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 09 2014

Summing it up – could it be rheumatoid arthritis?

This article was published in Australian Doctor in the “Grand Rounds” segment. Authors: Michael Tam and Joel Rhee This article is also available on the Australian Doctor website (registration required).

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May 06 2014

Phone interview on ABC North and West SA

I gave a phone interview with Angela Smallacombe, Producer of the ABC North and West morning program regarding my article on common cold treatments on The Conversation.

May 05 2014

Health Check: can you treat the common cold?

Health Check: can you treat the common cold? By Michael Tam With symptoms including a runny nose, sore throat, sneezing, cough, headaches and fever, the common cold can leave you feeling rotten for up to two weeks. As the name suggests, they’re annoyingly common, with the average adult likely to get two or three colds …

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Apr 22 2014

Interview with NineMSN

I was interviewed today by Kimberly Gillan, a journalist and writer for NineMSN on a Health & Wellbeing article on alcohol drinking.  This was in response to the rather controversial claim by Dr Kari Poikolainen that drinking is only dangerous once you go above the equivalent of a bottle of wine a day.

Mar 18 2014

Major inconsistency in AHPRA/National Boards guidelines on social media

AHPRA (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency) recently announced a number of revised guidelines/codes/policies for health practitioners, which came into effect on 17 March 2014. The new social media policy, and more specifically, how a part of Section 133 of the National Law (relating to the use of testimonials for advertising) has been interpreted in the Guidelines …

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Mar 14 2014

Mediterranean diets in type 2 diabetes

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

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