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Personal Details

Date of Birth: 15/10/1927

Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria

Nationality: Australian

Family:

EDUCATION:

• Secondary: Box Hill High
  Carey Baptist Grammar School
• Tertiary: Melbourne University - graduated 1950

Degrees and Qualifications:

• 1950 MBBS Melbourne
• 1952 Member of the Australian Medical Association.
  
• 1967 Membership - Royal Australian College of General Practitioners - by examination. I was a member of the invited group of general practitioners who were selected to sit the first examination for Fellowship.
  
• 1967 Membership of Royal Australasian College of Physicians - by examination. I sat this examination while in full time active general practice. No one has since acquired the Membership/ Fellowship by this route.
  
• 1970 Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
  
• 1975 Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Physicians.

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)

MONASH UNIVERSITY - PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

OTHER MONASH APPOINTMENTS

OVERSEAS AND INTERSTATE APPOINTMENTS, LECTURESHIPS ETC.

ADVISORY AND ADMINISTRATIVE HOSPITAL RELATED APPOINTMENTS ETC.

HOSPITAL BOARDS OF MANAGEMENT

1975-85 Royal Southern Memorial Hospital (Monash appointee)
1981-90 Member of Advisory Board, The William Angliss Hospital and Dandenong District Hospital
1982-84 Fairfield Hospital Board (Monash appointee)
1982-88 Moorabbin Hospital Board Division of Family Medicine - Monash Medical Centre - Chairman and Member of Division. This is a prestigious committee. I am the only general practitioner on such a hospital committee in any major Australian teaching hospital. Medical Advisory Committee, Monash Medical center - Member Palliative Care Committee Chairman, Monash Medical Centre.

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE BOARDS OF MANAGEMENT

1976-84 President, Fawkner Park Community Health Centre
1977-80 Member Board of Management East Bentleigh Community Health Centre

COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT AND OTHER SENIOR APPOINTMENTS

HONOURS AND AWARDS

Secondary Education
1941 Doery Scholarship - Carey Baptist Grammar School

Professional

• 1980 British Council Scholar - Appointed for four months to visit departments of General Practice in Dundee, Belfast and Newcastle on Tyne.
  
• 1987 Senior Medical scholarship Commonwealth Association of Universities. Funded to visit major academic general practice centers in the UK including Southampton, Exeter, Belfast, Edinburgh, Manchester, London and Cardiff.
  1992 Rose-Hunt Award - a prestigious award presented annually by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners to the member who has made during his/her career made a significant contribution to enhancing general practice and the RACGP.

MEMERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
- Membership/Fellowship since 1967

Australian College of Physicians
- Membership/Fellowship since 1967

Australian Medical Association
- Member

ANZAME - Member of

AAAGP - Foundation Chairman and member of the Australian Association for Academic General Practitioners. This is a new organization with up to 100 members representing the emerging group of academically trained general practitioners. It has education, research and political roles to promote.

Victorian Academy for General Practice
- Foundation President and Member

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS

1. Establishing the Blackburn Clinic

This is a teaching practice of Monash University and was founded by me in 1952. I have been associated with its continuing growth and development as senior partner for 23 years and as an active associate since then. The clinic is unique in its concept and has been a leader in the advance of modern primary care. It is a multidisciplinary clinic with other health professionals on site including pharmacy, dentists, podiatry, nurse, physiotherapy including hypnotherapy, rehabilitation and variety of visiting and full-time specialists. Radiology including CT scanning and pathology collection are all on site.

The practice has been innovative in a number of ways such as the first to introduce computerization in 1964, developing recall systems, the first FMP training practice, a major undergraduate teaching resource, in-house CME, involvement in research etc.

2. Early, continuing and active involvement in the RACGP

I joined the RACGP soon after its foundation and became a Fellow at the first examination. I established practice management as a standing committee of the College and was heavily involved in developing the examination for the Family Medicine Programme, The Australian Family Practice. I was instrumental in processing the Trawalla headquarters and the foundation of the Victorian Academy for General Practice. I am still an examiner and board member. I have also been the Chairman of the Academic Programme for the last 3 annual meetings of the College held in Victoria and for the two International Computer Conferences held in Victoria. I was also co-author and editor of the Home Course in Electrocardiology now in its 3rd edition. This was one of the early successful publications produced by the RACGP.

3. Foundation Chair in "General Practice", known as Community Medicine, and its development

Although each medical school received funds in 1975 only two appointees were from full-time general practice, including myself. The main achievements during my leadership are highlighted and include:

(i) Building a unique department facility funded almost exclusively from external funding. This has been gradually developed over the years. The building houses the Department's teaching practice, six full-time doctors, and five full-time support staff. This is unique in Australia although other models are being developed in two other schools.

(ii) Medical Computing, in particular computer assisted learning has been developed over ten years. This is currently of world standard with state of the art learning programmes being developed. The group that has been brought together now have international connections. Over 60 CAL programmes developed by the Department are now in use. Other areas such as PHOCUS, and Medical Records and under development.

(iii) Undergraduate Teaching - This has expanded from 3 to 11 weeks during the past 17 years. It has been noted for its innovative and committed style using enthusiastic teachers, developing self learning methods and the learning laboratory concept, communication and consulting skills teaching, video feedback and role play techniques permitting effective teaching of patient management, small group and case base teaching, and formalizing all these into "on the shelf" teaching packages.

(iv) The department has been the first to develop a Masters Degree in Family Medicine and the Diploma in Distance Education is a world first. Continuing medical education has been introduced into the Faculty ad has legitimized the role for universities.

(v) Clinical Services have been gradually developed and these include -

Rural Health -
The Centre at Moe for Rural Health is a multidisciplinary center which has been funded and Australia's first Professor of Rural Health has been appointed. The Rural Medicine Unit has been established in Bendigo. These developments are seen as innovative and pace setting for Monash.

Intellectual Disability Unit -
Three appointments at senior lecturer level and a secretary have established the leading academic unit in the area. Teaching, research and service are a unique development in academia.

Multiple Locations -
Negotiation skills, imagination and vision have led to the formation of a multi-centered department with sites at Moe, Box Hill, Bendigo and Moorabbin.

Research -
A research network was established to support the Department's research programme. Research projects have been supported by G.P.E.P., R.H.S.E.T. and PHARM. The Department is on the verge of establishing itself as the leader in general practice support. The Department has attracted three Monash and one Faculty academic development grants.

Funding -
Underpinning all these developments is the skill with which people and groups within the Department have successfully developed income from services, donations and research and development grants. By 1992 the external earnings of the Department were over $500,000 per EAS, which has placed the Department at the top for Monash University.

SUMMARY OF PUBLICATIONS

Books:

M. R. Kidd, G.L. Gan, B. Cesnik, N.E. Carson, M.L. Bearman, "Data and Information Technology". In: Primary Health Care: A South East Asian Perspective. Ed: N. Yuen. Hong Kong, 1992.

C.A. Silagy, N.E. Carson, "Research in Primary Care". In: Primary Health Care: A South East Asian Perspective. Ed: N. Yuen. Hong Kong, 1992.

Reports:

D.C. Walker, R.M. Crampton, M.R. Kidd, N.E. Carson et al., "Health Information Issues in General Practice in Australia", National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Canberra, 1991.

Conference Proceedings:

N.E. Carson, M.R. Kidd, B. Cesnik, "Computer Assisted Learning - Looking to the Future", Proceedings of the 6th Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Computer Conference, Sydney, 1990.

M.R. Kidd, B. Cesnik, N.E. Carson, "Hypertext, Multimedia and Medical Education" (abstract), 24th Annual Spring Conference of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Philadelphia, 1991.

N.E. Carson, M.R. Kidd, B. Cesnik, "Computer Assisted Learning in Family Medicine" (abstract), 13th WONCA World Conference, Vancouver, 1992.

Computer Programmes:

N.E. Carson, M.R. Kidd and B. Cesnik, "Patient Management Problem: Janet Jones" (computer programme), Department of Community Medicine, Monash University, 1988.

N.E. Carson, M.R. Kidd and B. Cesnik, "Patient Management Problem: Bert Bindle" (computer programme), Department of Community Medicine, Monash University, 1988.

N.E. Carson, M.R. Kidd and B. Cesnik, "Patient Management Problem: Patricia Potter" (computer programme), Department of Community Medicine, Monash University, 1988.
N.E. Carson, M.R. Kidd, G. Jennings and B. Cesnik, "Patient Management Problem: Mr Lee Wants a Check Up" (computer programme), Department of Community Medicine, Monash University, 1988.

N.E. Carson, M.R. Kidd and B. Cesnik, "Patient Management Problem: Sam Smith" (computer programme), Department of Community Medicine, Monash University, 1988.

N.E. Carson, M.R. Kidd and B. Cesnik, "Patient Management Problem: Robert Reed" (computer programme), Department of Community Medicine, Monash University, 1988.

N.E. Carson, M.R. Kidd and B. Cesnik, "Patient Management Problem: Harry Hobbs" (computer programme), Department of Community Medicine, Monash University, 1988.

N.E. Carson, D. Findlay, H. Mitchell, M.R. Kidd and B. Cesnik. "The Cervical Smear Test", Department of Community Medicine, Monash University, 1988.

N.E. Carson, M.R. Kidd and B. Cesnik, "Infectious Diseases" (computer programme with interactive laser videodisc), Department of Community Medicine, Monash University, 1988.

N.E. Carson, M.R. Kidd and B. Cesnik, "Blood Pressure Measurement" (computer programme), Department of Community Medicine, Monash University, 1988.

N.E. Carson, M.R. Kidd and B. Cesnik, "Patient Management Problem: Dora Dunne" (computer programme), Department of Community Medicine, Monash University, 1989.

C. McRae, N.E. Carson, M.R. Kidd and B. Cesnik, "The Normal Electrocardiogram" (computer programme), Department of Community Medicine, Monash University, 1989.

N.E. Carson, M.R. Kidd and B. Cesnik, "Electrocardiograms and Clinical Problem Solving" (computer programme), Department of Community Medicine, Monash University, 1989.

N.E. Carson, G. Connoley, M.R. Kidd and B. Cesnik, "Cardiac Arrhythmias: Diagnosis and Management" (computer programme), Department of Community Medicine, Monash University, 1990.

Departmental (In-House) Publications:

Co-authorship of the following:

Health, Illness and Human Behaviour 1st Year Handbook

Clinical and Communication Skills 2nd Year Handbook

Clinical and Communication Skills 3rd Year Handbook

An Introduction to Consulting Skills 4th Year Handbook

Issues in Community Medicine 4th Year Handbook

An Introduction to Emergency Medicine 4th Year Handbook

The Practice of Preventive Medicine 4th Year Handbook

Final Year Handbook

Final Year Workbook

One of the successful training programmes established in the department was the Community Practice Training programme funded from the Academy for General Practice with trainers appointed as lecturers in the department. This was very successful and led to appointments for some of these lecturers on a continuing basis. In one year there were 6 plus trainers appointed. Some of these appointees eventually became professors in the department and in other medical schools, including Vice chancellor and Dean and Deputy Deans, etc.

Supplementary C.V.

Career in the United Arab Emirates, 1993-1995.

1. Appointed as Professor of Family Medicine for 2 years in the UAE University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

2. New Appointments

3. Medical journal input

4. Developments

The following are a result of my work in the UAE.

a. Establishment of a formal department meeting (agenda and minutes), which occurs every week. I act as chairman of that meeting.

b. Development of a final year teaching programme using the learning laboratory programmes and the consulting skills programme developed at Monash University, Australia. I have negotiated with Monash for the rights to use these programmes without cost.

c. Establishment of the Staff Medical Clinic for the use of the Faculty Staff and their families. In addition to episodic care on a daily basis, "Well-woman" and "Well-baby" Clinics have commenced.

d. Developed documentation for EMFAM proposal.
Introduced "EMFAM" - The Emirates Family Medicine Programme". This has six major components:

5. UAE Centre for the Prevention & Treatment of Diabetes.
Author of document detailing the establishment of the center.
Type II diabetes is on the increase in the UAE as in most developing countries (e.g. Fiji, Mauritius, Saudi Arabia). There are no data, no health education programmes, no universal health center based activities existing in the UAE etc. A multi-disciplinary advisory group has been established as a nucleus of the center and activities have commenced with an attempt to establish the facts by a programme of research. At the time of writing the Ministry of Health has requested a detailed budget.

6. UAE Postgraduate Centre for training and research in Family Medicine.
The concept has been written, land has been acquired. It could be built in 1995.

7. Examiner Appointments.

8. Other roles in the UAE are:
(a) Faculty

(b) Department Training and Other Activities

(c) Academic programme staff development

The following sessions have occurred: