VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Rural General Practitioner (GP)                                                                              Jan 2012 – present

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Senior Lecturer                                                                                                        Mar 2019 - present

General Practice and Primary Healthcare. School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, NZ.

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NZ Harkness Research Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice                   Sept 2017 – Aug 2018

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• Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA

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12 months maternity leave                                                              June – Dec 2013, Feb - Sept 2016

Te-Whanau-a-Apanui Community Health Centre, Te Kaha                                     Jan 2012 – present

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Whakatōhea Health Centre, Ōpōtiki                                                                        Jan 2013 – present
 

Church St Surgery, Ōpōtiki                                                                                            Jan – Dec 2012

Senior Resident Training

O&G SHO (PGY8) - Whakatane Hospital, BOPDHB, NZ                                   May 2011 – Dec 2011

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Rural Hospital Registrar (PGY8) - Whakatane Hospital, BOPDHB, NZ              Feb 2011 – May 2011

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Anaesthetic Registrar (PGY7) - Rotorua Hospital, LDHB, NZ                            Sept 2010 – Dec 2010

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Medical Registrar (PGY7) - Rotorua Hospital, LDHB, NZ                                           Mar – Sept 2010

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Rural GP Registrar (PGY6) - Akaroa & Kaikoura Health Centre, Canterbury, NZ        Feb – Dec 2009

• General Practice Education Programme: Full-time Stage 1 Registrar, Rural Placement

Medical Volunteer for Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctor’s Without Borders)

• Malnutrition Project, Burkina Faso                                                                           Jan - July 2008

• Outpatient clinic and Malnutrition child hospital in Ivory Coast                                Jan - July 2007

Junior Resident Training
Informal internship - University of Newcastle                                                                 Aug - Oct 2007

• Assisted with social marketing projects related to life-style related disorders

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SHO Locum Work                                                                                                        Sept - Dec 2007

• Runs available on request

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Registrar (PGY3) - Middlemore Hospital, CMDHB, NZ                                                 Mar - Dec 2006

• Emergency Department

Resident Medical Officer (PGY3)- Kawhia Medical Centre, Waikato, NZ             Dec 2005 - Feb 2006

• Post Graduate Rural General Practice Education Programme

Resident Medical Officer (PGY1/2) –  Nelson Hospital, NMDHB, NZ                  Nov 2003 - Nov 2005

• Rotations:  GenMed (6 months), Urology/Gyn, Psych, GenSurg, Paed (6 months)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, US:                                                  Sept 2017 -  Aug 2018

Department of Medicine, Division General Internal Medicine and Primary Care

• Conducted a descriptive study about how technology is used for care coordination in rural settings

Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, New Zealand                                        2002 
Department of General Practice (for BMedSci)

• Conducted a descriptive study of diabetes management and wrote a thesis

• Used Epi Info statistical software program

Australian National University, Canberra, Australia                                                      Oct - Dec 2000
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health

• Phone interviews with GP's and a review of literature 

National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, US:                                                       July - Sept. 1999
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke          

• Acquired laboratory skills to carry out neurological research on Gaucher's Disease                                  

Wellington School of Medicine, New Zealand                                                     Dec 1998 - Jan 1999
Department of Public Health

• Conducted interviews about perceptions on risks from mosquitoes

ACTIVE RESEARCH AND RELATED PROJECTS

• Gill E, Dykes P, Rudin RS, Storm M, McGrath K, Bates DW.  Technology-Facilitated Care Coordination in Rural Areas: What Is Needed?, Pending submission  to International Journal of Medical Informatics, June 2019.

• Storm, M, Fortuna, KL., Gill, E., Pincus, H,. Bruce, ML., & Bartels, SJ. Coordination of service for people with serious mental illness and chronic medical conditions. Exploring providers’ perspectives (working title). Planned submission to Psychiatric Services.

• Project lead for the Development of a Platform and Structure for a Toi Ora Practise Based Research Network (PBRN) that includes support for innovative quality improvement activities.  Contracted to Te Teo Herenga Waka (TTHW) Planning & Funding, Bay of Plenty District Health Board, Oct 2018 – July 2019.

• Member of Bay of Plenty (BOP) Rural Service Level Alliance Team and advisor to BOP Information Systems Group, Augt 2018 – present.

• Founding member New Zealand Informatics Network, Nov 2018 – present.

• Successful applicant and Lead for a Whakakotahi – primary care quality improvement challenge 2019 project entitled Building a sustainable Quality Improvement model for General Practice transformation at the Te Whānau ā Apanui Community Health Centre. 

• Collaboration with Dr. Ania Syrowatka, Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement. Ongoing Scoping Literature Review about Electronic Health Record tools to support Care Transitions including Primary Care.