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Associate Professor Moira Sim

Head of School Medical Sciences

Current Teaching

• Postgraduate Medicine

Background

Associate Professor Moira Sim is a general practitioner and a specialist addiction medicine physician with over 20 years in clinical practice in the community and has been at ECU since 2004. Moira leads the Systems Intervention Research Centre for Health and is Coordinator for Postgraduate Medicine at Edith Cowan University. She has worked to increase access to quality care through professional education, advocacy and the establishment of system change through many roles in the healthcare system.

Moira is a Clinical Associate Professor at the School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Western Australia, liaison GP and Chair of the Medical Executive Committee at Osborne Park Hospital, a member of the Impairment Review Committee at the Nurses and Midwives Board of Western Australia and a panellist on the Impairment Review Committee and Professional Standards Committee for the Medical Board of Western Australia. She is a member of the Medical Defence Association President’s Medical Liaison Council, the Western Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care, the Musculoskeletal Network Executive Advisory Group and the Psychotherapeutic Drugs Committee of the Western Australian Therapeutics Advisory Group.

Moira has previously been Chair of the Osborne Division of General Practitioners, Deputy Chair of General Practice Divisions of Western Australia, Deputy Chairperson of the Western Australian Faculty of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and Board Director of Australian Divisions of General Practice. She is a peer reviewer for the journals Australian Family Physician and Drug and Alcohol Review.

Professional Memberships

• Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
• Chapter of Addiction Medicine, Royal Australian College of Physicians
• Perth Primary Care Network
• Medical Defence Association

Research Areas and Interests

• Translation of evidence to clinical practice, alcohol and other drugs, prevention in health, managing behaviour in clinical practice.

Staff Qualifications

• Graduate Dip Alcohol & Drugs, The University of Western Australia, 1996 .
• Bachelor of Medicine, The University of Western Australia, 1985 .
• Bachelor of Surgery, The University of Western Australia, 1985 .

Research

Recent Research Grants

• For the development and implementation of a blended learning program, including e-learning, for the management of sexually transmissible infections as part of a state-wide workforce development progra,  Department of Health WA,  Grant,  2011,  $100,157.
• Standards and Quality Indicators for Best Practice in Paramedic and Inter-Professional Experiential Practica,  Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations,  Novated ALTC Grant,  2011,  $93,580.
• Promoting Physical Activity to Improve the Outcome of Depression in Later Life (ACTIVEDEP),  University of Western Australia,  Grant - Healthway,  2011,  $45,121.
• Creating cultural empathy and challenging attitudes through Indigenous narratives,  Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations,  Novated ALTC Grant,  2011,  $108,901.
• PARAMED Home (Paramedic Assessment and Referral to Access MEDical care at home: a randomised trial,  Department of Health WA,  SHRAC Research Translation Projects,  2011,  $145,000.
• Workforce Development: Hepatitis B and C Health Professional Engagement and Education,  Department of Health WA,  Grant,  2011,  $98,678.
• Promoting Physical Activity to Improve the Outcome of Depression in Later Life (ACTIVEDEP),  University of Western Australia,  Grant - Healthway(**),  2010,  $49,487.
• Creating cultural empathy and challenging attitudes through Indigenous narratives,  Australian Learning and Teaching Council,  Grant(**),  2010,  $111,099.
• Workforce Development: Hepatitis B and C Health Professional Engagement and Education,  Dept of Health WA,  Grant(**),  2010,  $115,091.
• Promoting Physical Activity to Improve the Outcome of Depression in Later Life (ACTIVEDEP),  University of Western Australia,  Grant - Healthway,  2009,  $48,937.
• Workforce Development: Hepatitis B and C Health Professional Engagement and Education,  Dept of Health WA,  Grant,  2009,  $32,826.
• Provision of an E-learning package,  Dept of Health WA,  Grant,  2009,  $18,000.
• Hepatitis C Workforce Development,  Dept of Health WA,  Grant,  2009,  $10,091.
• Evaluation of Falls Linkage Independence Program,  Dept of Health WA,  Grant,  2008,  $14,400.
• Hepatitis C Workforce Development,  Dept of Health WA,  Grant,  2008,  $122,360.
• Kids and Parents for Optimal Weight (KAPOW),  Osborne Division of General Practice,  Grant,  2008,  $10,000.
• Making changes Across the Hospital in the Treatment of Patients with Alcohol and Drug Issues,  Edith Cowan University,  Grant - Industry Collaboration,  2007,  $5,000.
• Kids and Parents for Optimal Weight (KAPOW),  Osborne Division of General Practice,  Grant,  2007,  $10,000.
• Establishing a practice policy for the management of manipulative and aggressive behaviour,  Osborne Division of General Practice,  Grant,  2007,  $4,545.
• Review and provision of recommendations for the updating of four government publications by the Health Department of Western Australia on abortion and abortion counselling,  University of Western Australia,  Grant,  2007,  $8,479.
• Review and provision of recommendations for the updating of four government publications by the Health Department of Western Australia on abortion and abortion counselling,  University of Western Australia,  Grant,  2006,  $15,181.
• Economic Cost of Caring and Anxiety Depression and Social Dysfunction Amongst Carers,  Carers Association of Western Australia,  Grant,  2006,  $8,900.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Book Chapters

• Wilkinson, A., Sim, M., (2009), End-of-Life Decision-Making. Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development, 3(108), 134-137, Detroit, MI USA.
• Sim, M., Cheng, W., Dore, G., Beers, K., (2008), Signs and symptoms of chronic hepatitis C. HIV/Viral hepatitis: A guide for primary care, 71-79, Darlinghurst, NSW.

Journal Articles

• Arendts, G., Sim, M., Johnston, S., Brightwell, R., (2011), ParaMED Home: A protocol for a randomised controlled trial of paramedic assessment and referral to access medical care at home. BMC Emergency Medicine, 11(7), 1-4, DOI: 10.1186/1471-227X-11-7.
• Almeida, O., Alfonso, H., Pirkis, J., Kerse, N., Sim, M., Flicker, L., Snowdon, J., Draper, B., Byrne, G., Goldney, R., Lautenschlager, N., Stocks, N., Scazufca, M., Huisman, M., Araya, R., Pfaff, J., (2011), A practical approach to assess depression risk and to guide risk reduction strategies in later life. International Psychogeriatrics, 23(2), 280-291, DOI: 10.1017/S1041610210001870.
• Sim, M., Wain, T., Khong, E., (2011), Aggressive behaviour prevention and management in the general practice environment. Australian Family Physician, 40(11), 866-872, South Melbourne, Victoria.
• Almeida, O., Alfonso, H., Pirkis, J., Kerse, N., Sim, M., Flicker, L., Snowdon, J., Draper, B., Byrne, G., Goldney, R., Lautenschlager, N., Stocks, N., Scazufca, M., Huisman, M., Araya, R., Pfaff, J., (2010), A practical approach to assess depression risk and to guide risk reduction strategies in later life. International Psychogeriatrics, 23(2), 280-291, United Kingdom, DOI: 10.1017/S1041610210001870.
• Sim, M., Khong, E., Wain, T., (2009), Motivational Interviewing in general practice. The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners: CHECK Program, October 2009(451), 1-30, Melbourne.
• Sim, M., Wain, T., Khong, E., (2009), Influencing behaviour change in general practice (Part 1): Brief intervention and motivational interviewing. Australian Family Physician, 38(11), 885-888, South Melbourne, Victoria.
• Sim, M., Wain, T., Khong, E., (2009), Influencing behaviour change in general practice (Part 2): Motivational interviewing approaches. Australian Family Physician, 38(12), 986-989, South Melbourne, Victoria.
• Pfaff, J., Draper, B., Pirkis, J., Stocks, N., Snowdon, J., Sim, M., Byrne, G., Lautenschlager, N., Flicker, L., Kerse, N., Goldney, R., Almeida, O., (2009), Medical morbidity and severity of depression in a large primary care sample of older Australians: the DEPS-GP project. Medical Journal of Australia, 190(7), S75-S80, Australia.
• Sim, M., Khong, E., Jiwa, M., (2008), Does General Practice Google?. Australian Family Physician, 37(6), 471-474, South Melbourne, Victoria.
• Sim, M., Khong, E., Wain, T., (2008), Dylematy dotyczace przepisywania benzodiazepin. Lekarz Rodzinny, 129(5), 584-587.
• Khong, E., Sim, M., (2008), Benzodiazepine dependence: an update on management. BMJ Learning, 2008, , London, UK.
• Kerse, N., Flicker, L., Pfaff, JJ., Draper, B., Lautenschlager, NT., Sim, M., Snowdon, J., Almeida, OP., (2008), Falls, Depression and antidepressants in Later Life: A Large Primary Care Appraisal. PLoS ONE, 3(6), 2423, San Francisco.

Creative Works

• Hood, S., Ayonrinde, D., Davidson, R., Martin-Iverson, M., Samuel, M., Schenk, M., Sim, M., Wynn Owen, P., Lyon, D., Hince, D., Trivedi, D., Caunt, N., Islett, K., Kristensen, J., (2008), Anxiety Disorders Drug Treatment Guidelines., Perth, Western Australia.