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2019 HPMI NEWCASTLE WEEKEND PROGRAM
ALM sessions are shaded in blue (Palliative Care)
SATURDAY 3 AUGUST 2019
7.50am - Registration Desk opens
8.40am - Welcome & Introduction - Dr Milton Sales, Weekend Coordinator, HPMI
8.55am - SESSION 1 Plenary - WHEN ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! (ALM)
- Dr Peter Saul, Intensive Care Specialist, John Hunter Hospital
SESSION 2 - 10.00 AM
MANAGING RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS AT END OF LIFE:
MND CASE STUDY (ALM)
Dr Nina Vogel
Staff Specialist, Palliative Care
Calvary Mater Hospital
SESSION 2 - 10.00 AM
CUTTING EDGE RADIOTHERAPY IN SKIN CANCER TREATMENT
sponsored by
Associate Professor Peter O’Brien
Radiation Oncologist, Chief Medical Officer
GenisisCare Newcastle
SESSION 2 - 10.00 AM
PAEDIATRIC FOOD ALLERGY – PREVENTION, MANAGEMENT AND FUTURE TREATMENTS
Dr Rani Bhatia
Paediatric Allergist & Immunologist
John Hunter Children’s Hospital
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11.00 AM MORNING TEA BREAK & TRADE DISPLAYS
SESSION 3 - 11.40 AM
DEPRESCRIBING INAPPROPRIATE MEDICINES (ALM)
Conjoint Professor Parker Magin
Conjoint Professor, Discipline of General Practice, University of Newcastle, and Director, NSW and ACT Research and Evaluation Unit, GP Synergy
SESSION 3 - 11.40 AM
THE SPECTRUM OF CARDIO-RENAL SYNDROME & WORSENING CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE: MANAGEMENT ASPECTS
Dr Eswari Vilayur
Nephrology Senior Staff Specialist
John Hunter Hospital
SESSION 3 - 11.40 AM
ENT, JUST WHAT YOU
WANTED TO HEAR
A/Prof Kelvin Kong and
Dr Johnson Huang
Otolaryngologists, Hunter ENT, Newcastle Private Specialist Centre
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SESSION 4 - 12.45 PM
OPHTHALMOLOGY – DIABETES AND COMMON CAUSES OF VISION LOSS
Dr David Manning
Ophthalmologist, Hunter Cataract & Eye Centre Charlestown
SESSION 4 - 12.45 PM
WHEN TO OPERATE AND WHEN TO NOT (ALM)
Dr Paul Healey
Anaesthetist and Intensive Care Specialist
John Hunter Hospital
SESSION 4 - 12.45 PM
ECZEMA
Dr Olivia Charlton
Dermatology Registrar, Lotus Dermatology Newcastle
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1.45 PM LUNCH BREAK & TRADE DISPLAYS
SESSION 5 - 2.30 PM
THE CONVERSATION - WHEN IS ENOUGH, ENOUGH? (ALM)
(2 hour session)
PANEL
Dr Milton Sales
General Practitioner, Brunker Road General Practice
Dr Fiona Boyd
General Practitioner, Glendale Medical Centre & Palliative Care VMO
Dr Peter Saul
Intensive Care Specialist, John Hunter Hospital
Jeanette Lacey
End of Life Nurse Practitioner, John Hunter Hospital
Rev’d Roger Zohrab
Coordinating Chaplain, John Hunter Hospital and CPE Supervisor
SESSION 5 - 2.00 PM
CPR
(2 .5 hour Session 2.00pm-4.30pm)
Simon Gould
Principal Instructor
Medics for Life
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4.30 PM - MEETING CLOSE
SUNDAY 4 AUGUST 2019
8.00am - Registration Desk opens
SESSION 1 - 8.50 AM
WOUND MANAGEMENT
(2 hour session)
Margo Asimus
Wound Management Nurse Practitioner, Wound Consultancy, Maitland
SESSION 1 - 8.50 AM
ADOLESCENT MENTAL
HEALTH
Stephen Hirneth
Service Manager, Headspace Newcastle
SESSION 1 - 8.50 AM
PERINATAL PALLIATIVE CARE (ALM)
Dr Sharon Ryan
Paediatric Palliative Care Physician, John Hunter Children's Hospital
Dr Wendy Carseldine
Maternal Fetal Medicine Subspecialist, John Hunter Hospital
SESSION 1 - 8.50 AM
ADVENTURES IN AIRWAYS DISEASE PRESCRIBING
Dr Ken Goon
Staff Specialist in General and Respiratory Medicine, John Hunter Hospital and Newcastle Lung Group Charlestown
SESSION 2 - 9.55 AM
OSTEOPOROSIS - RE-FRACTURE PREVENTION IN PRIMARY CARE
Denise Lyons
Nurse Practitioner, Kotara Family Practice and Clinical Editor, Health Pathways
SESSION 2 - 9.55 AM
COMPLEX PAIN IN PALLIATIVE CARE (ALM)
Dr Rachel Hughes
Director of Palliative Care
Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital
SESSION 2 - 9.55 AM
YOUTH DRUG AND ALCOHOL - CREATING CONNECTIONS
Melinda Benson
Clinical Co-ordinator, Youth Drug and Alcohol Clinical Services, NSW Health
Dr Krista Monkhouse
Paediatric Staff Specialist, Youth Drug and Alcohol Clinical Services, NSW Health
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10.55 AM MORNING TEA BREAK & TRADE DISPLAYS
SESSION 4 - 12.35 PM
OBESITY/PHYSICAL ACTIVITY/NUTRITION IN ADOLESCENTS
Erin Clarke
Dietitian, Newcastle Weight Loss Surgery
Newcastle Private Hospital
SESSION 4 - 12.35 PM
PALLIATIVE CARE IN DEMENTIA (ALM)
Dr Amanda Wisely
Advanced Trainee, Palliative Care, Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital
SESSION 4 - 12.35 PM
HIV PrEP:
HOW GPs CAN HELP
END HIV
Dr Jo Mesure
Staff Specialist, HNE Sexual Health, Pacific Clinic Newcastle
SESSION 3 - 11.30 AM
CHEMOTHERAPY AND PRIMARY CARE –
COMMON Q&As
Dr Wojt Janowski
Haematologist, Hunter Valley Haematology, Gateshead
SESSION 3 - 11.30 AM
PHARMACOLOGY AND DYNAMICS ON PALLIATIVE CARE (ALM)
Dr Rachel Hughes
Director of Palliative Care
Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital
SESSION 3 - 11.30 AM
ADOLESCENT
SEXUAL HEALTH
Speaker TBA
SESSION 3 - 11.30 AM
IMMUNISATION UPDATE
(2 hour session)
Patrick Cashman
Area Immunisation
Co-ordinator. Hunter New England LHD
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1.35 PM LUNCH BREAK & TRADE DISPLAYS
SESSION 5 - 2.15 PM
TRANSITION TO END OF LIFE CARE (ALM)
Dr Allan Kirkpatrick
General Practitioner and Palliative Care VMO, Newcastle Private Hospital, Warners Bay Private Hospital and Lake Macquarie Private Hospital
SESSION 5 - 2.15 PM
TRAVEL MEDICINE UPDATE
Dr Christine Aus
Occupational Medicine and Travel Health Specialist
Chromis Broadmeadow
SESSION 5 - 2.15 PM
SLEEP HABITS IN ADOLESCENTS
Dr Gemma Paech
Senior Sleep Scientist, JHH & Conj Senior Lecturer UoN
There is general agreement that giving feedback is a crucial part of clinical teaching and, yet, studies report that we don’t do it often enough or effectively and learners often don’t recognise it. This brief workshop will provide an opportunity to share practical wisdom on how to do this better
GP CERTIFICATE COURSE –
FEEDBACK
LEARNING MODULE
(1.45pm - 3.20pm)
Prof Dimity Pond
More info
SESSION 5 - 1.45 PM
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SESSION 6 - 3.20 PM
CARE AT HOME
ENABLING SUBCUTANEOUS MEDICATIONS FOR PALLIATIVE CARE (ALM)
Emma McNamara
Registered Nurse, Palliative Care, Calvary Mater Hospice
SESSION 6 - 3.20 PM
EATING DISORDERS IN ADOLESCENTS
Dr Julie Adamson
Director of General Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, John Hunter Children's Hospital
SESSION 6 - 3.20 PM
DIABETES
Dr Chris Sankoorikal
Endocrinologist, Diabetes and Endocrinology Clinic, Kotara