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Research InterestsDr Meredith Makeham | | (Position Details) | | Phone Please contact School/Unit | | Qualifications BMed(Hons), MPH(Hons), PhD, FRACGP |
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| School of Public Health and Community Medicine | | www.sphcm.med.unsw.edu.au
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| | Broad Research Areas | |
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Primary Health Care
Community Medicine
Medical Informatics
Clinical Research
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| | | | Specific Research Keywords | |
| Patient Safety
Health Systems Design
Human Error
Incident Reporting
Clinical Decision Making
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| | | | Research Interests | |
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Primary focus of research is Patient Safety. Chief Investigator of the Threats to Australian Patient Safety (TAPS) study, which broadly investigated reports of error from the community, establihed the incidence of reported error in General Practice settings and developed a taxonomy to describe the nature of reported errors in General Practice. Collaborative work with DOHA, NSW Health, RACGP and Divisions of GP (AGPN).
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| | | | ILP Research Interests (Will supervise ILP students) |
| Incident Monitoring
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| | | | Teaching Interests | |
| Course Convenor for Primary Care in the final phase of undergraduate medinine at UNSW. Focus of the course is the discipline of General Practice and patient centred medicine. | |
| | | | Society Memberships & Professional Activities | |
| Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)
Member of Northern Sydney General Practice Network (NSGPN)
Member of Australian Association of Academic General Practitioners (AAAGP)
Director of Alport Foundation of Australia. | |
| | | | Funding Sources | |
| NHMRC Grant recipient
NHMRC Scholarship recipient
Registrar Scholarship and Research Fund (RSRF) recipient (RACGP) | |
| | | | Key works/Publications | |
| 1. Makeham, MAB, Saltman, S, Kidd, M. Lessons from the TAPS study – Warfarin-still a major cause of threats to patient safety. Australian family physician. 2008; 37:816-817
2. Makeham, MAB, Mira, M, Kidd, M. ‘Lessons from the TAPS study - Communication failures between hospitals and general practices - a source of threats to patient safety’. Australian family physician. 2008; 37:735-736
3. Makeham, MAB, Bridges-Webb, C, Kidd, M. Lessons from the TAPS study - Managing investigation results: Is your practice system safe? Australian family physician. 2008; 37:625-626
4. Makeham, MAB, Saltman, D, Kidd, M. Lessons from the TAPS study - How computerised recall and reminders systems can improve patient safety. Australian family physician. 2008; 37:923-924
5. Makeham, MAB, Saltman, D, Kidd, M. Lessons from the TAPS study - Management of medical emergencies. Australian family physician. 2008; 37:548-50
6. Makeham, MAB, Cooper, C, Kidd, M. Lessons from the TAPS study - Message handling and appointment systems. Australian family physician. 2008; 37:438-9
7. Makeham, MAB, Stromer, S, Kidd, M. Lessons from the TAPS study – reducing the risk of patient harm. Australian family physician. 2008; 37:339-40
8. Makeham, MAB, Bridges-Webb, C, Kidd, M. Lessons from the TAPS study - errors relating to medical records. Australian family physician. 2008; 37:243-4
9. Makeham, MAB, Mira, M, Kidd, M. Lessons from the TAPS study-knowledge and skills errors. Australian family physician. 2008; 37:145-6
10. Makeham, MAB, Stromer, S, Bridges-Webb, C, Mira, M, Saltman, D, Cooper, C, Kidd, M. Patient safety events reported in general practice: a taxonomy. Quality & safety in health care. 2008; 17:53-7
11. Makeham MAB, Kidd M, Saltman D, Mira M, Bridges-Webb C, Cooper C, Stromer S. The Threats to Australian Patient Safety (TAPS) study: incidence of reported errors in general practice. The Medical journal of Australia. 2006; 185:95-98
12. Makeham MAB, Kidd M, Dovey S, County M. An international taxonomy for errors in general practice: a pilot study. Medical Journal Of Australia. 2002; 177:68-72
13. Makeham MAB, Kidd M, Saltman D, Card G. Meningococcal vaccine. [Letter] Australian Family Physician. 33(9):679, 2004 Sep. | |
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