Simulation based training

Chris Paton's work around the LIFE project offers simulation based training in low income countries and is aimed at saving lives through innovative use of smartphones and mobile devices.

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Global health informatics

In a learning health system, health care providers use electronic health records to identify problems, implement local solutions and check if the solutions are effective. Health informatics, or the use of IT in healthcare, needs to find innovative solutions for low income settings, such as the use of open-source softwares and mobile technology. This approach has been used to deliver training to rural healthcare workers in Kenya.

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I'm an Honorary Visiting Scientist with the Health Systems Collaborative and an Associate Professor at the Liggins Institute and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Auckland. I'm the founding Editor in Chief of BMJ Digital Health & AI and a Fellow of the British Computer Society (BCS). 

I trained in medicine in the UK and worked in the NHS and the NZ healthcare system before entering academia. I received my DPhil in Clinical Medicine from the University of Oxford on the topic of improving the usability of digital health technologies and completed an Executive MBA from the University of Auckland in 2011.

My current research interests include investigating the adoption of AI technologies for clinical decision support, using mathematical modelling for human-computer interaction research, and 3D simulation for health services research and healthcare worker training.

I've recently published articles about "Artificial Intelligences (AI) for Medical Students", "Understanding research on artificial intelligence in healthcare" and "Open Source Digital Health Technologies". I have also published open access online textbooks on Usability, Linux and Digital Health.