IMSANZ 2016
 

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Wednesday 2 March 2016

5.00pm - 6.30pm Registration Opens
6.30pm - 8.00pm Welcome Dinner

Thursday 3 March 2016

7.30am - 8.20am Registration
8.20am - 8.30am Weclome
SESSION 1: MODELS OF SPECIAL/ RURAL MEDICINE
Session Chair: Tessa La Varis
8.30am - 9.00am Use Of National Minimum Standards And Telemedicine To Achieve Regional Equity Of Care
Dr Nick Fisher, Nelson marlborough DHB, New Zealand
9.00am - 9.30am Rheumatology Service Provision In Nelson-Marlborough
Dr David Porter,
 Porter Rheumalotogy Ltd, New Zealand      
9.30am - 10.00am Avoiding Hospitals In COPD Exacerbations
Dr Mike Epton, Canterbury Respiratory Group, New Zealand
10.00am - 10.30am Morning Tea
SESSION 2: FUNCTIONAL COMPLEX MEDICINE
Session Chair: Chris Cameron
10.30am - 11.00am Getting Your Head Around Functional Weakness 
Dr Suzanne Busch, Nelson Hospital, New Zealand
11.00am - 11.30pm Is It Really Epilepsy?
Dr Phil Parkin,
 Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand
11.30am - 12.00pm Pseudosyncope
Dr David Jardine,
 Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand
12.00pm - 12.30pm Mind The Gap
Dr David Stoner, Auckland DHB, New Zealand
12.30pm - 1.30pm Lunch
SESSION 3: RECREATIONAL MEDICINE
Session Chair: Suzanne Busch
1.30pm - 2.00pm Pre-Existing Medical Conditions And The Older Diver
Dr Darryl Fry, Nelson Marlborough DHB, New Zealand
2.00pm - 2.30pm Pilots as Patients
Dr Sarah Aldington, Wellington Hospital, New Zealand
2.30pm - 3.00pm Travel Medicine - For When The Physician Is The Traveller
Dr Richard Everts, Nelson Marlborough DHB, New Zealand
3.00pm - 3.30pm Afternoon Tea
SESSION 4: UPDATES
Session Chair: Michelle Downie
3.30pm - 4.00pm
MRI And The General Physician: 'New' Disorders Defined By MRI
Dr Phil Parkin, Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand
4.00pm - 4.30pm Rheumatology For The General Physician: 2016 And Beyond
Dr Rebecca Grainger, 
Wellington Regional Rheumatology Unit and University of Otago Wellington, New Zealand
4.30pm - 5.00pm A Patient with IgG4 Disease 
Dr John Hedley,
 Nelson Marlborough DHB, New Zealand

7.00pm Conference Dinner (see social events page for transfer options )

Friday 4 March 2016

7.30am - 8.00am Registration
SESSION 5: TRAINEE & MEMBER PRESENTATIONS
Session Chair: John Gommans
8.00am - 8.15am Factors Influencing Career Decisions In Internal Medicine
Christy Macdonald, Registrar, Cantebury DHB, New Zealand
8.15am - 8.30am Retrospective Analysis Of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Placement
Clare Russell, Gastroenterology Trainee, Hawkes Bay DHB, New Zealand
8.30am - 8.45am Utility Of Bedside Echocardiogram In The General Medicine Department
Huan Chan, Senior Medical Registrar, Canterbury DHB, New Zealand
8.45am - 9.00am Anaemia In The Elderly: A Single Centre Retrospective Analysis Of Inpatient vs Outpatient Investigation Of A Common Problem
Vidya Mathavan, General Medicine and Haematology Advanced Trainee, Canterbury DHB, New Zealand
9.00am - 9.15am An Audit On The Use Of Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation In Patients With Type Two Respiratory Failure Due To Exacerbations Of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease At Taranaki Base Hospital
Sean Lance, Medical Registrar, Taranaki Base Hospital, New Zealand
9.15am - 9.30am Do Not Avoid Resuscitation Status
Sumit Sinharoy, Senior Medical Registrar, Sir Charlies Gairdner Hospital, Australia
9.30am - 10.00am The Stranded Patient - Causes And Impact Of Discharge Delays Involving Non-Acute In-Patients Requiring Maintenance Care In A Tertiary Hospital General Medicine Service 
A/Prof Ian Scott, Princess Alexandra Hospital/ Metro Health, Australia
10.00am - 10.30am Morning Tea
SESSION 6: UPDATES
Session Chair: Bruce King
10.30am - 11.00am Antibiotic Armageddon – The End Of The Antibiotic Era As We Know It?
Dr Alan Pithie, Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand
11.00am - 11.30am Novel Anticoagulants Beyond The Hype: A Real World View Of Starting, Stopping And Reversing
Dr Andrew Butler,
 Canterbury DHB, New Zealand
11.30am - 12.00pm An Update In Respiratory Medicine
Dr Kyle Perrin, Wellington Hospital, New Zealand
12.00pm - 12.30pm Diagnosing And Managing Type II MI
A/Prof Ian Scott, Princess Alexandra Hospital/ Metro Health, Australia
12.30pm - 1.30pm Lunch
SESSION 7: CONTROVERSIES & REFLECTIONS
Session Chair: David Jardine
1.30pm - 2.00pm We Need To Use More Antibiotics In Respiratory Disease
Debate: Dr Mike Epton v's Dr Alan Pithie
2.00pm - 2.30pm The Cognitive Apprentice - The Apprenticeship Model Rejuvenated
Assoc Prof John Henley, Henley Medical Ltd, New Zealand 
2.30pm - 3.00pm Reflections Of An HDC Reviewer
Dr David Spriggs, Auckland DHB, New Zealand
3.00pm - 3.30pm Carcinoma: A Personal Journey
Dr Mark Beehre, Capital & Coast DHB, New Zealand
3.30pm Closing

Poster Programme

Poster #1 Stroke In A Young Man With A Murmur: A Case Report
Rhys Gray, The Wollongong Hospital, Australia
Poster #2 Importance Of Clinical Features And Risk Factors In The Assessment Of Pulmonary Embolism In A Rural Hospital: A Clinical Audit
Rhys Gray, The Wollongong Hospital, Australia
Poster #3 An Audit On The Appropriate Use Of Faecal Calprotectin Testing With The Taranaki DHB: A Case For A More Discerning Approach
Sean Lance, Medical Registrar, Taranaki Base Hospital
Poster #4
Transverse Myelitis: Is This All Viral? Treat First, Decide Later - Our Experience In A General Medical Ward
Sean Leow, Advanced Trainee (General Medicine), Australia
Poster #5