Dear ISPRN members

We have been busy working with our ISPRN members on their research.

Two of our members, Dr Adam Hodgkins and Dr Munther Zureigat have recently had papers published from their research projects.

The use of primary care electronic health records for research: Lipid medications and mortality in elderly patients
Adam Hodgkins Article

GPs attitudes towards acne management: psychological morbidity and the need for collaboration
Munther

In addition to these member driven research projects, the ISPRN team have also been working on several research projects which have been published recently:

A Case study of the experiences of junior medical officers in the emergency departments of a metropolitan hospital and rural hospital.
Bonney_et_al-2019-Australian_Journal_of_Rural_Health

Effectiveness of quality incentive payments in general practice (Equip-GP): a study protocol for a cluster randomised trial of an outcomes based funding model in Australian general practice to improve patient care
a study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial of an outcomes-based funding model in Australian general practice to improve patient care

If you have any questions about these research projects or you would like to learn more about getting involved in General Practice Research, please feel free to contact us: amunkman@uow.edu.au

Kind Regards

Alyssa Horgan
ISPRN Research Officer

Dear ISPRN members,

Happy New year to you all. I hope you had a wonderful festive season.

We have been busy here at ISPRN over the last 12-18 months working in several different spaces within Primary Care. Our Associate Professor of General Practice, Joel Rhee has research interests in Palliative Care and Advance Care Planning.

Here is the latest research that he has been working on:

• Risk J, Walters L, Rhee J, Ward P. (2019). Barriers, enablers and initiatives for uptake of advance care planning in General Practice: a systematic review and critical interpretive synthesis. BMJ Open. 9:e030275. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030275.Barriers enablers and initiatives for uptake of advance care planning
• Senior H, Grant M, Rhee J, Aubin M, McVey P, Johnson CE, Monterosso L, Nwachukwu H, Fallon-Ferguson J, Yates P, Williams B, Mitchell G. (2019). General Practitioners’ and General Practice Nurses’ Self-reported Practice at the End of Life: Delivery, communication, coordination, and multidisciplinary care –a systematic review. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. In press.General practice physicians and nurses self- reported multidisc
• Littlewood J, Hinchcliff R, Lo W, Rhee J. (2019). Advance Care Planning in rural New South Wales from the perspective of general practice registrars and recently fellowed general practitioners. Australian Journal of Rural Health. doi: 10.1111/ajr.12525.Littlewood_et_al-2019-Australian_Journal_of_Rural_Health
• Vajdic CM, Perez-Concha O, Rhee JJ, Dobbins T, Ward RL, Schaffer AL, van Leeuwen MT, Laaksonen MA, Craigen G, Pearson SA. (2019). Health-related predictors of cancer registry-notified cancer of unknown primary site (CUP). Cancer Epidemiology. 61, 1-7.Health related predictors of cancer registry notified cancer
• Vajdic CM, Perez-Concha O, Dobbins T, Ward RL, Schaffer AL, van Leeuwen MT, Rhee JJ, Laaksonen MA, Craigen G, Pearson SA. (2019). Demographic, social and lifestyle risk factors for cancer registry-notified cancer of unknown primary site (CUP). Cancer Epidemiology. 60 (2019), 156-61.demographic, social and lifestyle risk factors for cancer registry
• Miller, H., Tan, J., Clayton, JM., Meller, A., Hermiz, O., Zwar, N., Rhee, J. (2019). Patient experiences of nurse-facilitated Advance Care Planning in a general practice setting: a qualitative study. BMC Palliative Care. 18:25. doi: 10.1186/s12904-019-0411-z.Patient experiences of nurse facilitated advance care planning
• Rhee, J., Meller, A., Krysinska, K., Gonski, P., Naganathan, V., Zwar, NA., Hayen, A., Cullen, J., O’Keefe, J-A., McDonald, J., Harris-Roxas, B., Caplan, GA. (2019). Advance Care Planning for patients with advanced illnesses attending hospital outpatient clinics study: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 9:e023107. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023107.Advance care plannin for patients with advanced illnesses attending hospital outpatient clinics study

If you are interested in speaking with A/Prof Rhee about any of his research or if you would like to engage in research with us, we would love to hear from you.

Kind Regards

Alyssa Horgan
Research Officer, ISPRN
Graduate Medicine
amunkman@uow.edu.au