Rate My Professor Katherine Orme

Dr. Katherine Orme is a Senior Professional Practice Fellow at the Centre for Rural Health, University of Otago, within the Faculty of Medicine, Health Sciences Division. She co-convenes the GENA728 paper, Cardiorespiratory Medicine in Rural Settings, offered through the Rural Postgraduate Programme. This 30-point paper (0.25 EFTS) targets students in PGCertRCP, PGDipGP, PGDipPHC, and PGDipRCP programmes. Delivery involves distance learning with up to eight 1.5-hour videoconferences, remote teaching, and a required six-day residential study period in Dunedin. The paper equips students with knowledge of managing cardiology and respiratory problems in rural hospital environments, fostering graduate attributes including lifelong learning, cultural understanding, ethics, and information literacy.