Dr. Margaret Kay AM MBBS(Hons) PhD FRACGP DipRACOG GAICD is a general practitioner with clinical and research expertise in both doctors’ health and refugee health.
She holds an academic title as Senior Lecturer with the General Practice Clinical Unit, Faculty of Medicine, UQ and is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
In 2013, she completed her PhD in Physician Health which focussed on understanding how doctors access health care for themselves. She has extensive experience teaching doctors and medical students about physician health. She has over 40 peer-reviewed publications, many in the area of doctors’ health. She was recently appointed Medical Director with the Rural Doctors Foundation to assist in the establishment of their ‘GPs 4 rural docs’ Program.
Dr Kay has been collaborating with the Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences at UQ investigating the effectiveness of PFAS exposure control for individuals in exposed communities and occupationally exposed cohorts.
Dr Kay is immediate past Chair of Refugee Health Network of Australia (RHeaNA), a member of RACGP Refugee Health Special Interest Group (RHSIG) and Clinical Lead in Multicultural Health with the Brisbane South Primary Health Network. Her expertise and advocacy in refugee health has focused on supporting the delivery of high quality care and reducing barriers related to cultural and linguistic difference.
In 2022, she was awarded an Order of Australia for significant service to medicine, to medical education, and to migrant health.
Publications
Journal Articles
Nilsson, Sandra, Smurthwaite, Kayla, Aylward, Lesa L., Kay, Margaret, Toms, Leisa-Maree, King, Leisa, Marrington, Shelby, Kirk, Martyn D., Mueller, Jochen F. and Bräunig, Jennifer (2022). Associations between serum perfluoroalkyl acid (PFAA) concentrations and health related biomarkers in firefighters. Environmental Research, 215 (Pt 3) 114370, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114370
Wijeratne, Chanaka, Kay, Margaret P, Arnold, Mark H and Looi, Jeffrey CL (2022). Australia needs to implement a national health strategy for doctors. Medical Journal of Australia, 217 (7), 338-341. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51714
Nilsson, S., Smurthwaite, K., Aylward, L. L., Kay, M., Toms, L. M., King, L., Marrington, S., Barnes, C., Kirk, M. D., Mueller, J. F. and Bräunig, J. (2022). Serum concentration trends and apparent half-lives of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Australian firefighters. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 246 114040, 114040. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2022.114040
Nilsson, Sandra, Smurthwaite, Kayla, Aylward, Lesa L., Kay, Margaret, Toms, Leisa-Maree, King, Leisa, Marrington, Shelby, Hobson, Peter, Barnes, Craig, Rotander, Anna, Kirk, Martyn D., Mueller, Jochen F. and Braeunig, Jennifer (2022). Biomonitoring of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure in firefighters: study design and lessons learned from stakeholder and participant engagement. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 242 113966, 113966. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2022.113966
Tran, Jonathan, Willis, Karen, Kay, Margaret, Hutt, Kathryn and Smallwood, Natasha (2022). The workplace and psychosocial experiences of Australian senior doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (5) 3079, 1-16. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19053079
Kay, Margaret P (2021). Measurement is the key to delivering culturally responsive care. Medical Journal of Australia, 215 (9), 412-413. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51286
Bardoel, E. Anne, Russell, Grant, Advocat, Jenny, Mayson, Susan and Kay, Margaret (2020). Turnover among Australian general practitioners: a longitudinal gender analysis. Human Resources for Health, 18 (1) 99, 99. doi: 10.1186/s12960-020-00525-4
Forbes, Malcolm, Byrom, Lisa, van der Steenstraten, Ira, Markwell, Alex, Bretherton, Holly and Kay, Margaret (2020). Resilience on the Run: an evaluation of a well-being programme for medical interns. Internal Medicine Journal, 50 (1), 92-99. doi: 10.1111/imj.14324
Forbes, Malcolm Peter, Iyengar, Sweatha and Kay, Margaret (2019). Barriers to the psychological well-being of Australian junior doctors: a qualitative analysis. BMJ Open, 9 (6) e027558, e027558. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027558
Kay, Margaret P. and Dawes, Victoria (2019). Working together to ensure health care access for doctors. Medical Journal of Australia, 211 (11) mja2.50421, 497-498.e1. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50421
Giroldi, Esther, Freeth, Robin, Hanssen, Maurice, Muris, Jean W. M., Kay, Margareth and Cals, Jochen W. L. (2018). Family Physicians Managing Medical Requests From Family and Friends. Annals of Family Medicine, 16 (1), 45-51. doi: 10.1370/afm.2152
Kpozehouen, Elizabeth, Heywood, Anita E., Kay, Margaret, Smith, Mitchell, Paudel, Prakash, Sheikh, Mohamud and MacIntyre, C. Raina (2017). Improving access to immunisation for migrants and refugees: recommendations from a stakeholder workshop. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 41 (2), 118-120. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12602
Burridge, Letitia Helen, Winch, Sarah, Kay, Margaret and Henderson, Amanda (2017). Building compassion literacy: Enabling care in primary health care nursing. Collegian, 24 (1), 85-91. doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2015.09.004
Kay, Margaret, Wijayanayaka, Shanika, Cook, Harriet and Hollingworth, Samantha (2016). Understanding quality use of medicines in refugee communities in Australian primary care: a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice, 66 (647), E397-E409. doi: 10.3399/bjgp16X685249
Forbes, M. P., Arthur, T., Manoharan, B., Jones, R. and Kay, M. (2016). Junior doctors and overtime: the Queensland experience. Internal Medicine Journal, 46 (5), 635-637. doi: 10.1111/imj.13032
Hepworth, Julie and Kay, Margaret (2015). General practitioners learning qualitative research: a case study of postgraduate education. Australian Family Physician, 44 (10), 760-763.
Hepworth, Julie and Kay, Margaret (2015). General practitioners learning qualitative research: a case study of postgraduate education. Australian Family Physician, 44 (10), 761-764.
Rotander, Anna, Toms, Leisa-Maree L., Aylward, Lesa, Kay, Margaret and Mueller, Jochen F. (2015). Elevated levels of PFOS and PFHxS in firefighters exposed to aqueous film forming foam (AFFF). Environment International, 82, 28-34. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.05.005
Forbes, M. and Kay, M. (2015). Mandatory dangers. MJA Insight
Rotander, Anna, Karrman, Anna, Toms, Leisa-Maree L., Kay, Margaret, Mueller, Jochen F. and Gomez Ramos, María José (2015). Novel fluorinated surfactants tentatively identified in firefighters using liquid chromatography quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry and a case-control approach. Environmental Science & Technology, 49 (4), 2434-2442. doi: 10.1021/es503653n
Benson, Jill, Phillips, Christine B., Kay, Margaret, Hanifi, Hoda, Giri, Gaur, Leahy, Catherine and Lorimer, Michelle (2015). Low levels of vitamin B12 can persist in the early resettlement of refugees: Symptoms, screening and monitoring. Australian Family Physician, 44 (9), 668-673.
Winch, Sarah, Henderson, Amanda Jane, Kay, Margaret, Burridge, Letitia Helen, Livesay, Georgia Jane and Sinnott, Michael John (2014). Understanding Compassion Literacy in Nursing Through a Clinical Compassion Cafe. Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 45 (11), 484-486. doi: 10.3928/00220124-20141027-14
Farley, Rebecca, Askew, Deborah and Kay, Margaret (2014). Caring for refugees in general practice: perspectives from the coalface. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 20 (1), 85-91. doi: 10.1071/PY12068
Goiran, Nick, Kay, Margaret, Nash, Louise and Haysom, Georgie (2014). Mandatory reporting of health professionals: the case for a Western Australian style exemption for all Australian practitioners. Journal of Law and Medicine, 22 (1), 209-220.
Joshi, Chandni, Russell, Grant, Cheng, I-Hao, Kay, Margaret, Pottie, Kevin, Alston, Margaret, Smith, Mitchell, Chan, Bibiana, Vasi, Shiva, Lo, Winston, Wahidi, Sayed Shukrullah and Harris, Mark F. (2013). A narrative synthesis of the impact of primary health care delivery models for refugees in resettlement countries on access, quality and coordination. International Journal for Equity in Health, 12 (1) 88, 88.1-88.14. doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-12-88
Benson, Jill, Phillips, Christine, Kay, Margaret, Webber, Murray T., Ratcliff, Alison J., Correa-Velez, Ignacio and Lorimer, Michelle F. (2013). Low vitamin B12 levels among newly-arrived refugees from Bhutan, Iran and Afghanistan: a multicentre Australian study. PLoS One, 8 (2) e57998, e57998.1-e57998.6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057998
Paxton, Georgia A., Kay, Margaret P. and Correa-Velez, Ignacio (2012). Lost and found: improving ascertainment of refugee-background Australians in population datasets. Medical Journal of Australia, 197 (10), 552-553. doi: 10.5694/mja12.10878
Kay, Margaret (2012). Rebuttal: Do we overdramatize family physician burnout? YES. Canadian Family Physician, 58 (7), e368-e368.
Kay, Margaret (2012). Do we overdramatize family physician burnout?: Yes. Canadian Family Physician, 58 (7), 730-732.
Kay, Margaret and Trollope-Kumar, Karen (2012). Do we overdramatize family physician burnout? Dramatisons-nous à l'excès l'épuisement professionnel chez les médecins de famille?. Canadian Family Physician, 58 (7), e368, e370.
Kay, Margaret,, Mitchell, Geoffrey, Clavarino, Alexandra and Frank, Erica (2012). Developing a framework for understanding doctors’ health access: A qualitative study of Australian GPs. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 18 (2), 158-165. doi: 10.1071/PY11003
Phillips, Christine B., Smith, Michael M., Kay, Margaret and Casey, Sue (2011). The refugee health network of Australia: Towards national collaboration on health care for refugees. Medical Journal of Australia, 195 (4), 185-186. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03276.x
Brolan, Claire E., Ware, Robert S., Lennox, Nicholas G., Taylor Gomez, Miriam, Kay, Margaret and Hill, Peter S. (2011). Invisible populations: Parallels between the health of people with intellectual disability and people of a refugee background. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 17 (3), 210-213. doi: 10.1071/PY10022
Kay, Margaret, Jackson, Claire and Nicholson, Caroline (2010). Refugee health: A new model for delivering primary health care. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 16 (1), 98-103. doi: 10.1071/PY09048
Kay, Margaret, Mitchell, Geoffrey and Clavarino, Alexandra (2010). What doctors want? A consultation method when the patient is a doctor. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 16 (1), 52-59. doi: 10.1071/PY09052
Kay, Margaret (2008). Response: Professional justice?: Ethics and empathy. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 5 (4), 319-320. doi: 10.1007/s11673-008-9117-2
Kay, M., Mitchell, G. K., Clavarino, A. M. and Doust, J. (2008). Doctors as patients: A systematic review of doctors' health access and the barriers they experience. The British Journal of General Practice, 58 (552), 501-508. doi: 10.3399/bjgp08X319486
Kay, Margaret, Del Mar, Chris B. and Mitchell, Geoffrey (2005). Does legislation reduce harm to doctors who prescribe for themselves?. Australian Family Physician, 34 (1/2 - Innovations and Inspirations), 94-96.
Kay, M. P., Mitchell, G. K. and Del Mar, C. B. (2004). Doctors do not adequately look after their own physical health. Medical Journal of Australia, 181 (7), 368-370. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06329.x
Conference Papers
Nilsson, Sandra, Smurthwaite, Kayla, Aylward, Lesa L., Kay, Margaret, Toms, Leisa-Maree, King, Leisa, Marrington, Shelby, Barnes, Craig, Kirk, Martyn D, Mueller, Jochen F and Braeunig, Jennifer (2022). Exposure trends and half-lives of per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Australian firefighters. ISEE Annual Conference - Strengthening the Global Role of Environmental Epidemiology, Athens, Greece, 18-21 September 2022. Research Triangle Park, NC United States: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. doi: 10.1289/isee.2022.o-op-187
Nilsson, Sandra, Smurthwaite, Kayla, Aylward, Lesa L., Kay, Margaret, Toms, Leisa-Maree, King, Leisa, Marrington, Shelby, Kirk, Martyn D., Mueller, Jochen F. and Braeunig, Jennifer (2022). Associations between serum Perfluoroalkyl Acid (PFAA) concentrations and health related biomarkers in firefighters. ISEE Annual Conference - Strengthening the Global Role of Environmental Epidemiology, Athens, Greece, 18-21 September 2022. Research Triangle Park, NC United States: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. doi: 10.1289/isee.2022.p-1167
Peterson, Paula, Sackey, Donata, Kay, Margaret, Nicholson, Caroline and Correa-Velez, Ignacio (2016). Innovations in connecting with vulnerable communities around health. Unknown, Unknown, Unknown. London, United Kingdom: Ubiquity Press. doi: 10.5334/ijic.2642
Winch, S., Burridge, L., Sinnott, M., Kay, M. and Henderson, A. (2015). The Clinical Compassion Café. The Clinical Compassion Café. Australian Primary Care Nurse Association 2015: Brave to Bold, Goa, India, 14-16 May 2015.
Kay, M. (2015). Refugee Health – Enhancing quality care. Rural Doctors Association Qld. 26th Annual Conference: Legends Lecturers and Locums. Treasuring our icons, Cairns, QLD, Australia, 5–7 June 2015.
Winch, S., Kay, M., Burridge, L., Sinnott, M. and Henderson, A. (2015). The Clinical Compassion Cafe. Australasian Primary Care Nurses Association Conference, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 15-16 May 2015.
Winch, S., Kay, M., Burridge, L. and Henderson, A. (2015). Compassion Literacy – using a review of the literature to inform our understanding. Doctors' Health Conference 2015, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 22-24 October 2015.
Kay, M., Peterson, P., Sackey, D. and Correa-Velez, I. (2015). Asking refugee youth about their health access - community engagement in research. GP '15, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 21 - 23 September 2015.
Burridge, L., Winch, S., Kay, M. and Henderson, A. (2015). What practice nurses need to know about compassion literacy, and why it matters. Australian Primary Care Nurse Association, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 14-16 May 2015.
Kay, M. (2015). Fostering a culturally sensitive environment for refugees. 2nd Annual Junior Doctor Conference: Be extraordinary: making the most of your medical career, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 27-28 June 2015.
Kay, M. (2015). Narratives of doctors’ health. Doctors' Health Conference 2015, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 22-24 October 2015.
Forbes, M., Byrom, L., Manoharan, B. and Kay, M. (2015). A review of mental health wellbeing programs for junior doctors in Queensland. Doctors' Health Conference 2015, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 22-24 October 2015.
Howes, F. S., Hodson, A., Ogden, K., Shaw, K. and Kay, M. (2015). Retrospective clinical audit of the health of newly arrived refugees to the Refugee Primary Health Care. International Conference on Health System Innovation: Sustainable Healthcare Transformation, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 18 -20 March 2015.
Kay, M. (2015). Health practitioner health. 36th Australian Dental Congress: The Future is Here, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 25 -29 March 2015.
Kay, M. (2015). Key elements of a Refugee Health Assessment. Refugee Health Education, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 26 March 2015.
Howes, F. S., Shaw, K. and Kay, M. (2015). A narrative systematic literature review exploring the refugee primary health care experience in Australia. Population Health Congress 2015, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 6 – 9 September 2015.
Peterson, P., Correa-Velez, I., Kay, M. and Sackey, D. (2015). Enabling the voices of young people from refugee backgrounds to inform health care delivery and service planning. International Conference on Migration, Social Disadvantage and Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 11-13 February 2015.
Kay, M. (2015). Health of the Health Practitioner. Dental Partners 6th All Clinicians Conference 2015, Gold Coast, 31st July - 2nd August 2015.
Benson, Jill, Phillips, Christine, Leahy, Catherine, Kay, Margaret, Hanifi, Hoda and Gajmere, Gauri (2014). Vitamin B12 levels in newly resettled refugees from Bhutan, Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa: failure to improve without supplementation. 2014 PHC Research Conference, Canberra, Australia, 23-25 July 2014. Australia: Primary Health Care Research and Information Service.
Kay, M. (2014). Refugee Health – What GPs need to know. HeathEd. General Practice Education Day, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 18 October 2014.
Kay, Margaret (2014). The Doctors’ Health Access Pathway – an educational framework to improve health access. International Conference on Physician Health (ICPH), London, United Kingdom, 15-17 September 2014.
Peterson, Paula, Kay, Margaret, Correa-Velez, Ignacio and Sackey, Donata (2014). Enabling the lived experience to inform refugee health care services. Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Cape Town, South Africa, 30 September - 3 October 2014. Cape Town, South Africa: Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research.
Yuan, J., Kay, M. and van Driel, M. (2014). Exploring preventive health in women of refugee-background with a focus on breast and cervical cancer screening. 2014 PHC Research Conference “Integrating knowledge exchange to improve primary health care outcomes.”, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 23-25 July 2014.
Schmidt, L., Allotta, C., Penhaligon, S., Kay, M. and Lee, L. (2014). Refugee Health: pandemonium to a planned future - nursing as an essential element in a client-centred integrated model of care. APNA National Conference 2014, Sydney, Australia, 29-31 May 2014.
Sackey, D., Kay, M., Nicholson, C. and Peterson, P. (2014). Connecting practice, research and policy to improve refugee health outcomes. 9th Health Services and Policy Research Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 7-9 December 2015. LONDON: UBIQUITY PRESS LTD. doi: 10.5334/ijic.2641
Kay, M. and Ulcoq, A. (2014). Counterbalance, self-care and caring for your colleagues. General Practice Training Queensland, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 29 - 30 November 2014.
Kay, M. and Nicholson C (2014). Co-creating Value in Research. Building a Culture of Co-creation in Research. “Making a difference at the coalface.”, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 16 October 2014.
Rotander, Anna, Toms, Leisa-Maree, Aylward, Lesa, Kay, Margaret and Mueller, Jochen (2014). Elevated serum levels of PFOS and PFHXs in firefighters with past exposure to aqueous film forming foam (AFFF). 34th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants (Dioxin 2014), Madrid, Spain, 31 August - 5 September 2014.
Russell, Grant, Harris, Mark, Cheng, I-Hao, Kay, Margaret, Vasi, Shiva, Joshi, Chandni, Chan, Bibiana, Lo, Winston, Wahidi, Sayed, Advocat, Jenny, Pottie, Kevin, Smith, Mitchell and Furler, John (2014). Coordinated primary health care for refugees: a best practice framework for Australia. 2014 PHC Research Conference, Canberra, Australia, 23-25 July 2014. Australia: Primary Health Care Research and Information Service.
Sackey, D., Kay, M. and Peterson, P. (2014). Building an innovative model of primary health care for people from refugee background - the enablers and barriers to working collaboratively and delivering flexible care. 2nd International Primary Health Care Reform Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 17-19 March 2014.
Russell, G,, Harris, M., Cheng, I., Kay, M., Vasi, S., Joshi, C., Wahidi, S., Advocat, J., Chan, B., Lo, W., Pottie, K., Smith, M., Furler, J. and Alston, M. (2013). Coordinated primary health care for refugees: a best practice framework for Australia. 2nd Australasian Refugee Health Conference, Perth, Australia, 31 October - 1 November 2013.
Kay, M. (2013). Barriers in General Practice for the provision of Catch-up Immunisation to Migrants and Refugees. "Immunisation policy for migrants, refugees and travellers." - Stakeholder workshop for “Immunisation in Under Studied and Special Risk Populations: ‘Closing the Gap in Knowledge through a Multidisciplinary Approach.” an NHMRC CRE, UNSW Sydney, NSW Australia, 9 August 2013.
Kay, Margaret (2013). The wounded healer and pathways to care. Grand Rounds, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, 5 September 2013.
Kay, M. (2013). Immunisation and Refugee Health. Australian Medical Local Alliance, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 22 August 2013.
Farley, R., Kay, M. and Askew, D. (2013). Enhancing capacity in refugee primary health care. North American Refugee Health Conference "Health means the world to us", Toronto, Canada, 6 - 8 June 2013.
Joshi, C., Russell, G., Cheng, I., Kay, M., Vasi, S., Lo, W., Pottie, K. and Harris, M. (2013). The impact of different models of primary health care (PHC) on access, quality and coordination of care for refugees: a systematic review. 2013 PHC Research Conference “Allies for better primary health care.”, Sydney, NSW Australia, 10 - 12 July 2013.
Kay, M., Correa-Velez, I., Murdoch, J., McNaughton, P., Evans, M. and Askew, D. (2013). Health and nutritional status of newly arrived Rohingya refugees settling in Queensland. 2nd Australasian Refugee Health Conference, Perth, Australia, 31 October - 1 November 2013.
Kay, M. (2013). Doctors’ health access – a sociological perspective. WONCA 2013 20th World Conference “Family Medicine – Care for Generations”, Prague, Czech Republic, 25 - 29 June, 2013.
Kay, M. (2013). HIV and Refugee Health in Queensland. HIV Nursing Practice Course, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 1 - 2 June 2013.
Rochfort, A., Ovacic Adzic, Z., Genischen, J. and Kay, M. (2013). Are doctors different? Do doctors need special healthcare services?. WONCA 2013 20th World Conference “Family Medicine – Care for Generations”, Prague, Czech Republic, 25 - 29 June, 2013.
Kay, M. (2013). Health access for doctors. Mandatory Reporting, Negligence and Complaints – A Focus on Legal, Medical and Ethical Complexities. Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 2013 Congress, Sydney, NSW Australia, 26 - 30 May 2013.
Kay, M. (2013). Illness narratives of doctors’ health: understanding the cultural messages. WONCA 2013 20th World Conference “Family Medicine – Care for Generations”, Prague, Czech Republic, 25 - 29 June, 2013.
Yuan, J., Kay, M. and Van driel, M. (2013). Exploring health literacy around preventive health care in refugee women in Brisbane – a focus on breast and cervical cancer screening. Registrar Workshop, Sydney, 8 - 9 July 2013.
Nash, Louise, Kay, Margaret, Saunders, Dominique, Turnbull, Helen, Took, Andrew and O'Connor, Nick (2013). Mandatory Reporting, Negligence and Complaints - a Focus On Legal, Medical and Ethical Complexities. RANZCP 2013 Congress, Sydney, NSW Australia, 26 - 30 May 2013. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications Ltd.. doi: 10.1177/0004867412486854
Yuan, J., Kay, M. and van Driel, M. (2013). Exploring health literacy around preventive health care in refugee women in Brisbane – a focus on breast and cervical cancer screening. CSQTC Annual Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 16-17 November 2013.
Kay, Margaret (2013). Maternal health. TIME-SWIM (Towards International Medical Equality – Student Women in Medicine), Brisbane, Australia, 30 September 2013.
Kay, M. and Russell, C. (2013). Doctors as Patients – Being the treating doctor. Health Professionals’ Health Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 3 - 5 October 2013.
Kay, M. (2013). Delivering refugee health care in the Australian primary health care setting. WONCA 2013 20th World Conference “Family Medicine – Care for Generations”, Prague, Czech Republic, 25 - 29 June, 2013.
Kay, M. and Russell, C. (2013). Doctors as Patients – Being the treating doctor. RACGP 56th Clinical Update Weekend "General Practice Snapshots and Snippets Active Learning Module, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 4 - 5 May 2013.
Kay, M. (2013). Understanding Doctors’ Health Access – a pathway to care. 2013 PHC Research Conference, Sydney, Australia, 10-12 July 2013.
Kay, M. (2013). Medical Student Mental Health. 54th AMSA National Convention, Gold Coast, 7 -13 July 2013.
Boyce, C. and Kay, M. (2012). Refugees and primary healthcare teams – a skills based workshop. GP12 Annual RACGP Conference, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 24 - 27 October 2012.
Kay, M. (2012). Mandatory reporting and the complexity behind doctors accessing care. Australian Society of Anaesthetists 71st National Scientific Convention, Hobart, Tas Australia, 30 September 2012.
Kay, M. (2012). How Do We Interpret the Research into a Complex Problem like Infant Sleep?. “The Great baby Sleep Debate” Queensland Infant Sleep Alliance, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 9 November 2012.
Farley, Rebecca, Kay, Margaret and Askew, Deborah (2011). How do we help registrars to care for refugee patients?. General Practice, Education and Training Convention, Canberra, Australia, 7-8 September 2011.
Benson, Jill, Kay, Margaret and Phillips, Christine (2011). The prevalence of Vitamin B12 deficiency in newly arrived refugees in Australia. Canadian Refugee Health Conference, Toronto, Canada, 1-3 June 2011. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine.
Farley, Rebecca, Kay, Margaret and Askew, Deborah (2011). Caring for refugees in primary care: Where to from here?. PHC Research Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 13th-15th July. Australia: Primary Health Care Research and Information Service.
Kay, Margaret (2011). Transformative narratives in doctors' health: positive representations of the wounded healer. Health Professional Conference, Auckland NZ, 3-5 November 2011.
Kay, Margaret (2011). Doctors' health: inspirations using Complexity Theory. Health of the Professional Conference 2011: Surviving and thriving in the health workforce, Auckland, New Zealand, 3-5 November 2011.
Frank, Erica and Kay, Margaret (2011). GlobalUni Health Sciences Online: democratized knowledge in the palm of your hand. The Third International m-libraries Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 12-13 May 2011.
Farley, R., Askew, D. and Kay, M. (2011). Educating doctors to better care for refugee patients. GP11, RACGP, Hobart , TAS, Australia, 6-8 October 2011.
Kay, M. (2011). Doctors’ Health. 2011 AMA National Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 28 May 2011.
Kay, M. (2010). The Doctors’ health record (Doctors recognising their own symptoms and accessing health services). Healthy Doctors, Better Medicine: a wellbeing workshop for medical practitioners (Keynote Presentation), Bendigo, Vic Australia, 23 October 2010.
Kay, M. (2010). Beyond the cultural bravado of being a Doctor – how do I become a patient?. Healthy Doctors, Better Medicine: a wellbeing workshop for medical practitioners (Keynote presentation), Bendigo, Victoria, 23 October 2010.
Kay, Margaret, Farley, Rebecca, Askew, Deborah, Peterson, Paula, Sackey, Donata and Correa-Velez, Ignacio (2010). Caring for refugees in primary health care - a qualitative study of general practices and newly-arrived refugees. GP10, Cains, Queensland, 6th-9th October 2010.
Kay, Margaret, Frank, Erica, Mitchell, Geoff and Clavarino, Alexandra (2010). Promoting Resilience: A focus on Australian Physicians' Health Access. International Physician Health Conference, Chicago, USA, 3-5 October 2010.
Farley, Rebecca, Askew, Deborah and Kay, Margaret (2010). Working with diversity to optimise refugee primary health care. Diversity in Health Conference 2010, Melbourne Australia, 7th-9th June.
Kay, Margaret, McNaughton, Peter, Murdoch, Jacqui, Hibberd, Anne and Askew, Deborah (2010). Prevalence of infectious diseases and nutritional deficiencies in Queensland's newly-arrived refugee community. 2010 PHC Research Conference, Darwin, Australia, 30 June - 2 July 2010.
Kay, Margaret and Evans, Megan (2009). Addressing primary health care needs in the newly arrived refugee community. 1st Australiasian Refugee Health Conference, Perth, Australia, 1 -2 September 2009. Perth, Australia: TheMHS.
Kay, Margaret, Jackson, Claire and Nicholson, Caroline (2009). Refugee health: A new model of care. 2009 General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 15-17 July 2009. Adelaide, Australia: Primary Health Care Research and Information Service.
Kay, M. (2009). Doctors as patients – A multi-media workshop to break down the barriers. North Coast Refresher Weekend “Freshen Up On Fraser” (Keynote presentation), Fraser Island, Queensland, 10-11 October 2009.
Kay, Margaret (2009). Defining Denial - Considering the socio-cultural barriers to doctors' health access. 6th National Doctors' Health Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 3-5 September 2009.
Kay, Margaret (2009). Primary Health Care Research - Focusing on Refugee Health. 1st Australasian Refugee Health Conference, Perth, Australia, 1 -2 September 2009.
Kay, Margaret, Mitchell, Geoff and Clavarino, Alexandra (2009). What doctors want? A consultation method when the patient is a doctor. General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 2-5 October 2009. Primary Health Care Research and Information Service.
Kay, Margaret (2009). Developing a Model for Doctors' Health Access. 6th National Doctors' Health Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 3-5 September 2009.
Kay, Margaret, Mitchell, Geoff and Clavarino, Alexandra (2008). Insight into doctors' health - narratives in the medical literature. WONCA Asia Pacific Regional Conference, Melbourne Australia, 2-5 October 2008.
Kay, Margaret (2008). Work/Life Balance and GP Health. 51st Gold Coast Clinical Update, Gold Coast, Australia, 3-4 May 2008.
Kay, Margaret, Mitchell, Geoff and Clavarino, Alexandra (2008). Deconstructing doctors' health - reviewing the normative discourse within the literature. Wonca. Asia Pacific Regional Conference combined with the RACGP Annual Scientific Convention, Melbourne Australia, 2-5 October 2008.
Kay, Margaret (2008). Doctors as patients - a multimedia workshop to break down the barriers. WONCA: Asia Pacific Regional Conference combined with the RACGP Annual Scientific Convention, Melbourne, Australia, 2-5 October 2008.
Kay, Margaret, Mitchell, Geoff and Clavarino, Alexandra (2007). Self-care and the Barriers to formal care - Finding the balance as a doctor. 2007 International Doctors’ Health Conference, Sydney Australia, 24-25 October 2007.
Kay, M., Mitchell, G. and Clavarino, A. (2007). Barriers to health access. May Day Weekend Conference, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Queensland, Gold Coast, QLD, 5 - 7 May 2007.
Kay, M. (2007). The Barriers which prevent doctors seeking medical advice. 31st Annual ANZCA-ASA Combined Continuing Medical Education Meeting of Queensland “Taking Care of Doctor”, Gold Coast, Qld, 7 - 8 July 2007.
Kay, Margaret, Mitchell, Geoff, Clavarino, Alexandra and Doust, Jenny (2007). Doctors' experience of health access - a systematic review. 2007 General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Conference, Sydney, Australia, 23 - 25 May 2007. Australia: Primary Health Care Research and Information Service.
Kay, Margaret, Mitchell, Geoffrey and Clavarino, Alexandra (2007). Working together to conquer the barriers for doctors seeking health care. 2007 GP & PHC Research Conference: Working Together, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 23-25 May 2007. Primary Health Care Research and Information Service.
Kay, Margaret, Mitchell, Geoff and Clavarino, Alexandra (2007). Doctors' health: Using the lessons of the past to construct a positive computer. 50th Annual Scientific Convention of RACGP, Sydney, Australia, 4 - 7 October 2007.
Kay, Margaret and Mitchell, Geoff (2006). Barriers to doctors seeking health care. International Physicians’ Health Conference, Ottawa, Canada, 30 November - 2 December 2006.
Kay, Margaret, Mitchell, Geoff and Del Mar, Chris (2006). Do doctors look after their physical health?. International Physicians’ Health Conference, Ottawa, Canada, 30 November - 2 December 2006.
Kay, Margaret and Mitchell, Geoff (2006). Barriers to doctors seeking health care. 2006 General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Conference, Perth, Australia, 5-7 July, 2006. Adelaide, Australia: Flinders University.
Kay, Margaret, Mitchell, Geoff and Del Mar, Christopher (2004). Do doctors look after their physical health?. 2004 General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 2 - 4 June 2004. Australia: Primary Health Care Research and Information Service.
Kay, Margaret, Del Mar, Chris and Mitchell, Geoff (2004). Does legislation reduce harm to doctors who prescribe for themselves?. 2004 General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 2 - 4 June 2004. Australia: Primary Health Care Research and Information Service.
Seminar Paper
Burridge, L., Winch, S., Kay, M. and Henderson, A. (2016). Compassion literacy for renal nurses: is it relevant, and is it useful?. School of Medicine, Renal Nurses Association, Queensland Branch, University of Queensland.
Thesis
Kay, Margaret Patricia (2012). Understanding the health access behaviours of doctors seeking medical care for themselves. PhD Thesis, Discipline of General Practice, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland.
Research Reports
Rotander, A., Toms, L. M., Aylward, L., Kay, M. and Mueller, J. (2014). Evaluation of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in Airservices Australia's Aviation Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) staff. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Airservices Australia.
Russell, Grant, Harris, Mark, Cheng, I-Hao, Kay, Margaret, Vasi, Shiva, Joshi, Chandni, Chan, Bibiana, Lo, Winston, Wahidi, Sayed, Advocat, Jenny, Pottie, Kevin, Smith, Mitchell and Furler, John (2013). Coordinated primary health care for refugees: a best practice framework for Australia. Report to the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute. Dandenong, VIC, Australia: Southern Academic Primary Care Research Unit (SAPCRU).