Michael Tam

Experience

• 2014–present
  Staff Specialist, Academic Primary and Integrated Care Unit, South Western Sydney Local Health District
• 2014–present
  Conjoint Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Sydney
• 2017–2018
  Senior lecturer, Discipline of General Practice, University of Sydney
• 2011–2014
  Lecturer in Primary Care, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Australia
• 2007–2014
  General Practitioner, Glebe Family Medical Practice

Education

• 2013 
  New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry, Master of Mental Health (General Practitioner) (Research)
• 2007 
  Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, FRACGP
• 2002 
  University of New South Wales, Bachelor of Science (Medicine), Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery

Publications

• 2018
  HealthPathways implementation on type 2 diabetes – a programmatic evaluation (HIT2 evaluation), Journal of Integrated Care
• 2018
  How doctors conceptualise P values: a mixed methods study, Australian Journal of General Practice
• 2018
  How to ensure your research follows ethical principles, How to Do Primary Care Research
• 2017
  Can research that is not intended or unlikely to be published be considered ethical?, Australian Family Physician
• 2017
  General practitioner follow-up in older patients after an emergency department admission, Australian Family Physician
• 2017
  The informatics capability maturity of integrated primary care centres in Australia, International Journal of Medical Informatics
• 2016
  Patients’ acceptance of SNAP assessment: An exploration, Australian Family Physician
• 2016
  Ethical considerations in recruiting primary care patients to research studies, Australian Family Physician
• 2016
  Alcohol screening and brief interventions in primary care – Evidence and a pragmatic practice-based approach, Australian Family Physician
• 2015
  Consultation contexts and the acceptability of alcohol enquiry from general practitioners - a survey experiment, Australian Family Physician
• 2015
  Let's listen to patients' and GPs' perspectives on alcohol-screening research, Australian Family Physician
• 2015
  Alcohol enquiry by GPs - understanding patient perspectives: a qualitative study, Australian Family Physician
• 2015
  Ethical research or research ethics?, Australian Family Physician
• 2015
  Research ethics and approval process: A guide for new GP researchers, Australian Family Physician
• 2013
  Australian general practitioner perceptions of the detection and screening of at-risk drinking, and the role of the AUDIT-C: a qualitative study, BMC Family Practice
• 2012
  Available, intuitive and free! Building e-learning modules using web 2.0 services, Medical Teacher

Grants and Contracts

• 2019
  Communication concordance between Arabic-speaking patients and ED doctors

  Role:

  Principle Investigator

  Funding Source:

  South West Sydney Research, Small Grants Scheme

• 2019
  Melanoma risk predictions among Australian general practitioners

  Role:

  Co-investigator

  Funding Source:

  RACGP Foundation, Chris Silagy Research Scholarship

• 2016
  The 'Watch Me Grow’ App for identification of developmental and mental health problems in early childhood: a validation study

  Role:

  Co-investigator

  Funding Source:

  Ramaciotti Health Investment Grant

• 2013
  Patient acceptability and attitudes to receiving alcohol use enquiry from general practitioners

  Role:

  Principle Investigator

  Funding Source:

  RACGP Foundation, Family Medicare Care Research Grant

Professional Memberships

• Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
• Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care
• South Western Sydney Primary Health Network

Research Areas

• Primary Health Care (111717)
• Mental Health (111714)
• Medicine, Nursing And Health Curriculum And Pedagogy (130209)
• Public Health And Health Services (1117)