Ms Tanya Bubner

Biography/ Background

Tanya has worked as a Research Officer within the Discipline of General Practice for the past seven years undertaking both qualitative and quantitative research. Her background is in nursing and working in a Division of General Practice.

Tanya has just completed working on a large randomised controlled trial assessing the safety, clinical effectiveness, cost effectiveness and satisfaction of point of care testing in a general practice setting. Prior to that she worked in collaboration with the University of New South Wales undertaking research to investigate the organisational capacity of general practices to provide quality chronic disease care.

Current Project
Currently Tanya is undertaking a study to assess the training needs for GP Registrars and International Medical Graduates to enhance the quality use of pathology.

Qualifications

GradDip Health Service Management, BSocSc

Research Interests

Chronic disease management
Nursing in general practice
Practice capacity

Publications

Laurence C. Gialamas A, Yelland L, Bubner T, Ryan P, Willson K, Glastonbury B, Gill J, Shephard M, Beilby J, members of the PoCT Trial Management Committee: A pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the safety, clinical effectiveness, cost effectiveness and satisfaction with point of care testing in a general practice setting - rationale, design and baseline characteristics. Trials. 2008 Aug 6;9:50.

Jayasinghe UW, Proudfoot J, Holton C, Davies GP, Amoroso C, Bubner T, Beilby J, Harris MF: Chronically ill Australians' satisfaction with accessibility and patient-centredness. Int J Qual Health Care. 2008 Apr;20(2):105-14. Epub 2007 Dec 23.

Amoroso C, Proudfoot J, Bubner T, Jayasinghe UW, Holton C, Winstanley J, Beilby J, Harris MF: Validation of an instrument to measure inter-organisational linkages in general practice. Int J Integr Care. 2007 Dec 3;7:e46.

Harris MF, Proudfoot JG, Jayasinghe UW, Holton CH, Powell Davies GP, Amoroso CL, Bubner TK, Beilgy JJ: Job satisfaction of staff and the team environment in Australian general practice. Med J Aust. 2007 Jun 4;186(11):570-3.

Proudfoot J, Jayasinghe UW, Infante F, Beilby J, Amoroso C, Davies GP, Grimm J, Holton T, Harris M: Quality of chronic disease care in general practice: the development and validation of a provider interview tool. BMC Fam Pract. 2007 Apr 19;8:21.

Proudfoot J, Infante F, Holton C, Powell-Davies G, Bubner T, Beilby J, Harris M: Organisational capacity and chronic disease care: an Australian general practice perspective. Aust Fam Physician. 2007 Apr;36(4):286-8.

Proudfoot J, Jayasinghe UW, Holton C, Grimm J, Bubner T, Amoroso C, Beilby J, Harris MF: Team climate for innovation: what difference does it make in general practice? Int J Qual Health Care. 2007 Jun;19(3):164-9. Epub 2007 Mar 2.

Amoroso C, Proudfoot J, Bubner T, Swan E, Espinel P, Barton C, Beilby J, Harris M: Quality improvement activities associated with organisational capacity in general practice. Aust Fam Physician. 2007 Jan-Feb;36(1-2):81-4.

Skeie S, Perich C, Ricos C, Araczki A, Horvath AR, Oosterhuis WP, Bubner T, Nordin G, Delport R, Thue G, Sandberg S: Postanalytical external quality assessment of blood glucose and hemoglobin A1c: an international survey. Clin Chem. 2005 Jul;51(7):1145-53.

Infante FA, Proudfoot JG, Powell Davies G, Bubner TK, Holton CH, Beilby JJ, Harris MF: How people with chronic illnesses view their care in general practice: a qualitative study. Med J Aust. 2004 Jul 19;181(2):70-3.

Oldroyd J, Proudfoot J, Infante FA, Powell Davies G, Bubner T, Holton C, Beilby JJ, Harris MF: Providing healthcare for people with chronic illness: the views of Australian GPs. Med J Aust. 2003 Jul 7;179(1):30-3.

Entry last updated: Friday, 9 Oct 2009