Rate My Professor Wendy Finnie

Wendy Finnie is a Clinical Lecturer in the Department of Primary Health Care (Dunedin) and Director of Clinician-Performed Ultrasound at the Centre for Rural Health, University of Otago, Faculty of Medicine. She holds professional qualifications RDMS, ASCT, and NZCS. In her academic roles, Finnie convenes GENA 717 CPU Echocardiography and co-convenes GENA 718 Generalist Medical Ultrasound, teaching ultrasound skills to undergraduate medical students and postgraduate clinicians. She practices as an Echocardiographer in Otago and leads ultrasound training programmes recognized as providers for the Certificate in Clinician Performed Ultrasound. Her work supports rural health practitioners through education and quality assurance in ultrasound applications.

Finnie's research specializations centre on point-of-care ultrasound in rural New Zealand. Key publications include Nixon, G., Blattner, K., Finnie, W., Lawrenson, R., & Kerse, N. (2019). 'Use of point-of-care ultrasound for the assessment of intravascular volume in five rural New Zealand hospitals', Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine, 24(4), 109-114; Nixon, G., Blattner, K., Koroheke-Rogers, M., Muirhead, J., Finnie, W., Lawrenson, R., & Kerse, N. (2018). 'Point-of-care ultrasound in rural New Zealand: Safety, quality and impact on patient management', Australian Journal of Rural Health, 26(5), 342-349; Nixon, G., Blattner, K., Muirhead, J., Finnie, W., Lawrenson, R., & Kerse, N. (2018). 'Scope of point-of-care ultrasound practice in rural New Zealand', Journal of Primary Health Care, 10(3), 224-236. She presented 'What's with cardiac physiology' at the Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine New Zealand Branch Annual Scientific Meeting in 2014. For her contributions to ultrasound teaching, Finnie received an Honorary Fellowship from The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners in 2020.