Michael Tam

Dr Michael Tam is a clinical academic Specialist General Practitioner, combining the provision of family medicine, research, health services development, and governance. Michael’s clinical interest is in the whole-person primary care of people living with mental illness. He is actively involved in mental health policy, strategy, and governance, with local, state, and national bodies. Michael’s research is in integrated care and preventive care in general practice. He has expertise in both qualitative and quantitative research methods.

Most commented posts

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  4. Monday’s medical myth: cranberry juice prevents bladder infections — 2 comments
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Author's posts

May 15 2019

Grassroots Innovation for Quality Improvement

I helped facilitate this workshop at the Wonca Asia-Pacific Conference 2019, Kyoto, held at the Kyoto International Conference Centre on 15 May 2019. MacIsaac MB, McLean K, Morgan M, Jones F, Goodyear-Smith F, Tam CWM, Saito M. Grassroots innovation for quality improvement [workshop]. Wonca Asia-Pacific Conference 2019. Kyoto International Conference Centre. 2019 May 15.

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May 09 2019

Isopropyl alcohol nasal inhalation for nausea in adults

An abridged version of this article was published in the May 2019 issue of Medical Observer. Printed edition: Tam M. Does it pass the sniff test? Medical Observer. 2019 May 9. pp. 40-41. (PDF) Online version on AusDoc.Plus platform: “Can inhaling ‘alco-wipes’ ease acute nausea?”

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May 09 2019

Quoted in Medical Observer news feature article, “Summary dismissal”

I was interviewed and quoted in this news feature article by Emily Dunn, on some of the problems with discharge summaries. Quotations in: Dunn E. Summary dismissal. Medical Observer. 2019 May 9. pp. 20-23. (PDF)

Apr 15 2019

HealthPathways implementation on type 2 diabetes: A programmatic evaluation (HIT2 evaluation)

This paper on the evaluation of the South Western Sydney type 2 diabetes HealthPathways implementation was published in the Journal of Integrated Care. (PDF) Chow JSF, Gonzalez-Arce VE, Tam CWM, Neville B, McDougall A. HealthPathways implementation on type 2 diabetes A programmatic evaluation (HIT2 evaluation). J Integr Care 2019 Apr 15;27(2):153-62.

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Mar 11 2019

EMDR as treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder

This article was published in the March 2019 issue of Medical Observer under the title “Eyeing the past to end trauma”, and online under the title “Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing for PTSD”. (PDF)

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Jan 07 2019

Oral cimetidine as the treatment of common warts

This article was published in the December 2018 / January 2019 issue of Medical Observer under the title “What works for warts?” (PDF)

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