Speakers

	Sarah Aldington "Is there a doctor or nurse on board?" The call for a doctor or nurse on board strikes fear into even the most seasoned of travellers! This session will discuss the common in-flight emergencies, the medical facilities on board, the assistance available and the considerations for in-flight diversions. Read more Fitness to fly This session discusses the issues that need to be taken into account when advising passengers of the fitness to fly and the process required for obtaining medical clearance from an airline. Read more

	Bruce Arroll How Do I know I Am An Evidenced-Based Practitioner/Lifelong Learner? This session will explore the issue of lifelong learning and the subset of evidence based practice. Read more

	Alan Barber Update on Stroke After years of therapeutic nihilism, there are new treatments for stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) shown to be of benefit in clinical trials. Read more

	Emma Barnes Non-Accidental Injury - Patterns and Prevention Child abuse is a significant health issue. New Zealand Research shows that only 20% of children killed by inflicted injuries came from families previously known to Child, Youth and Family. Most if not all of these children where known to Health. This session will provide health professionals with a brief synopsis on the current evidence on the identification and management of non-accidental injuries Read more

	Judith Beattie Antenatal Care - What Do We Need To Know? The GP or nurse is often the person women go to confirm a pregnancy. How does the current system work? What Lead Maternity Care (LMC) choices do women have and how does primary care fit into this? Read more

	Yvonne Bray Support and Education for Carers Family carers are a group of people with significant needs and the level of care for their loved ones in end-of-life can be affected by the impact of psychosocial factors and stress within the family. Read more

	Lynda Bryant Should we use medication in the elderly? What are we trying to achieve when we use medicines in the very elderly? There is evidence that some medicines such as statins and blood pressure lowering medicines are beneficial in the elderly – and to not use these medicines is paramount to ageism. Yet these medicines may also cause adverse effects. What of quality of life versus quantity of life in the very elderly? Read more

	Matthew Clark Smoothing Out the Lumps and Bumps Matthew Clark is a General Surgical Consultant with the Counties Manukau District Health Board, and an Associate Professor with the University of Auckland. His areas of specialisation include all aspects of General Surgery such as hernia repair, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, anorectal problems and thyroidectomy. Matthew also has a keen interest in surgical oncology, including soft tissue sarcoma, melanoma, gastrointestinal tumours, and breast cancer. He consults in private practise at the Gilgit Road Specialist Centre, and operates at Mercy Hospital in Epsom. Matthew enjoys training young surgeons through the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Read more

	Garry Clearwater Interpreting X-rays An overview of X-ray interpretation aimed at doctors or nurses in EDs, rural practices and Accident & Medical clinics who order acute X-rays that they have to interpret themselves before a radiologist report is available. The talk will address: • general principles of interpretation: how to find an abnormality... Read more

	Norman Sharpe, Tim Corbett and Barbara Doherty Creating a Change of Heart – Launching the Revised CVD Guidelines Handbook; One Heart Many Lives: Getting Men into Primary Care CVD Screening; Enablers and Barriers to Screening in Primary Health Care Prof Norman Sharpe will introduce the new handbook, and discuss the changes it incorporates including modified. Tim Corbett will discuss the One Heart Many Lives programme developed by PHARMAC. Barbara Docherty will briefly describe the patients' world of personal behavioural practices and an insight as to why so many cannot make healthy lifestyle behaviour choices. Read more

	Fiona Corbin Closing Pandora's Box - Multiple Medicines in Primary Care This session will consider various themes relating to multiple medicines in the primary care context. Read more

	Keith Crump What is Quality Prescribing? Matching medicines with patient needs The busy practitioner is faced with a multiple of medicines related decision points many times within a busy working day. Are there methodologies that support the practitioner to enable these decisions to form a greater quality prescribing matrix? Read more

	Marguerite Dalton and Nikki Turner “Is this normal?” – when to act and when to relax Common Paediatric Conditions in General Practice This session will focus on common conditions in childhood that present to the general practice. The focus will be on what is the normal range and what is of concern, when to intervene and when to relax. Read more

	Natalie Desmond HPV - Warts and All Any time you raise the issue of sexual activity and teens with parents there is bound to be controversy. Introduce a vaccine into the discussion and the communication challenges start to get really interesting. Vaccine safety and efficacy concerns have attracted a lot of media attention in recent years. Read more

	Tony Dowell and Felicity Goodyear-Smith Screening, Case finding or not doing it all This seminar will provide an up to date review of screening and case finding in general practice settings. The appropriate use of particular case finding and screening tools will be assessed with a focus on mental health and screening for lifestyle risk factors. Read more

	Raina Elley Hot Topic: Cardiovascular Update Biography: Raina Elley is a senior lecturer at the School of Population Health, University of Auckland and a general practitioner in South Auckland. Her research involves lifestyle interventions in primary health care for falls prevention, increasing physical activity, reducing cardiovascular risk and improving diabetes management. Read more

	William Ferguson Postnatal Depression Postnatal depression is the most common and serious disorder of the first postnatal year. It is a uniquely stressful time in the life of a family, and unfortunately coincides for the mother with a period of unparalleled biological vulnerability to mood disorder. Read more

	Tony Fernando Overview of Sleep Disorders In this session, participants will review basic sleep physiology which includes why we sleep, effects of sleep deprivation, mechanisms involved in sleeping and waking, and circadian rhythms. Session on Science of Happiness In this session, common myths about what people think make them happy will be discussed. Key concepts in “positive psychology”, an emerging field in psychology will be reviewed. Read more

	Sue Foggin and Anne Wilson Websites for Primary Care There is a huge range of useful information out there! We hope to give you hands-on practice finding information from a variety of useful free websites, using topics commonly asked about in the field of primary care as examples. Read more

	Richard Fox and Renske van den Brink When Colleagues Disagree: Navigating Relationships at Work Colleagues in primary care are not always the keen team players we would like them to be! This workshop will look at ways of dealing with differences and difficulties between colleagues and staff. Read more

	Michele Garrett and Gemma Stott Cultural Differences in Diabetes Podiatry and Diet Traditional Maori and Pacific islanders often miss meals, typically breakfast and lunch with a large meal in the evening. Larger people are seen as healthy and prestigious and if a family member loses weight this can indicate the provider is not bringing home enough money for sufficient food for the family. Read more

	Natalie Gauld OTC Medicines – Major Changes and Issues Increasingly potent medicines are available over-the-counter, such as naproxen in full anti-inflammatory doses, the emergency contraceptive pill and sumatriptan. This is a dynamic area in NZ and internationally and every six months more drugs are considered for reclassification. Read more

	Brigette Gertoberens and John Dunlop The Use of Opioids versus Traditional Concepts in the Treatment of Non-Cancer Pain Managing chronic non-cancer pain states has always been a challenge and it continues to be. The presentation will give a brief introduction into the size of the problem and the plethora of challenges health practitioners and patients are facing when dealing with chronic pain. Pharmacological treatment is part of pain management, though effects often do not meet expectations. Read more

	Denise Guy Infant Mental Health - Good Beginnings The early years of life have a formative impact on development, relationships and functioning throughout life. Many adverse outcomes can be prevented when parents/whanau are supported and given information enabling them to be optimally responsive to their children. When there are risks identified well planned early interventions are necessary and cost effective. Read more

	Chris Hanna Ankle Strapping This session will deal with types of tape, and the basic principles of strapping any injured joint. These principles will then be applied to strapping the ankle for comfort, and protection and to allow mobilisation. Knee Examination This workshop will present a simple way of assessing the injured knee. The knee will be divided up into three compartments - Ligaments, Cartilages, and The Extensor Mechanism. Shoulder Examination Shoulder examination can be simple. This session will explain the simplest tests for differentiating between the most common causes of shoulder pain presenting to your practice. Read more

	Matire Harwood Asthma in Maori and Pacific Children Asthma is a health priority for Māori and Pacific children because it is more common, more severe and more likely to be fatal for Maori and Pacific children than for non-Māori non-Pacific children across all age groups. Read

	Susan Hawken and Fiona Moir Team-based Learning and Delivery of Brief Advice for Smoking Cessation and Increasing Physical Activity for New Zealanders Join an interactive team to convert the Smoking Cessation Guidelines into a coherent message of brief advice for all. Apply similar standards for increasing physical activity. This session will utilise Team-based Learning Concepts as an instructional strategy that will enhance quality of learning. Learners will shift from passive learning to active learning. Brief Intervention skills will be reviewed and practiced. Read more

	Karen Hoare Hot Topic: Management of Fever In Children Karen Hoare originally trained as an adult and children’s nurse at the Hospital for Sick Children, Gt. Ormond St, London and Watford general hospital. She qualified as a health visitor in 1985 (specialist community public health nurse). Read more

	Claire Hurst Herpes – Dispelling the Myths Herpes is an ubiquitous, endemic and invisible virus. It most commonly presents “atypically” so is therefore often under diagnosed or misdiagnosed. The psychological morbidity resulting from a diagnosis often far outweighs the physical reality of this common infection. Read more

	Tim Kenealy Hot Topic: Diabetes Biography: Tim Kenealy works as a GP in South Auckland, where he has been in his own practice for 25 years. He is Associate Professor of Integrated Care at the University of Auckland. His academic interests were triggered by seeing a great many people with inadequately managed and controlled diabetes. Diabetes continues to play a central role in his research, teaching and clinical practice. Read more

	Jean Lyle Update on Stroke Practical ENT – Ear Irrigation Ear irrigation is regularly undertaken by Practice Nurses. This session will look at: • A brief look at the anatomy of the normal ear • What learning nurses undertake to support this skill • What equipment is used for this process – some products available in NZ and what is used in the UK • Ear irrigation from a UK perspective Read more

	Claire McLintock Interpretation of Haematology Results Let’s set the scene. It’s Friday afternoon, the inbox or intray is full of patients’ blood test results, they’ve been gathering through the week. All you want to see is normal results, confirming for your patient that everything if fine, no need to worry. But then you see them. Read more

	Jenny Phillips Wound Management The session on wound management will cover commonly encountered wounds in Primary Health Care and include a discussion on wound infection and why some wounds fail to heal. The use of cost effective products for Primary Health Care will also be included. Intended audience: Suitable for any staff who encounter wounds in their practice, particularly if they have wounds which become a problem by becoming infected or failing to heal. Read more

	Lauren Porter Essential Parenting: Enhancing All Families Parenting ideas are typically reduced to tips for parents or programmes to follow, often mirroring the author's personal leanings or opinions. This can make it very difficult to make personal parenting decisions or guide families you work with. Read more

	Bev Pownall Breastfeeding: A key to a healthy mother-infant relationship? This presentation examines ways in which a mother can prepare during pregnancy toward a healthy mother-infant relationship, and factors which may affect that relationship. Read more

	Paula Renouf and Diana Purvis Improving management of 8 paediatric dermatology problems in primary care This interactive practical case-based session is for clinicians who diagnose and manage skin conditions in children. Certain conditions can be more competently managed in primary care in order to prevent family distress, loss of school and work time, unnecessary secondary complications, hospitalisation and... Read more

	Julie Rouse Carpel Tunnel Syndrome This session will offer an overview of the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, including pathomechanics, incidence, differential diagnosis. Various approaches to treatment will be presented as well as issues that arise during the post-operative phase of management. This session is suitable for health professionals working with patients presenting with pre or post operative CTS. Read more

	Janie Sheridan and Graham Gulbransen Methamphetamine There is much in the media about the "methamphetamine problem'. This presentation is designed to provide delegates with research data which will help to provide a more realistic picture of the methamphetamine problem in New Zealand, in particular in the context of a poly drug use culture, and within a harm reduction minimisation framework. Read more

	Rob Shieff The Bare Bones of Bipolar Disorder With continued demand on specialty mental health services, bringing changes in the process of care delivery, there has been an increased focus on the role of primary practitioners in the management of serious mental illness, including Bipolar Affective Disorder. Activity Scheduling – The Primary CBT Skill for Depression Amongst the most debilitating aspects of depression is the inactivity which so frequently accompanies the loss of energy and motivation that characterises this illness. Assisting people back to a life style which is carefully structured in order to provide a balance of achievement and pleasure is a fundamental stepping stone along the pathway to sustained recovery. Read more

	Chris Walls Occupational Lung Diseases Dr Chris Walls is an occupational physician in the Auckland area. His work experience includes the primary aluminium smelting industry, the food and timber industries and the healthcare industry. From many years he was a senior medical adviser to the Department of Labour (Occupational Safety and Health) and co-authored many Guidelines ... Read more

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