Chris Paton

Current

Research Fellow at University of Auckland
Owner at New Media Medicine Ltd

Past

Lecturer in Health Informatics at Otago University
Clinical Fellow, Orthopaedics at York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Anatomy Tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge University

Anatomy Demonstrator at 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 Auckland
University of Nottingham

Recommended

2 people have recommended Chris

Connections

200 connections

Industry

Hospital & Health Care

Websites

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 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

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 2004 — Present (6 years )

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 2006 — July 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 2003 — February 2004 (7 months)
Anatomy Tutor

Trinity College, Cambridge University

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

February 2003 — August 2003 (7 months)
Anatomy Demonstrator

Cambridge University

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

August 2002 — August 2003 (1 year 1 month)
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)