programme
The programme below is presented in local Sydney, Australia time and is still in draft form.
We are still busy confirming an exciting line-up of speakers and the programme will be updated over the coming months.
The programme below is presented in local Sydney, Australia time and is still in draft form.
We are still busy confirming an exciting line-up of speakers and the programme will be updated over the coming months.
Wednesday, 3 November 2021
| 9.00am - 5.00pm | Registration Open | |
| 10.00 - 5.00pm | IMSANZ Trainee Workshop | |
| Meet the ATC | ||
| Heads of Department Meeting ( by invitation only) |
Thursday, 4 November 2021
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 7.30am - 5.00pm | Registration Open | |
| 8.30am - 9.00am | Welcome to Country Welcome to 2021 IMSANZ Australia Conference | |
| 9.00am – 10.30am | Session 1: Indigenous Health & Workforce | |
| 10.30am – 11.00am | Morning Tea | |
| 11.00am - 12.30pm | Session 2: Respiratory Medicine Update | |
| Occupational Lung Disease | Dr Susan Miles Calvary Mater Newcastle | |
| Advances In The Treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer | Prof Michael Boyer Chris O’Brien Lifehouse | |
| Interstitial Lung Disease In 2021 | Dr Lauren Troy RPA Hospital | |
| 12.30pm - 1.30pm | Lunch | |
| 1.30pm – 3.00pm | Session 3: Ramesh Nagappan Memorial Award | |
| 3.00pm – 3.30pm | Afternoon Tea | |
| 3.30pm - 5.00pm | Session 4: Neurology Update | |
| I’m Dizzy Doctor | Dr Tom Welling Hunter New England Hospital | |
| Headaches – A Practical Approach | Dr James Hughes University of New England | |
| Epilepsy An Update for the General Physician | Dr Ian Rosemergy Capital & Coast District Health Board | |
| 5.00pm - 7.00pm | Welcome Reception | |
Friday, 5 November 2021
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 7.00am – 5.00pm | Registration Open | |
| 7.15am – 8.45am | IMSANZ Trainee Breakfast ( in person only ) | |
| RACP CPD Information Session ( optional ) | ||
| 9.00am – 10.30am | Session 5: Obstetric Medicine | |
| Current management of Hypertension in Pregnancy | Dr Franziska Pettit University of NSW | |
| Diabetes in Pregnancy | Dr Glynis Ross RPA Hospital | |
| Renal Disease In Pregnancy | A/Prof Annabel Martin Border Physicians Group | |
| 10.30am – 11.00am | Morning Tea | |
| 11.00am – 12.30pm | Session 6: Adolescent Medicine – The Transitioning Adolescent | |
| Transgender Health / Gender Reassignment | Dr Katie Wynne Hunter New England Health | |
| Congenital Heart Disease | Dr Rachel Cordina RPA Hospital | |
| Survivors of Childhood Cancer | Dr Frank Alvaro John Hunter Hospital | |
| 12.30pm – 2.00pm | Lunch | |
| 1.30pm – 2.00pm | IMSANZ Board Meeting | |
| 2.00pm – 5.30pm | IMSANZ Poster Award Presentations | |
| Free Paper Presentations | ||
| 6.30pm – 11.00pm | Conference Dinner ( TBC ) | |
Saturday, 6 November 2021
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 8.30am – 3.00pm | Registration Open | |
| 9.00am – 10.30am | Session 9: Health System Adaptations - COVID Learnings | |
| Pandemic Preparedness | A/ Prof Craig Dalton University of Newcastle | |
| Reflections from the Public Hospital Perspective | Dr Nicole Hancock The Alfred Melbourne | |
| Lessons from a Medical Education Perspective | Prof Jenny May University of Newcastle | |
| Panel discussion | ||
| 10.30am – 11.30am | Brunch | |
| 11.30am – 12.30pm | Session 10: Perioperative Medicine | |
| Frailty in Perioperative Decision Making | ||
| Perioperative Curriculum Update | Dr Rajni Lal Ryde Hospital | |
| 12.30pm – 2.00pm | Session 11: Doctor Wellbeing | |
| 'MDs not OK'. Doctor Burnout: What is it, why we should care, and what are we doing about it? | Dr Bethan Richards RPA Hospital | |
| Junior Consultants Wellbeing | Dr Damien Jackel University of Newcastle | |
| “Midlife – crisis or flourish?” | Dr John Gommans Hawke’s Bay District Health Board | |
| End of Career | Dr Chanaka Wijeratne Prince of Wales Hospital | |
| Panel discussion | ||
| 2.00pm – 2.30pm | Afternoon Tea | |
| 2.30pm – 3.30pm | Session 12: Palliative Medicine | |
| Voluntary Assisted Dying and the Physician | Dr Frank Brennan St George Hospital | |
| Palliative care and the indigenous peoples | ||
| 3.30pm | Conference Concludes | |
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