Programme
Programme is subject to change. Information will be added as it comes available.
The "NZRGPN National Rural Health Conference 2019, Blenheim" activities have been endorsed by The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) and have been approved for up to 19.25 CME credits for the General Practice Educational Programme (GPEP) and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) purposes.
Thursday 4 April
Preconference day |
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| 8.00am - 5.30pm | Registration desk open Marlborough Convention Centre Foyer |
| 4.00pm - 6.00pm | Exhibition pack in Marlborough Convention Centre |
| 7.00pm | Doctors' and nurses' dinner Yard Bar, 30 Maxwell Street |
Meetings |
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| 8.30am - 3.00pm |
Rural Hospital Medicines update, AGM and Registrar Training Day Location: Hall 2, Marlborough Convention Centre |
| 1.00pm - 3.45pm | National PRIME Committee meeting Location: Anderson Theatre, ASB Theatre Marlborough |
| 4.00pm - 5.00pm |
Te Roopu Arahi Hui Location: Anderson Theatre, ASB Theatre Marlborough |
| 5.00pm - 7.00pm | NZRGPN board meeting Location: Anderson Theatre, ASB Theatre Marlborough |
Workshops |
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| 10.00am - 5.00pm | Third Annual Rural Research Day: who do we serve? The "Third Annual Rural Research Day: who do we serve?" activity has been endorsed by The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) and have been approved for up to 5.5 CME credits for the General Practice Educational Programme (GPEP) and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) purposes. Please click here to download the programme We are excited to say there will be prizes on offer for the best Registrar presentation ($500), Student presentation ($250) and best poster ($250)!! Cost: $25 for students and registrars, $85 for everyone else, includes lunch and afternoon tea Live streaming We understand not everyone can make it to Blenheim for the Conference so we have introduced an option to participate via live streaming. There will be a cost of $50 to participate. You will have access to watch all presentations on the day, and the opportunity to ask questions and comment in real time. You will be sent the URL link to access the live stream on Wednesday 3 April 2019. In the meantime click here for the instructions on how to participate in a live webcast using The GigTv Player. Please click here to register for the live streaming |
| 10.00am - 12.00pm | Talking about alcohol Facilitated by John McMenamin and Sinéad McCarthy, Health Promotion Agency Do you find it sometimes difficult to talk to your patients about alcohol? This workshop will help you. We will present a straightforward way of thinking about alcohol as risk, harm or dependence, and present options for detecting alcohol issues both by screening and in clinical situations. We will help you identify if your patient is not motivated to address alcohol, might be thinking about it, or could be ready to change right now, and give you simple approaches to feel confident in each of those conversations. We will include motivational approaches for use with your Maori patients. This is a non-threatening workshop, easy to participate, and you will leave with practical skills which you can try out on return to your practice. Cost: $30, includes morning tea Please click here for more information |
| 10.00am - 12.30pm | 'Your community needs you to be prepared'. Developing sustainability to manage your communities. Facilitated by Deb Fitzpatrick, Richard Swears & Tim Chiswell, Order of St John Are you and your organisation well trained and prepared for a disaster? New Zealand lies in the Pacific 'Ring of Fire', a zone that encircles the base of the Pacific Ocean, making us particularly vulnerable to natural disasters such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. As an island nation in the 'roaring forties', we are also exposed to the risk of tsunami, storms and flooding. In addition, other hazards such as fire, pandemic or terrorism have the potential to cause widespread damage and take lives. An Emergo Train System (ETS) exercise is an excellent opportunity in real time and without clinical risk for you to test processes and plans already in place or to develop required plans from the evidence gained from your exercise. A realistic scenario has been created for you, your team and fellow colleagues to test your practice preparedness now and to enhance moving forward sustainability managing across your communities. This is an excellent opportunity for clinicians and rural practices to test their response plans for a significant emergency event, a pandemic scenario. Following your ETS exercise, players will have the opportunity for a hot debrief to discuss their exercise experiences and therefore moving forward to update or create new plans to enhance sustainability for their organisation and their communities. Please note if you are attending this session please bring a hard copy of your emergency management plan and business continuity plan. Cost: $30, includes morning tea |
| 2.00pm - 5.00pm | Infant Resuscitation Workshop Facilitated by Dr. Stephen Robinson I'm a paediatrician with in interest in teaching life support. This will be a short session on newborn life support in an out of hospital setting. I'll cover some theory and will talk about and demonstrate current practice in newborn life support. Skills covered will be airway manoeuvres, bag-valve mask ventilation and will touch on premature as well as term infant resuscitation. Due to the number of people wishing to participate in this workshop, the workshop will be 50 minutes long and repeated 3 times to ensure everyone can have more of a hands on experience.Cost: $30, includes afternoon tea |
| 2.00pm - 5.00pm | How to start managing and intensifying insulin Facilitated by Dr. John Wilson, endocrinologist at CCDHB & Mr Rab Burtun, diabetes nurse specialist This workshop will cover; - Starting insulin sooner rather than later - Overcoming the barriers to taking insulin - Starting insulin - Intensification options - Insulin titration, basal plus, basal bolus & Premix - Managing Sick day & travel - Managing Type 1 patients in primary care - Managing patients with renal disease taking insulin - Managing patients taking steroids and insulin Cost: $30, includes afternoon tea |
| 2.00pm - 4.00pm | Nurses workshop This workshop will begin with an interactive seminar by Michelle Boltz. Tracey Reid, Clinical Nurse Educator from Dunstan Hospital will then give a session on 'Simulation' – it's role in training and the value of constructive debrief. Cost: $30, includes afternoon tea Followed by Rural Nurses NZ AGM |
Friday 5 April
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| 8.30am | Conference opening | ||||
| 9.15am | Minister of Health address Dr David Clark |
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| 10.00am | Rural District Health Boards and Health Workforce Production: Can New Zealand lead the world? Paul Worley Australian Rural Health Commissioner |
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| 10.45am | Morning tea | ||||
| 11.15am | Trends in Type 2 Diabetes in New Zealand Bryan Betty, Pharmac Presentation |
Prostate Cancer Care for the Rural Healthcare Professional Andrew Williams, Auckland Dhb, Moh, Prostate Cancer Foundation Presentation |
Pioneers: Nurses Responding to the Changing Health Care Context Jean Ross, Otago Polytechnic and Josie Crawley Presentation |
Medtech update Sanjeewa Samaraweera Presentation |
Update on the National School of Rural Health Felicity Goodyear-Smith, Garry Nixon, Ruth Stewart and John Burton Presentation Presentation |
| 12.00pm | Medicines Adherence – Are there unique issues for rural locations? Dale Griffiths, Zoom Care Presentation |
Caring in the community - changing tides Siran Carter, Hospice Mid Northland Presentation |
Whakakotahi and Turanga Health: reaching out into rural communities Jane Cullen, Health Quality & Safety Commission and Dallas Poi, Turanga Health Presentation |
Achieving Financial Independence Sue Stewart, MFAS Presentation |
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| 12.40pm | Lunch | ||||
| 1.45pm | Physician Associates in New Zealand: Where Are We Now? Alexandra Kayat, New Zealand Physician Associate Society and Tiffany Hodgson, New Zealand Physician Associate Society Presentation |
PRIME update Take the opportunity to meet with PRIME practitioners in a facilitated workshop style to discuss what PRIME might look like in 5 – 10 years' time and to consider how the service can be more effectively integrated into rural healthcare. Presentation |
Outback Australia Juliana Williams, Te tai tokerau PHO Presentation |
Creating Sustainable Rural health models utilising all the benefits a PHO has to Offer Jude Macdonald, Whanganui Regional Health Network Presentation |
Transitioning of Ashburton Hospital to a fully generalist medical model of care: a case study Steve Withington, University of Otago Presentation Golden Bay Community Health - Our story over the last five years as we settle into our new Integrated Health Care Facility in rural NZ Hannah Cummins, Golden Bay Community Health Presentation |
| 2.30pm | 45 Years of Obstetrics in a Rural Hospital Clare Ward and Lis Bowker, Hauora Hokianga Presentation |
What's new in Cardiology 2019 Dr Joan Leighton, Heart Foundation and Gerry Devlin, Heart Foundation |
Live Stronger For Longer - Improving Outcomes for Falls and Fracture in Older People Ken Stewart Presentation |
Why an Interprofessional Program learning experience in the Eastern Bay is benefiting students and communities Yvonne Boyes, Bay of Plenty District Heath Board Presentation |
Navigating the immigration pathway to attract and retain migrant practitioners Craig Walsh, Immigration New Zealand Presentation |
| 3.10pm | Afternoon tea | ||||
| 3.45pm | Health Care Home - retaining the rural values, extended care teams and staying connected John Macaskill-Smith, Pinnacle - Ventures Presentation |
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| 4.30pm | Clinical Schools where? The impact of rural clinical schools in Australia Dr Ruth Stewart Presentation |
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| 5.15pm - 6.30pm | Welcome function Kindly sponsored by Health Promotion Agency |
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| 6.30pm - 10.30pm | Pat Farry Trust Fundraiser - 'She Shears' film screening | ||||
Saturday 6 April
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| 7.30am | Medtech breakfast session |
ACC breakfast session General Practice Connect project Ali McDougall Presentation |
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| 9.00am | Nurse Practitioners: Providing Sustainable Care Across Diverse Rural Populations In The USA Dr Michelle Boltz Nurse Practitioner, Montana, USA Kindly sponsored by Mobile Health |
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| 9.45am | Ki te kotahi te kakano ka whati, ki te kapuia, e kore e whati. When we stand alone we are vulnerable but together we are unbreakable. Isolation and connection in rural and remote mental health. An emergency for men. Dr Hinemoana Elder Professor of Indigenous Health Research at Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi, and the Maori Strategic Leader for the Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) for the Ageing Brain Presentation |
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| 10.30am | Morning tea | ||||
| 11.00am | Rethinking depression and anxiety Bruce Arroll, Goodfellow Unit Presentation |
Sanofi workshop- Adolescent Type 2 diabetes Dr John Wilson, Endocrinologist Presentation |
Evaluating a model of delivering specialist palliative care services to a rural New Zealand community Amanda Landers, Nurse Maude Association Presentation |
Type One Strong: What my 8 year old would like you to know about diabetes Marcelane Ballantyne, SCDHB Presentation |
Medicolegal Issues in Rural Practice – the challenges of geographical isolation Lucy Gibberd, MPS Presentation |
| 11.45am | Provision of chemotherapy in a rural hospital using an outreach model: Clinical audit and service review Jane Wright, Ashburton & Rural Health Services Presentation |
Sanofi workshop - Overcoming the barriers to taking insulin Dr Liesje Donkin, Clinical and health psychologist Presentation |
Rongoa Maori in the age of antimicrobial resistance: Light at the end of the tunnel? Sarah Clarke, Northland DHB and Vijaya Rajakrishnan, University of Auckland Presentation |
Community Engaged General Practice Ross Lawrenson, The University of Waikato Presentation |
The culture in Medicine and Nursing. Different, yet similar Chelsea Willmott, Empowering Education and Dr Lucy O'Hagan Presentation |
| 12.25pm | Lunch NZRHN AGM - Hall 3 |
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| 1.30pm | Technological innovations for mental health: Are they making accessing a clinician remotely possible? Leigh Anderson, NZ College of Clinical Psychologists Presentation |
Bladder Cancer and Cxbladder: My experience as both a patient and GP Tony Birch Presentation |
Urban vs. rural health disparities in NZ. Can we conclude anything from the data? Garry Nixon, University of Otago |
Maori use of Health Services from a Work & Income perspective Ann Dysart and David Bratt Ministry of Social Development |
Pat Farry Rural Health Education Trust Travelling Scholarship Experience Tash Austin, Pat Farry Trust & Mark Owen-Cooper Presentation |
| 2.15pm | 'It's rare, but it's there': Diagnosing Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Dr Tristan Pettit, Aya Cancer Network Aotearoa Presentation |
Improving equitable access to services that support mental health and wellbeing in a rural setting Andrew Slater, Homecare Medical Presentation |
Addressing mental health and lifestyle issues in Te Tai Tokerau youth, a co-design bicultural approach Rhiannon Martel and Tracy Wihongi, University of Auckland Presentation |
Undergraduate Rural Health Immersion Education: Good Medicine or Professional Placebo? Emma Bilous, Otago Polytechnic Presentation |
the Grow Your Own Rural Schools Visits program Ben Alsop-ten Hove, Grassroots Rural Health Club Presentation |
| 3.00pm | Afternoon tea | ||||
| 3.30pm | Keynote presentation Dame Tariana Turia |
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| 4.15pm | Future Student Leaders in Rural Health Ben Alsop-ten Hove & Jibi Kunnethedam Presentation |
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| 5.00pm | Conference close | ||||
| 5.15pm | NZRGPN AGM | ||||
| 7.00pm - 12.00pm | Medtech Conference and awards dinner |
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Sunday 7 April
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| 9.00am - 12.00pm | Network breakfast forum This breakfast session is open to Network members. Be sure to register and secure your place, as this is your opportunity to share your thoughts on the future direction of the Network. We will be doing things a little differently this year. We've engaged Craig Griffiths* to lead our morning. Craig is an experienced and skilled facilitator, having completed Hasso Platner School of Design course in Design Thinking and worked in stakeholder engagement and project and issue management. He will be asking us to consider 'What are the current issues impacting on rural health practices and practitioners? How we are viewed and/or listened to? and what is the role of NZRGPN in addressing these?' We're looking forward to hearing your feedback. |
| 9.00am - 12.00pm | Student breakfast forum |
Sponsors
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| Breakfast session, Conference dinner, Coffee lounge sponsor | |
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| Satchel and workshop sponsor | Water bottle and fill stations sponsor |
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| Breakfast session sponsor | Lanyard sponsor |
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| Catering sponsor | Welcome reception sponsor |