Dr Ben Mitchell

Senior Lecturer

General Practice Clinical Unit

+61 7 334 65139

b.mitchell@uq.edu.au

Dr Mitchell is a Lecturer in the Discipline of General Practice. He is also employed part-time as a General Practitioner in the Banyo Clinic and a medical educator for General Practice Training Queensland.

His research interest lies in breastfeeding, postpartum care and medical education. Ben also teaches in medical education and general practice, particularly in evidence-based practice.

Ben is a member of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and the General Practice Registrars Australia (GPRA).

Featured projects	Duration
The prevalence and determinants of immunisation in older Australians by GP registrars: a secondary analysis of ReCEnT data Australia GP Training

Publications

Journal Articles (15)

Conference Papers (5)

Journal Articles

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Areas of research

Evidence into practice

Maternal and infant care

Medical education