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

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Available, intuitive and free! Mining web 2.0 to build an eLearning module

This presentation (abstract) was presented at the 2013 GPET Convention in Perth, 11-12 September 2013. Authors: Dr Anne Eastwood Dr Michael Tam

Evaluating a pilot e-learning activity for medical students in general practice: a randomised trial

This presentation (abstract) was presented at the 2013 GPET Convention in Perth, 11-12 September 2013. Authors: Michael Tam Joel Rhee Christopher Go Chinthaka Balasooriya YouTube video presentation:

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Reflections on using technology to “enhance” learning activities: the good, the bad, and the ugly

This presentation (abstract) was presented at the 2013 GPET Convention in Perth, 11-12 September 2013. Authors: Michael Tam Joel Rhee YouTube video presentation:

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Is folate effective for methotrexate side effects?

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

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Australian general practitioner perceptions of the detection and screening of at-risk drinking, and the role of the AUDIT-C: a qualitative study

This article was preliminarily published in BMC Family Practice on 20 August 2013.  The final web and PDF versions were published on 3 September 2013. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-121 BMC Family Practice is an open access publisher and the full online and PDF versions are available from the above link.  You can contact the corresponding author, C W Michael …

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What is stomach flu?

The following article was published in The Conversation. Explainer: what is stomach flu? By Michael Tam Nausea, vomiting, tummy pain and cramps, watery diarrhoea … We’ve all had acute gastroenteritis at some stage. As a general practitioner, my patients usually refer to their condition in more colloquial terms – “gastro”, “the runs”, “the trots”, “stomach flu”, …

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