Rate My Professor Mandy McCulloch

Mandy McCulloch is a Clinical Educator in the School of Physiotherapy, part of the Faculty of Health Professional Programmes within the Health Sciences Division at the University of Otago. Based in Timaru, she supports the clinical education of undergraduate physiotherapy students across South Island locations. Official university directories list her as Dr Mandy McCulloch, and she holds a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT). Earlier in her career at the University of Otago, she served as a Professional Practice Fellow in the School of Physiotherapy, Dunedin campus. Her professional email address is mandy.mcculloch@otago.ac.nz.

McCulloch's research specializations center on rehabilitation physiotherapy, with a focus on stroke self-management programmes, clinical reasoning education, person- and whanau-centred care, and related clinical practices. She has co-authored several articles in the New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy. Notable publications include 'Implementing and Evaluating the Bridges Stroke Self-Management Programme' by Hale et al., which presents a process evaluation of the Bridges intervention tailored for New Zealand stroke survivors. She contributed to 'Developing the Bridges self-management programme for New Zealand stroke survivors: A case study,' detailing the programme's development through semi-structured interviews and iterative design. Other key works are 'Attitudes of healthcare professionals towards self-management in stroke rehabilitation' (Taylor et al., 2019), exploring professional perspectives on self-management integration. More recent contributions encompass 'It Is “All About Relationships” in Lifestyle Programmes for Adults Living With Type Two Diabetes Underpinned by a Person/Whanau-Centred Care Approach' (2022), emphasizing relational aspects in diabetes management; 'Recognising the silent squeeze: Why physiotherapists should screen for female genital pain' (Hale et al., 2026), advocating for routine screening; 'Is your ethnicity data up to standard?' (2025), addressing data quality in physiotherapy; and '“I'm sorry, I can't. I feel the tears coming on already”: The lived experiences of people with rotator cuff pain participating in a lived experience sharing group' (Watene et al., 2025), examining patient experiences in group settings. Additionally, she co-authored on morphological comparisons of paretic and non-paretic knees in stroke patients and facilitators to physical activity for Pacific peoples. Through these efforts, McCulloch has supported advancements in patient-centered rehabilitation and educational frameworks in physiotherapy.