My main Research interests are integrative health care, especially aromatic medicine and massage therapy. This evolved from earlier interest in pain management and intensive care psychosis. I have recently explored the chemical diversity of kanuka and manuka essential oils and raising the benefits of understanding this within a clinical/therapeutic context. This recent work has followed on from doctoral studies where I conducted the first clinical trial evaluating the use of manuka and kanuka oil to reduce the side effects from radiation treatment for cancer of the head and neck area.
The second main area I am interested in how military medicine is taught and knowledge retained and applied to different contexts to optimise learning. I am currently exploring the way airway management is taught for use within a tactical setting by non medically trained personnel.
most recently conducted a qualitative study on how reflective practice was used as an assessment tool by NZDF medics.
