Chris Paton

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

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Education

• University of Otago
• University of Nottingham

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Hospital & Health Care

Websites

• Chris Paton's Blog
• New Media Medicine Ltd
• Health Informatics at Otago

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 2006 — Present (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 2004 — Present (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 2003 — February 2004 (7 months)

• Anatomy Demonstrator

  Cambridge University

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

  August 2002 — August 2003 (1 year 1 month)

• Anatomy Tutor

  Trinity College, Cambridge University

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

  February 2003 — August 2003 (7 months)

• Surgical RMO

  West Suffolk Hospital

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

  August 2002 — February 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 2001 — March 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 2000 — August 2001 (1 year 1 month)

Chris Paton’s Education

• University of Otago

  PhD, Health Informatics, 2007 — 2010 (expected)

• University of Nottingham

  BMBS BMedSci, Medicine, 1995 — 2000

Additional Information

Chris Paton’s Websites:

• Chris Paton's Blog
• New Media Medicine Ltd
• Health Informatics at Otago

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

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch