Rate My Professor Maira Patu

Patu plays a pivotal role in medical education, leading the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of the Hauora Māori curriculum at the University of Otago, Christchurch. As Hauora Māori 4th-year Convenor, she is a member of the Hauora Māori Curriculum Sub-committee of the MBChB Curriculum Committee and contributes to postgraduate short courses on the Hui Process and Meihana Model. Her pedagogical approach emphasizes simulation-based learning informed by local Māori patient experiences to promote transformative clinical practice. In research, she has co-authored key publications such as "Introducing the Hauora Māori Equity Toolkit for Specialist Healthcare Services (HMET-SHS)" in the New Zealand Medical Journal (2025), "Te hāpai i te mana wāhine, te takahi i te mana wāhine: Māori women's experiences of empowerment and disempowerment in sexual and reproductive healthcare" and "He mana tō te mātauranga - Knowledge is power: A qualitative study of sexual and reproductive healthcare experiences of wāhine Māori" both in the Journal of Primary Health Care (2025), "Community spirometry reaching equality not equity in Waitaha/Canterbury" (2025), and "Australian and New Zealand Living Guideline cholesterol-lowering therapy for people with chronic kidney disease" in Nephrology (2024). These contributions highlight her influence on equitable healthcare practices and curriculum innovation in indigenous health.