Dr Wendy Hu

Clinical Associate Professor
General Practice, Westmead Clinical School
Centre for Values, Ethics & Law in Medicine (VELIM)

C24 - Westmead Hospital
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

Medical uncertainty, epistemology of medicine.

Clinical reasoning and decision making.

Doctor-patient and organisational communication.

Risk discourse and risk communication.

Lay experiences of healthcare.

Mixed methods research, including qualitative and interdisciplinary approaches.

Education; Health services and management

Publications

Skapetis, T., Gerzina, T., Hu, W. (2012), Can a four-hour interactive workshop on the management of dental emergencies be effective in improving self reported levels of clinician proficiency?. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal. 15(1), 14-22.
Rosenkranz, S., Abbott, P., Reath, J., Gunasekera, H., Hu, W. (2012), Promoting diagnostic accuracy in general practitioner management of otitis media in children: findings from a multimodal, interactive workshop on tympanometry and pneumatic otoscopy. Quality in Primary Care. 20(4), 275-285. [Abstract]

Monrouxe, L., Rees, C., Hu, W. (2011), Differences in medical students' explicit discourses of professionalism: acting, representing, becoming. Medical Education. 45(6), 585-602. [Abstract]

Nguyen, M., Wainstein, B., Hu, W., Ziegler, J. (2010), Parental satisfaction with oral peanut food challenges; perception of outcomes and impact on management of peanut allergy. Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. 21(8), 1119-26. [Abstract]
Lipworth, W., Davey, H., Carter, S., Hooker, C., Hu, W. (2010), Beliefs and beyond: what can we learn from qualitative studies of lay people's understandings of cancer risk?. Health Expectations. 13(2), 113-124. [Abstract]

Hu, W., Grbich, C. (2009), Student, Supervisor, Researcher, Researched: Relationships and the Qualitative Research Journey. In: Qualitative Journeys: Student and Mentor Experiences With Research. (pp.125-140).United States: Sage Science Press.
Kemp, A., Hu, W. (2009), New action plans for the management of anaphylaxis. Australian Family Physician. 38(1-2), 31-35. [Abstract]

Hu, W., Grbich, C., Kemp, A. (2008), When doctors disagree: a qualitative study of doctors' and parents' views on the risks of childhood food allergy. Health Expectations. 11(3), 208-219. [Abstract]
Kemp, A., Hu, W. (2008), Food allergy and anaphylaxis - dealing with uncertainty. The Medical Journal of Australia. 188(9), 503-504. [Abstract]
Hu, W., Loblay, R., Ziegler, J., Kemp, A. (2008), Attributes and views of families with food allergic children recruited from allergy clinics and from a consumer organization. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. 19(3), 264-269. [Abstract]
Hu, W., Katelaris, C., Kemp, A. (2008), Allergic rhinitis - practical management strategies. Australian Family Physician. 37(4), 214-20. [Abstract]

Hu, W., Grbich, C., Kemp, A. (2007), Parental food allergy information needs: a qualitative study. Archives of disease in childhood. 92(9), 771-5. [Abstract]
Hu, W., Katelaris, C., Kemp, A. (2007), Recurrent egg allergy in adulthood. Allergy. 62(6), 709. [Abstract]