Dr Eric Khong

Senior Lecturer

Telephone: (61 8)  6304 3513  
Facsimile: (61 8)  6304 2254  
Email: e.khong@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO21.541  

 

Current Teaching

  • Postgraduate students, Research students
  • Coordinator of Men's Health Units

Background

  • Staff member of ECU since 2004.
  • Work also as a General Practitioner and Liaison GP for BreastScreen WA

Professional Memberships

  • GP Liaison Officer for BreastScreen WA
  • Member of the Breast Cancer Collaborative
  • Member of the Primary Care, Cancer Prevention and Screening Collaborative
  • Member of the Medical Radiation and Cancer Working Group, Cancer Council of WA
  • Clinical Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Western Australia
  • On Peer Review Panel of Australian Family Physician Journal for Drug and Alcohol Issues and Breast Diseases.
  • Member Nurses & Midwives Board of WA – Network Advisory Panel and Subsequent Impairment Review Committee
  • Member of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Research Areas and Interests

  • General Practice, Alcohol and Drug issues

Staff Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Medicine, The University of Western Australia .

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.
  • Workforce Development: Hepatitis B and C Health Professional Engagement and Education,  Department of Health WA,  Grant,  2011,  $98,678.
  • Workforce Development: Hepatitis B and C Health Professional Engagement and Education,  Dept of Health WA,  Grant(**),  2010,  $115,091.
  • Hepatitis C Workforce Development,  Dept of Health WA,  Grant,  2009,  $10,091.
  • Provision of an E-learning package,  Dept of Health WA,  Grant,  2009,  $18,000.
  • Workforce Development: Hepatitis B and C Health Professional Engagement and Education,  Dept of Health WA,  Grant,  2009,  $32,826.
  • Kids and Parents for Optimal Weight (KAPOW),  Osborne Division of General Practice,  Grant,  2008,  $10,000.
  • Hepatitis C Workforce Development,  Dept of Health WA,  Grant,  2008,  $122,360.
  • Evaluation of Falls Linkage Independence Program,  Dept of Health WA,  Grant,  2008,  $14,400.
  • Kids and Parents for Optimal Weight (KAPOW),  Osborne Division of General Practice,  Grant,  2007,  $10,000.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Journal Articles

  • 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.
  • 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 2): Motivational interviewing approaches. Australian Family Physician, 38(12), 986-989, South Melbourne, Victoria.
  • 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., Khong, E., Wain, T., (2008), Dylematy dotyczace przepisywania benzodiazepin. Lekarz Rodzinny, 129(5), 584-587.
  • Sim, M., Khong, E., Jiwa, M., (2008), Does General Practice Google?. Australian Family Physician, 37(6), 471-474, South Melbourne, Victoria.
  • Khong, E., Sim, M., (2008), Benzodiazepine dependence: an update on management. BMJ Learning, 2008, , London, UK.
  • Jiwa, M., Saunders, C., Thomson, S., Rosenwax, L., Sargant, S., Khong, E., Halkett, G., Sutherland, G., Ee, H., Packer, T., Merriman, G., Arnett, H., (2008), Timely cancer diagnosis and management as a chronic condition: opportunities for primary care. Medical Journal of Australia, 189(2), 78-82, Sydney, NSW.