University of Otago Christchurch School of Medicine

The University of Otago, Christchurch, formerly Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, in Christchurch, New Zealand, is one of three medical schools that make up the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Otago. It is based primarily at Christchurch Hospital, in Christchurch Central City, and works in partnership with the Canterbury District Health Board. All Otago University medical students who gain entry after a first year "Health Sciences" program, or who gain graduate entry spend their second and third years studying at the Dunedin School of Medicine. In their fourth and fifth years, medical students can either continue to study in Dunedin, or at the Christchurch or Wellington Schools of Medicine.

History

Starting in 1924, students could complete their last year of training at hospitals in either Auckland, Christchurch, or Wellington as well as Dunedin. In 1938, branch faculties were established in Christchurch, Auckland, and Wellington. The Christchurch branch faculty became a "clinical" school in 1973, the forerunner to the Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Departments

The Christchurch School of Medicine is structured into thirteen academic departments:

• Anaesthesia
• Biostatistics
• Postgraduate Nursing Studies
• Medicine
• Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Medicine
• Paediatrics
• Pathology
• Psychological Medicine
• Public Health and General Practice
• Radiology
• Surgery
• Maori/Indigenous Health Institute (MIHI)

Additional disciplines are taught in Dunedin and Wellington.

External links

• Faculty of Medicine (includes Christchurch, Dunedin, and Wellington
• Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Coordinates: 43°32′04″S 172°37′33″E / 43.5344°S 172.6259°E / -43.5344; 172.6259