Senior Lecturer
MBBS(Hons I), BMedSci(Hons I)(UTAS), FRACP
Contact Details
| Contact Campus | Hobart CBD Campuses |
| Building | Hobart Clinical School |
| Room Reference | 3-12 (Level 3) |
| Telephone | +61 3 6226 4664 |
| Kwang.Yee@utas.edu.au |
General Responsibilities
Dr Yee is clinically trained as a transplant hepatologist and interventional endoscopist with special interests in viral hepatitis and gastrointestinal cancer screening and prevention.
He is currently the year 3 co-ordinator of the MBBS program, rotation co-ordinator for year 3 medicine at the School of Medicine and chief clinical supervisor for medicine rotation at the Hobart Clinical School. He is also a medical advisor to the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.
Teaching Responsibilities
Dr Yee is currently the year 3 MBBS co-ordinator, the year 3 medicine rotation co-ordinator and the chief clinical supervisor for final year medicine at Hobart Clinical School.
He is currently helping to develop simulation training for medical students as well as assisting the development of student to internship transition program for final year medical student.
Publications
- Yee, K. C. (2009). Invited editorial commentary: information is the foundation of future healthcare. The Journal of Information Technology in Healthcare, 7, 46-38.
- Yee, K. C. (2009). Challenges of the "omics" future and pathology informatics systems: are we -- pathologists, clinicians and consumers -- ready? Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 133, 938-941.
- Yee, K. C., Wong, M. C. & Turner, P. (2009). “HAND ME AN ISOBAR”: a pilot study of an evidence-based approach to improving shift-to-shift clinical handover. Medical Journal of Australia, 190, S121-S124.
- Turner, P., Wong, M. C., & Yee, K. C. (2009). A standard operating protocol and minimum data set for nursing and medical handover: Considerations for flexible standardisation in developing electronic tools. Stud Health Technol Inform, 143, 501-506.
- Yee, K. C., Mills, E., & Airey, C. (2008). Perfect match? Generation Y as change agents for information communication technology implementation in healthcare. Stu Health Technol Inform, 136, 496-501.
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Additional Information
Research Interests
Dr Yee has a strong research background in clinical research, health services research and medical education research. Dr Yee’s clinical research interests mainly focus on viral hepatitis and gastro-intestinal cancer screening programs. In regards to health services research, Dr Yee is a well know researcher in the field of clinical leadership, change management, safety and quality in health care, health informatics and workforce issues.
He is a recognised expert in the field of clinical communication and clinical handover. He is the primary author of the national clinical handover guide, the OSSIE guide, which has been submitted to World Health Organization for consideration as the international standardised operating protocol for clinical handover. He is currently assisting the production of a national guide for clinicians to improve clinical handover practice.
Dr Yee has delivered multiple national and international presentations and workshops on this topic. He is also the author of many peer review publications and guidelines in this area. In regards to health informatics research, Dr Yee is interested in the socio-technical approach to health technology design, implementation and evaluation. He is particularly interested in understanding the role of generation Y healthcare workers in driving the adaptation of electronic tools within the healthcare sector.
Dr Yee also has great interests in medical education research, in particular in the area of simulation training and transition, such as transition from student to internship, transition from pre-clinical and clinical year and international medical student transition. He has delivered multiple workshops and presentation on these topics.
Research Projects
Clinical Research
- Understanding the psycho-social and medical journal of patients with hepatitis C undergoing treatment
- Understanding the psycho-social and medical impact of gastrointestinal cancer screening
- Understanding the mechanism of dysphagia in eosophilic oesophigitis
Health Services Research
- Understanding the complexity of improving clinical handover through adaptation of the OSSIE guide
- Understanding the impact of generation Y healthcare professionals on technology utilisation and adaptation
- Understanding the socio-technical design and context in improving patient safety and clinical outcomes
Medical Education Research
- Transition from student to internship through self-reflective ethnographic analysis
- Transition from pre-clinical to clinical learning through phenomenographic analysis
- Knowledge management theory in medical education
- Understanding technology and medical education, using Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 innovation
- Understanding the conceptual model of simulation in teaching and learning
- Understanding the transition process of international medical students
- Patient safety education and training
- Handover and clinical communication training
- Engaging medical students in medical education research