Rate My Professor Scott Pearson

Scott Pearson is an Emergency Medicine Specialist, FACEM, MBChB, working at Christchurch Hospital Emergency Department, Te Whatu Ora – Waitaha Canterbury. He maintains an academic affiliation with the University of Otago, Christchurch, where he serves as a Clinical Lecturer. His research contributions focus on emergency care pathways, sepsis management, and emergency department presentations.

Pearson has co-authored multiple peer-reviewed articles. In 'Presentation, Treatment and Long-Term Outcomes of a Multidisciplinary Acute Atrial Fibrillation Pathway: A 12-Month Follow-Up Study' (Heart, Lung & Circulation, Vol. 31(2), pp. 216-223, 2022), he collaborated with researchers including I.S. Al-Busaidi, John Lainchbury, Martin Than, and Richard W. Troughton to evaluate outcomes for atrial fibrillation/flutter patients presenting to Christchurch Hospital over 12 months. Another publication, 'Pre-hospital, pre-antibiotic blood cultures for patients with suspected sepsis' (2024), co-authored with Aileen Harwood, Julia Howard, Nicole Jones, Rosie Greenlees, Charlotte Broms, and Sharon J. Gardiner, examined blood culture practices. In 'Evaluation of a virtual emergency care service to avoid unnecessary emergency department presentations and provide specialist-led definitive care' (Emergency Medicine Australasia, 2025), with Laura R. Joyce, John W. Pickering, and Martin Than, the study assessed a specialist virtual consultation service approved by the University of Otago Ethics Committee. Additional works include contributions to studies on alcohol-related emergency department attendances after the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 (New Zealand Medical Journal, 2018) and the impact of trampoline parks on Christchurch Emergency Department presentations. Pearson previously served as a trustee of the Emergency Care Foundation and has provided expert commentary on alcohol's role in emergency department cases involving serious assaults.