Chris Paton

Chris Paton

CEO New Media Medicine Ltd, e-Learning Development for Healthcare. Lecturer in Health Informatics, Otago University

New Zealand

Current
  • Lecturer in Health Informatics at Otago University
  • Founder and CEO at New Media Medicine Ltd
Past
  • Clinical Fellow, Orthopaedics at York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Anatomy Demonstrator at Cambridge University
  • Anatomy Tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge University
  • Surgical RMO at West Suffolk Hospital
  • House Surgeon, Plastic Surgery and Orthopaedics at Capital & Coast District Health Board
  • Pre-Registration House Officer (Gen. Surgery, Urology, Gen. Medicine, Endocrinology) at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Education
  • University of Otago
  • University of Nottingham
Connections
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Industry
Hospital & Health Care
Websites

Chris Paton’s Summary

I divide my time between lecturing in Health Informatics at the University of Otago and running New Media Medicine Ltd, a medical e-learning development company based in the Centre for Innovation at the University of Otago.

New Media Medicine creates interactive e-Learning courses for the Healthcare industry. We specialise in:

- Online Communities (we operate an online medical community with 35,000 members)
- 3D Animation
- Flash Animation
- Online Learning Content Mangement Systems
- Web Design and Database Programming

Chris Paton’s Specialties:

Health Informatics - Electronic Health Records, Mobile Computing (PDAs, Tablets, MCAs), Healthcare e-Learning

Web Development - Web 2.0, Virtual Communities, e-Learning, Flash Development


Chris Paton’s Experience

  • Lecturer in Health Informatics

    Otago University

    (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

    July 2006Present (1 year 11 months)

    I teach on a the Health Informatics Post Graduate Diploma and I am co-ordinating a new paper on Web 2.0 and Online Communities.

  • Founder and CEO

    New Media Medicine Ltd

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    February 2004Present (4 years 4 months)

    New Media Medicine is both a popular destination for medical professionals (www.newmediamedicine.com) and a medical web design and e-learning development company.

    We offer e-detailing, medical animation and e-learning course development to outside companies and we are developing our own network and e-learning portfolio for health professionals.

    Our portal for healthcare professionals has over 35,000 registered members and 1 million page views and 100,000 unique visitors per month.

  • Clinical Fellow, Orthopaedics

    York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

    August 2003February 2004 (7 months)

  • Anatomy Demonstrator

    Cambridge University

    (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)

    August 2002August 2003 (1 year 1 month)

  • Anatomy Tutor

    Trinity College, Cambridge University

    (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)

    February 2003August 2003 (7 months)

  • Surgical RMO

    West Suffolk Hospital

    (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

    August 2002February 2003 (7 months)

  • House Surgeon, Plastic Surgery and Orthopaedics

    Capital & Coast District Health Board

    (Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

    August 2001March 2002 (8 months)

  • Pre-Registration House Officer (Gen. Surgery, Urology, Gen. Medicine, Endocrinology)

    Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

    (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

    August 2000August 2001 (1 year 1 month)


Chris Paton’s Education

  • University of Otago

    PhD, Health Informatics, 20072010 (expected)

  • University of Nottingham

    BMBS BMedSci, Medicine, 19952000


Additional Information

Chris Paton’s Websites:

Chris Paton’s Interests:

web 2.0, e-learning, emr, ehr, pdas, health informatics, flash, .net, php, mysql, ajax,

Chris Paton’s Groups:

Royal Society of Medicine, American Medical Informatics Association, Health Informatics New Zealand, IMIA, MEDNET 2006, IMIA Web 2.0 Taskforce

  •    Healthcare & ICT member
  •    iPhone Developers member
  •    Healthcare Bloggers member

Chris Paton’s Honors:

Medical Futures 2001 Sunday Times Commendation for Non-Medical Invention for the invention of an innovative learning aid for students.


Chris Paton’s Contact Settings

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  • new ventures
  • job inquiries
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