Supporting conversations about medicines and deprescribing: GPs’ perspectives on a Medicines Conversation Guide

Our paper on the perspectives of GPs towards a conversation guide supporting deprescribing was published as a short paper in the International Journal of Pharmacy Practice. [PDF : URL]

Weir KR, Bonner C, Naganathan V, Tam CWM, Rigby D, McLachlan AJ, et al. Supporting conversations about medicines and deprescribing: GPs’ perspectives on a Medicines Conversation Guide. Int J Pharm Pract. 2022. DOI: 10.1093/ijpp/riac088

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Melanoma risk assessment and management: a qualitative study among Australian GPs

This qualitative study looking at understanding and describing melanoma risk assessment and management by Australia GPs was published in the British Journal of General Practice. (PDF | Web)

Anandasivam B, Tam CWM, McGeechan K, et al. British Journal of General Practice. 2022; 72(723): e737-e746. DOI: 10.3399/BJGP.2021.0668

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Watch me grow integrated (WMG-I): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of a web-based surveillance approach for developmental screening in primary care settings

This protocol was published in BMJ Open.

Eapen V, Liaw ST, Lingam R, Woolfenden S, Jalaludin B, Page A, … Tam CWM…, et al. Watch me grow integrated (WMG-I): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of a web-based surveillance approach for developmental screening in primary care settings. BMJ Open. 2022;12(8):e065823.

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Myth-busting: role of the GP in primary mental health care

The following article was published in MJA InSight in response to an early article by Rosenberg and Hickie in the same publication. (Link)

Stone L, Spielman K, Tam M, Lynch J, Su M, Senior T, Price K, Chalmers S, Burton G. Myth-busting: role of the GP in primary mental health care. MJA InSight. 2022 Aug 8. Available from: https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2022/30/myth-busting-role-of-the-gp-in-primary-mental-health-care/

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Consumer and health professional perceptions of Watch Me Grow – Electronic (WMG-E) platform for developmental surveillance in early childhood: A qualitative study

Our study on the Watch Me Grow platform, an online resource to support childhood developmental surveillance in general practice, was published in the Australian Journal of General Practice. [Link : PDF]

Kohlhoff J, Dadich A, Varghese J, McKenzie A, Ong N, Pritchard M, Tam CWM, Woolfenden S, Blight V, Eastwood J, Garg P, Jalaludin B, Liaw ST, Schmied V, Williams K, Eapen V . Consumer and health professional perceptions of Watch Me Grow – Electronic (WMG-E) platform for developmental surveillance in early childhood: A qualitative study. Aust J Gen Pract. 2022;51(6):439-45.

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Quoted in, “Should healthcare data live on after a patient dies?”

I was interviewed and quoted in the article, “Should healthcare data live on after a patient dies?”, written by Mr Tim Robertson, published in newsGP.

Robertson T. Should healthcare data live on after a patient dies? 2022 May 26. Available from: https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/should-healthcare-data-live-on-after-a-patient-die

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