My Expertise
Primary care research focusing on advance care decision-making and planning. Primary palliative care research on barriers to GP involvement in palliative care and end of life care planning. Research in early detection and cancer survivorship in general practice. Models of general practice care in residential aged care settings. Chronic disease management including alignment of goals of care, de-prescribing and de-referring. Medical education research including digital health. Clinical supervisor training and development using digital technologies.
Keywords
Fields of Research (FoR)
Primary health care, Aged health care, Cancer therapy (excl. chemotherapy and radiation therapy), Cancer diagnosis, Palliative care, Residential client care, General practice, Decision making, Primary Health Care, Aged Health Care, Cancer and related disordersSEO tags
Biography
About me:
I am the Head of Discipline of General Practice at the School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health.
I am an academic general practitioner with a passion for improving the delivery of care by general practitioners and other primary health care professionals to people who are most in need, especially people with palliative and supportive care needs, older adults, including people living in residential aged care homes,...view more
About me:
I am the Head of Discipline of General Practice at the School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health.
I am an academic general practitioner with a passion for improving the delivery of care by general practitioners and other primary health care professionals to people who are most in need, especially people with palliative and supportive care needs, older adults, including people living in residential aged care homes, and people with advanced and chronic conditions especially cancer.
My Grants
A/Prof Rhee has received over $32M in research, educational and clinical improvement grants, including 12 MRFF and NHMRC grants as a Chief Investigator.
My Qualifications
BSc(Med) MBBS(Hons 1) GCULT PhD, FRACGP
My Awards
2021 Primary Care Collaborative Cancer Clinical Trials Group (PC4) Geoff Mitchell Rising Star Award
2015 Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care Travel Fellowship – University of Edinburgh
2014 UNSW School of Public Health and Community Medicine Award for Best PhD Thesis
2013 UNSW Medicine Award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
2011 Alan Hodgkinson Prize for Excellence in Teaching (School of Public Health and Community Medicine)
2008 Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care Travel Fellowship – University of Queensland
2007 Alan Chancellor Award for Best First Time Presenter – RACGP National Conference
My Research Activities
Research Interests:
Primary care research focusing on advance care decision-making and planning. Primary palliative care research on barriers to GP involvement in palliative care and end of life care planning. Research in early detection and cancer survivorship in general practice. Research to explore barriers and facilitators to high quality primary care for older adults living in Residential Aged Care Homes. Chronic disease management including alignment of goals of care, de-prescribing and de-referring. Medical education research including digital health. Clinical supervisor training and development using digital technologies.
Broad Research Areas:
Primary Health Care, Aged Care, Cancer, Primary Palliative Care
My Research Supervision
Supervision keywords
Areas of supervision
Primary care research focusing on advance care decision-making and planning.
Primary palliative care research on barriers to GP involvement in palliative care and end of life care planning.
Research in early detection and cancer survivorship in general practice.
General practice models of care in residential aged care settings.
Chronic disease management including alignment of goals of care, de-prescribing and de-referring.
Clinical supervisor training and development using digital technologies.
Currently supervising
A/Prof Rhee is currently supervising six PhD students (two as primary, one as joint primary) and one Honours student.
My Engagement
- RACGP (Chair - Cancer and Palliative Care Network; Deputy Chair - Expert Committee - Research, Deputy Chair - National Research and Evaluation Ethics Committee (NREEC), Fellow)
- Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care
- Primary Care Collaborative Cancer Clinical Trials Group (PC4) (Co-Chair, Living With and Beyond Cancer Engine Room; Member, Scientific Committee)
- Australian Medical Council (Deputy Chair - Medicine Writing Panel)
- Cancer Australia Intercollegiate Advisory Committee
- Cancer Council NSW Health Services Advisory Group
- Advance Care Planning Australia Steering Group
- National Bowel Cancer Screening Program Education and Engagement Advisory Group (Chair)
- Australian Government National Bowel Cancer Screening Program Clinical Advisory Group
- Australian Government National Lung Cancer Screening Program Expert Advisory Committee
- Palliative Care Australia Quality Use of Medicines in Palliative Care Project Advisory Panel
- Family Practice - Oxford University Press - Associate Editor
- BMC Primary Care - Editorial Board
Publications
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5233-2758