Rate My Professor Jane Millichamp

Dr Jane Millichamp is a Senior Professional Practice Fellow in the Department of Oral Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Otago. As a Registered Psychologist, she earned her BA, MA, and PhD from the University of Canterbury. Her career at the University of Otago spans contributions to both the Faculty of Dentistry and the Faculty of Medicine, particularly within the Education Unit of the Dunedin School of Medicine, where she has been involved in teaching and research since at least 2008 as noted in university calendars.

Her main academic focus is behavioural psychology, explicitly covering behaviour therapy, children's issues, rehabilitation, psychological interventions for childhood disorders, acquired brain injury and rehabilitation of individuals with acquired brain injury, parental disciplinary methods, family violence, and psychological treatments for behavioural and psychological disorders. Additional research interests include generalised anxiety disorder in children and adolescents, communication skills development in medical and dental students, gene-environment interactions in anxiety disorders, domestic violence witnessed by children, parental disciplinary measures, and behavioral interventions for individuals with intellectual disabilities, such as play skills, self-injurious behavior, and medication effects. Key publications include Gale, C. K., & Millichamp, J. (2013). Generalized anxiety disorder. American Family Physician, 87(2), 122-124; Gale, C. K., & Millichamp, J. (2011). Generalised anxiety disorder. Clinical Evidence, 10, 1002; Gale, C. K., & Millichamp, J. (2012). Generalised anxiety disorder in Clinical evidence handbook; Hannah, A., et al. (2004). A Communication Skills Course for Undergraduate Dental Students; Millichamp, J., et al. (2006). Domestic violence as witnessed by New Zealand children; Fergusson, D. M., et al. (2008). Gene-environment interaction and the anxiety disorders; Singh, N. N., et al. (1985). Pharmacological treatment of self-injurious behavior in mentally retarded persons. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 15, 257-267. Her publications have accumulated 439 citations. In teaching, she oversees 'communicating in challenging situations' and pilots tools like online video annotation for self-reflection in medical students.