Timeline of Key Events

1977

Donation of $250,000

On 9 August, Douglas Goodfellow donated $250,000 to the University of Auckland at the 50th anniversary celebration of Amalgamated Dairies Ltd.

1978

Goodfellow Director advertised

In January, the University Council started to advertise the position of the Sir William Goodfellow Director of Continuing Medical Education in General Practice.

1978

Phil Barham becomes Director

Phil Barham becomes Director

Dr Phil Barham becomes the Sir William Goodfellow Director of Continuing Medical Education in General Practice within the Department of Graduate Studies.

1979

NZ Educational Resource

NZ Educational Resource

Dr Barham established the New Zealand Educational Resource, which enabled GPs to borrow videos, audio cassettes, and books from the Philson Library at the University of Auckland via mail delivery. In 1982, the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners made a successful grant application to the New Zealand Medical Education Trust for $60,000 to develop the resource over a three-year period.

1980

Secretary and researcher appointed

Secretary and researcher appointed

In April, Ina Hamilton was appointed as the first secretary of the Goodfellow Unit. In August, funding from the Sir William Goodfellow Trust and the Medical Education Trust enabled Dr Barham to employ John Benseman, a qualified teacher with expertise in adult education, as a full-time researcher until 1983.

1982

Journal Review Service launched

Research Assistant Mary Hepple established the Journal Review Service.

1984

New videos and audio cassettes

Funding from Merck Sharpe & Dohme (NZ) Ltd, the Butland Trust, and the New Zealand Medical Education Trust enabled the Goodfellow Unit to produce educational videos and audio cassettes for use at the short courses.

1987

Unit transferred to the Dept. of General Practice

In December, the Goodfellow Unit was transferred from the Division of Postgraduate Affairs in the School of Medicine to the newly formed Department of General Practice.

1989

Financial discussions

The new Dean of Medicine Derek North stated that increasing demands for more staff meant the School of Medicine could only cover 2/10ths of the Director’s salary. The Unit had to generate enough income to cover staff salaries if it was to continue beyond 1993.

1989

Moves towards self-sufficiency

In November, the Postgraduate Medical Committee moved to establish a Postgraduate Society Goodfellow Trust ‘for the permanent support of the Goodfellow Unit for Continuing Medical Education in General Practice in the School of Medicine’. The Committee hoped to assist the Goodfellow Unit to become self-sufficient by 1993.

1991

Goodfellow Trust launched

In January, the Postgraduate Medical Committee established the Postgraduate Society Goodfellow Trust under the Charitable Trusts Act 1957. The name changed to the Goodfellow Foundation in 1992.

1992

Formal recognition within UoA

In February, The University of Auckland Vice Chancellor Colin Maiden accepted formal proposals to incorporate specific recognition of the Goodfellow Unit as an entity within the Department of General Practice.

1993

Unit becomes independent

The Postgraduate Society Goodfellow Foundation became responsible for funding the salaries of the Director and support staff in the Goodfellow Unit.

1994

Bruce Goodfellow joins the Board

Bruce Goodfellow joins the Board

In February, Dr Bruce Goodfellow joined the board of the Goodfellow Foundation as both an individual member and occasionally as a representative for his father, Douglas Goodfellow. Bruce pictured with Selena Armstrong, the general manager of the Goodfellow Unit from 2014-17.

1995

Distance learning

Distance learning

 The Goodfellow Unit offered diploma papers in community emergency medicine, sports medicine, and geriatric medicine by distance for the first time.

1995

TADS contract

TADS contract

The Goodfellow Unit won a funding bid from the Regional Health Authorities to run the Tobacco, Alcohol and Other Drugs brief intervention training project.

1997

IMAC launched

IMAC launched

Dr Nikki Turner and colleagues launched The Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC).

1998

Ross McCormick becomes acting Director

Dr Phil Barham, the inaugural Director of the Goodfellow Unit, retired. In April, Associate Professor Ross McCormick was appointed as Acting Director of the Goodfellow Unit. He became the Goodfellow Chair and Director in 1999.

2000

Relocation

The Goodfellow Unit was relocated to Griffin House.

2000

Opioid training contract

The Goodfellow Unit gained a contract on opioid training to be led by Dr Annette Gohns.

2003

25 years

In December, the Goodfellow Unit’s 25th anniversary celebration took place at Old Government House in Auckland.

2004

Review

From January 12-14, Professor Peter Harris from the School of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of New South Wales conducted a review of the Goodfellow Unit. Among the recommendations, Harris advised the Unit to enhance collaboration with the Schools of Nursing and Pharmacy.

2004

Goodfellow moves to Tamaki Campus

On 20 February, the Goodfellow Unit was relocated to the University of Auckland Tamaki Campus.

2005

Visitor Speaker Programme launched

Visitor Speaker Programme launched

The Goodfellow Unit established the GFU-Mercy Hospice Auckland Visiting Speaker Programme, which was a collaborative effort between the Goodfellow Unit, the School of Nursing, and Mercy Hospice in Auckland. This programme brought six international experts to New Zealand, specialising in palliative care, spirituality, and loss and grief.

2006

First Symposium

The first Goodfellow Unit Symposium took place.

2007

30 years

The Goodfellow Unit celebrated its 30th anniversary.

2008

Peter Huggard becomes Director

Dr Peter Huggard was appointed as Director of the Goodfellow Unit.

2008

ACC contract

ACC commissioned the Goodfellow Unit to conduct a trial of web-based case studies and formative quizzes for GPs. In October, the Goodfellow Unit launched the first of five ACC case studies and quizzes for GPs on the Goodfellow Club website. GPs received one CME point per hour and a certificate upon completing the quiz.

2010

Felicity Goodyear-Smith becomes Chair

Dr Felicity Goodyear-Smith was appointed as the Goodfellow Chair of General Practice.

2010

AMPA attend the Goodfellow Symposium

AMPA attend the Goodfellow Symposium

For the first time, members of the Accident and Medical Practitioners Association joined GPs, nurses and pharmacists at the Goodfellow Symposium at the Langham Hotel in Auckland.

2011

Memorandum of Agreement

The Learning Technology Unit and the Goodfellow Unit negotiated a Memorandum of Agreement. The agreement provided the Goodfellow Unit with a new e-learning platform and 24-hour support.

2012

Goodfellow Learning launched

In September, the Goodfellow Unit launched its new website: Goodfellow Learning. Staff transferred the Goodfellow Club to the new site and launched the first learning modules on sleep disorders and children’s food allergies.

2012

Campbell Maclaurin becomes honorary fellow of RNZCGP

Dr Phil Barham, the inaugural Director of the Goodfellow Unit, passed away on 1 September. Before his death, he had nominated Dr Campbell Maclaurin to receive an honorary fellowship to the RNZCGP. Dr Maclaurin received the fellowship during a ceremony at the Conference for General Practice on 21 September.

2014

Bruce Arroll becomes Director

Bruce Arroll becomes Director

Dr Bruce Arroll (pictured right, beside Dr Bruce Goodfellow) becomes the Director of Goodfellow Unit.

2015

Goodfellow Gems

Dr Bruce Arroll launched the ‘Goodfellow Gems’. By mid-2017, the Goodfellow Gems had a mailing list of nearly 9,500 recipients and featured in the in NZ Doctor, Research Review, and on the World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Associations of General Practitioners/Family Physicians website.  Goodfellow Unit staff launched the Goodfellow podcast at the Symposium.

2016

Red Rash Made Easy

Red Rash Made Easy

The Goodfellow Unit launched the first webinar titled, ‘Red Rash Made Easy’.

 

2016

Pharmac contract

In July, the Goodfellow Unit began its 2-year contract with Pharmac. This contract involved producing educational videos, webinars, podcasts and Gems.

2016

YouTube channel launched

In August, the Goodfellow Unit created a YouTube channel which features recorded presentations at Symposiums, webinars, and Medtalks.

2018

40 years

40 years

In May, the Goodfellow Unit celebrated its 40th anniversary at the University of Auckland Tamaki Campus.