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

May 15 2015

Paracetamol for acute low-back pain

This article was published in Medical Observer. The article is also available on the Medical Observer website (may need registration).

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May 02 2015

Learning by ‘creating’ – student learning and supervisor development

This oral keynote presentation was delivered at the 2015 UNSW Clinical Teachers’ Workshop. This oral keynote presentation was delivered at the 2015 UNSW Clinical Teachers’ Original Prezi: https://prezi.com/yzgntipjvotv/learning-by-creating-student-learning-and-supervisor-development/

Mar 19 2015

How acceptable is it for GPs to ask about drinking? What patients think.

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.

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Mar 13 2015

Yoghurt to prevent diarrhoea from antibiotics in children

This article was published in Medical Observer. The article is also available on the Medical Observer website (may need registration).

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Feb 11 2015

Warfarin management guidelines – a trap for young players!

This article was published in Australian Doctor in the “Grand Rounds” segment.  It was titled “Context is crucial” in the printed version, and “Over-anticoagulation: when adherence to guidelines is not always the wisest course” in the online version. Authors: Patrick Khoury and Michael Tam This article is also available on the Australian Doctor website (registration required).

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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 …

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