Medical School - University of Queensland

Mayne Academy of General Practice & General Practice Clinical Unit

The Mayne Academy of General Practice and the General Practice Clinical Unit at the University of Queensland includes a vibrant group of GP academics, primary care researchers, GP registrars, higher degree research students and professional staff. We work in partnership with about 200 general practices across greater Brisbane to provide clinical placements for medical students and to undertake practice-based research. We enjoy sharing our passion for general practice with students to support growing the general practice workforce. Our multidisciplinary team is involved in a wide range research activities dedicated to developing the evidence-base for high-quality primary health care to improve outcomes for people in the community.

Clinical placements in general practice provide medical students with an opportunity to learn about general practice and to develop their clinical and communication skills. Students flourish in these excellent learning environments and learn about the complexity of caring for people in the community by observing experienced practice staff, participating in consultations and interacting with patients. Placements in general practice include for Year 3/4 students General Practice course and Year 2 students Urban LlnCC. For students undertaking the Medicine in Society Course there are also placements in Geriatric Medicine, Rehabilitation, Palliative Care, and Refugee Health.

Postgraduate education in skin cancer medicine is delivered in the Master of Medicine - MMed (Skin Cancer) programs.

Contact

General enquiries
Email: med.mdgp@uq.edu.au

Phone: +61 7 3365 5260

Fax: +61 7 334 65178

Address:

Level 8, Health Sciences Building

Building 16/901, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital

Herston Qld 4029 Australia

Office Hours:

8:30am-4:30pm, Monday to Friday

Professor Katharine Wallis

Mayne Professor and Head

Mayne Academy of General Practice
Head

General Practice Clinical Unit
Associate Professor Nancy Sturman

Associate Professor

General Practice Clinical Unit
Professor Claire Jackson

Director
Professor in General Practice and Primary Care Reform Research

General Practice Clinical Unit
Associate Professor Deborah Askew

Associate Professor

General Practice Clinical Unit
Associate Professor Maria Donald

Associate Professor

General Practice Clinical Unit
Associate Professor Geoff Spurling

Associate Professor

General Practice Clinical Unit
Natalie Best

Student Coordinator

General Practice Clinical Unit
Matthew Bloxsom

Senior Student and Academic Administration Officer (General Practice)

General Practice Clinical Unit
Dr Annabel Chau

Course Coordinator, Urban LlnCC

General Practice Clinical Unit
Maryanne Cleetus

RELEASE Senior Research Assistant and Project Coordinator

General Practice Clinical Unit
Sandra Comer

Student Coordinator

General Practice Clinical Unit
Dr Shane Delisser

GP Registrar (Academic)

General Practice Clinical Unit
Dr Parvin Delshad

Clinical Lecturer

General Practice Clinical Unit
Dr Alison Green

Senior Lecturer, General Practice

General Practice Clinical Unit
Dr Jennifer Job

Research Director
Dr Michaela Kelly

Theme Lead, Partner and Team Player

Medical School
Snr Lecturer & Course Coordinator

General Practice Clinical Unit
Dr David King

Clinical Senior Lecturer

General Practice Clinical Unit
Chengjun (Olivia) Liu

RELEASE Research Officer

General Practice Clinical Unit
Dr Johanna Lynch

Senior Lecturer

General Practice Clinical Unit
Dr Suzanne McDonald

Research Fellow (Health Services Researcher)

General Practice Clinical Unit
Sessional Academic

School of Psychology
Dr Rory Melville

Senior Lecturer

General Practice Clinical Unit
Dr Ben Mitchell

Senior Lecturer

General Practice Clinical Unit
Dr Caroline Nicholson

Director Operations & Principal Research Fellow
Natalii Paczkowski

Queensland State Coordinator, PARTNER network

General Practice Clinical Unit
Idin Panahi

RELEASE GP Practice Support Officer

General Practice Clinical Unit
Dr Cherri Ryan

Clinical Senior Lecturer (GP Liaison)

General Practice Clinical Unit
Dr Beth Shirley

Senior Lecturer - GP Liaison

General Practice Clinical Unit
Mia Slaughter

RELEASE Administration Officer

General Practice Clinical Unit
Piumika Sooriyaarachchi

RELEASE Research Officer

General Practice Clinical Unit
Dr Hayley Thomas

Course Coordinator, General Practice

General Practice Clinical Unit
Karen Thrift

RELEASE GP Liaison Officer

General Practice Clinical Unit
Ms Gillian Vey

Administration Manager; EA to Claire Jackson
Centre for Health System Reform and Integration Officer

General Practice Clinical Unit
Dr Andrew Webster

Clinical Senior Lecturer

General Practice Clinical Unit
Robyn Wessling

Executive Assistant to Head

General Practice Clinical Unit
Kim Wicks

Senior Student and Academic Administration Officer (Medicine in Society)

General Practice Clinical Unit
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Higher Degrees by Research (HDR) students

Emma Baillie

PhD Student

Faculty of Medicine
Dr Alison Green

Senior Lecturer, General Practice

General Practice Clinical Unit
Dr Ben Mitchell

Senior Lecturer

General Practice Clinical Unit
Alice Pender

PhD Candidate

General Practice Clinical Unit
Chad Rieger

PhD Scholar
Sophie Wen
Tracey Nayler

PhD Student

General Practice Clinical Unit

Adjunct, Honorary, and Academic Title Holder members

Honorary Associate Professor Wendy Brodribb

Honorary Associate Professor

General Practice Clinical Unit
Associate Professor Marie-Louise Dick

Honorary Associate Professor

General Practice Clinical Unit
Dr Margaret Henderson

Honorary Lecturer

General Practice Clinical Unit
Dr Warren Jennings

Academic Title, Lecturer

General Practice Clinical Unit
Dr Margaret Kay

Academic Title - Senior Lecturer

General Practice Clinical Unit
Emeritus Professor Geoff Mitchell

Emeritus Professor

General Practice Clinical Unit
Honorary Professor Philip Schluter
Dr Isaac Tranter

Academic Title Holder

General Practice Clinical Unit
Emeritus Professor Mieke Van Driel

Emeritus Professor

General Practice Clinical Unit

Rural Clinical School

In partnership with an outstanding team of general practitioner teachers, we make a strong contribution to teaching across Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the MD program. The Mayne Academy also supervises Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students, including general practitioners and other health professionals.

The General Practice course, Medicine in Society course and Urban LinCC Project fall under the umbrella of the General Practice Clinical Unit.

Resources for GP Clinical Teachers

Teaching in General Practice

GP2U: Experienced GP teachers offer tips and talk about challenges for teaching in general practice

Teaching guides

General Practice (Year 3 students)
- Handbook for clinical teachers for 2023. This booklet outlines information which we hope will assist you in your time with Year 3 medical students during their General Practice placement.
- Key learning issues
Medicine in Society (Year 3 students / Year 4 Ochsner students) - hospital-based placements
- 2023 Preceptor Handbook

Urban LinCC (Year 2 students) - Handbook for clinical teachers for 2023.
Year 1 Observerships
Year 4 GP Electives

Claiming CPD points for teaching medical students in general practice:
- RACGP instructions
- ACRRM, instructions as per below:
  1. Login, Go to ‘My PD portfolio’
  2. Choose ‘Add an activity’
  3. Choose ‘Educational activity’
  4. Select ‘Teaching programs – presenting/facilitating/instructing’
  5. Complete the activity details.

Good teaching articles

If you are unable to access the full text, please email Associate Professor Nancy Sturman to send you the full article (and submit the Academic Title application in order to access the University of Queensland Library ).

Teaching about ethics and professionalism in General Practice

Teaching webinars

Teaching in Times of Telehealth - Webinar 10th June 2020

Opportunities for Teaching in General Practice

Please contact us at med.mdgp@uq.edu.au if you are interested in teaching in your practice.

Year 3 GP Block Placements

This placement provides all Year 3 students with an immersion in General Practice. Students attend the practice for 5 sessions per week for 6 weeks. There are 6 blocks across the year. The focus for these clinical students is understanding the scope of general practice, developing their clinical skills and formulating patient management.

Year 2 Urban LInCC placements

This placement provides an introduction to General Practice for a selected group of Year 2 students. Students attend the practice for 1 session (3-4 hours) per week for 13 or 14 weeks during either Semester 1 or Semester 2. The focus for these pre-clinical students is understanding the role of general practice, patient centred care and building basic clinical skills including history taking and physical examination.

Year 1 Longitudinal Observership Placements for UQ MD Ochsner students

These Year 1 students, will complete their UQ MD Years 1 &2 in Brisbane and Years 3 & 4 at the UQ Ochsner Clinical School USA. It is important for these students to gain a good understanding of the Australian health care system, and this placement provides an opportunity to showcase Australian General Practice. Students attend a practice for 1 session (3-4 hours) per week over 8 weeks. The focus for these students is understanding the Australian Health system. More details can be found in the UQ Medicine Year 1 Observership 2021 Supervisor Guide.

Year 4 Elective (Personalised Learning Course) Placements

These Year 4 students choose to do their elective in general practice. Students attend the practice for 10 sessions per week over 6 weeks. The focus for these students is immersion in a health area of interest to them and preparing them for the junior doctor years and ongoing vocational training. Further information on the Year 4 Elective can be found here.

General Practice placement (Year 3)

The General Practice placement is a six week clinical block undertaken in the third year of the medical program (or the fourth year for students studying at the Ochsner Clinical School in New Orleans). The three components of the placement are:

Clinical placements in teaching general practices;
Weekly small group tutorials; and
Electronic learning materials developed and/or curated by the Mayne Academy of General Practice.

The placement is designed to support students to develop their clinical skills and to learn about -

The discipline of general practice and general practice as a specialist career;
Primary care and its interface with other health services; and
A broad spectrum of clinical and ethical presentations which present and/or are managed in general practice.

For more information -

Senior Student and Academic Administration Officer (General Practice): Matthew Bloxsom

Student Coordinator: Sandra Comer

Academic Coordinator: Dr Hayley Thomas

Medicine in Society placement (Years 3 and 4)

This course is offered to our international student cohort and domestic students who are not able to undertake the Rural and Remote Medicine placement.

It provides a unique opportunity for medical students to understand and experience the rewards, benefits and challenges of clinical practice among population groups and/or in communities that face access and equity challenges associated with health service delivery. Such challenges can be attributed to contextual factors such as: disability, dependency on others, life-limiting illness, socioeconomic status, ethnicity and/or life circumstance. Clinical practice within such a contextual framework requires generalist knowledge, skills and attitudes. The core values underpinning care in these contexts include: the dignity of, empowerment of, respect for, and compassion towards the patient, their caregiver/s and family; advocacy on behalf of the patients, families and their communities and excellence in the provision of care and support. Whilst the context might be different, clinical practice is governed by a number of common parameters such as professional challenges, whole person care and team-based case management. An important focus of this course will be understanding the person who is the patient and how social determinants of health impact on patient health and wellbeing. A second focus will be to encourage students to be reflective and compassionate practitioners. Students will have the opportunity to engage in experiential, contemplative, reflective and narrative learning to deepen their understanding of the core values of medical practice in a tutorial context.

At the core of each student's learning experience will be a structured clinical placement where students will work closely with a clinical preceptor who will guide and support students as they provide health-care in context and continue to develop their general medical skills. A diverse range of clinical placements will be available including geriatric medicine, rehabilitation medicine, palliative care and refugee health in Australia and through Ochsner Clinical School, placements are also available in disadvantaged youth services and developing or disadvantaged communities.

For more information -

Senior Student and Academic Administration Officer (Medicine in Society): Kim Wicks

Academic Coordinator: Dr Michaela Kelly

Urban LlnCC placement (Year 2)

Selected Year 2 medical students have the opportunity to spend a half day over a Semester based in general practices in either Semester 1 or 2.

Semester one is a 13-week placement in addition to their normal weekly MD learning activities This offers students additional patient contact to that provided by limited hospital ward time in a supportive, one-on-one teaching context. In addition, it allows students to experience continuity of patient care; to view the complexities of managing patients with multiple problems in the community; and to develop their clinical skills in history taking, physical examination, management, follow-up and prevention, across the broad range of patient presentations spanning all disciplines.

Semester two is a 14-week placement selective course MEDI7280 with assessment that contributes to MD progression. It allows students to experience continuity of patient care; to view the complexities of managing patients with multiple problems in the community; and to develop their clinical skills in history taking, physical examination, management, follow-up and prevention, across the broad range of patient presentations spanning all disciplines. With a cost of a 2-unit course.

Underpinning these programs is the recognition that much healthcare is conducted outside teaching hospitals, and that this presents an opportunity for more medical education to occur in the community setting.

Students have been enthusiastic about their experiences in the Urban LInCC programme and indicate that it has enhanced their clinical skills and their understanding of their future role as clinicians.

For more information -

Student Coordinator: Natalie Best

Academic Coordinator: Dr Annabel Chau

Master of Medicine - MMed (Skin Cancer)

Graduates will have a level of knowledge and diagnostic skill that will enable them to effectively manage a large proportion of skin cancer in their clinical work.

UQ’s postgraduate Skin Cancer medicine program is designed to give training in the biology, diagnosis and principles of management of skin cancer. It is suitable for doctors and health practitioners wishing to enhance their knowledge and skills in this area of practices. Both Graduate Certificate (1 year part-time) and Master (2 year part-time) level programs are available in this entirely external training. Further information is available here.

For more information -

Program Convenor: A/Prof Tony Dicker

UQ Academic Title Holders

Our vision is an evidence-based primary care system that places the whole person at its heart and provides high-quality care for all. General practice spans the depth and breadth of human experience, providing relationship-centered care for people throughout their lives in the context of their family, community, and other healthcare providers. The diverse nature of general practice, and the diverse communities we serve, is reflected in the diversity of our research interests.

We hold a research seminar alternate Wednesdays 12-1pm. Please contact us if you would like to be on the invite list for seminars. Attendance via zoom is an option.

The General Practice Clinical Unit Research Strategic Plan 2022 - 2025 can be found here.

Our Researchers

Associate Professor Deborah Askew

Associate Professor Maria Donald

Supporting General Practitioners to Discontinue Long-Term Antidepressant Use

RELEASE: REdressing Long-tErm Antidepressant uSE in general practice

Dr Alison Green

Emeritus Professor Geoff Mitchell

Associate Professor Geoffrey Spurling

Health priorities for Indigenous young people in Inala

Youth Health Check co-design

Youth health check RCT

Evaluation of new youth health check

Analysis of youth health check data

A mixed-methods evaluation of screening for hearing loss in urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: who should do it, and is it needed?

A longitudinal study of associations with aPHQ9 using health assessment data

3-Domains screening toolkit for older driver medical assessment in general practice

Associate Professor Nancy Sturman

Teaching in the time of COVID: an interview study in general practice

RELEASE: REdressing Long-tErm Antidepressant uSE in general practice

Reimagining rural general practices in a COVID-19 world

Health and Social Care for Vulnerable Population

Medical Education and General Practice Training

The Craft of General Practice

Exploring security in the GP-Patient Relationship: A Qualitative Study

Dr Hayley Thomas

Exploring security in the GP-Patient Relationship: A Qualitative Study

Dr Isaac Tranter

Immunising Older Australians: Perspectives from GP Training

The prevalence and determinants of immunisation in older Australians by GP registrars: a secondary analysis of Recent data

Patient perceptions of doctors accessing digital information during general practice consultations

Emeritus Professor Mieke Van Driel

Immunising Older Australians: Perspectives from GP Training The prevalence and determinants of immunisation in older Australians by GP registrars: a secondary analysis of ReCEnT data Patient perceptions of doctors accessing digital information during general practice consultations Sense of Safety: A Whole Person Approach to Distress Supporting General Practitioners to Discontinue Long-Term Antidepressant Use Changing the Antibiotic Prescribing of general practice registrars intervention Updated analysis of the Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT)Contextual factors that influence antibiotic prescribing: a discrete choice experiment of GP registrars General model for assessing the cost effectiveness of AMS in primary care Smoking cessation medicine use in Australia Antimicrobial stewardship in primary care

Professor Katharine Wallis

RELEASE: REdressing Long-tErm Antidepressant uSE in general practice

RELEASE: Think-Aloud study with patients

3-Domains screening toolkit for older driver medical assessment in general practice
UQGP Research

Safer Prescribing and Care for the Elderly (SPACE): Cluster RCT in New Zealand General Practice

Patient harms in New Zealand general practices: Records review study (SHARP)

Cardiovascular disease risk prediction in older people: a qualitative study

Teaching in the time of COVID: an interview study in general practice

Associate Professor Marie-Louise Dick

Dr Margaret Kay

Dr Suzanne McDonald

Exploring GPs' perspectives about using N-of-1 trials in general practice

REdressing Long-tErm Antidepressant uSE in general practice (RELEASE) research program

UQGP Research

Director: Professor Katharine Wallis

UQGP Research is a practice-based research network (PBRN) supporting collaboration between general practitioners, GP practices and University of Queensland researchers.

The network aims to conduct research in general practice to develop the evidence-base to improve primary health care and outcomes for patients. We work together, combining complementary skills and resources.

RELEASE: REdressing Long-tErm Antidepressant uSE in general practice

Research Leads: Professor Katharine Wallis (Clinician Lead), A/Professor Maria Donald (Implementation Lead)

Aim: The RELEASE study will evaluate effectiveness of the RELEASE intervention which has been designed to prompt medication review, support shared decision-making, and guide safe discontinuation of long-term antidepressants where there is no clinical indication for ongoing use.

Contact: release.study@uq.edu.au

Older driver medical assessment

Research Team: Professor Katharine Wallis, Associate Professor Geoff Spurling and Louise Bassingthwaighte.

Aim: The 3-Domains screening toolkit has been developed for use in general practice during annual driver licence medical assessment in older drivers (>75 years). The toolkit assesses across the three functional domains essential for driving (sensory, motor, and cognitive) and generates a combined predictive score of likelihood the older driver would pass on-road driving assessment (%). This score can be used by GPs in practice to inform clinical judgement and to support conversations with older drivers about health and fitness to drive, the need for further testing, and/or planning for eventual driving cessation.

PARTNER Network

QLD Clinical Lead: Professor Katharine Wallis

QLD State Coordinator: Natalii Paczkowski

The PARTNER Network is a national network of rural and remote research-ready GP practices developed to support rural participation in research, including teletrials in primary care. The PARTNER Network builds capacity in rural, regional and remote general practice and primary care in clinical trial development and participation creating opportunities for rural Australians, primary health care professionals, researchers and industry.

The PARTNER Network is part of the Australian Teletrial Program led by Queensland Health and funded by the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) National Critical Infrastructure Initiative.

RELEASE for RACF: REdressing Long-tErm Antidepressant uSE in Residential Aged Care Facilities

RELEASE for RACF Research Team:

Professor Katharine Wallis
Project lead investigator/Researcher

Associate Professor Maria Donald
Co-ordinating Principal Investigator/ Researcher

Piumika Sooriyaarachchi
Investigator/Researcher

Chengjun (Olivia) Liu
Investigator/Researcher

Background: The use of antidepressants is higher in older Australians. Around 38% residents in aged care facilities are taking antidepressants. Long-term antidepressant use is associated with adverse effects including increased risk of falls in older age. The RELEASE: REdressing Long-tErm Antidepressant uSE intervention has been developed to support safe cessation of long-term antidepressants.

Aim: To explore stakeholder perspectives on antidepressant use in residential aged care, to inform adaption of the RELEASE multi-strategy intervention to this setting.

Design: This is a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews with residents, family members, nurses, facility managers, pharmacists, and GPs in three residential care facilities in south-east Queensland, Australia.

Who is funding this research: This project will be funded by the Mayne Academy of General Practice, University of Queensland

Higher Degrees by Research (HDR)

UQ General Practice is very supportive of postgraduate students and higher degrees by research are offered on a full or part-time basis to accomodate clinical practice.

Here is what Associate Professor Geoff Spurling, one of our current PhD students has to say about his experience in UQ General Practice:

"UQ General Practice has been very generous in providing me with the resources to get my thesis off the ground. After a year in, I felt like a blind man flailing about in a room trying to find the boundaries. My UQ General Practice supervisors have helped me find the edges.

Primary care research may not have the charisma of laboratory-based research but I think this thesis has the potential to benefit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the community where I work as a clinician and it wouldn't have been possible without UQ General Practice."

For more information regarding research conducted within our research streams, please click on the links below.

View HDR program information:

Find out more about our research areas.

Visit the Graduate School site for further details on the application process and more information on studying a higher degree by research at the University of Queensland.

If you are interested in pursuing a HDR in UQ General Practice, please email UQ General Practice who can help direct you to a potential supervisor within your area of interest.

Potential advisors and their areas of research may also be found on UQ RESEARCHERS or UQ Experts.

Emma Baillie

Antimicrobial stewardship in primary care

Dr Alison Green

D r Ben Mitchell

The prevalence and determinants of immunisation in older Australians by GP registrars: a secondary analysis of ReCEnT data

Chad Reiger

Examining the complexities of the community networks limiting the uptake of biosimilar medications in the Australian healthcare system

Sophie Wen

UQ Academic Title Holders

Summer Scholars

2020/2021

Abtin Vatan Doust

Title: "Did COVID change antibiotic prescribing in Australian primary care?”

Synopsis: Analysis of the effect of COVID on dispensed use of antibiotics, GP consultations, and notifications for influence and ILI using an ecological approach.

Supervisors: Mieke van Driel (PCCU), Samantha Hollingworth, Greg Merlo (PCCU)

Paola Vasquez Vasquez

Title: “Systematic review of prioritisation tools for funding decisions regarding rare diseases and orphan drugs: What are the new analysis approaches?"

Synopsis: A systematic literature review was conducted to explore different methods to evaluate the society's values and preferences as a part of health technology assessments in rare diseases and orphan drugs. From this primary purpose, five specific objectives were proposed: 1) to analyse the importance of including social values and preferences into the health technology assessment in rare diseases and orphan drugs; 2) to describe methods that evaluate society's values and preferences into the health technology assessment context, such as the multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA), the discrete choice experiment (DCE), the person trade-off method (PTO), the rule of rescue (RR), analytic hierarchy process, among others; 3) to analyse these methods' reliably as effective tools to capture the society values and preferences into the health technology assessment context in rare diseases and orphan drugs; 4) to compare the outcomes pilot studies about these tools in the context of rare diseases and orphan drugs in different settings; 5) to generate a reflection about the implementation of these instruments as a part of the health technology assessments and the sanitary policies decision-making process in the context of rare diseases and orphan drugs.

Supervisors: Lisa Hall (Principal Supervisor); Greg Merlo (Associate Supervisor)

Hollis Steeves

Title: What do pre-clinical year 2 medical students want to learn in a placement in General Practice in the time of the COVID19 pandemic?

Supervisors: Dr Alison Green & Dr Margaret Henderson

Funding Source:: Faculty of Medicine - UQ Student Employability Centre

2014/2015

Annabel Chau

Title: Student involvement in general practice consultations: the experience of year 2 urban LInCC students.

Supervisor: Associate Professor Marie-Louise Dick

Funding Source: Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland

The Mayne Academy of General Practice offers full and part-time positions in academic general practice. These positions provide a year of advanced training in academic general practice to interested general practice registrars.

Academic posts are part of Australian General Practice Training and provide training in an academic setting. Registrars will undertake a research project and contribute to teaching, professional service and leadership. As well as developing research skills, registrars can develop skills in teaching and student assessment, planning and evaluation or teaching and academic project work. A senior academic supervisor provides guidance, mentorship, supervision, and feedback.

The Mayne Academy of General Practice is highly supportive of academic registrars and provides a nurturing environment where academic skills can be developed. Training posts can be structured to meet the specific needs of individual registrars.

Current GP Academic Registrars

Dr Shane Delisser

Dr Shane Delisser is currently undertaking an Academic Post at the General Practice Clinical Unit in 2023. During the Academic Post he has undertaken research in LGBT+ healthcare education, focusing on Medical Educator comfort levels, barriers, and enablers to providing inclusive LGBT+ teaching and learning.

Shane has been involved in GP course assessment and examination along with the tutorial of 3rd year medical students in their General Practice Rotation.

““Over the past 12 months, the Academic Post has highlighted how diverse General Practice can be and has provided me with an incredible opportunity to explore another side of medicine. The ability to step away from the day-to-day clinical practice and engage in teaching, research and education has been such a rewarding process. Having the ability to engage with students in tutorials to assist in their learning, in addition to the development of assessment and curriculum for the medical course has been such a fantastic experience. Whilst working here at GPCU, I have had the opportunity to learn about academic research and the opportunity to conceptualise, develop and undertake my own project under the supervision and guidance of the fantastic academic team. If any GP registrar was considering undertaking an Academic Post, I would strongly encourage them to jump right in and apply.”

Contact us

If you have your own project idea, please contact us to discuss your plans.

For more information about academic registrar posts in general, contact Dr Ben Mitchell.

Past GP Academic Registrars

2021

Dr Isaac Tranter

Patient perceptions of doctors accessing digital information during general practice consultations

2020

Dr Neha Pandeya

Identifying the correlates for suicidal thoughts in a cohort of urban Indigenous Australians: a cross-sectional study of 1 year of health assessment data from the Southern Queensland Centre of Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care

Pandeya, Neha A., Schluter, Philip J., Spurling, Geoffrey K., Tyson, Claudette, Hayman, Noel E. and Askew, Deborah A. (2021). Factors associated with thoughts of self-harm or suicide among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people presenting to urban primary care: an analysis of de-identified clinical data. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (1) 153, 153. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010153

Dr Isaac Tranter

GP registrars’ experience with and barriers and facilitators to provision of immunization in Australians over 65 years

Isaac Tranter, Parker Magin , Mieke L van Driel (2021) Immunising older Australians: Pre-COVID-19 vaccine perspectives from general practice training. Australian Journal of General Practice. DOI: 10.31128/AJGP-02-21-5844

2018

Dr Alison Green

Diagnosing and providing initial management for patients with Gestational Diabetes: What is the General Practitioner’s experience?

Green, Alison, Callaway, Leonie, McIntyre, H. David and Mitchell, Ben (2020). Diagnosing and providing initial management for patients with Gestational Diabetes: What is the General Practitioner’s experience?. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 166 108290, 108290. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2020.108290

Dr Hayley Thomas

Practitioners’ Understanding of and Experiences Regarding Whole Person Care: A Qualitative Study

Thomas, H., M. Best, and G. Mitchell, Whole-person care in general practice: Factors affecting the provision of whole-person care. Aust J Gen Pract, 2020. 49(4): p. 215-220.

Thomas, H., M. Best, and G. Mitchell, Whole-person care in general practice: The doctor-patient relationship. Aust J Gen Pract, 2020. 49(3): p. 139-144.

Thomas, H., M. Best, and G. Mitchell, Whole-person care in general practice: The nature of whole-person care. Aust J Gen Pract, 2020. 49(1-2): p. 54-60.

Deckx, L., et al., General practitioners' practical approach to initiating end-of-life conversations: a qualitative study. Fam Pract, 2019.

Thomas, H., et al., General practitioners' considerations when deciding whether to initiate end-of-life conversations: a qualitative study. Fam Pract, 2019.

Thomas, H., M. Best, and G. Mitchell, Health Care Homes and whole-person care: A qualitative study of general practitioners' views. Aust J Gen Pract, 2019. 48(12): p. 867-874.

2017

Emma Pappalardo

Emma Pappalardo, Parker Magin, Amanda Tapley, Andrew Davey, Elizabeth G Holliday, Jean Ball, Neil Spike, Kristen FitzGerald, Simon Morgan, Mieke L van Driel (2020). General practice registrars' experiences of antenatal care: A cross-sectional analysis. Aust NZ J Obstet Gynaecol. DOI: 10.1111/ajo.13042

Dr Hayley Thomas

A Systematic Review of Whole Person Care in General Practice: The Current Understanding of Whole Person Care and Factors Influencing its implementation.

Thomas, H., et al., Definition of whole person care in general practice in the English language literature: a systematic review. BMJ Open, 2018. 8(12): p. e023758.

Dr Ryan Williams

Sturman N, Williams R, Ostini R, Wyder M, Siskind D. 'A really good GP': Engagement and satisfaction with general practice care of people with severe and persistent mental illness. Aust J Gen Pract. 2020 Jan-Feb;49(1-2):61-65.

Sturman N, Williams R, Wyder M, Lynch J. Heard, known, and safe in general practice? An interview study with patients with severe and persistent mental illness. BJGP Open 2022; DOI: 10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0201

Awards:

Audience Prize, RACGP QLD research session: Barriers and enablers to primary care for patients with severe and persistent mental illness. Williams, R., Siskind, D., Wyder, M., and Sturman, N. (2018).

Tutor of the Year Award, UQ MD Year 1, 2020.

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General enquiries
med.mdgp@uq.edu.au
Phone: +61 7 3365 5260 Fax: +61 7 334 65178

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Level 8, Health Sciences Building
Building 16/901, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital
Herston Qld 4029, Australia

General Practice

Mayne Academy of General Practice & General Practice Clinical Unit

Contact

Higher Degrees by Research (HDR) students

Adjunct, Honorary, and Academic Title Holder members

Rural Clinical School

Resources for GP Clinical Teachers

Opportunities for Teaching in General Practice

General Practice placement (Year 3)

Medicine in Society placement (Years 3 and 4)

Urban LlnCC placement (Year 2)

Master of Medicine - MMed (Skin Cancer)

UQ Academic Title Holders

Our Researchers

UQGP Research

RELEASE: REdressing Long-tErm Antidepressant uSE in general practice

Older driver medical assessment

Centre for Health System Reform and Integration

PARTNER Network

RELEASE for RACF: REdressing Long-tErm Antidepressant uSE in Residential Aged Care Facilities

Higher Degrees by Research (HDR)

UQ Academic Title Holders

Summer Scholars

Current GP Academic Registrars

Dr Shane Delisser

Contact us

Past GP Academic Registrars

2021

Dr Isaac Tranter

2020

Dr Neha Pandeya

Dr Isaac Tranter

2018

Dr Alison Green

Dr Hayley Thomas

2017

Emma Pappalardo

Dr Hayley Thomas

Dr Ryan Williams

General Practice course

Medicine in Society course

Urban LlnCC

Master of Medicine - MMed (Skin Cancer)

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