Rate My Professor Katharina Blattner

Her research specializations encompass rural and remote health, with interests in improving the quality of health services and access for rural remote communities, continuing education and vocational training for rural remote-based health professionals, enhancing academic support for postgraduate students and faculty at geographical distance from the main campus, and qualitative research. She is Associate Editor of the Rural and Remote Health journal and a member of Hauora Taiwhenua Rural Health Network. Key publications include "What makes for a stable senior rural hospital medical workforce? A qualitative case study" (Clay, Stokes, & Blattner, Australian Journal of Rural Health, 2025); "Rural hospital contributions to community health: Community perspectives from a New Zealand rural hospital" (Ram, Carlisle, Larkins, & Blattner, Journal of Primary Health Care, 2024); "The place of rural hospitals in New Zealand's health system: an exploratory qualitative study" (Blattner et al., 2023); and conference presentations such as "He Aroka Uratā: What can we learn from factors underpinning the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination programme and pandemic response in different rural communities" (RNZCGP Conference, 2024). Her contributions advance rural health service delivery, workforce development, and education in New Zealand and the Pacific.