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3.00pm - 5.30pm

SAC Curriculum Workshop

7.00am - 6.00pm	Registration Desk Open
9.00am - 9.30am	Keynote Session 1 Generalists – Shaping The Future Of Health Care A/Prof. Ian Scott, University of Queensland, Australia
9.30am - 10.00am	Keynote Session 2 General Physicians In Leadership Roles In Complex Organisations Prof Don Campbell, Monash Health, Australia
10.00am - 10.30am	Keynote Session 3 General Physicians - What’s in a name? Dr John Gommans, Hawke’s Bay DHB, New Zealand
10.30am - 11.00am	Morning Tea and Poster Session
11.00am - 12.30pm	Concurrent Session 1A  Acute Medicine	Concurrent Session 1B: Care Of The Chronically Ill
	11.00am – 11.18am: Strategies For Reducing Access Block – What Works, Who Benefits, What More Can Be Done? Dr Clair Sullivan & Dr Andrew Staib, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia	11.00am – 11.18am: Chronic Disease Management – From Framework To Reality A/Prof Nick Buckmaster & Dr James Fink, Gold Coast University Hospital, Australia
	11.18am – 11.36am: The 4F Project: Optimising Acute Care Of Patients With Undifferentiated Syndromes Dr Jeffrey Rowland, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Australia	11.18am – 11.36am: Preventing The Rebound – Reducing Unplanned Readmissions Dr Alison Mudge, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Australia
	11.36am – 11.54am: CARE-PACT – A New Model Of Acute Care For Residents Of Aged Care Facilities Dr Ellen Burkett, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia	11.36am – 11.54am: Normalising Advance Care in General Medicine Wards A/Prof Ian Scott, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia
	11.54am – 12.12pm: Risk Stratification Tools For Early Safe Discharge From The Medical Assessment Unit Dr Stephen Dee, Hutt Valley DHB, Wellington, New Zealand	11.54am – 12.12pm: Managing Multi-Morbidity In The Suburbs – Reflections Of A Peripatetic Physician A/Prof. Cameron Bennett, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Australia
	12.12pm – 12.30pm: Acute Exacerbations Of Loneliness Dr Karen Hitchcock, Alfred Health, Australia	12.12pm – 12.30pm: Integrating Primary And Secondary Care: Developing A Community Of Practice Dr Gary Yip, Alfred Hospital, Australia
12.30pm - 1.30pm	Lunch and Poster Session
1.30pm - 3.00pm	Concurrent Session 2A Controversies In General Medicine	Concurrent Session 2B: When Less Is More
	1.30pm – 1.52pm: Medical Assessment Units: Performing A Superior Initial Clinical Assessment The Case For The Sort And Send Model Mark Forbes, Clinical Director of Diagnostics, Emergency and Medical Services, Australia VS A/Prof Charles Denaro, Royal Brisbane & Wamen’s Hospital, Australia	1.30pm – 1.48pm: Overdiagnosis - The Problems It Can Cause And How To Avoid Them Prof Jenny Doust, Bond University, Australia
	1.52pm – 2.14pm: Show Me Your Credentials – Mandatory Training VS Clinical Experience In Acute And General Medicine Dr Robert Pickles, Hunter Hospital, Australia VS Dr David Spriggs, Auckland DHB, New Zealand	1.48pm – 2.06pm: Deprescribing In Action - Minimising Inappropriate Polypharmacy In Older Patients A/Prof Ian Scott, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia
	2.14pm – 2.36pm: General Physicians Are From Venus, Emergency Physicians Are From Mars Dr John Henley, Auckland DHB, New Zealand VS Dr Michael Sinnott, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia	2.06pm – 2.24pm: ‘‘For God’s Sake, Don’t Do Something – Just Stand There’ – Disinvesting From Clinical Interventions That Are Of Little Value A/Prof Adam Elshaug, The University of Sydney, Australia
	2.36pm – 2.58pm: Rapid Response Teams – Too Much Of A Good Thing? Prof Ken Hillman, University New South Wales, Australia VS A/Prof Ian Scott, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia	2.24pm – 2.42pm: Let's Talk About Appropriate Healthcare Dr Robyn Lindner, NPS MedicineWise, Australia
		2.42pm – 3.00pm:EVOLVE To Do Less Dr Bruce King, Nelson Marlborough DHB, New Zealand
3.00pm - 3.30pm	Afternoon Tea
3.30pm - 5.00pm	Concurrent Session 3A  Infectious Conundrums	Concurrent Session 3B Neurology for the Generalist
	3.30pm – 3.48pm: Hendra, Lyssa And Ebola: Lessons Learnt In Preparing For Future Viral Attacks A/Prof Geoff Playford, University of Queensland, Australia	3.30pm – 3.48pm: “I’m Starting To Become Forgetful’ – Assessment And Management Of Early Cognitive Impairment Dr Catherine Yelland, Redcliffe Hospital, Australia
	3.48pm – 4.06pm: Invasions From The Deep North Dr Robert Norton, Townsville Hospital, Australia	3.48pm – 4.06pm: New Advances In Parkinson’s Disease – Slowing Or Reversing The Decline Dr Alex Lehn, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia
	4.06pm – 4.24pm: Multi-Resistant Organisms – Is It As Bad As It Looks? Dr Krispin Hajkowicz, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital Australia	4.06pm – 4.24pm: Managing Acute Stroke And Transient Ischaemic Attacks – What’s New? Dr Graham Hall, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia
	4.24pm – 4.42pm: Diagnosing And Treating The Septic Patient – Time To Relearn Old Rules? Dr Chris Joyce, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia	4.24pm – 4.42pm: The Patient With Seizures – Diagnostic And Treatment Challenges Dr Helen Brown, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia
	4.42pm – 5.00pm: Clostridium Difficile Infections – How To Diagnose, Treat And Prevent Dr Naomi Runnegar, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia	4.42pm – 5.00pm: Multiple Sclerosis – Do We Have More To Offer? Prof Simon Broadley, Griffith University, Australia
5.00pm - 6.30pm	Welcome Reception

7.00am - 5.00pm	Registration Desk Open
7.00am - 8.45am	Trainee Breakfast 7.15am - 7.30am: The Queensland Advanced Trainee Selection and Appointment Process: A Model Combining Rigour with Fairness.  Ms Vicki Pike,  Physician Training Pathway Medical Education Officer, Queensland Health, Brisbane . 7.30am – 7.45am: Dual Training or No Dual Training: That is the Question  Dr Robert Pickles, John Hunter Hospital, Australia . 7.45am – 8.00am: Health Workforce: What and Where are the Future Careers?  A/Prof Nick Buckmaster, Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast . 8.00am – 8.15am:Optimal Pharmacotherapy In Heart Failure Patients Enrolled In Disease Management Programmes  Dr Robert Carroll, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Australia 8.15am – 8.30am:Health Perception & Quality-Of-Life Indices Amongst Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic Patients In Royal Hobart Hospital Dr Xuan Ni Tan, Royal Hobart Hospital, Australia 8.30am – 8.45am:The Prevalence of Antibiotic Allergies in General Medicine Dr Rekha Pai Mangalore, Austin Health, Australia
9.00am - 9.30am	Keynote Session 4 EVOLVE: Evaluating Evidence, Enhancing Efficiency Prof Nick Talley, University of Newcastle, Australia
9.30am - 10.00am	Keynote Session 5 Technologies For Accessing High-Quality Evidence And Guidelines At The Point Of Care Prof Paul Glasziou, Bond University, Australia
10.00am - 10.30am	Keynote Session 6 Using Electronic Health Records To Optimise Quality And Safety Of Care A/Prof Nick Buckmaster, Gold Coast University Hospital, Australia
10.30am - 11.00am	Morning Tea and Poster Session
11.00am - 12.30pm	Concurrent Session 4A Reflections  From The Heart – Cardiac Update	Concurrent Session 4B Potpourri of General Medicine
	11.00am – 11.18am: Artial Fibrillation - Whom And When To Midicate, Cardiovert or Ablate? Dr John Hill, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia	11.00am – 11.18am: Obstetric Medicine – Current Challenges And Advances Dr Lucille Wilkinson, Auckland DHB, New Zealand
	11.18am – 11.36am: New Advances In Evaluating And Treating Congestive Cardiac Failure A/Prof John Atherton, Royal Brisbane & Woman’s Hospital, Australia	11.18am – 11.36am: Update On The Evaluation And Treatment Of COPD Dr Michelle Murphy, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia
	11.36am – 11.54am: Revascularisation For Acute Myocardial Infarction: The Separate Roles Of Anticoagulants, Lysis, And PCI Dr Christopher Hammett, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Australia	11.36am – 11.54am: Delirium, Dementia, Psychosis: Diagnosis And Management Of The Disturbed Patient On The Ward Dr Martin Atkins, Gold Coast University Hospital, Australia
	11.54am – 12.12pm: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement - Is It Ready For Prime Time? Prof Darren Walters, Prince Charles Hospital, Australia	11.54am – 12.12pm: Current Controversies And Advances In Hypertension Management Prof Leonard Arnolda, Australian National University Medical School, Australia
	12.12pm – 12.30pm: The Patient With Acute Chest Pain Of Possible Coronary Origin In ED – Who Can Go, Who Needs To Stay, What Tests Are Best In Excluding ACS? A/Prof Will Parsonage, Royal Brisbane & Woman’s Hospital, Australia	12.12pm – 12.30pm: Chronic Kidney Disease - Who’s Most At Risk Of Poor Outcomes And What Interventions Improve Prognosis? A/Prof. David Mudge, University of Queensland, Australia
12.30pm - 1.30pm	Lunch and Poster Session
1.30pm - 3.00pm	Concurrent Session 5A One Big Happy Family	Concurrent Session 5B  The Ramesh Nagappan Memorial Prize Advanced Trainee Presentations (15 mins each)
	1.30pm – 1.48pm: Managing The Behaviourally Disturbed Patient – A Nursing Perspective. Mr Frederick Graham, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia	1.30pm – 1.45pm: High Intensity Resistance Training And Exertional Rhabdomyolysis - Too Much Of A Good Thing? Dr Andrew Huynh, Austin Health, Australia
	1.48pm – 2.06pm: Mobilising The Older Patient – Who, When, How And How Much – A Physiotherapy Perspective. Ms Urszula Dolecka, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia	1.45pm – 2.00pm: Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) Rates at Emergency Department (ED) in Older Patients Reviewed by Medical Emergency Team: a retrospective audit Dr Harry Harianto, Eastern Health, Australia
	2.06pm – 2.24pm: Working Together To Improve Nutrician For Older Adults From Hospital To Home Ms Merrilyn Banks, & Ms Adrienne Young, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Australia	2.00pm – 2.15pm: Embedding A General Medicine Advance Trainee Within The Emergency Department Results In Safe Improvements In Timeliness Of Care: Experience From An Australian Teaching Hospital.  Dr Mark Kelly, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, Australia
	2.24pm – 2.42pm: Exercise Training And Community-Based Rehabilitation For Cardia Patients. Ms Julie Adsett, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Australia	2.15pm: 2.30pm: Can the Frequency Of MET (Medical Emergency Team) Calls In Surgical Wards Be Reduced? A Peri-operative Medical Team Perspective Dr Kumanan Nalankilli, Eastern Health, Australia
	2.42pm – 3.00pm: Chronic Disease Wellness Programme. Ms Rose Costa, Gold Coast University Hospital, Australia	2.30pm – 2.45pm: A Case Of Alien Hand Syndrome (AHS) In A Caucasian Male With Right Parietal Ischemic Stroke Dr Waqas Baig, Medicine Advanced Trainee, General Medicine
		2.45pm – 3.00pm: Evaluation Of telemetry Bed Use And Its Compliance With American Heart Association/American College Of Cardiology (AHA/ACC) Guidelines: A Retrospective Audit Dr Harry Harianto, Eastern Health, Australia
3.00pm - 3.30pm	Afternoon Tea and Poster Session
3.30pm - 5.00pm	Concurrent Session 6A Pearls in Endocrinology	Concurrent Session 6B Best of Grand Rounds
	3.30pm – 3.48pm: So Many Choices, So Little Time – Old And New Oral Hypoglycaemic Agents Dr Joel Iedema, Redlands Hospital, Australia	3.30pm – 3.45pm: Diabetes And Chronic Kidney Disease: Lessons From A Diabetic Kidney Disease (DKD) Clinic Dr Maggie Fisher, Waikato Hospital, New Zealand
	3.48pm – 4.06pm: Subclinical Hormonal Excess Syndromes – Who To Investigate And Treat? A/Prof Warrick Inder, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia	3.45pm – 4.00pm: Hickam's Dictum Dr Chanakya Sharma, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Australia
	4.06pm – 4.24pm: Pituitary Diseases - What To Look Out For And What To Do Peter Davoren, Gold Coast University Hospital, Australia	4.00pm – 4.15pm:Case Report: An Unusual Case Of Pyoderma Gangrenosum Following Diabetic Foot Amputation Dr Peter Iser, St Vincent's Hospital, Australia
	4.24pm – 4.42pm: Recent Advances in Management Of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Dr Daniel Burger, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia	4.15pm – 4.30pm: A Rare Case Of Fulminant Primary Epstein-Barr Virus Infection In A Healthy Young Adult Dr Jason Tan, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Australia
	4.42pm – 5.00pm: Hepatitis C - What's New In 2015? Dr Krispin Hajkowics, Royal Brisbane & Wonen's Hospital, Australia	4.30pm – 4.45pm: Serum Sickness After Influenza Vaccination Dr Fabian Chiong, John Hunter Hospital, Australia
		4.45pm – 5.00pm: 'Burning Sole' Dr Shereen Paramalingam, South Metropolitan Health, Australia
5.15pm - 6.15pm	IMSANZ AGM
7.00pm - 10.00pm	Conference Dinner

8.00am - 1.00pm	Registration Desk Open
9.00am - 10.30am	Evidence-Based Medicine – Has Its Time Come And Gone? 9.00am – 9.05am: Introduction 9.05am – 9.20am: The Healthy Skeptic. Dr David Spriggs, Auckland DHB, New Zealand 9.20am – 9.35am: The True Believer. Prof Paul Glasziou, Bond University, Australia 9.35am – 9.50am: The Intrepid Equaliser. A/Prof Ian Scott, University of Queensland, Australia 9.50am – 10.05am: The Merry Adjudicator Prof Don Campbell, Monash Health, Australia 10.05am – 10.30am: Panel Discussion
10.30am - 11.00am	Morning Tea
11.00am - 12.15pm	Symposium For The Budding Researcher And Academic 11.00am – 11.18am: The Life Of A Clinician-Academic – Can We Do Both? Prof. Phillippa Poole, The University of Auckland, New Zealand 11.18am – 11.36am: Building Supportive Environments For Research In General Medicine Dr Alison Mudge, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Australia 11.36am – 11.54am: So Many Questions, So Few Answers – Deciding What To Research And How Dr Jeff Faunt, University of Adelaide, Australia 11.54am – 12.12pm: It Can Be Done – The View Of A Novice Researcher Dr Alex Lau, Logan Hospital, Australia
12.15pm - 12.30pm	Closing Remarks
12.30pm - 1.30pm	Lunch