Program
PRESENTATIONS: Presenters who have consented to having their presentation uploaded will have their slides linked in the below table. This page is updated as we receive each presentation so check back regularly for new presentations.
Saturday 16 March 2024
| TIME | SESSION | PRESENTER |
| 8.30am | REGISTRATION - WELCOME TEA AND COFFEE | |
| 9.00am | CONFERENCE OPENING | |
| Official welcome by MC | Casey Beros | |
| Welcome to Country | Bilya Booladarlung | |
| Rural Health West welcome | Tim Shackleton Chief Executive Officer Rural Health West | |
| WA Country Health Service welcome | Jeff Moffett Chief Executive WA Country Health Service | |
| 9.30am | Keynote address Concepts in Rural and Remote Practice Presentation Linked | Ruth Stewart |
| 10.30am | MORNING TEA AND TRADE EXHIBITION | |
| 11.00am - 11.45am | CONCURRENT SESSIONS | |
| 11.00am | Voluntary Assisted Dying: The Lived Experience for Health Professionals For further questions, please contact VADcarenavigator@health.wa.gov.au or call (08) 9431 2755. More information can be found here. | Sandra Rennie, Scott Blackwell, Ian Taylor and Alice Morison Voluntary Assisted Dying |
| 11.00am | Ear, Nose, and Throat in Rural and Remote WA | Anton Hinton-Bayre Royal Perth Hospital |
| 11.00am | Uterine Cancer: Clinical considerations for WA GPs | Sarah Smith King Edward Memorial Hospital |
| 11.00am | CPD – Making it Manageable and Meaningful | Hatha McDivitt The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners |
| 11.00am | Paediatrics - Rural Care Co-ordination service | Penny Leadbitter, Caroline Brim Hudson and Jessica Robinson Perth Children's Hospital |
| 11.45am - 12.30pm | CONCURRENT SESSIONS | |
| 11.45am | Concussion in Rural General Practice Presentation Linked | Gill Cowen Curtin Medical School |
| 11.45am | Paediatric Gastroenterology: A Guide to Primary Care Investigations and Referral Considerations Presentation Linked | Amit Saha Ramsay Health |
| 11.45am | When Panic Attacks: Managing Panic Disorder Across Healthcare Settings | Kate Tonta Centre for Clinical Interventions |
| 11.45am | When You’re All Alone... | Michael Eaton WA Country Health Service |
| 11.45am | Falls and Cardiovascular Disease Risk | Anne-Marie Dunnet WA Country Health Service |
| 12.30pm | LUNCH AND TRADE EXHIBITION | |
| 1.15pm - 2.00pm | CONCURRENT SESSIONS | |
| 1.15pm | An Interactive Session on Managing Depression and Suicidality in a General Practice Setting | Andrew Ntsowe and Kathy O’Grady |
| 1.15pm | Current Concepts of Pelvic Congestion Syndrome and Chronic Leg Swelling Presentation Linked | Rob Ma Ramsay Health |
| 1.15pm | An Emergency Medicine Case Study | Irum Shehzadi WA Country Health Service Graeme Fitzclarence Rural Clinical School of WA |
| 1.15pm | Obstetrics in Rural WA | Sara Armitage St John of God Hospital |
| 1.15pm | Collaborative, Co-designed Mental Health Upskilling Program for Nursing and Allied Health | Chantal Bachere-Crinquand Western Australian Centre for Rural Health (WACRH) |
| 2.00pm - 2.45pm | CONCURRENT SESSIONS | |
| 2..00pm | Syphilis Outbreak in Rural and Remote WA Presentation Linked | Simon Slota-Kan Presentation organised by ASHM |
| 2.00pm | 10 Myths and Facts of Low Back Pain Presentation Linked | Kevin Wernli West Coast Health and High Performance |
| 2.00pm | Frailty Assessment Unit: Transprofessional Practice in the Hospital and in the Home | Silas Lee, Jessica Legg and Vesna Milasinovic Fiona Stanley Hospital |
| 2.00pm | Industrial Relations for General Practitioners | Merna Girgis Australian Medical Association |
| 2.45pm | AFTERNOON TEA AND TRADE EXHIBITION | |
| 3.15pm - 4.00pm | CONCURRENT SESSIONS | |
| 3.15pm | Lost in Space: Alcohol and Other Drug Problems in the Bush | Mathew Coleman Rural Clinical School of WA |
| 3.15pm | Referrals & Management of Cervical Screening Abnormalities and Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Presentation Linked | Arpita Ghosh Ramsay Health |
| 3.15pm | Being Bloody Minded about Alzheimer's | John Mamo Curtin University |
| 3.15pm | The Inklings Program for Babies with Early Social and Communication Delay in WA Presentation Linked | Andrew Whitehouse Telethon Kids Institute |
| 3.15pm | Understanding Endometriosis: A Clinician’s Thoughts and a Lived Experience Perspective Presentation Linked | Joanna Morris, Anna Fischer and Kevin Wernli |
| 4.00 - 5.00pm | CONFERENCE CLOSING | |
| 4.00pm | Keynote address: Destined to Thrive: Rethinking Individual and Team Wellbeing and Performance | Peta Slocombe |
| 5.00pm | CLOSE OF CONFERENCE DAY ONE |
Sunday 17 March 2024
| TIME | SESSION | PRESENTER |
| 8.30am | WELCOME TEA AND COFFEE | |
| 9.00am - 10.30am | WORKSHOPS | |
| 9.00am | Virtual Immunology - Is There Any Condition We Can’t Manage Together? Presentation Linked For more information, visit 'Community of Learning' activities - Virtual Immunology Clinic. | Dominic Mallon Fiona Stanley Hospital |
| 9.00am | Youth Friendly Doctor: Young Peoples' Sexual Health | Cathy Brooker |
| 9.00am | Refining Your General Practitioner Skills: A Session Designed by Registrars, for Registrars and New General Practitioners | Erin O’Donnell-Taylor, Helen Wilcox and Kyria Laird General Practice Registrars Australia |
| 9.00am | Wound Infection and Wound Bed Preparation: What's it all about? | Jenny Prentice Trojan Health |
| 9.00am | Black Dog Institute Workshop: Talking About Suicide in General Practice (3 CPD Hours) | Kathy O’Grady |
| 10.30am | MORNING TEA AND TRADE EXHIBITION | |
| 11.15am - 12.15pm | CONCURRENT SESSIONS AND WORKSHOPS | |
| 11.15am | Paediatric Dermatology in Rural WA Presentation Linked | Stephanie Weston Perth Children's Hospital |
| 11.15am | De-escalation of Aggressive Behaviour in Healthcare | Moira Sim Edith Cowan University |
| 11.15am | Refining Your General Practitioner Skills: A Session Designed by Registrars, for Registrars and New General Practitioners (session continued) | Erin O’Donnell-Taylor, Helen Wilcox and Kyria Laird General Practice Registrars Australia |
| 11.15am | Wound Infection and Wound Bed Preparation: Debridement (session continued) | Jenny Prentice Trojan Health |
| 11.15am | Black Dog Institute Workshop: Talking About Suicide in General Practice (3 CPD Hours - session continued) | Kathy O’Grady |
| 12.15pm - 1.30pm | CONFERENCE CLOSING | |
| 12.15pm | Keynote address: Power of Perspective | Michael Crossland |
| 1.15pm | Thank you and farewell | Karen Bradley Board Director Rural Health West |
| 1.30pm | CLOSE OF CONFERENCE |