Michael Weightman

Michael Weightman

Adelaide Medical School

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Dr Michael Weightman is a lecturer in the Discipline of Psychiatry and a consultant psychiatrist with SA Health. His research interests include social cognition in depression and use of technology in medical education. He is currently pursuing a PhD considering the application of artificial intelligence in the teaching of psychiatry.

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2014 Weightman, M., Air, T., & Baune, B. (2014). A review of the role of social cognition in major depressive disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 5(NOV), 179.
    DOI Scopus222 WoS168 Europe PMC119
    2014 Wong, T., Leong, D., Weightman, M., Richardson, J., Dundon, B., Psaltis, P., . . . Worthley, S. (2014). Magnetic resonance-derived circumferential strain provides a superior and incremental assessment of improvement in contractile function in patients early after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. European Radiology, 24(6), 1219-1228.
    DOI Scopus17 WoS16 Europe PMC15
    2012 Wong, T., Weightman, M., Baumert, M., Tayeb, H., Richardson, J., Puri, R., . . . Worthley, S. (2012). Electro-mechanical characteristics of myocardial infarction border zones and ventricular arrhythmic risk: novel insights from grid-tagged cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. European Radiology, 22(8), 1651-1658.
    DOI Scopus10 WoS8 Europe PMC9
    2012 Carbone, A., Psaltis, P., Nelson, A., Metcalf, R., Richardson, J., Weightman, M., . . . Worthley, S. (2012). Dietary omega-3 supplementation exacerbates left ventricular dysfunction in an ovine model of anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity. Journal of Cardiac Failure, 18(6), 502-511.
    DOI Scopus16 WoS14 Europe PMC12
    2011 Coventry, B., Weightman, M., Skinner, J., & Bradley, J. (2011). Improving evaluation of the distribution and density of immunostained cells in breast cancer using computerized video image analysis. Cancer Management and Research, 3(1), 101-108.
    DOI Scopus1 Europe PMC2

  • Conference Papers
    Year Citation
    2012 Wong, D. T. L., Leong, D. P., Weightman, M. J., Leung, M. C. H., Richardson, J. D., Bertaso, A. G., . . . Worthley, S. G. (2012). Segmental myocardial viability assessment after STEMI: myocardial grid-tagging versus late gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging. In EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL Vol. 33 (pp. 1016). Munchen, GERMANY: OXFORD UNIV PRESS.

Dr Michael Weightman teaches or assesses in the following courses at the University of Adelaide:

  • MEDIC ST 3501 - Medical Studies 3
  • MEDIC ST 4017AHO - Psychiatry Part 1 / MEDIC ST 4017BHO - Psychiatry Part 2
  • MEDIC ST 6020AHO - Psychiatry Selective VI Part 1 / MEDIC ST 6020BHO - Psychiatry Selective VI Part 2
  • PSYCHIAT 3200 - Fundamentals of Biological Psychiatry
  • MEDIC ST 6022AHO - Transition to Internship Part 1 / MEDIC ST 6022BHO - Transition to Internship Part 2

Dr Weightman is also a clinical supervisor of trainees for the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists and a clinical examiner for the Australian Medical Council. He has been recognised as an Associate Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Health Professional Educators.

  • Board Memberships
    Date Role Board name Institution name Country
    2023 - ongoing Director Board of Directors St John Ambulance SA Australia

  • Committee Memberships
    Date Role Committee Institution Country
    2024 - ongoing Member Bi-national Section of Early Career Psychiatrists Committee Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Australia
    2024 - ongoing Member Clinical Governance Committee St John Ambulance SA Australia
    2023 - ongoing Member Committee for Research Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Australia

  • Memberships
    Date Role Membership Country
    2023 - ongoing Member AMEE (The International Association for Health Professions Education) United Kingdom
    2023 - ongoing Member Australasian Society for Social and Affective Neuroscience Australia
    2022 - ongoing Member Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators Australia
    2019 - ongoing Member Factulty of Adult Psychiatry, RANZCP Australia
    2016 - ongoing Member Society for Mental Health Research Australia
    2016 - ongoing Member Section of Rural Psychiatry, RANZCP Australia
    2014 - ongoing Member Australian Medical Association Australia

  • Editorial Boards
    Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country
    2023 - ongoing Member Frontiers in Psychiatry Frontiers Media S.A. Switzerland
    2020 - ongoing Member Australasian Psychiatry RANZCP Australia
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