Chris Paton

Chris Paton

Research Fellow at University of Auckland

New Zealand

Current
Past
  • Lecturer in Health Informatics at Otago University
  • 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
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Hospital & Health Care
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Chris Paton’s Summary

I trained as a doctor at Nottingham University in the UK. I've worked for the NHS, Cambridge University, Otago University and I'm currently a Research Fellow at the National Institute for Health Innovation at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

My current research projects include:

- electronic drug adherence monitoring
- evaluation of clinical decision support systems
- adoption of HL7, CEN 13606 and openEHR standards
- electronic Case-Based Learning
- social networking and public health informatics

I also founded a medical e-learning development company called New Media Medicine Ltd. NMM Ltd create high quality 3D anatomical and biomedical animations and interactive Flash learning modules for healthcare workers. We also operate a social networking website for doctors and medical students with 56,000 members.

Chris Paton’s Specialties:

Health Informatics - Electronic Health Records, Mobile Computing (Smartphones, PDAs, Tablets, MCAs), Healthcare e-Learning, HL7, Personal Health Records

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


Chris Paton’s Experience

  • Research Fellow

    University of Auckland

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

    July 2008Present (1 year 1 month)

    I'm a Research Fellow at the National Institute for Health Innovation at the University of Auckland in New Zealand.

  • Owner

    New Media Medicine Ltd

    (Internet industry)

    February 2004Present (5 years 6 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 56,000 registered members and 1 million page views and 100,000 unique visitors per month.

  • Lecturer in Health Informatics

    Otago University

    (Higher Education industry)

    July 2006July 2008 (2 years 1 month)

    I taughton a the Health Informatics Post Graduate Diploma and co-ordinated a new paper on Web 2.0 and Online Communities.

  • 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


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Chris Paton’s Interests:

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

Chris Paton’s Honors:

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


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