabetes prevention and management through primary health care and community initiatives, new models of primary health care such as extended primary care pharmacy roles in an Health Research Council-funded study, youth health care with emphasis on sexual and reproductive health, and arthritis care originating in pharmacy settings. McKinlay was promoted to Professor in February 2025 alongside other primary health care academics and delivered her Inaugural Professorial Lecture titled 'Growing great teams' in September 2025. She also holds the role of WITI Convenor.

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