Michael Tam – The Conversation

Profile Articles Activity 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. 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)