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. Health Check: should we aim for daily bowel movements? — 2 comments

Author's posts

Jun 12 2015

Let’s listen to patients’ and GPs’ perspectives on alcohol-screening research

My opinion piece/viewpoint article on alcohol screening research was published in the June 2015 edition of Australian Family Physician. PDF (167 KB) : Web Authors: Chun Wah Michael Tam Louis Hion-Lam Leong Nicholas Zwar Summary Alcohol-screening questionnaires have been found to be effective in the early detection of risky drinking but are rarely used by clinicians in primary care. As …

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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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