Emeritus Professor Malcolm Parker
Emeritus Professor

Malcolm Parker

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Background

My research interests cover a number of areas within history and philosophy of science and medicine, moral psychology, bioethics and medical ethics, health law, and medical education, with particular interests in philosophy of psychiatry, end-of-life care and decisions, reproductive medicine, medical professionalism, research ethics, evidence-based medicine and complementary medicine.

Areas of particular interest include:

  • Conceptual research in bioethical methodology, particularly principlism and global bioethics
  • Ethical aspects of the doctor-patient relationship
  • End-of-life issues including euthanasia, mandatory psychiatric review of requests for assisted death, psychiatric medicalisation, withdrawal of treatment, causation of death, competence determination, end-of-life policy-making
  • Reproductive issues including prenatal testing, posthumous conception and embryo research
  • Human research ethics
  • Changes in medical negligence and tort law
  • Evidence-based medicine: implications for medical ethics and relations to clinical judgement
  • Complementary and alternative medicine: scientific and ethical status, regulation, negligence, integration with orthodox medicine
  • Education in medical ethics, medical and health law, professionalism, medical humanities
  • Assessment of personal and professional behaviour of medical students
  • Statutory regulation of clinical competence and professional conduct

Availability

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Fields of research

Applied ethics Health Sciences

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and Medical Science, The University of Queensland
  • Masters (Coursework), University of New England Australia
  • Masters (Coursework), University of Melbourne
  • Doctoral Diploma of Medicine, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • List of interests

    • Conceptual research in bioethical methodology, particularly principlism and global bioethics • Ethical aspects of the doctor-patient relationship • End-of-life issues including euthanasia, mandatory psychiatric review of requests for assisted death, psychiatric medicalisation, withdrawal of treatment, causation of death, competence determination, end-of-life policy-making • Reproductive issues including prenatal testing, posthumous conception and embryo research • Human research ethics • Changes in medical negligence and tort law • Evidence-based medicine: implications for medical ethics and relations to clinical judgement • Complementary and alternative medicine: scientific and ethical status, regulation, negligence, integration with orthodox medicine • Education in medical ethics, medical and health law, professionalism, medical humanities • Assessment of personal and professional behaviour of medical students • Statutory regulation of clinical competence and professional conduct

Research impacts

My research has had direct or indirect impact in the following areas:

  • Management of impaired doctors and medical students - leader in development of curriculum, teaching and assessment of medical professionalism and student behaviour, via publications, research-based developments at UQ and invited national and international contributions.
  • Medical education - improving and expanding medical ethics and law education in Australia, via publication and research-based development of curricum, teaching and assessment.
  • Human research ethics - broadening the remit of the National Statement on Research Involving Humans beyond the medical categories, via collaborative contributions to the research literature.

Search Professor Malcolm Parker’s works on UQ eSpace

254 works between 1987 and 2020
All (254) Journal Article (192) Book Chapter (11) Conference Publication (36) Book (1) Other Outputs (12) Edited Outputs (2)

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2009

Conference Publication

Changes to student demographics following the introduction of a graduate entry medical program: Experience from Australia's largest school 1997-2006

Zhang, Jenny, Wilkinson, David, Peterson, Raymond and Parker, Malcolm (2009). Changes to student demographics following the introduction of a graduate entry medical program: Experience from Australia's largest school 1997-2006. ANZAME09: Bridging Professional Islands, Launceston, TAS, Australia, 30 June–3 July 2009. Launceston, TAS, Australia: Association for Health Professional Education (ANZAME).

Changes to student demographics following the introduction of a graduate entry medical program: Experience from Australia's largest school 1997-2006

2009

Journal Article

Full steam ahead on the SS "external regulator"? Mandatory reporting, professional independence, self-regulation and patient harm

Jackson, Kathleen and Parker, Malcolm H. (2009). Full steam ahead on the SS "external regulator"? Mandatory reporting, professional independence, self-regulation and patient harm. Journal of Law and Medicine, 17 (1), 29-45.

Full steam ahead on the SS "external regulator"? Mandatory reporting, professional independence, self-regulation and patient harm

2008

Journal Article

Republication: In that case

Parker, Malcolm (2008). Republication: In that case. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 5 (4), 317-317. doi: 10.1007/s11673-008-9120-7

Republication: In that case

2008

Journal Article

Dealing with 'rogue' medical students: We need a nationally consistent approach based on 'case law'

Parker, Malcolm H. and Wilkinson, David (2008). Dealing with 'rogue' medical students: We need a nationally consistent approach based on 'case law'. Medical Journal of Australia, 189 (11/12), 626-628. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02217.x

Dealing with 'rogue' medical students: We need a nationally consistent approach based on 'case law'

2008

Journal Article

In reply

Wilkinson, David, Zhang, Jianzhen, Byrne, Gerard J., Parker, Malcolm H. and Peterson, Raymond F. (2008). In reply. Medical Journal of Australia, 189 (4).

In reply

2008

Journal Article

The "Pyramid of Professionalism": Seven years of experience with an integrated program of teaching, developing and assessing professionalism among medical students

Parker, Malcolm H., Luke, Haida, Zhang, Jianzhen, Wilkinson, David, Peterson, Raymond F. and Ozolins, Ieva Z. (2008). The "Pyramid of Professionalism": Seven years of experience with an integrated program of teaching, developing and assessing professionalism among medical students. Academic Medicine, 83 (8), 733-741. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31817ec5e4

The "Pyramid of Professionalism": Seven years of experience with an integrated program of teaching, developing and assessing professionalism among medical students

2008

Journal Article

Medical school selection criteria and the prediction of academic performance

Wilkinson, David, Zhang, Jianzhen, Byrne, Gerard J., Parker, Malcolm H. and Peterson, Raymond F. (2008). Medical school selection criteria and the prediction of academic performance. Medical Journal of Australia, 189 (4), 234-235. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01998.x

Medical school selection criteria and the prediction of academic performance

2008

Journal Article

In that case

Parker, Malcolm H. (2008). In that case. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 5 (2-3), 227-227. doi: 10.1007/s11673-008-9098-1

In that case

2008

Journal Article

Medical school selection criteria and the prediction of academic performance: Evidence leading to change in policy and practice at the University of Queensland

Wilkinson, D., Zhang, J., Byrne, G. J., Luke, H., Ozolins, I. Z., Parker, M. H. and Peterson, R. F. (2008). Medical school selection criteria and the prediction of academic performance: Evidence leading to change in policy and practice at the University of Queensland. Medical Journal of Australia, 188 (6), 349-354. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01653.x

Medical school selection criteria and the prediction of academic performance: Evidence leading to change in policy and practice at the University of Queensland

2008

Journal Article

Physicians' experiences with end-of-life decision-making: Survey in 6 European countries and Australia

Bilsen, J, Bosshard, G, Cartwright, C, Cecioni, R, Deliens, L, Dencker, A, Faisst, K, Finarelli, A, Fischer, S, Folker, A, Franchini, S, Löfmark, R, Miccinesi, G, Mortier, F, Nilstun, T, Norup, M, Onwuteaka-Philipsen, B, Paci, E, Parker, M, Simonato, L, Steinberg, M, Van Delden, J, van der Heide, A, Van der Maas, P, Van der Wal, G, Van Geluwe, J, Williams, Gail M. and Zellweger, U (2008). Physicians' experiences with end-of-life decision-making: Survey in 6 European countries and Australia. BMC Medicine, 6 (x) 4, x-x. doi: 10.1186/1741-7015-6-4

Physicians' experiences with end-of-life decision-making: Survey in 6 European countries and Australia

2008

Journal Article

All in the family: Law, medicine and bioethics

Parker, Malcolm H. (2008). All in the family: Law, medicine and bioethics. Journal of Law and Medicine, 15 (4), 501-512.

All in the family: Law, medicine and bioethics

2008

Conference Publication

Medical student selection, admission and professionalism

Zhang, J., Parker, M., Wilkinson, D. and Peterson, R. (2008). Medical student selection, admission and professionalism. OZZAWA 2008: Assessment for Life. 13th Ottawa International Conference on Clinical Competence, Melbourme, Australia, 5-8 March 2008.

Medical student selection, admission and professionalism

2008

Book

The Australian medico-legal handbook

Stewart, Cameron, Kerridge, Ian and Parker, Malcolm (2008). The Australian medico-legal handbook. 1 ed. Sydney ; Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier.

The Australian medico-legal handbook

2008

Journal Article

Impact of specialty on attitudes of Australian medical practitioners to end-of-life decisions

Parker, Malcolm H., Cartwright, C and Williams, Gail M. (2008). Impact of specialty on attitudes of Australian medical practitioners to end-of-life decisions. Medical Journal of Australia, 188 (8), 450-456. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01714.x

Impact of specialty on attitudes of Australian medical practitioners to end-of-life decisions

2008

Journal Article

Biting the bullet on assessment exceptionalism for attitudes and behaviours. Proceedings of the Second International Clinical Skills Conference, Prato Italy, 1-4 July 2007.

Parker, Malcolm H. (2008). Biting the bullet on assessment exceptionalism for attitudes and behaviours. Proceedings of the Second International Clinical Skills Conference, Prato Italy, 1-4 July 2007.. Focus On Health Professional Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 10 (2), 44-47.

Biting the bullet on assessment exceptionalism for attitudes and behaviours. Proceedings of the Second International Clinical Skills Conference, Prato Italy, 1-4 July 2007.

2008

Journal Article

Patient competence and professional incompetence: Disagreements in capacity assessments in one Australian jurisdiction, and educational implications

Parker, Malcolm H. (2008). Patient competence and professional incompetence: Disagreements in capacity assessments in one Australian jurisdiction, and educational implications. Journal of Law and Medicine, 16 (1), 25-35.

Patient competence and professional incompetence: Disagreements in capacity assessments in one Australian jurisdiction, and educational implications

2007

Journal Article

Entry tests for graduate medical programs: is it time to re-think?

Parker, Malcolm H., Wilkinson, David, Peterson, Ray G., Ozolins, Ieva Z., Luke, Haida, Zhang, Jenny and Byrne, Gerard J. A. (2007). Entry tests for graduate medical programs: is it time to re-think?. Medical Journal of Australia, 187 (4), 255-255. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01227.x

Entry tests for graduate medical programs: is it time to re-think?

2007

Journal Article

Rejoinder

Parker, Malcolm (2007). Rejoinder. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 4 (1), 29-31. doi: 10.1007/s11673-007-9036-7

Rejoinder

2007

Journal Article

In that case. Call for responses

Parker, M. (2007). In that case. Call for responses. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 4 (1), 77-78. doi: 10.1007/s11673-007-9038-5

In that case. Call for responses

2007

Journal Article

Two into one won't go: conceptual, clinical, ethical and legal impedimenta to the convergence of CAM and orthodox medicine

Parker, M. H. (2007). Two into one won't go: conceptual, clinical, ethical and legal impedimenta to the convergence of CAM and orthodox medicine. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 4 (1), 7-19. doi: 10.1007/s11673-007-9031-z

Two into one won't go: conceptual, clinical, ethical and legal impedimenta to the convergence of CAM and orthodox medicine

Past funding

  • 2012 - 2015
    GAMSAT - beyond predictive validity: an exploration of political validity, acceptability, and educational impact
    Deakin University
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2015
    Futile treatment at the end of life: legal, policy, sociological and economic perspectives (ARC Linkage Project administered by QUT)
    Queensland University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2014
    UMAT: A definition and exploration of fitness for purpose
    Monash University
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2014
    Extending GAMSAT: Enhancing the scope and validity
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2012
    Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment from adults lacking capacity: Enhancing medical decision-making through doctors' compliance with the law (ARC Linkage administered by QUT)
    Queensland University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2010
    Addressing cultural diversity in health ethics education
    ALTC Competitive Grants
    Open grant
  • 2002 - 2005
    Medical End of Life Decisions: Attitudes and Practices in Six European Countries
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 1996
    Patient self-determination in terminal care: Phase 2 - Development and evaluation of advance directive resources
    Department Health & Family Services - RADGAC
    Open grant
  • 1995 - 1996
    GP and patient knowledge, attitudes and congruence in end-of-life decision-making
    Department Health & Family Services - GPEP
    Open grant

Availability

Emeritus Professor Malcolm Parker is:
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Supervision history

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Enquiries

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  • Bioethics
  • Biology and ethics
  • Doctors - professional development
  • Education - medicine
  • Ethics - biology
  • Ethics - medical
  • Ethics and biology
  • Health law
  • History of medicine
  • Law - health
  • Law - medical
  • Medical education
  • Medical ethics
  • Medical history
  • Medical law
  • Medicine - philosophy of
  • Philosophy and medicine
  • Professional development - medicine

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