Program
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Continuing Professional Development Recognition
Social Program
Congress Cocktails
Level 1- The Hilton Adelaide Thursday 23 September 2010
Congress Cocktails (prior to the Congress Dinner)
Proudly Sponsored by HESTA
Includes: canapés, drinks and light entertainment
Dress: cocktail attire or lounge suit
Additional Tickets: please purchase a Congress Dinner ticket
to attend this function.
Congress Dinner
Ballroom at The Hilton Adelaide.
Proudly Sponsored by Philips
Includes: three course dinner, drinks and entertainment
Dress: cocktail attire or lounge suit. Bring your creativity with
you to assist your table in designing the best Futuristic mask.
Additional tickets: $120 includes admission to the Congress
Cocktails and the Congress Dinner
Guest Presenter: Dr Graham Philips
With more than 20 years experience as a journalist and
commentator, Graham is one of the most accomplished science
communicators in Australia.
Graham has a PhD in astrophysics and has lectured and researched
at various universities as well as the Commonwealth Scientific and
Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).
Graham combines his detailed understanding of science with a
down-to-earth approach making even the most complex of stories
accessible and relevant.
Breakfast Session
You are invited to attend a breakfast session on Friday 24 September. Ms Anne Trimmer will present on the impact of new medical technologies: transforming healthcare delivery. Numbers are limited to this breakfast so please ensure that you indicate your attendance at time of registration.
PRE-CONGRESS WORKSHOPS
Wednesday 22 September
CONGRESS WORKSHOP 1
A workshop to identify key research questions and gaps in the evidence base underpinning the Australian reform agenda National Health and Hospitals Network Reform Agenda How will we measure and know the outcomes and impacts? Attend this workshop and get involved in developing the top research questions?
How will we know that the National Reform Agenda is making an important difference to the future health and well-being of all Australians?
If you are interested in the outcomes and effects of public policy – this workshop is for you.
You will probably be working as a health executive or manager, a clinician or an academic.
Come along and participate in identifying and analysing what should be measured and how, so that we better understand the impact of health policy and the health system on people’s lives and their health.
This workshop will be interactive – a great panel of experts will engage with you in:
- discussing the Reform Agenda and how it might be evaluated;
- identifying evidence gaps and important research questions for the future.
They are:
Professor John McCallum
Senior
Scientist Public Health Health
Evidence and Advice Branch
NHMRC
Professor Philip Darbyshire
Adjunct professor University of
Western Sydney
Visiting Professor Universities of
Bournemouth and Swansea UK
Professor Sandra Leggat
Professor Health Services
Management La Trobe University
Professor Brian Oldenburg Chair International Public Health Unit Monash University
Professor Vivian Lin
Chair Public Health La Trobe
University
Dr Emma Parkinson-Lawrence President-elect Australian Society for Medical Research
Our experts will also talk about:
- How to get a research project going;
- How to measure and research health governance and outcomes;
- How to seek funds and write a grant application;
- Tips on writing various types of publications.
You will also have an opportunity to contribute to the agenda for the day.
CONGRESS WORKSHOP 2
A workshop to identify the key issues for health facilities when implementing the Australian reform agenda.
Join up with your colleagues to discuss some practical responses to the health reforms.
If you are an executive, manager or senior clinician in the public or private healthcare sectors you cannot afford to miss this important workshop. Our workshops will discuss and answer some of the major questions arising from the agreed national health reforms.
Our major topics will be:
- How will the States and Commonwealth work together at various levels of the new system?
- How should Local Hospital Networks (LHNs) and Medicare Locals interact and integrate services?
- What should the main elements of a LHN Service Level Agreement look like?
- How should LHNs and Medicare Locals engage with the local communities and clinicians, including medical specialists and other providers who may work across boundaries?
- How will the changes impact on and facilitate service redesign to achieve new targets?
- What about the missing pieces – out-of-hospital specialist care, e-health, oral & dental health, mental health, Indigenous health?
- What impact will the changed environment have on skills requirements, employment and workforce roles of LHNs and Medicare Locals?
Speakers are:
Mr Peter Broadhead
National Health and Hospitals
Network Transition Office
Commonwealth Department of
Health and Ageing
Associate ProfessorAdrian Nowitzke
CEO Gold Coast Health Service
District Queensland Health
Ms Mary Foley
National Health Practice Leader
Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Mr Alec Djoneff
CEO Victorian Hospitals’ Industrial
Action
Professor Kathy Eagar
Director Centre for Health
Service Development University of
Wollongong