Are You Remotely Interested?

Conference Program

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- Abstract

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Please note that this conference was held at two venues, The Mount Isa Civic Centre and The Red Earth Boutique Hotel, with plenary sessions held at the Mount Isa Civic Centre. Some selected presentations held at the Mount Isa Civic Centre are available as web-streams from this Conference program webpage

SATURDAY, 16^th AUGUST
8.30am – 9.00am	Registration – Mount Isa Civic Centre Foyer
9.00am – 9.20am Venue: Civic Centre	Welcome & Conference Opening Chair: Dennis Pashen Ms Noelene Dempsey Welcome to country on behalf of the Kalkadoon people Hon. Stephen Robertson MP Queensland Minister for Health
9.20am – 10.40am Venue: Civic Centre	Session 1 – Are you remotely interested in… Physician Assistants? Chair: Richard Murray Keynote Speakers: Prof Anita Glicken Director, Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
	A/Prof Ruth Ballweg Director of the University of Washington Physician Assistant Training Program, MEDEX Northwest Division or Physician Assistant studies, Seattle, Washington State.
	Ms Bronwyn Nardi Senior Director, Workforce Planning and Coordination Branch, Queensland Health
10.40am – 11.00am	Morning Tea
11.00am – 12.40pm Venue: Civic Centre	Session 2 – Panel: Are you remotely interested in… Australian mid-level delegated practitioners? Facilitator: Dennis Pashen This session will aim to provide participants with an opportunity to discuss the practicalities of adopting a mid-level delegated practitioner role in the Australian healthcare context. Panel Members include: A/Prof Ruth Ballweg Director, University of Washington Physician Assistant Training program, Seattle, Washington State
	Prof Anita Glicken Director, Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
	Ms Glynis Schultz Workforce Planning and Coordination, Queensland Health, Brisbane
	A/Prof Richard Murray Dean of Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland
	A/Prof Charles Mitchell School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane
12.40pm – 1.30pm	Lunch
1.30pm – 3.00pm Venue: Civic Centre	Session 3a –Are you remotely interested in… Education? Chair: Tarun Sen Gupta
	Students living in rural and remote Australia and health professional careers	Sue Gorton
	Putting Nursing into the pipeline	Debra Jones
	Research and the medical student	Claudia Collins & Emily Brimblecombe
	The cavalry is coming but how will we educate it?	Kathryn Kirkpatrick
	Where can I find a pharmacist?	Heather Volk
	Panel Discussion
1.30pm – 3.00pm Venue: Red Earth	Session 3b –Are you remotely interested in… Research? Chair: Neil Smart
	Update from the 2008 rural health research scientific symposium	John Humphreys
	‘Cultural barriers’ in medical literature: who owns the culture concept?	Kris McBain
	Researching the structural barriers to meaningful health care decision-making for Indigenous patients in remote Australia	Julianne Parry
	Is a practice based research network a remote possibility for North Queensland	Robyn Preston
	Dissemination for knowledge and change	Ellen McIntyre
	Panel Discussion
3.00pm – 3.30pm	Afternoon Tea
3.30pm – 4.45pm Venue: Civic Centre	Session 4 – Are you remotely interested in… Indigenous Health? Chair: Catrina Felton-Busch Including Keynote Speaker: Ms Gracelyn Smallwood The recipient of several awards including the 2007 Deadly Award for outstanding achievement in Indigenous health, Ms Smallwood has devoted her career to the delivery of health related services to Indigenous and remote communities.
	Indigenous Staff Network working for Indigenous community	Tony Kickett
	Stepping back, looking forward	Kathryn Naden
	Indigenous Lifescripts	Shaun Solomon
	Panel Questions
5.00pm – 5.10pm	Housekeeping
7pm – 10pm	The Dr Who? Conference Dinner –Red Earth Boutique Hotel
SUNDAY, 17^th AUGUST
7.30am – 8.45am Venue: Red Earth	Breakfast Session – An introduction to PEMSoft... why it's great in the bush Facilitator: Rob Pitt If you wish to attend this in-service training session please RSVP to: micrrh-conferences@jcu.edu.au or phone (07) 4745 4500
9.00am – 11.00am Venue: Civic Centre	Session 5 – Are you remotely interested in… Community Safety? Chair: Dawn Spinks Mount Isa is seeking recognition as a safe community under the World health Organisations Safe Communities framework. This session will provide an overview of the safety initiatives underway within the city.
	Preventing injury in Mount Isa: the Mount Isa Safe Community initiative	Lynette Drew
	Preventing childhood injury in Mount Isa	Bob Orchard
	WHO Cares about seniors safety.... and so does MISS	Gary Asmus
	Puppets to the Rescue	Wendy Cochrane & Gina Scott
	The Mount Isa Substance Misuse Action Group	Merelita Lido
	Rural and remote road safety study: the final report	Teresa O’Connor
	Accreditation Visit – Summing Up	Carolyn Coggan
	Panel Discussion
11.00am – 11.30am	Morning Tea
11.30am – 12.45pm Venue: Civic Centre	Session 6a – Are you remotely interested in… Workforce and service provision? Chair: TBC
	Patient perceptions of rural and remote primary health care professionals: preliminary results from four case studies.	Lisa Crossland
	Community based health care: gathering the evidence	Craig Veitch
	Rural Generalism: an idea in its time – a solution for rural procedural practice.	Dennis Pashen
	The Rural General Practitioner Temporary Placement Scheme (demystified)	Col White
	Panel Discussion
11.30am – 12.45pm Venue: Red Earth	Session 6b – Are you remotely interested in… Rural and remote practice? Chair: Russell Hawkins
	The impact of a traumatic hand injury on people who live in rural and remote locations	Gail Kingston
	Expanded scope of practice for rural and remote paramedics	Heather Mumme
	CI-SCaT: innovation in cancer treatment information delivery	Natalie Cook

	Panel Discussion
12.45pm – 1.45pm	Lunch
1.45pm – 3.00pm Venue: Civic Centre	Session 7a – Are you remotely interested in… Continuing education and professional development? Chair: Charles Mitchell
	Mentoring in rural general practice	Di Schaefer