Hamish Wilson is a GP and nearly retired Associate Professor at Otago Medical School, Dunedin, NZ.

 From 1996, he taught in the Diploma/Masters programme for GPs, leading the the ‘nature’ or philosophy paper. From 2008, he introduced undergraduate medical students to community-based, experiential learning and reflective practice. He is a qualified Balint Group leader and co-leads the reflective essay competition for medical students in Australasia. With Wayne Cunningham, he published ‘Being a Doctor: Understanding Medical Practice’ (2013) that explored some of the clinical challenges for GPs and other clinicians. He is now writing a second book on emerging approaches to functional illness or persistent physical symptoms.