Overview
Background
Katharine is Mayne Professor and Head of the Mayne Academy of General Practice and Head of the General Practice Clinical Unit at the University of Queensland Medical School. Katharine is a clinically active general practitioner and Fellow of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine.
As a GP and researcher, Katharine is committed to translating evidence into practice and developing the evidence base for high-quality primary health care. Katharine’s main research interest is in safer prescribing in general practice to improve outcomes for patients. She co-leads the RELEASE (Redressing long-term antidepressant use) program of research.
Katharine’s career began with a degree in Medicine followed by a Master’s in Bioethics and Health Law, and then, bringing the skillsets together, a PhD focussed on patient safety in primary care.
Availability
- Professor Katharine Wallis is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and Medical Science, University of Otago
- Postgraduate Diploma in Obstetrics, University of Otago
- Masters (Coursework) of Bioethics, University of Otago
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Otago
Research interests
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Safer prescribing in general practice
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Redressing long-term use of antidepressants to improve patient outcomes
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Older driver medical assessment in general practice
Works
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2016
Journal Article
Master of Primary Health Care degree: who wants it and why?
Andrews, Abby, Wallis, Katharine A. and Goodyear-Smith, Felicity (2016). Master of Primary Health Care degree: who wants it and why?. Journal of Primary Health Care, 8 (2), 106-114. doi: 10.1071/HC15026
2016
Conference Publication
Patient harms in New Zealand primary care: Records review study protocol
Wallis, K. A. and Dovey, S. (2016). Patient harms in New Zealand primary care: Records review study protocol. In: Australasian Association of Academic Primary Care, Colorado Springs, CO, United States, (). 15-18 November 2016.
2016
Conference Publication
Swimming against the tide: barriers and enablers to deprescribing in everyday practice
Wallis, K. A. (2016). Swimming against the tide: barriers and enablers to deprescribing in everyday practice. In: North American Primary Care Research Group, Colorado Springs, CO, United States, (). 15-18 November 2016.
2016
Conference Publication
The ethics of sharing: What concerns under pin practitioner decisions about what to document in shared electronic records and how should they be resolved?
Cairns, I., Jonas, M. and Wallis, K. A. (2016). The ethics of sharing: What concerns under pin practitioner decisions about what to document in shared electronic records and how should they be resolved?. In: Privacy Research Symposium, Auckland, New Zealand, (). 13 December 2016.
2015
Journal Article
Learning from no-fault treatment injury claims to improve the safety of older patients
Wallis, Katharine Ann (2015). Learning from no-fault treatment injury claims to improve the safety of older patients. Annals of Family Medicine, 13 (5), 472-474. doi: 10.1370/afm.1810
2015
Journal Article
No medicine is sometimes the best medicine
Wallis, Katharine Ann (2015). No medicine is sometimes the best medicine. BMJ Case Reports, 2015 (may14 1) 207152, bcr2014207152-bcr2014207152. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-207152
2015
Journal Article
Back to Back: General practitioners should allow use of anonymised patient records for research: No
Wallis, Katharine (2015). Back to Back: General practitioners should allow use of anonymised patient records for research: No. Journal of Primary Health Care, 7 (3), 253-255. doi: 10.1071/hc15253
2015
Journal Article
Ethics: Ageing is not for the faint-hearted: are we making it worse? Polypharmacy-related harm in the elderly
Wallis, Katharine (2015). Ethics: Ageing is not for the faint-hearted: are we making it worse? Polypharmacy-related harm in the elderly. Journal of Primary Health Care, 7 (2), 167-169. doi: 10.1071/hc15167
2014
Journal Article
Herpes zoster: when do patients present and who gets antiviral treatment?
Wallis, Katharine, Hood, Lynley and Rao, Kavita (2014). Herpes zoster: when do patients present and who gets antiviral treatment?. Journal of Primary Health Care, 6 (2), 108-113. doi: 10.1071/hc14108
2014
Journal Article
Ethics: Regular practice review: promised joy or naught but grief and pain?
Wallis, Katharine (2014). Ethics: Regular practice review: promised joy or naught but grief and pain?. Journal of Primary Health Care, 6 (2), 165-168. doi: 10.1071/hc14165
2013
Journal Article
Global research priorities to better understand the burden of iatrogenic harm in primary care: an international delphi exercise
Cresswell, Kathrin M., Panesar, Sukhmeet S., Salvilla, Sarah A., Carson-Stevens, Andrew, Larizgoitia, Itziar, Donaldson, Liam J., Bates, David, Sheikh, Aziz, Aibar, Carlos, Al-Bulushi, Hamad, Al-Mudaf, Buthaina, Aljadhey, Hisham, Amin, Fawzi, Avery, Anthony, Barker, Pierre, Brami, Jean, Chikobvu, Perpetual, Esmail, Aneez, Hickner, John, Houston, Neil, Khoja, Tawfik, Langelaan, Maaike, Letaief, Mondher, Liu, Chaojie, Madhok, Rajan, Makeham, Meredith, Michel, Philippe, Neyaz, Yakoub, Herault, Ludovic Reveiz ... on behalf of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Safer Primary Care Expert Working Group (2013). Global research priorities to better understand the burden of iatrogenic harm in primary care: an international delphi exercise. PLoS Medicine, 10 (11) e1001554, e1001554. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001554
2013
Journal Article
Professional accountability of doctors in New Zealand
Wallis, Katharine (2013). Professional accountability of doctors in New Zealand. Journal of Primary Health Care, 5 (2), 165-169. doi: 10.1071/HC13165
2013
Journal Article
New Zealand's 2005 'no-fault' compensation reforms and medical professional accountability for harm
Wallis, Katharine (2013). New Zealand's 2005 'no-fault' compensation reforms and medical professional accountability for harm. New Zealand Medical Journal, 126 (1371), 33-44.
2012
Journal Article
'Woe is me!': New Zealand's non-punitive regulatory environment
Wallis, Katharine (2012). 'Woe is me!': New Zealand's non-punitive regulatory environment. Journal of Primary Health Care, 4 (1), 73-76. doi: 10.1071/HC12073
2011
Journal Article
Incident reporting in primary care: epidemiology or culture change?
Dovey, Susan M. and Wallis, Katharine A. (2011). Incident reporting in primary care: epidemiology or culture change?. BMJ Quality and Safety, 20 (12), 1001-1003. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000465
2011
Journal Article
No-fault compensation for treatment injury in New Zealand: identifying threats to patient safety in primary care
Wallis, Katharine and Dovey, Susan (2011). No-fault compensation for treatment injury in New Zealand: identifying threats to patient safety in primary care. BMJ Quality and Safety, 20 (7), 587-591. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs.2010.047696
2011
Journal Article
Assessing patient safety culture in New Zealand primary care: a pilot study using a modified Manchester Patient Safety Framework in Dunedin general practices
Wallis, Katharine and Dovey, Susan (2011). Assessing patient safety culture in New Zealand primary care: a pilot study using a modified Manchester Patient Safety Framework in Dunedin general practices. Journal of Primary Health Care, 3 (1), 35-40. doi: 10.1071/HC11035
2009
Journal Article
Ethics: Uncertainty, fear and whistling happy tunes
Wallis, Katharine (2009). Ethics: Uncertainty, fear and whistling happy tunes. Journal of Primary Health Care, 1 (1), 71-73. doi: 10.1071/hc09071
2008
Journal Article
Severe vitamin D deficiency presenting as hypocalcaemic seizures in a black infant at 45.5 degrees south: A case report
Wallis, Katharine (2008). Severe vitamin D deficiency presenting as hypocalcaemic seizures in a black infant at 45.5 degrees south: A case report. Cases Journal, 1 (1) 12. doi: 10.1186/1757-1626-1-12
2008
Journal Article
Response [4]
Wallis, Katharine (2008). Response [4]. New Zealand Medical Journal, 121 (1268).
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Supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Exploring the complex relationships between pre-existing conditions and cancer diagnosis in an ageing population
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