Rate My Professor Rachel Tester

Tester manages several key projects, including HPA-funded Like Minds, Like Mine anti-stigma and discrimination education programmes for healthcare professionals such as medical students and psychiatric registrars, and for New Zealand Police. She is currently project managing the Health Research Council-funded Enabling Supported Decision Making: Mental Health Advance Preference Statements (MAPS) initiative at pilot sites in Te Whatu Ora Waikato and Lakes. Her research aims to promote recovery-oriented services to improve health outcomes for people experiencing mental distress. Notable publications include 'Young People Talk About Digital Support for Mental Health: A Qualitative Study' (2024, Health Expectations), 'Therapist Voices on a Youth Mental Health Pilot: Implementation Learnings' (2023, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health), 'A Longitudinal Study of Interactions Between Health Professionals and People with Newly Diagnosed Diabetes' (2018, Annals of Family Medicine), 'Nurse-patient communication in primary care diabetes management: An exploratory study' (2013, BMC Nursing), 'Challenges to alcohol and other drug discussions in the general practice consultation' (2012, Family Practice), and 'Demystifying addiction through personal stories: An online educational resource' (2013, Ako Aotearoa). She has co-authored studies on topics including police mental health training, family health history discussions, and end-of-life care practices.