Researcher

Dr Aidan Christopher Chieh-Hui Tan

Keywords

biomedical research

clinical trials as topic

Field of Research (FoR)

Medicine - General

Epidemiology

Biography

Aidan Tan is a clinician, researcher and educator based in Sydney. He is a resident medical officer at Liverpool Hospital with a clinical interest in paediatrics. He is a research affiliate with the National Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Centre at the University of Sydney and his research interests include clinical trials, publication bias, risk assessment and chronic pain. He is a conjoint associate lecturer with the...view more

Aidan Tan is a clinician, researcher and educator based in Sydney. He is a resident medical officer at Liverpool Hospital with a clinical interest in paediatrics. He is a research affiliate with the National Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Centre at the University of Sydney and his research interests include clinical trials, publication bias, risk assessment and chronic pain. He is a conjoint associate lecturer with the South Western Sydney Clinical School at the University of New South Wales and with the School of Medicine at Western Sydney University and his academic interests include suicide prevention and intervention.

My Qualifications

2014 – 2019 Bachelor of Medical Studies (distinction), Doctor of Medicine (distinction)
University of New South Wales

My Research Activities

Peer-reviewed journals
1. Tan AC. On lessons learned in The Gambia. Academic Medicine. 2021; published ahead of print.
2. Pho JNQ, Tan AC, Chaudhary K, Hines S, Ellison C, Isaac V, Lim D. Health and support service needs of individuals with disability from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds: a scoping review protocol. Systematic Reviews. 2021; 10(1):34.
3. Tan ZW, Tan AC, Li T, Harris I, Naylor JM, Siebelt M, van Tiel J, Pinheiro M, Harris L, Chamberlain K, Adie S. Has the reporting quality of published randomised controlled trial protocols improved since the SPIRIT statement? A methodological study. BMJ Open. 2020;10(8):e038283.
4. Lawson A, Tan AC, Naylor J, Harris IA. Is retrospective assessment of health-related quality of life valid? BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2020;21(1):415.
5. Jaaniste T, Noel M, Yee RD, Bang J, Tan AC, Champion GD. Why unidimensional pain measurement prevails in the pediatric acute pain context and what multidimensional self-report methods can offer. Children. 2019;6(12):132.
6. Tan AC, Armstrong E, Close J, Harris IA. Data quality audit of a clinical quality registry: a generic framework and case study of the Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry. BMJ Open Quality. 2019;8(3):e000490.
7. Tan AC, Jiang I, Askie L, Hunter K, Simes RJ, Seidler AL. Prevalence of trial registration varies by study characteristics and risk of bias. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2019; 113:64-74.
8. Tan AC, Jaaniste T, Champion D. Chronic widespread pain and fibromyalgia syndrome: life-course risk markers in young people. Pain Research and Management. 2019; 2019:13.
9. Wan JCM, Tan AC, Chaudhuri-Vayalambrone PB-J, Benjamin, McMurran CE. The Modern Medical Student Manual: a book review. Cambridge Medicine Journal. 2017:1-2.

My Teaching

Academic appointments
2020 – cont.           Conjoint Associate Lecturer
                             South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales
2020 – cont.           Conjoint Associate Lecturer
                             School of Medicine, Western Sydney University
2019                      Ethics Tutor
                             Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales
2019                      Clinical Transition Course Tutor
                             Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales
2018 – 2019           Clinical Skills Tutor
                             Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales