The programme below is presented in local Cairns, Australia time.

WEDNESDAY, 6 SEPTEMBER 2023 - PRE-CONFEREBCE ACTIVITIES (in-person only)

8.00amRegistration

Trainee Day 
SPDP WorkshopsLeadership
9.00am - 10.30amTrainee Day Session 1
9.00am - 1.00pmSPDP 1: Educational Leadership and Management
10.30am - 11.00amMorning Tea
11.00am - 12.30pmTrainee Day Session 2
12.30pm - 1.30pmLunch1.00pm - 4.00pmSPDP 2 : Learning Environment and CultureGeneral & Acute Care Medicine Leader Forum
1.30pm - 3.00pmTrainee Day Session 3



3.00pm - 3.30pmAfternoon Tea


3.30pm - 5.00pmTrainee Day Session 4









THURSDAY, 7 SEPTEMBER 2023 - CONFERENCE DAY 1

8.00am - 5.00pm Registration Open
8.30am - 9.00am Welcome
9.00am - 10.30amSession 1: 
9.00am – 9.30am:
Health Equity, Liz Clark & Leizyle Blanco
9.30am – 10.00am:
The NQ Experience, Oscar Whitehead 
10.00am – 10.30am: 
Same, Same But Different, Jared Green
10.30am - 11.00amMorning Tea
11.00am - 12.30pm Session 2: 
11.00am – 11.30am:
From Cairns To Samoa, Belladonna Potoi
11.30am – 12.00pm:
From Sydney To Central Qld, Emma McGann
12.00pm – 12.30pm: 
1.00pm - 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: 
3.30pm – 4.00pm: Psychological Safety & Being Human, Vanita Rane
4.00pm – 4.30pm: When The Doctor needs To Be The Patient, Pamela Hale, Te Whatu Ora Nelson Marlborough
4.30pm – 5.00pm: Self-Care, Wellbeing, And Some Tools To Help When We Are Overwhelmed, Lucille Wilkinson, Te Whatu Ora Northland
5.30pm - 7.00pm Welcome Reception | Hemingway's Brewery Cairns Wharf



FRIDAY, 8 SEPTEMBER 2023 - CONFERENCE DAY 2

7.00am - 5.00pmRegistration Open
7.15am - 8.45amTrainee Breakfast (Trainees & in-person only)                 7.45am - 8.45am      POM Update (in-person only)
9.00am - 10.30am
Session 5: 
9.00am – 9.20am:
Nephrology In FNQ, Catherine Wilkinson, Cairns & Hinterland Hospital & Health Service
9.20am – 9.40am: Infectious Diseases, Simon Smith, Cairns & Hinterland Hospital & Health Service
9.40am – 10.00am: Clinical Toxicology, Digby Green, Cairns & Hinterland Hospital & Health Service
10.00am – 10.30am: Acute Vestibular Syndromes, Ian Wilson, Cairns & Hinterland Hospital & Health Service & Alice Gersch, Cairns & Hinterland Hospital & Health Service
10.30am - 11.00am 
11.00am - 12.30pm
12.30pm - 2.00pmLunch                                                                          1.15pm - 2.00pm IMSANZ AGM (in-person only)
2.00pm - 3.00pmSession 7: IMSANZ Poster Award 
3.00pm - 3.30pm
Afternoon Tea
3.30pm - 5.00pmSession 8: 
3.30pm – 4.00pm:
Perioperative Medicine, Nick New, Sunshine Coast Hospital & Health Service 
4.00pm – 4.30pm: Obstetric Medicine, Elise Gilbertson, Sunshine Coast Hospital & Health Service  
4.30pm – 4.50pm: The Future, Doug Johnson, The Royal Melbourne Hospital 
4.50pm – 5.00pm: Closing Remarks
6.30pm - lateConference Dinner

SATURDAY, 9 SEPTEMBER 2023 - WORKSHOPS (in-person only)

8.30am - 1.00pmRegistration

Workshop 1
8.00am - 10.00am
Workshop 2
8.30am - 10.00am
Workshop 3
8.30am - 10.00am

IMSANZ-Research Network
Ophthalmology
10.00am - 10.30amMorning Tea

Workshop 4
10.30am - 12.00pm
IM Reasoning, Nic Szecket, Te Whatu Ora Auckland & Art Nahil
12.00pm - 12.30pmBrunch
12.30pm - 2.00pmIM Reasoning, Nic SzecketTe Whatu Ora AucklandArt Nahil (cont.)

Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand 
(IMSANZ)

145 Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA 2000
P: +61 2 9169 1838
W: www.imsanz.org.au