I presented this poster presentation (abstract and handout, PDF 1 Mb) at the International Medicine in Addiction 2015 (IMiA15) Conference, held in Melbourne 20-22 March 2015.
Tag: research
Nov 28 2014
Patient acceptability towards receiving alcohol enquiry from GPs – results from a mixed methods study
I presented this abstract (PDF, 344 KB) as an oral short presentation at the 9th annual Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research and South Western Sydney Local Health District (2014) Research & Teaching Showcase, held today at the Thomas & Rachel Moore Education Centre, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool NSW Australia. A recorded version of the presentation is available …
Jul 10 2014
Interview with Australian Doctor
I was interviewed yesterday by Michael Woodhead, a health journalist from Australian Doctor regarding my thoughts on the new interesting study by Dinger et al. (2014), on the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) from drospirenone containing combined oral contraceptive pill. The article containing my commentary was published today.
Mar 12 2014
Interview with Medical Observer
I was interviewed today by Emily Dunn, a health journalist from Medical Observer regarding my thoughts on the new interesting study by Kwoh et al. (2014), on the effect of glucosamine on knee osteoarthritis progression, as assessed using MRI, which was just published in the journal, Arthritis and Rheumatology.
Dec 04 2013
Evaluating a pilot e-learning activity for medical students in general practice: a randomized trial
This a paper presentation at the 2013 Medicine Learning and Teaching Forum, held at the University of New South Wales on 4 December 2013. Authors: Dr Michael Tam Dr Joel Rhee Mr Christopher Go Dr Chinthaka Balasooriya Download abstract.
Mar 03 2014
Comment: Prof Ken Harvey’s resignation from La Trobe University
The following is an amalgamation of a couple of comments written on the Paging Dr forum board. This was in relation to the high profile and controversial resignation of Prof Ken Harvey from La Trobe University, following the announcement of the $15 million deal between Swisse and the university. It is one thing to fund research …
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