Dr Ben Mitchell
PhD Candidate
Senior Lecturer and Principal Speciality Supervisor (General Practice)
General Practice Clinical Unit
+61 7 334 65139
Dr Mitchell is a Senior Lecturer in the General Practice Clinical Unit. He is also employed part-time as a General Practitioner in the Banyo Clinic and a medical educator for General Practice Training Queensland and a member of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP).
His research interest lies in evidenced based medicine and medical education. Ben is currently a PhD student, and his thesis, Understanding the evidence synthesis supporting GP registrars during consultations in Australia, is supervised by A/Prof Geoff Spurling, Prof Mieke Van Driel and Prof Parker Magin.
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The prevalence and determinants of immunisation in older Australians by GP registrars: a secondary analysis of ReCEnT data Australia GP Training |
Journal Articles
Sturman, Nancy, Mitchell, Ben, Cameron, Rhys, Thomas, Hayley, Kelly, Michaela and King, David (2025). Online teaching materials and medical student impressions of general practice: Lots of rules and guidelines?. Australian Journal of General Practice, 54 (4), 229-233. doi: 10.31128/ajgp-05-24-7253
Turner, Alexandria, van Driel, Mieke L, Mitchell, Benjamin L, Davis, Joshua S, Tapley, Amanda, Holliday, Elizabeth, Dizon, Jason, Glasziou, Paul, Bakhit, Mina, Mulquiney, Katie, Davey, Andrew, Fisher, Katie, Baillie, Emma J, Fielding, Alison, Moad, Dominica, Dallas, Anthea and Magin, Parker (2025). Changing the antibiotic prescribing of Australian general practice registrars’ for acute respiratory tract infections: a non-randomized controlled trial. Family Practice, 42 (2) cmaf005, 2. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmaf005
Magin, Parker, Ralston, Anna, Fielding, Alison, Holliday, Elizabeth, Tran, Michael, Tapley, Amanda, van Driel, Mieke, Ball, Jean, Moad, Dominica, Mitchell, Ben, Fisher, Katie, FitzGerald, Kristen, Spike, Neil, Turner, Rachel and Davey, Andrew (2024). Prediction of general practice licensure/certification examination performance by a measure of 'questionable' activities in clinical practice: a retrospective cohort study. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 100 (1184), 382-390. doi: 10.1093/postmj/qgad147
Ralston, Anna, Fielding, Alison, Holliday, Elizabeth, Ball, Jean, Tapley, Amanda, van Driel, Mieke, Davey, Andrew, Turner, Rachel, Moad, Dominica, FitzGerald, Kristen, Spike, Neil, Mitchell, Ben, Tran, Michael, Fisher, Katie and Magin, Parker (2023). ‘Low-value’ clinical care in general practice: a cross-sectional analysis of low value care in early-career GPs’ practice. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 35 (4) mzad081, 1-9. doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzad081
Tranter, Isaac, van Driel, Mieke L. and Mitchell, Ben (2023). How to 'Google' in front of the patient: a practical approach to information seeking during the consultation. Australian Journal of General Practice, 52 (7), 490-493. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-09-22-6562
Sturman, Nancy Jennifer, MItchell, Benjamin, Jennings, Warren, Kelly, Michaela, O'Reilly, Joanne Margaret and King, David (2023). Work-based feedback conversations with GP teachers. The Clinical Teacher, 20 (3) e13576, 1-7. doi: 10.1111/tct.13576
Turner, Alexandria, van Driel, Mieke L., Mitchell, Benjamin L., Davis, Joshua S., Fielding, Alison, Davey, Andrew, Holliday, Elizabeth, Ball, Jean, Ralston, Anna, Tapley, Amanda, Mulquiney, Katie, Baillie, Emma J., Spike, Neil, Clarke, Lisa and Magin, Parker (2023). Temporal patterns of antibiotic prescribing for sore throat, otitis media, and sinusitis: a longitudinal study of general practitioner registrars. Family Practice, 41 (3), 283-291. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmad055
Narayanan, Ajit, Vayro, Caitlin, Greco, Michael, Hanson, Dale, Hanson, Jan, Spike, Neil, Giddings, Pat, Mitchell, Ben and Stewart, Rebecca (2022). A comparison of patient appraisal of professional skills for GPs in training participating in differing education programs. BMC Medical Education, 22 (1) 669, 669. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03733-9
Tranter, Isaac, van Driel, Mieke L and Mitchell, Ben (2022). Doctor! Did you Google my symptoms? A qualitative study of patient perceptions of doctors' point-of-care information seeking. BMJ Open, 12 (7) e061090, e061090. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061090
Vayro, Caitlin, Narayanan, Ajit, Greco, Michael, Spike, Neil, Hanson, Jan, Mitchell, Ben, Hanson, Dale and Stewart, Rebecca (2022). Colleague appraisal of Australian general practitioners in training: an analysis of multisource feedback data. BMC Medical Education, 22 (1) 494, 494. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03559-5
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
Mitchell, Benjamin L., Carter, John and Mitchell, Amy E. (2019). A randomised controlled trial of SMS reminders for routine asthma care in an Australian general practice. Australian Journal of General Practice, 48 (9), 626-630. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-02-19-4848
Brodribb, Wendy, Hawley, Glenda, Mitchell, Ben, Mathews, Ann and Zakarija-Grković, Irena (2019). Face-to-face health professional contact for postpartum women: A systematic review. Women and Birth, 33 (6), e492-e504. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2019.11.003
Cooke, Georga and Mitchell, Ben (2018). Silence is golden. Medical Education, 52 (8), 786-788. doi: 10.1111/medu.13610
Spurling, Geoffrey, Mitchell, Ben and van Driel, Mieke (2018). Unlocking the value of Cochrane reviews for general practitioners. Australian Journal of General Practice, 47 (6), 333-336. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-01-18-4477
Sturman, Nancy, Mitchell, Benjamin and Mitchell, Amy (2017). Nice to watch? Students evaluate online lectures. The Clinical Teacher, 15 (1), 19-23. doi: 10.1111/tct.12629
Brodribb, Wendy E., Mitchell, Benjamin L. and van Driel, Mieke L. (2016). Practice related factors that may impact on postpartum care for mothers and infants in Australian general practice: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Health Services Research, 16 (1) 244, 244. doi: 10.1186/s12913-016-1508-1
Brodribb, Wendy E., Mitchell, Benjamin L. and van Driel, Mieke L. (2015). Continuity of care in the post partum period: general practitioner experiences with communication. Australian Health Review, 40 (5), 484-489. doi: 10.1071/AH15144
King, David, Mitchell, Ben, Williams, Christopher P. and Spurling, Geoffrey K. P. (2015). Saline nasal irrigation for acute upper respiratory tract infections (Review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2015 (4) CD006821, CD006821. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006821.pub3
Brodribb, Wendy, Mitchell, Benjamin and Van Driel, Mieke (2015). Postpartum consultations in Australian general practice. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 22 (2), 128-132. doi: 10.1071/PY14082
Haran, Crishan, van Driel, Mieke, Mitchell, Benjamin L. and Brodribb, Wendy E. (2014). Clinical guidelines for postpartum women and infants in primary care–a systematic review. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 14 (1) 51, 51.1-51.9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-51
Brodribb, Wendy E., Zakarija-Grkovic, Irena, Hawley, Glenda, Mitchell, Ben and Mathews, Ann (2013). Postpartum health professional contact for improving maternal and infant health outcomes for healthy women and their infants (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2013 (12) CD010855. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010855
Mitchell, Benjamin and Cooke, Georga (2013). A is for aphorism: 'Nothing is sometimes a good remedy'. Australian Family Physician, 42 (7), 507-508.
Conference Papers
Kelly, Michaela, Mitchell, Benjamin, Jennings, Warren , Henderson, Margaret , King, David , O'Reilly, J. and Sturman, Nancy (2019). Assessment on the run: acceptability and feasibility of medical student work-based assessment in general practice placements. ANZAHPE 2019, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 1-4 July 2019.
Mitchell, B., Jennings, W., Henderson, M., O'Reilly, J., King, D., Kelly, M. and Sturman, N. (2019). "Something to work on as you go?": feedback conversations following work-based assessment in general practice. ANZAHPE 2019, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 1-4 July 2019.
Jennings, Warren, Mitchell, Ben, Kelly, Michaela, Henderson, Margaret, O'Reilly, Jo, King, David and Sturman, Nancy (2019). “Something to work on as you go”?: feedback conversations following work-based assessment in general practice. ANZAHPE 2019, Canberra, ACT, Australia , 1-4 July 2019.
Jennings, Warren, Mitchell, Ben, Kelly, Michaela, Henderson, Margaret, O'Reilly, Jo, King, David and Sturman, Nancy (2019). Assessment on the run: acceptability and feasibility of medical student work-based assessment in general practice placements. ANZAHPE 2019, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 1-4 July 2019.
Mitchell, B., Carter, J. and Mitchell, A. E. (2018). A randomized controlled trial of SMS reminders for routine asthma care in Australian general practice. Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Queensland 60th Clinical Update, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 5-6 May 2018.
Sturman, N., Mitchell, B. and Mitchell, A. (2016). “Literally, if it’s not assessable, I don’t care” – Results of the SCEVOLL project. The University of Queensland Division of General Practice Research Day 2016, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 9 March 2016.
Sturman, Nancy, Mitchell, Ben and Mitchell, Amy (2015). Student-centred Evaluation of Online Lectures. UQ School of Medicine Learning and Teaching Conference: 2015, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, December 2015.