Jun 12 2015

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

viewpoint_coverMy opinion piece/viewpoint article on alcohol screening research was published in the June 2015 edition of Australian Family Physician.

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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 research agenda tend not to seek the perspectives of patients and general practitioners (GPs), the best way to address the barriers to implementation is unclear. Contemporary research to explore patient beliefs and attitudes towards alcohol enquiry by GPs is needed.

May 15 2015

Paracetamol for acute low-back pain

paracetamolcoverThis article was published in Medical Observer.

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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.

Poster-draft5I 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

cover-MO2015.3This article was published in Medical Observer.

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Feb 11 2015

Warfarin management guidelines – a trap for young players!

20150213 - CoverThis 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

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