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Program

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Registrations open

Tea and Coffee provided

Duration: 30 mins
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM

Welcome address

Dr Lachlan Henderson, Group Chief Executive – Epworth HealthCare

Duration: 10 mins
8:40 AM - 10:40 AM

Complexities around cognition in an ageing population

Keynote

  • Aged psychiatry and dementia - Emeritus Professor David Ames

Workshops 

Participants to rotate through each workshop - 30 minutes per workshop. 

  • Basic assessment of dementia in primary health settings - Emeritus Professor David Ames
  • Treatment Options for Chronic Depression - Dr Leo Chen 
  • Complex conversations with the patient who can no longer stay at home - Marg Petrie and Dawn Mulhern
Duration: 2 hours
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

Morning tea and sponsor display

Duration: 20 mins
11:00 AM - 1:15 PM

Heart Health

Keynote

  • Recognising and managing heart failure in primary health - TBC

Workshops

Participants to rotate through each workshop - 30 minutes per workshop. 

  • Recognising and Managing Heart Failure - Jo Kevill
  • Common cardiac presentations - case studies (participants welcome to bring case studies) - TBC
  • Case based evaluation of Non Cardiac Dyspnoea - Dr Michelle Caldecott
Duration: 2.25 hours
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Lunch and sponsor display

Duration: 45 mins
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

The odd couple: orthopaedics and pain management

Keynote

  • Clinical updates in osteoarthritis and hip replacement - Mr Harry Tsigaras

Workshops

Participants to rotate through each workshop - 30 minutes per workshop. 

  • Managing the Challenge that is Chronic Pain - Dr Stephen De Graaff
  • the triad of mental health, chronic pain and addiction - Dr John Chow
  • the patient journey: prehab, orthopaedic intervention and rehabilitation- Mr Harry Tsigaras and Laura Davidson 
Duration: 2 hours
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM

Afternoon tea and sponsor display

Duration: 20 mins
4:20 PM - 5:00 PM

Voluntary assisted dying in the context of general practice

Keynote

  • Voluntary Assisted Dying in the context of general practice - Associate Professor Luis Prado
Duration: 40 mins
5:00 PM - 5:10 PM

Closing address

Duration: 10 mins