GP Student Research and Publications

Student Research

Enhancing student research capacity beyond the opportunities afforded within the curriculum is an important goal for the Department. Students researching with us consider the experience rewarding and important both in developing their research skills and their capacity for critical thinking. They also benefit by broadening their research and clinical networks within and beyond Western Sydney University. Student research is sometimes published in highly ranked peer-reviewed journals.

GP Synergy Scholarships

• Effectiveness of an Aboriginal Cultural Training Video-Feedback Workshop – Evaluation. (Emma Kozianski, 2013)
• Medical student education in substance misuse – qualitative research and development of a video trigger educational resource. (Kate Sandy, 2014)
• Two-way learning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander educators partnering with medical educators – qualitative analysis. (Aimee Tran, 2015)
• Process evaluation of a clinical trial investigating best management for childhood ear disease in urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children - the WATCH trial. (Vanessa Tent, 2016)
• Understanding GP attitudes and confidence in managing suicidal patients in Western Sydney – survey based research. (Chris Kocx, 2016)
• Factors affecting culturally and linguistically diverse patients' satisfaction with GP referral to a secondary healthcare provider – survey based research. (Vinay Murthy, 2017)
• Understanding how Advance Care Planning is taken up in CALD populations – a systematic literature review. (Anusha Kannekanti, 2017)
• Breaking Bad News to Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Patients: a systematic literature review. (Charu Ahluwalia, 2018)
• Utilization of Cardiovascular Risk Calculators by GPs in Western NSW- a survey based study. (Josh Lambert, 2018)
• The Identification and Management of Speech and Hearing Difficulties in Children Aged 0-5 Years through Primary Care: a systematic literature review. (Saira Gugnani, 2019)
• The identification and management of skin cancers in the primary care setting: a systematic literature review. (Ishaan Thakur, 2019)

MBBS Honours

• Mixed methods research, within a parent project, to examine the reliability and concurrent validity of the Acute Otitis Media Faces Scale (AOM-FS) in Urban Aboriginal Communities, and evaluating the experiences of users. (Caitlin Frede, 2016-18)
• A literature review and thematic analysis of interviews from our qualitative evaluation of the Western Sydney Integrated Care Program, to examine patient and carer, and clinician understandings of integrated health care. (Xi Yu, 2016-18)

Student Publications

• Abbott, P., Reath, J., Gordon, E., Dave, D., Harnden, C., Hu, W., Kozianski, E., and Carriage, C. General practitioner supervisor assessment and teaching of registrars consulting with Aboriginal patients - is cultural competence adequately considered?' BMC Medical Education, 2014. 14(1): 167.
• Deshmukh T, Abbott P, Reath J. "It's got to be another approach": an Aboriginal Health Worker perspective on cardiovascular risk screening and education. Australian Family Physician, 2014. 43(7): 310-313.
• Lewis, E., Cardona-Morrell, M., Ong, K. Y., Trankle, S. A., & Hillman, K. A. Evidence still insufficient that advance care documentation leads to engagement of healthcare professionals in end-of-life discussions: A systematic review. Palliative Medicine, 2016. 30(9): 807-824. DOI: 10.1177/0269216316637239. Awarded 'Paper of the Year 2016'.
• Trankle S A, Shanmugam S, Lewis E, Nicholson M, Ken Hillman K, Cardona M. Are we making progress on communication with people who are near the end of life in the Australian health system? A thematic analysis. Health Communication. 2018; DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2018.1548335