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Conference program


Conference program

Below is the program for the 63rd RACGP Queensland Clinical Update Weekend.

(As the program is being developed, sessions and speakers will be added with further session details, learning outcomes for session and speaker biographies). 

Time Boulevard Room Room B1 Room B2 Room B3
Day one – Saturday 6 May 2023
7:50 Registration
8:20
Conference welcome and open by RACGP Queensland Chair & The Graham Bruce Roberts Memorial Lecture by
Dr Sam Manger
9:10

Research in general practice presented by the RACGP Queensland Research Support Committee
Chair: Assoc Prof Jane Smith
Boulevard Room

Morning tea 10:10 - 10:30
10:30

Roundtable panel discussion: 
Non-medication interventions that reflect current evidence based best practice

Speakers: Dr Sam Manger, Prof Paul Glaziou and Prof Lauren Ball

CPD 2023 update

Speakers: Karen Connaughton and Prof David Wilkinson

Neurodiversity and Asperger’s in Primary Care an evidence based synopsis

An evidence based approach
Speaker: Dr Ashar Khan

Teaching General Practice

Speaker: Dr John Buckley

11:30

CPD Peer Group Learning session

Speakers: Prof David Wilkinson and Karen Connaughton

Paediatric integrated care

Speaker: Dr Aaron Chambers

Dermatology

Speakers: Dr Brendan Triggs and Dr Bill Tritton

Lunch 12:30 - 13:15
13:15

Flying around Rural Practice; lessons learnt from rural colleagues during mass change

Speaker: Assoc Prof Michael Clements

Heart failure and filling pressure – nuances of systolic vs diastolic heart failure and current Guidelines for Treatment

Speaker: Dr Julie Humphries

Assessing and managing patients with alcohol and other substance use

Speaker: Dr Gillian Eastgate

Clinical Skills Workshop
Orthopaedic skills

St Vincent's Hospital
Dr Hugh English
Dr Craig Hughes
Dr Brett Halliday
Dr Will O'Callaghan
Dr Suyog Kulkarni
Dr David Fraser
Dr Simon Perkins
Dr Gerald Yeo
Dr Manoj Mathew
Dr Richard Hanley

Please note this session is now full

14:15

Voluntary Assisted Dying; Legislation changes and what GPs need to know

Speaker: Assoc Prof Harry Jacobs

 

Medical termination of pregnancy

Speakers: Dr Wendy Burton and Dr Claire Mohr

Afternoon tea 15:15 - 15:35 
15:35

Imaging tests that reflect current evidence based best practice

Speaker: Dr Rachael O'RourkeDr Sylvia Andrew-Starkey and
Dr Zane Sherif

Oncology updates; Breast and Gynaecological cancers

Speaker: Dr Kathryn Middleton

CPR/BLS workshop
BLS First Aid

Please note this session is now full

 

Clinical Skills Workshop
Orthopaedic skills

St Vincent's Hospital
Dr Hugh English
Dr Craig Hughes
Dr Brett Halliday
Dr Will Callaghan
Dr Suyog Kulkarni
Dr David Fraser
Dr Simon Perkins
Dr Gerald Yeo

Please note this session is now full

16:35

Oncology updates; Managing prostate cancer risk
in the age of prostate MRI

Speaker: Dr Glen Wood

Evening networking activity – drinks, canapes, prizes and more on the Boulevard Terrace from 17:35

 

Time Boulevard Room Room B1 Room B2 Room B3
Day two - Sunday 7 May 2023
8:00 Registration
8:30

Mental health challenges of 'emerging into a new normal'

Speaker: Dr Vinh Tran

Quality improvements to patient safety and care

Speakers: Nicole Forrester and Sharon Kemp

CPR/BLS workshop

BLS First Aid

Please note this session is now full

 

Clinical Skills Workshop
Emergency Dental Treatment

Australian Dental Association QLD

Speaker: Dr Tom Fenelon


Please note this session is now full

9:30 Historical Impacts and the effects on Indigenous Health
Speaker: Liam McIntosh-Boney - Institute of Urban Indigenous Health
Dementia in general practice
Speakers: Dr Danielle James and Dr Karen Savery  
Morning tea 10:30 - 10:50
10:50

Roundtable panel discussion: 
Pathology tests that reflect current evidence based best practice; 
Choosing Wisely recommendations

Speaker: Assoc Prof Beverly Rowbotham AODr Naomi RunnegarDr Daman LangguthDr David Kanowski

Obesity Management

Speaker: Dr David Carey and Suzanna Greenwood
 

CPR/BLS workshop

BLS First Aid

Please note this session is now full

 

Clinical Skills Workshop
Emergency Dental Treatment

Australian Dental Association QLD

Speaker: Dr Tom Fenelon

Please note this session is now full

11:50

Diabetes update and pharmacology

Speaker: Dr Anita Sharma

Lunch 12:50 - 13:35
13:35
 

Managing infectious disease risk in General Practice settings

Speaker: Prof Paul Griffin
Boulevard Room

14:35 Close of conference and thank you delivered by RACGP Queensland Chair
End 15:05

 

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