Tag: research

Role of Primary Care and the RACGP in Clinical Trials

I gave the following presentation at the Clinical Trials Roundtable for General Practice 2019, Concord Hospital, 29 May 2019. Thi was organised by ClinTrial Refer, the Deeble Institute for Health Policy Research, and Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association. (Slides : Transcript) Video presentation

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Mental health: no longer a lonely journey

I was interviewed by the RACGP Foundation for this article (link). Abstract There is no doubt that in the past, the perception of mental health in Australia has not been positive. For too long, Australians have often approached their mental health as something that could fix itself, or perhaps was not a problem at all. …

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Quotation in AAAPC Newsletter (December 2017)

I had a short note on page 5 in the “2017 Highlights” section of the AAAPC Newsletter Vol 7, Issue 2, December 2017. (PDF)

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GP research for GPs @ GPDU

This oral presentation of a “pitch paper” was given at the 2017 GPTEC (General Practice Training and Education Conference), ICC Sydney, 16-17 August 2017. (presentation; abstract) Tam CWM, Khan A, Knight A, Rhee J, Price K, Leeuwenburg T, McLean K, Higgins N. GP research for GPs @ GPDU. GPTEC (General Practice Training and Education Conference), ICC …

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Patients’ acceptance of SNAP assessment: An exploration

This paper looking at the variation in patient acceptance of SNAP risk factor enquiry by GPs was published in Australian Family Physician (PDF) Tam CWM, Zwar N, Hespe C. Patients’ acceptance of SNAP assessment: An exploration. Australian family physician 2016 5/01;45:340-1. Full results from extended analysis here: https://vitualis.com/?page_id=1148

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Ethical considerations in recruiting primary care patients to research studies

This paper on the ethics of recruiting primary care patients into research was published in Australian Family Physician. (PDF) Barton C, Tam CWM, Abbott P, Liaw S. Ethical considerations in recruiting primary care patients to research studies. Australian family physician 2016;45:144-8.

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