Tag: primary care

Absolute cardiovascular disease risk: assessment and early intervention

The following lecture was first delivered to term 1, Phase 2 students in the Society and Health term, of the UNSW Medicine Program on Monday 3 March 2014. Length: 50 minutes Class size: up to ~ 300 (lecture) Learners: mid-Program medical students

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Why don’t we detect at-risk drinkers? A qualitative study of GP beliefs and attitudes

This presentation was presented at the 2013 RACGP GP13 Convention in Darwin, 17-19 October 2013. Authors: Michael Tam Nicholas Zwar Roslyn Markham 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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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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Detection of at-risk drinking – beliefs and attitudes of Australian GPs

Tam M, Zwar N, Markham R. Detection of at-risk drinking – beliefs and attitudes of Australian GPs. Presented at: Primary Health Care Research Conference; 2013 July 10; Sydney, Australia. Download abstract (PDF): click here Download poster (PDF): click here

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Is yoghurt helpful for antibiotic-associated diarrhoea?

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

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