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

  1. Health Check: can you treat the common cold? — 6 comments
  2. Monday’s medical myth: take an aspirin a day after you turn 50 — 3 comments
  3. Quoted in ABC Life article, “Knowing when you should call into work sick with a cold or flu” — 3 comments
  4. Monday’s medical myth: cranberry juice prevents bladder infections — 2 comments
  5. Why don’t we detect at-risk drinkers? A qualitative study of GP beliefs and attitudes — 2 comments

Author's posts

Jun 01 2018

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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May 14 2018

Evidence Based Medicine – Finding data and critical appraisal with Dr Michael Tam GP

I was interviewed by Dr Sam Manger, GP, medical educator and host of the podcast, “The GP Show” on the topic of evidence-based medicine. [Link to the episode : MP3]

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Apr 30 2018

Does vitamin B3 (nicotinamide) prevent non-melanoma skin cancer?

The article was published in the April 2018 issue of Medical Observer, under the title “Does vit B3 prevent skin cancer” (PDF).

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Apr 21 2018

Evidence-based medicine in general practice

This presentation was delivered at the 2018 Nanjing Medical University International Symposium on Medical Education – Sino-Australia Forum on the topic of General Practice Training, on 21 April 2018. (PDF)

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Apr 13 2018

We asked five experts: do I have to drink eight glasses of water per day?

The article was original published in The Conversation.  Authors: Hansen A, Dwyer K, Ho V, Tam CWM, Bartlett B, Mündel T. We asked five experts: do I have to drink eight glasses of water per day? Eight seems like a lot… from www.shutterstock.com Alexandra Hansen, The Conversation Everyone knows humans need water and we can’t survive without …

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Feb 22 2018

Do oral sweets reduce injection pain in children?

The article was published in the February 2018 issue of Medical Observer, under the title “Licking needle pain”. (PDF)

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