2017 Program

WEDNESDAY 18TH OCTOBER 2017

 REGISTRATION
15:00 – 17:00 Registration OPEN – Sam Male Veranda – Cable Beach Club Resort
16:00 – 16:30 CRANAplus Annual General Meeting – Sam Male Room – Cable Beach Club Resort
18:30 – 20:30 Welcome Function – Proudly hosted by HESTA 
Family Pool Area – Cable Beach Club Resort
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Welcome to Country – Yawuru Elder
Opening Address – Karen Cook
Host Welcome – HESTA
Presentation of new CRANAplus Fellowship
Presentation of Graduates

 

THURSDAY 19TH OCTOBER 2017

REGISTRATION
08:00  Registration OPEN – Sam Male Veranda – Cable Beach Club Resort
SESSION 1          Sam Male Room – Cable Beach Club Resort
09:00 – 09:15 Welcome Address – Christopher Cliffe – CRANAplus Chief Executive Officer
09:15 – 10:05 Keynote Speaker: Dr Keith Suter
Listening for the Faint Signals of Change: How New Technology May Affect Remote Area Health
10:05 – 10:15 Question time
10:15 – 10:30 Expanding horizons: Using virtual orientation tours to promote rural, remote and Aboriginal health
Dr Merylin Cross
University of Tasmania
10:30 – 10:45 Using contemporary research and data to inform nursing and midwifery policy
Ms Petrina Halloran
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
10:45 – 10:50 Question Time
10:50 – 11:20 MORNING TEA
SESSION 2         Sam Male Room – Cable Beach Club Resort
11:20 – 11:45 Invited Speaker: Professor Catherine Stoddart
Through the looking glass
11:45 – 12:00 A little Hocus PoCUS – applications of point of care ultrasound in a remote setting
Ms Alanna Watson
12:00 – 12:15 Using the emojis to address language barriers with an App supporting chronic disease self-management
Professor Isabelle Skinner
Charles Darwin University
12:15 – 12:30 Practical Examples of Point-of-Care Testing Technology Use in Rural and Remote Australia
Ms Brooke Spaeth
Flinders University International Centre For Point-of-care Testing
PRESENTATION PDF
12:30 – 12:45 How clinical information can improve management of neglected tropical disease, crusted scabies
Ms Michelle Dowden
One Disease
12:45 – 12:50 Question Time
12:50 – 13:40 LUNCH
SESSION 3
ROOM: Sam Male – Cable Beach Club Resort
13:40 – 13:45 Official Announcement:
Hon Dr David Gillespie MP, Assistant Minister for Health (via video)
13:45 – 13:50 Hot Spot Session
Evaluating Organisational Cultural Competence in Maternity Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women

A/Prof Robyn Aitken
Menzies School Of Health Research
13:55 – 14:00  Hot Spot Session
Using Technology to recalibrate rural and remote health workforce education
Prof. Sabina Knight
James Cook University
PRESENTATION PDF
14:05 – 14:10  Hot Spot Session
The Emergency Telehealth Service – an innovative service delivery model for rural and remote EDs using telehealth technology and a specialist emergency medicine workforce.  ETS empowers nurses to deliver timely, quality emergency care with the support of specialist doctors and a comprehensive education program within a supportive teamwork environment.

Melanie Goode
WA Country Health Service
PRESENTATION PDF
14:15 –  14:30 Reducing the ‘tyranny of distance’ and enhancing patient outcomes through innovative use of new technology options in rural and remote locations
Mr Alistair Crowe
WA Country Health Service
PRESENTATION PDF
14:30 – 14:45 Balancing technology with human relationships in the remote health setting.
Ms Deborah O’Neill
Rural LAP
14:45 – 15:00 Blasting into the future – at a snail’s pace: The Bedourie Primary Health Clinic Telehealth Story
Mrs Danielle Causer
Central West Hospital And Health Service
15:00 – 15:05 Question Time:
15:05 – 15:35 AFTERNOON TEA
SESSION 4
ROOM: Sam Male – Cable Beach Club Resort
15:35 – 16:00

Invited Speaker: A/Executive Director Clinical Leadership and Reform Karen Bradley

Department of Health

Change Leadership – Influencing Improvement in Health Care

16:00 – 16:15 Emergency Medicine Education  – a virtual program using VC technology and flexible, blended learning techniques for rural and remote clinicians in WA Country Health Service.
Dr Stephanie SchlueterEmergency Medicine Clinical Lead- WACHS Kimberley
16:15 – 16:30 (How) Can technology support Remote Area Nurses in Quality Use of Medicines?
Mr Tobias Speare
Central Australian Rural Practitioners Association
PRESENTATION PDF
16:30 – 16:45 Connected, Engaged and Collaborative Workplaces Symposium
Therese Forbes
CRANAplus, Bush Support Services
16:45 – 16:50 Question Time
Day 1 concludes | Free evening at your leisure

 

FRIDAY 20TH OCTOBER 2017

REGISTRATION
08:30 REGISTRATION DESK OPEN
SESSION 1
ROOM: Sam Male – Cable Beach Club Resort
09:00 – 09:15 Welcome Address & 2018 Announcement – Paul StephensonCRANAplus Chair
09:15 – 10:05 Keynote Speaker: Shellie Morris
Increasing connectivity in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
10:05 – 10:15 Question Time
10:15 – 10:30 Kalumburu Strong Girls and the future
Ms Sherrie Vickery
Kimberley Public Health Unit
PRESENTATION PDF
10:30 – 10:45 Telecommunications, critical infrastructure for increasing patient, family and community interactions with and between health providers especially in Remote Australia.
Dr Robert Starling
GeoScience Computer Services, Greenwich, NSW, Australia
10:45 – 10:50 Question Time
10:50 – 11:20 MORNING TEA
SESSION 2
ROOM: Sam Male – Cable Beach Club Resort
11:20 – 11:45 Invited Speaker: Professor Sue Kildea
Birthing On Country – What it means and why you should care!
11:45 – 12:00 The National Preventing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Maternal Smoking portal supporting improved access, safety, quality and affordability for the remote Maternal and Child health and Tobacco Prevention workforce.
Mrs Patricia Amaranti
The Australian Indigenous HealthInfonet
PRESENTATION PDF
12:00 – 12:15 Conception in Kadjina to Birthing in Broome ~ one woman’s journey thread through the complexities of delivering remote health care in a high risk pregnancy
Ms Kristy Newett
Kimberley Population Health Unit
PRESENTATION PDF
12:15 – 12:30 Talking across borders: A national response to high rates of Sexually Transmitted Infections in remote Australia
Ms Katy Crawford
Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service
12:30 – 12:45 Halls creek children and their future
Ms Ellen Williamson
Kimberley Public Health Unit
12:45 – 12:50 Question Time
12:50 – 13:50 LUNCH
SESSION 3
ROOM: Sam Male – Cable Beach Club Resort
13:50 – 14:00 Launch of new edition Remote Primary Health Care Manual – Lyn Byers
 14:00 – 14:05 Hot Spot Session
CATCHing the Hearts of country SA – The future of Cardiac Rehabilitation as applied through the Country Access to Cardiac Health (CATCH) program

Mrs Inara Beecher
Country SA PHN
PRESENTATION PDF
14:10 – 14:15 Hot Spot Session
Leveraging Technology for RAN Safety

Heather Keighley
NT Health
PRESENTATION PDF
14:20 – 14:25 Hot Spot Session
Orientation to Remote Primary Health Care Manuals
Tobias Speare
Central Australian Rural Practitioners Association
PRESENTATION PDF
14:30 – 14:45 Under-reporting of personal violent incidents by remote area nurses
A/Prof Sue Lenthall
Flinders NT
PRESENTATION PDF
14:45 – 15:00 The SToP Trial: See, Treat and Prevent Impetigo and Scabies
Frieda McLoghlin
15:00 – 15:15 The Treatment Tracker app: reminders, motivation and challenges for young people at risk of rheumatic heart disease 
Catherine Halkon
Menzies School Of Health Research
15:15 – 15:20 Question Time
15:20 – 15:50 AFTERNOON TEA
SESSION 4
ROOM: Sam Male – Cable Beach Club Resort
15:50 – 16:15 Invited Speaker: Daniel Kildea
My Health Record and the Digital Health Strategy for Australia
PRESENTATION PDF
16:15 – 16:30 Technology as an innovative way to meet the expressed needs of Aboriginal Australians and their families living with Machado Joseph Disease: an overview of MJD Foundation technology enabled communication and social and emotional wellbeing programs
Desiree LaGrappe
MJD Foundation
16:30 – 16:45 Using technology to provide support to new nurses and midwives in the bush; A novel innovative education and support program has been developed to augment current resources and overcome the barriers of distance experienced by nurses in the bush.
Mrs Cherie O’Brien
Retrieval Services Queensland
PRESENTATION PDF
16:45 – 16:50 Question Time
16:50 – 17:00 Closing Session and Prize Announcement
Annual Awards Dinner

18:30 – 22:30

 

Annual CRANAplus Awards Dinner 
Amphitheatre Lawn Area – Cable Beach Club Resort
Smart Casual Dress
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