Programme

FRIDAY 27 MARCH 2009

 

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

9.00-12.00

Workshop 1 Creative Writing
Glenn Colquhoun

 (this session is full, waitlist available)

1.00-4.00

Workshop 2 

Leading a Life that Matters Through Healthcare
Richard Gunderman

 (Limited session)

ASB Bank Visiting Professor       

ASB Bank Visiting Professor

Workshop 3 Creative Writing
Glenn Colquhoun

(this session is full, waitlist available)

Workshop 4

Developing Supportive Relationships in the General Practice Workplace Including Mentoring, Clinical Supervision And Preceptoring.
Jane Mills

(Limited session)

4.00-4.30

REGISTRATION

4.30-5.00

Powhiri

5.00-5.10

Dean Iain Martin
Welcome

5.10-6.00

Jennie Vickers
The Right Way to the Top
A whole brain approach to learning and thinking

6.00-6.15

Glenn Colquhoun
Poetry

6.15

Post Session Drinks

 

SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2009

9.00-9.15

Housekeeping

9.15-10.05

 

The Difference Ethics Makes
Richard Gunderman
      

                     

ASB Bank Visiting Professor       

ASB Bank Visiting Professor

10.05-10.40

MORNING TEA AND EXHIBITION VIEWING

10.40-11.40

 

Support and Education for Carers
Yvonne Bray

(Limited session)

Update on Stroke
Alan Barber

Interpretation of Haematology Results
Claire McLintock

Smoothing Out the Lumps and Bumps:
An interactive demonstration of common
minor surgical techniques used in Primary Care

Matthew Clark

Mercy Ascot

 

 

11.50-12.50

When Colleagues Disagree: Navigating Relationships at Work
Richard Fox and Renske van den Brink

 (this session is full, waitlist available)

Herpes-Dispelling the Myths
Claire Hurst


HPV - Warts and All
Natalie Desmond

Methamphetamine
Janie Sheridan and Graham Gulbransen

Smoothing Out the Lumps and Bumps

Matthew Clark
(continued)

Mercy Ascot

12.50-1.50

LUNCH AND EXHIBITION VIEWING

1.50-2.45

Wound Management
Jenny Phillips

Should We Use Medication in the Elderly?
Linda Bryant

CMDHB: VULNERABLE FAMILIES
Infant Mental Health-Good Beginnings

Denise Guy

CMDHB

Suturing
Intermediate level

Matthew Clark

(this session is full, waitlist available)

Mercy Ascot

         

2.55-3.50

“Is This Normal?” - When to Act and When to Relax Common Paediatric Condition in General Practice
Nikki Turner and Marguerite Dalton

Closing Pandora's Box-Multiple Medicines in Primary Care
Fiona Corbin

CMDHB: VULNERABLE FAMILIES
Non-Accidental Injury
Emma Barnes
Essential Parenting-Enhancing All Families

Lauren Porter

CMDHB

Suturing
Beginner’s level

Matthew Clark

(this session is full, waitlist available)

Mercy Ascot

 

3.50-4.15

AFTERNOON TEA AND EXHIBITION VIEWING

4.15-5.25

“Is There a Doctor or Nurse On Board?”
Sarah Aldington
Fitness to Fly
Sarah Aldington

(Limited session)

The Bare Bones of Bipolar Disorder
Rob Shieff
Activity Scheduling: The Primary CBT Skill for Depression
Rob Shieff

CMDHB: VULNERABLE FAMILIES
Breastfeeding

Bev Pownall
Postnatal depression

William Ferguson

Working together as a Team

Panel Discussion

CMDHB

What’s New? Hot Topics In Primary Care:
CVD/Diabetes/Fever in Children/Hospice/Preventing Falls/Vitamin D Deficiency
Team From The Department of General Practice

5.20-6.00

Post Session Drinks

6.00-7.00

ENTERTAINMENT: TWISTY WILLOW CELTIC BAND

 

SUNDAY 29 MARCH 2009

7.45 for 8.00
8.00-8.45

Breakfast Session

Creating a Change of Heart: Launching the Revised CVDGuidelines Handbook; One Heart, Many Lives: Getting Men into Primary Care CVD Screening; Enablers and Barriers to Screening in Primary
Health Care
Norman Sharpe, Tim Corbett and Barbara Docherty

Pharmac

 

 

9.00-9.50

Connecting Research and Policy To Practice Through Knowledge Transfer:
Developing A Culture Of Learning
Jane Mills

9.50-10.20

MORNING TEA AND EXHIBITION VIEWING

10.20-11.15

Team-based Learning
and Delivery of Brief Advice for Smoking Cessation and Increasing
Physical Activity in New Zealanders
Susan Hawken and Fiona Moir

Pharmac

What is Quality Prescribing? Matching Medicines with Patient Needs
Keith Crump

Occupational Lung Disease

Chris Walls

(Limited session)

ACC

Antenatal Care: What Do We Need to Know?
Judith Beattie 

         

11.25-12.20

Team-based Learning (continued)
Managing Lifestyle Change
Susan Hawken and Fiona Moir

Pharmac

The Use of Opioids Versus Traditional
Concepts in the Treatment of Non-Cancer Pain
Brigitte Gertoberens and John Dunlop

Mundi Pharma

Interpreting X-rays
Garry Clearwater

Practical ENT-Ear Irrigation
Jean Lyle

(this session is full, waitlist available)

12.20-1.20

LUNCH AND PRIZES

12.25-1.20

Practical ENT-Ear Irrigation
Jean Lyle

(this session is full, waitlist available)

1.20-2.10

Asthma in Maori and Pacific Children
Matire Harwood

Pharmac

Carpel Tunnel Syndrome

Julie Rouse

ACC

Cultural Differences in Diabetes
Podiatry and Diet

Michele Garrett and Gemma Stott

(Limited session)

How Do I Know I Am An Evidenced-Based Practitioner/
Lifelong Learner?
Bruce Arroll

   

2.15-3.00

Paediatric Dermatology in Primary Care:
Getting the diagnosis and treatment right
Paula Renouf and Diana Purvis

Examining Knees
Chris Hanna and team

 (this session is full, waitlist available)

or
Examining Shoulders
Chris Hanna and team

(this session is full, waitlist available)

ACC

Overview of Sleep Disorders
Tony Fernando

OTC Medicines - Major Changes and Issues
Natalie Gauld

(Limited session)

3.00-3.25

AFTERNOON TEA AND EXHIBITION VIEWING

3.25-4.15

Websites for Primary Care
Sue Foggin and Anne Wilson

(this session is full, waitlist available)

Strapping Ankles
Chris Hanna and physio team

(this session is full, waitlist available)

ACC

The Science of Happiness
Tony Fernando

Screening, Case-finding or Not Doing It At All
Tony Dowell and Felicity Goodyear-Smith

(this session is full, waitlist available)

4.15-4.20

SYMPOSIUM CLOSE

4.20-5.10

Websites for Primary Care
Sue Foggin and Anne Wilson

(this session is full, waitlist available)

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