2024 Program

Attendance at the 2024 RACMA Conference will provide 12 CPD points.

The program below is subject to change. Please check this page regularly.

	Tuesday 1 October 2024
9:15 – 10:00	Registration \| Registration Lobby
9:30	Welcome tea & coffee \| Lobby 3 & Registration Lobby
	Workshops
	Ballroom 3	Lyon 1 & 2
10:00 – 12:00	Supervisor Workshop View workshop details	Candidate Workshop \| Conflict Competence – Leading and Managing in the Messy Real World of Rural Health View workshop details
12:00 – 12:30	Lunch \| Lobby 3 & Registration Lobby
12:30 – 2:30	Supervisor Workshop (cont’d)	Candidate Workshop (cont’d)
2:30 – 2:45	Afternoon Tea \| Lobby 3 & Registration Lobby
2:45 – 4:00	Supervisor Workshop (cont’d)	Candidate Workshop (cont’d)
5:00 – 6:00	Government House Reception Coaches will depart the Sofitel at 4.15 & 4.25 pm sharp and return following the reception
7:00 – 10:30	Candidate Social Function River Bar & Kitchen

	Wednesday 2 October
8:15	Registration \| Registration Lobby
9:00 – 10:00	RACMA Annual General Meeting \| Ballroom 1 & 2
10:00 – 10:30	Morning Tea \| Ann Steet & Registration Lobby
	Workshops
	Lyon 2	Lyon 1		Ballroom 3
10:30 – 12:00	CAPSTAN Partners Coaching Workshop View workshop details	Cultural Safety Workshop View workshop details	10:30 – 12:00	Rural Primary Care Crisis – the need for effective Medical Leadership View workshop details
12:00 – 12:45	Lunch \| Ann Steet & Registration Lobby
12:45 – 3:30	CAPSTAN Partners Coaching Workshop (cont’d)	Cultural Safety Workshop (cont’d)	12:45 – 3:15	Masterclass: Managing Difficult Complaints View workshop details
4:30 – 6:30	Conferment Ceremony and Langford Oration Gowning and photos from 2 pm
Room	Ballroom 1 & 2
	Langford Oration \| Professor Peter Doherty, Australian Immunologist and Pathologist
6:30 – 8:30	Welcome Reception \| Ann Steet & Registration Lobby Exhibition Opens

	Thursday 3 October
7:30 – 8:30	Cultural Safety: From Compliance to Commitment \| A Better Culture Project \| Ballroom 3 Light breakfast provided – please arrive with time to help yourself to breakfast, ready for the session to start at 7.30 am Dr Sarah Jane Springer (Facilitator), Dr Clinton Schultz, Dr Helen Parsons, Dr Hashim Abdeen, Dr Nadene Edmonds, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Trainee & Cultural Safety Subject Matter Expert
8:15	Registration \| Registration Lobby
9:00 – 9:30	Official Opening Please ensure you are seated in Ballroom 1 & 2 by 8.50 am, late entry will not be possible
Room	Ballroom 1 & 2
	Welcome to Country \| Shannon Ruska, Tribal Experiences
	Welcome by the President of RACMA
	Official Opening \| Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young AC PSM, Governor of Queensland
9:30 – 10:15	Olympic Leadership
	Chair \| Dr Jon Hodge
	Working with Para Athletes. From Covid to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Dr Steve Reid CMO Paralympics Australia
10:15 – 10:45	Morning Tea, Exhibition & Posters \| Ann Steet & Registration Lobby Catering break sponsored by Cgov
10:45 – 12:15	Lessons Learnt from COVID
Room	Ballroom 1 & 2
	Chair \| Dr Alastair Mah
	COVID-19 Learnings and a system forever changed. A/Professor Catherine McDougall Chief Medical Officer, Queensland Health
	Journey to combat COVID-19 In Hong Kong: Experience from hospital management perspectives Dr Beatrice Cheng Former Chief Executive, New Territory East Cluster of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority
	Dr Rawiri McKree Jensen General Practitioner and Chief Medical Officer for Te Aka Whai Ora
12:15 – 1:15	Lunch, Exhibition & Posters \| Ann Steet & Registration Lobby Censors Networking Lunch \| Concorde Room Candidate Forum \| Lyon 2 Catering break sponsored by Cgov
1:15 – 2:45	New Frontiers in Digital
Room	Ballroom 1 & 2
	Chair \| Dr Monica Trujillo
	Using AI safely and responsibly in health care Dr Farah Magrabi Professor of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Macquarie University
	Future proofing healthcare: Building the digital health workforce of tomorrow, today… Dr Rae Donovan A/Chief Clinical Information Officer, eHealth Queensland
	What’s love got to do with it? Consumer leadership in digital transformation Gillian Mason Consumer Representative and Head of Research Programs, National Disability Research Partnership
2:45 – 3:00	Initiatives and Contributions to the Healthcare Sector Dr Derrick Tin Chief Medical Officer, Serco
3:00- 3:30	Afternoon Tea, Exhibition & Poster Viewing Session \| Ann Steet & Registration Lobby Serco drop-in session \| Lyon 2 Catering break sponsored by Cgov
3:30 – 5:45	Margaret Tobin Presentations
Room	Ballroom 1 & 2
	Chair \| Dr Amber Winter
3:30 – 3:35	Welcome
3:35 – 3:53	Dr Simon Collins \| NSW Representative
3:53 – 4:11	Dr Rosemarie Eyre \| VIC Representative
4:11 – 4:29	Dr Sam Gluck \| SA Representative
4:29 – 4:47	Dr Emma Hodge \| QLD Representative
4:47 – 5:05	Dr Jitendra Jain \| TAS Representative
5:05 – 5:23	Dr Josh Manukonga \| NZ Representative
5:23 – 5:41	Dr Megan Yannakouros \| NT Representative
5:41 – 5:45	Closing Remarks
7:00 – 11:30 pm	Gala Dinner \| Ballroom 2 & 3 “Médicale Grandeur: Gold Silver et Bronze” Margaret Tobin Challenge Winner Announcement

	Friday 4 October
7:15 – 8:15	Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care Framework Launch Breakfast Session \| Ballroom 3 Light breakfast provided – please arrive with time to help yourself to breakfast, ready for the session to start at 7.15 am
8:00	Registration \| Registration Lobby
8:30 – 9:15	Role of Medical Leaders in Social Policy and Environmental Change
Room	Ballroom 1 & 2
	Chair \| Dr Georga Cooke
8:30 – 9:15	Hot air or a climate emergency? Facts about climate and health in 2024, what is our duty of care (if any), and what to do Laureate Professor Nick Talley University of Newcastle
9:15 – 10:45	Education and Training
	Chair \| Professor Pooshan Navathe
	Dr Alexander El Kheir Emergency Department, Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service
	Professor Stuart Carney Dean of the University of Queensland Medical School
	Optimising athlete prevocational trainee success – the daily training environment Dr Jo Burnand A/Medical Director NSW Health Education and Training Institute
10:45 – 11:15	Morning Tea, Exhibition & Posters \| Ann Steet & Registration Lobby
11:15 – 1:00	Abstract Presentations
	New Frontiers – Workforce of the Future & for Medical Leaders	New Frontiers – Digital Technologies	New Frontiers – Digital Technologies/ Managing the Next Global Crisis/ Education & Training
Room	Ballroom 1	Ballroom 2	Ballroom 3
Chair	Dr Helen McArdle	Dr Peter Bristow	Dr Anand Ponniraivan
11:15 – 11:35	Learnings from the integration of physician assistants in a regional public hospital emergency department A/Prof. Hwee Sin Chong	Implementation of a jurisdiction-wide Electronic Medical Record. Learnings from the Australian Capital Territory experience A/Prof. Rohan Essex	Towards Digital Health Equity. The introduction of a Maori Pathway to the National Telehealth Services Dr Ruth Large
11:35 – 11:55	Australia’s Rural Health Workforce Crisis: Systematic literature review on impact of strategies and reforms Dr Shahlini Singham	Implementing a virtual emergency department to avoid unnecessary emergency department presentations Dr Kim Hansen	The Vastaamo psychotherapy data breach: what are the lessons for healthcare services? A/Prof. Jeffrey Looi
11:55 – 12.15	Addressing gender inequality on medical staff working in non-profit Australian hospitals Dr Paul Long	A Machine a Day Keeps the Doctor Away: The Legal Impact of Using AI-assisted Radiology Dr Felicity Jensen	Hospital response to mass casualty incidents: learnings from St Vincent’s Sydney after Bondi Junction Dr Anthony Chambers
12:15 – 12:35	A practitioner-initiated, self-funded model for equitable specialist healthcare and clinical teaching in regional/rural frontiers Dr Liang Joo Leow	The potential of AI in health – AI Referral to the Virtual Hospital Dr Emily Kirkpatrick	The health cost of war Dr James Leung
12:35 – 12:55	Doctor’s perception of Clinical Governance Dr David Rankin	CubCare – Clinician created software supporting a high-quality patient centred acute care paediatric telehealth service Dr Geoff Pearce	Workforce nurturing: An approach to improving wellbeing, burnout and professional fulfilment among Australian doctors Dr Emma Hodge
1:00 – 1:45	Lunch, Exhibition & Posters \| Ann Steet & Registration Lobby AFRACMA Lunch \| Lyon 2
1:45 – 3:15	New Frontiers – Workforce of the Future
Room	Ballroom 1 & 2
	Chair \| A/Professor Peter Thomas
	Australia’s Medical Workforce Dr Susan Wearne Senior Medical Advisor, Health Workforce Division, Australian Government Department of Health
	Unleashing the potential of our health workforce – Scope of Practice Review Professor Mark Cormack National Centre for Health Workforce Studies (NCHWS), Australian National University
	Dr Charles Phillis Griffith University School of Medicine
	Dr Marlow Coates Executive Director of Medical Services, Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service
3:15 – 3:45	Afternoon Tea, Exhibition & Posters \| Ann Steet & Registration Lobby
3:45 – 4:45	Debate: The Future Medical Administrator will be replaced with AI
Room	Ballroom 1 & 2
	Moderator \| Professor Erwin Loh Adjudicator \| Dr Helen Parsons
	FOR TEAM: Dr Oliver Daly \| Director of Medical Services/Urogynaecologist, Werribee Mercy Hospital, Mercy Health Dr Emily Kirkpatrick \| Managing Director, EKology Health Dr Grant Rogers \| Clinical Director \| Single Digital Patient Record (SDPR)
	AGAINST TEAM: Dr Isabelle Kapterian \| Deputy Director Medical Services, Royal North Shore Hospital Dr Catherine Olweny\| Consultant Anaesthetist, Registered Counsellor & Clinical Hypnotherapist Dr Jason Goh \| Director of Medical Services (Workforce), Monash Health
4:45 – 5:00	Closing Comments and Handover to 2025

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