Dr Bakhit is a medical doctor and Assistant Professor of Public Health at the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Australia.
Mina Bakhit’s doctoral work focused on improving communication between primary care clinicians and patients with acute self-limiting infections, highlighting the potential benefits of increased consultations in which shared decision making occurs.
In his post-doctoral fellowship, Mina’s research broadened to encompass various research areas. Including shared decision making implementation in a state health department, training health professionals in communication skills, helping doctors and patients make evidence-informed collaborative decisions for different conditions and exploring new ways of communicating prognostic information to patients and caregivers.