Dr Yvonne An

Position

Academic General Practice Registrar
WSU School of Medicine, Department of General Practice

Biography

Yvonne is an academic general practice registrar who is interested in research in all areas of primary care. She is an alumnus of Western Sydney University and has worked in Concord, Canterbury and Broken Hill Hospitals. Her current academic post research is a mixed methods study on factors influencing uptake of Advanced Care Planning in the Vietnamese community in Greater Western Sydney. She also currently works in a family practice in the Western Sydney region, where she continues to develop her clinical interests in women’s health, aged and paediatric health, and mental health. In her spare time she has previously volunteered at StoryFactory, a not-for-profit Sydney creative writing centre for marginalised young people.

Research Interests

• Primary care
• Culturally and Linguistically diverse communities
• Aged care
• Paediatric health

Qualifications & Recognition

• MBBS Western Sydney University
• SCHP (Sydney Child Health Program - exam component)

Research & Publications

• Poster presentation at AAAPC (Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care) 2021
• Contributing author: Leow, T.Y.Q., Ung, A., Qian, S. et al. Exploring infant feeding practices: cross-sectional surveys of South Western Sydney, Singapore, and Ho Chi Minh City. (opens in a new window) BMC Pediatr 17, 145 (2017).

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