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13th National Rural Health Conference Program updated 2 March 2015 SATURDAY 23 MAY 2015 Pre-conference events: go to http://www.ruralhealth.org.au/13nrhc/preconference for further details

MediSim Trauma Care Workshop (9am – 5pm) Regional, rural and remote first responders are often the first people on scene at major trauma incidents. What they do in the first minutes can make the difference between a full or limited recovery, or life and death. CareFlight’s free workshop will be delivered by doctors, nurses and paramedics and will provide high quality trauma training for first responders

Meeting Room 4 Convention Centre

Rural Emergency Skills Training (REST) (Friday 22 and Saturday 23 May 2015, 8.00am – 5.00pm) Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine

Travelodge Mirambeena

Rural Emergency Obstetrics Training (REOT) (8.00am – 5.15pm) Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine

Adina/Vibe Hotel

Bus tour to Nauiyu Nambiyu Community (7.00am – 7.00pm)Organised by National Rural Health Alliance with assistance of local Primary Health Care Manager and Friend of the Alliance, Janet Fletcher; and Gary Higgins MP, Member for Daly, NT, and Minister for Sport and Recreation; Senior Territorians; Environment; and Minister assisting the Minister for Arts and Museums

Nauiyu Community

13th National Rural Health Conference 24-27 May 2015, Darwin Convention Centre, NT www.ruralhealth.org.au/13nrhc#ruralhealthconf

SUNDAY 24 MAY 2015 9.30am

Registration desk open Ground floor Convention Centre

Cultural Responsiveness: an action based approach to cultural safety (10.00am – 3.00pm)A collaborative event from The Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association, Indigenous Allied Health Australia, the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Association, and the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

Waterfront 1 Convention Centre

The Improvement challenge: how local health performance information creates opportunities to improve rural and remote health outcomes(10.00am – 3.00pm) A collaborative event from the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association and the National Health Performance Authority.

Waterfront 2 Convention Centre

Medicines in the bush multi-disciplinary workshop (10.00am – 3.30pm) Pharmaceutical Society of Australia

Meeting room 1 Convention Centre

Writing for publication workshop, Australian Journal of Rural Health (1.00pm – 3.45pm) Workshop leaders: David Perkins, Jeff Fuller, Robyn Aitken and Peter D’Onghia


Photographic exhibition, by Luke Arkapaw Official launch (2.30pm – 3pm) Exhibition will remain on display in Meeting Room 3 for the duration of the Conference


Learn to play the didgeridoo (2.00pm – 3.00pm) With Tony Lee (Max 10 participants, men only)

Foyer, level 2 Convention Centre

The rural health guide to social media: learn how to survive and thrive online (10.00am – 3.00pm) With David Townsend and other ('power'!) social media users

Neptuna/Vibe rooms Adina/Vibe Hotel

Fundraising Possibilities through storytelling about the People and Places of your organisation (10.30am – 3.30pm) With the fundraising doctors: David Zerman and Sarah Barzel

Mauna Loa room Adina/Vibe Hotel

Getting friendly (1.00pm – 2.00pm)Hosted by Friends of the Alliance – come and meet some old Friends and make some new contacts – all welcome

Foyer, Level 1 Convention Centre

2:00pm - 4.00pm

Exhibition open in Halls 1 & 2 Exhibition Halls 1 & 2


SUNDAY 24 MAY 2015

4:00pm – 6:15pm

PLENARY 1: PEOPLE, PLACES, POSSIBILITIES - OPENING SESSION Hosted by the National Rural Health Alliance and Larrakia Nation

Auditorium

4:00pm Welcome ceremony: Larrakia Nation

4:20pm Welcome and opening remarks:Nicole O'Reilly, Conference Convenor Charlie King, 13th Conference Master of Ceremonies Katrina Fong Lim, Lord Mayor, Darwin.

4:30pm Opening performance: Shellie Morris, 2014 NT Australian of the Year

5:00pm Opening Addresses: John Elferink MLA, NT Minister for Health (TBC) Senator Fiona Nash, Assistant Federal Minister for Health (TBC)

5:20pm The journey from the Sydney GPO to Nhulunbuy Carol Reeve, Centre for Remote Health

5.50pm

A focus on rural mental health

6.05pm The People, Places and Possibilities of the National Rural Health Alliance Tim Kelly, Chairperson, NRHA

6:15 pm - 7.00 pm

WELCOME RECEPTION Including a performance by the Darwin Rhondalla

Exhibition Halls 1 & 2


MONDAY 25 MAY 2015 6:30am Morning activities - meet outside the Convention Centre

Heart Foundation Walking – start your day the healthy way with a 30-minute walk around the Darwin waterfront organised by the Heart Foundation NT

Tai Chi - with Kevin Walle on the grass near the Convention Centre

8:00am Registration desk open Foyer

8:00am Exhibition open, posters on display Exhibition Halls 1 & 2

8:40am – 10:30am PLENARY SESSION 2: THE PEOPLE OF REMOTE AND RURAL HEALTH Auditorium

8:40am Desak Putu Warti, Balinese dance performance

8:50am MC: A focus on People

9:00am Keynote 1: Megan Davis, Director, Indigenous Law Centre, UNSW

9:20am Keynote 2: Rob Knowles, Commissioner, National Mental Health Commission

9:40am Keynote 3: Stephanie Trust, Medical Director, Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council, Broome

10:00am Discussion with the speakers and the audience

10:20am Welcome to the Recommendations process – Sharing Shed

10:30am MORNING TEA AND VIEWING OF POSTERS Exhibition Halls 1 & 2

10:55am Chimes for commencement of concurrent sessions

11.00am -1.00pm

Pandanus weaving workshop with the Gunga weavers from Arnhem Land Foyer Convention Centre


MONDAY 25 MAY 2015 11:00am – 12:35pm CONCURRENT SESSION A

Auditorium Waterfront 1 Waterfront 2 Waterfront 3 Meeting Room 1 Meeting Room 2 Meeting Room 3

Meeting Room 4 Neptuna/Mavie Vibe Hotel

Mauna Loa Vibe Hotel

A1 Motivation for rural practice

A2 Birthing services and babies

A3 Quality use of medicines

A4 Community capacity for healthy lifestyles

A5 Wellbeing of young people

A6 Healthy rural ageing

A7 Arts and Health

A8 Engaging with vulnerable people

A9 Colloquium on planning and managing rural health services

A10 Listening to lived experience

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11:00am Building recruitment and retention for the remote allied health workforce Narelle Campbell

Birthing in the bush overseas: models that work Rosie Downing

Co-located pharmacy improves patient engagement within an Aboriginal primary health care service Hannah Mann,Terry Battalis

Shape up for life: peer led lifestyle modification based on preventative self-management Kate Warren

Preliminary findings in developing an e-health intervention for child conduct problems Joshua Broderick

Supporting rural ageing well: how important is the rural? Peter Orpin

Offer made Prevalence and type of partner abuse reported by metropolitan, regional and rural women Gina Dillon

Panelist speakers: Preparing rural health services for climate change Rachael Purcell,Joe McGirr Doors swing freely in Southern NSW Local Health District Zoe Harris Integrating and consolidating health promotion efforts in rural Victoria Renata Spiller

Chronic disease, medications and livestyle: perceptions from a regional Victorian Aboriginal community Melissa Deacon-Crouch

11:25am Increased self efficacy is associated with rural career intent in Australian Rural Clinical School students: a FRAME sub-study Vivian Isaac

Maternity services in remote Australia Margaret Rolfe

Improving medication outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Lindy Swain

Healthy lifestyles: active community collaboration between council, health providers and consumers Dianne Penberthy, Jane Newman Lessons learnt from capacity building community projects in remote central Australia Karen Thomas

Mental health and wellbeing strategies through a new lens Lynne Halliday

Development of regional dementia services pathways Angela Crombie, Evan Stanyer

Refugee Voices : Healing refugee and asylum seeker traumaCaz Coleman

Family violence – primary prevention – a community involvement approach – lead agency The Country Women’s Association of Australia Nerrida Mitchell,Carmel Mitchell A systematic approach to improving eye care for Aboriginal Victorians Susan Forrester

Encountering the lived experience of mental health undergraduate nursing/ paramedic student responses Judith Anderson, Kathryn Kent


MONDAY 25 MAY 2015 11:50am Factors that

influence Australian medical graduates’ preferences and rural workplace rotations Marie Herd

Community breastfeeding mentoring workshops are an effective method to support breastfeeding Melanie Carter Doll making: yarning with Elders about motherhood Loretta Weatherall

Improving quality use of medicines in the bush Tobias Speare Clinical pharmacists connecting with patients in rural and remote towns via telehealth Michelle Rothwell

If we can do it, anyone can! Sharing success stories through media Bethany Miles,Elleni Vassilakoglou Cobweb of HELP to stick supports together for a holistic health journey. Kelly Foran

Adolescent early intervention services: better mental health for rural adolescents Trevor Marshall

Achieving good health and wellbeing in rural Australia: perceptions of older men Anna Tynan

The Imagine Me project. Awareness raising, skill-building, creative photographic project using adaptive digital technology for people with disability in Rural and Regional Australia. Sue Murray

A rural community seeks possibilities in addressing youth homelessness Janet Richards The role of health literacy in reducing health disparities in rural CaLD communities Rhonda Garad

Growing rural general practice through business support Laura Harnett, Kelli Porter Tasmanian health pathways – clinical leadership in action Catherine Spiller From Divisions to Medicare Locals to PHNs in Tasmania Kim Boyer

Understanding eye care through the experiences of Aboriginal people in the NT Aryati Yashadhana, Ruby Stanley

12:15pm #Millennialsgorural Greg Mundy

Are Queensland’s new GP obstetricians going where they are needed? Ruth Stewart

Continuity of medication management from hospital discharge to primary care in Central Australia Isabel Gundani

What oral health services do rural communities think they need? Karen Carlisle

Child and adolescent mental health service delivery in remote Central Australia Megan Chambers

Offer made NT and Darwin by dance Owen Allen

How do we engage them? How do we keep them engaged? Cindy Hinterholzl, Lisa Taggart

Lived experience of wellness: photovoice and learning conversations in an Aboriginal community Dianne Boxall

12:35pm Session concludes

12:35pm – 1:20pm LUNCH Exhibition Halls 1 & 2

12:45pm – 1:00pm

Lunch time with the locals Exploring the health and wellbeing impacts of participation in youth arts in the NT, Jane Tonkin, Gretchen Ennis Exhibition Hall Foyer


MONDAY 25 MAY 2015

1:20pm – 3:00pm PLENARY SESSION 3: SERVING THE PEOPLE OF RURAL AND REMOTE AUSTRALIA Auditorium

1:20pm Performance by Melaleuca Refuge Centre Torture and Trauma Survivors Service of the NT

1:30pm MC - celebrating achievements for rural people

1:40pm Recommendations process

1:45pm Keynote 4: Bruce Bonyhady, Chair, National Disability Insurance Agency

2:05pm Keynote 5: John Wakerman, Associate Dean, Flinders Northern Territory Research excellence and policy development

2:25pm Keynote 6: Mark Wenitong, Senior Medical Officer, Apunipima Cape York Health Council

2:45pm Discussion with the speakers and the audienceDrawing out principles for serving the people of rural and remote Australia

3:00pm AFTERNOON TEA AND VIEWING OF POSTERS Exhibition Halls 1 & 2

3:25pm Chimes

3:30pm – 5:05pm CONCURRENT SESSION B

Auditorium Waterfront 1 Waterfront 2 Waterfront 3 Meeting Room 1 Meeting Room 2 Meeting Room 3 Meeting Room 4 Neptuna/Mavie Vibe Hotel


B1 Medical education: the latest news

B2 Managing chronic conditions

B3 High performing services

B4 Mental health care

B5 Autism Spectrum Disorder

B6 Nurse Practitioners in the primary care team

B7 Arts and health 2

B8 Rural youth and rural practice

B9 Men’s health Colloquium

B10 Empowering Indigenous Health Workers

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3:30pm Queensland rural generalist pathway: impacts on rural medical workforce Tarun Sen Gupta

Reporting by location – measuring health needs in NT rural and remote communities Penny Parker

Lessons from the best to better the rest: quality improvement in indigenous primary health care Annette Panzera, Sarah Larkins

Models of mental health services rural remote areas (MHSRRA) program delivery across the Northern Territory Tim Keane

Autism and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children Yvonne O’Neill, Florence Williams

Evolution of the nurse practitioner role at a rural health service Wendy James, Mandy Morcom

Bus Tour3.30pm – 5.05pm Supporting children’s health and wellbeing through creative environments: bus trip to visit the Child

Growing up in the country – in their own words Gregory Martin, Karen Paxton

Panelist speakers: Prostate cancer education Julie Sykes Pulling people, places, pages and pathologies together

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners and workers: strengthening professional skills through CPD Scott Davis, Zell Dodd


3:55pm Workplace based assessment pilot in General Practice for AMC part 2 certificate John Togno

A model of podiatry care in remote central Australia Sara Coombes Technological innovations in ARF/RHD: Are we ready? Christian James, Catherine Halkon

Community Ward: Getting ahead of the game Mark Ashcroft

Local heroes: a mental health workforce model for rural and remote communities Susan Daly, Sue Kirby

Overview of CRC research and education programs Sylvia Rodger

Detecting and preventing cervical cancer: a nurse-led model for rural aboriginal women Elizabeth Barrett, Leonie Parker

Australia Out of School Hours (OSCH) Service at Bagot Community (maximum 48)

Social determinants of health: Opportunities for youth through education and social support Nelson Berko

through farm health Bianca Todd Mental health support via video Randal Newton-John Help-seeking and support after suicide and accidental death in farming communities Alison Kennedy The health behaviours of rural SA men’s shed participants Chloe Oosterbroek Perceived barriers to health support seeking among rural men Melissa Hull The health behaviours and attitudes of working men Megan Purvey Australian farmers and skin protection: a conundrum Christel Smit-Kroner

Symbiotic partnership to grow the health workforce in rural and remote Australia Kristine Battye

4:20pm Managing expectations and being flexible for sustainable course delivery Emma Kennedy, Sarah Chalmers Integrated rural placements maximise medical student learning Teresa O’Connor, Ruth Stewart

National pain strategy bringing pain services to the bush Lesley Brydon Sugar gums Linda Cutler

Getting patients to and from urgent Afterhours care in the Grampians Region: the role local taxi providers can play Meredith Johnson A public-private partnership model for a rural physiotherapy service Catherine Maloney

Headspace – Geospatial analysis of mental health service provision for indigenous young adults Sophie Alpen

Early intervention for children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder: A rural hub and spokes model and the NDIS Miranda Stephens

Nurse practitioner led services in primary health care – two case studies Frances Barraclough

4.05pm – 5.05pm Learn to swing dance Quito Washington Exhibition Halls 1 & 2

Fit4YAMs-2: Health related text messages preferences of overweight rural young adult males Jannine Bailey

Improving end-of-life care for Indigenous Australians: the role of PEPA Michelle Holloway Equity through education for Aboriginal health workers Peter Ferguson

4:45pm Scope of practice in rural Australia- Horses for courses? Or a one horse race? Jenny May

Kelso indigenous chronic disease clinic – your one stop health clinic Anne Vail, Jacqueline Gibbs

Improving outcomes in rural/remote communities through development of the Gen Y workforce Leigh Philpott

Medical-Legal partnerships: connecting services for people living with mental health concerns. Chris Speldewinde

ASD diagnostic practices in Australia Lauren Taylor

Challenging the status quo in rural health workforce roles: risks versus benefits Tony Smith

Diabetic retinopathy screening for Indigenous Australians in the Kimberley Shelley Walters

Collaborative partnership to implement oral health care into primary health care Margaret Dawson, Jo Leonard



7:00pm for 7:30pm ‘A TASTE OF THE TROPICS’

13TH NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH CONFERENCE DINNER PROUDLY SPONSORED BY HESTA Dress: Darwin Tropical Rig Music: The Kicks Soul Revue Menus: Corrugated Iron Youth Arts



TUESDAY 26 MAY 2015 6:30am Student recovery breakfast Venue TBC

8:00am Registration desk and exhibition hall open Foyer

10:00 – 4.00pm

Pop-up markets featuring crafters and artists selling their handmade creations in the breaks Foyer

8:45am – 10:30am PLENARY SESSION 4: RURAL AND REMOTE AUSTRALIA - A STRONG PLACE TO BE Auditorium

8:45am Still Belting Out! Senior Citizens Choir with Paolo Fabris

8:50am MC - reaching remote places in Australia and our region

9.00-10.30am Five places, five voices

9:00am Amanda Vanstone, Chair, Royal Flying Doctor Service

9:10am Kathy Burns, Artistic Director, Barkly Regional Arts

9.20am Lindsay Cain, Chief Executive Officer, Royal Far West

9.30am Alan Cass, Director, Menzies School of Health Research (TBC)

9:40am Bronte Martin, Trauma Coordinator, National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre

9.50am Discussion with the speakers and the audience

10:20am The Sharing Shed: has it clicked yet?


10:55am Chimes

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Bush Tucker Talk and Tasting. What does ‘Bush Tucker‘ really mean to Australian Indigenous people? Find out while listening to fascinating stories about Larrakia food from an expert in the Darwin region. Dried samples supplied.

Foyer Convention Centre


TUESDAY 26 MAY 2015 11:00am – 12:35pm CONCURRENT SESSION C

Auditorium Waterfront 1 Waterfront 2 Waterfront 3

Meeting Room 1 Meeting Room 2 Meeting Room 3 Meeting Room 4 Neptuna/Mavie Vibe Hotel


C1 Responding to natural disaster

C2 Overcoming some of the challenges of remoteness

C3 Children living with disability in remote areas

C4 Practical applications of TeleHealth

C5 Rural hospitals

C6 Sharing our Stories

C7 Arts and Health

C8 Sexual and reproductive health

C9 Closing the Gap

C10 Yarning with Shellie

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11:00am Reducing the impact of cyclone, flood and storm related disasters in rural areas on non-communicable diseases through public health infrastructure resilience Benjamin Ryan

The Remote Health Standards and Accreditation Program Peter Frendin

Evolution of a remote paediatric disability program Hannah Johnston, Claire Pilkington

Access early intervention: an eHealth solution to childhood behavioural disorders Jessica Kirkman

A case study in transformation of a rural hospital: modelling, leadership and effecting change Theodore Chamberlain

The write road to mental health and wellbeing - the power of story to shape confidence, courage, identity and destiny. Stephanie Dale

Reading the signs Tania Lieman, Alex McInnes

Rural young people’s perspective of sexual health Lisa Bourke

Supporting the delivery of culturally safe health services: AIDA policy and implementation Sam Crossman

Yarning with Shellie Morris

11:25am Changing and adapting: exploring an arts-health-environment interdisciplinary parnership Christine Putland

The Western NSW Eye Health Partnership Program Jane Hager

Comparing Cerebral Palsy in births to Australian Indigenous and non-Indigenous mothers Emily O’Kearney Participation of Indigenous children with disabilities in remote communities Felicity Pidgeon

Equalising access to speech pathology services for country children: a telehealth approach Richard Colbran

Building a medical workforce for your community: a success story Peta Rutherford, Raymond Lewandowski

Frontier stories: nursing and midwifery politics, policy and practice over time Robyn Aitken

Expressions - promoting wellbeing and social inclusion within a rural community through the artsLee Martinez

Seeking health information online among young, rural women: association with physical, mental and reproductive health Ingrid Rowlands

Key lessons for closing the gap for vision Uma Jatkar


TUESDAY 26 MAY 2015 11:50am Natural

disasters and women - we need to think about vulnerability differently Karen Tully

CRANAplus Clinical Governance Guide: The right peole in the right places Geri Malone Rural remote generalist clinical requirements of allied health professions in Northern Australia Ilsa Neilsen, Renae Moore

Incidence, prevalence and challenges of managing CTEV in the Top End Kelly Paterson

Using telehealth with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in rural communities Colleen Cartwright

Quality standards for emergency departments: a roadmap to excellence Sam Denny

Learning from final year nursing student stories of rural practice Penny Paliadelis, Pamela Wood Inspirational stories from rural and remote Aboriginal communities Melissa Stoneham

Get the picture? Use of participant drawings in a novice's qualitative research Sally Josh

Technology to improve health indicators and reach young rural South Australians Jill Davidson

Offer made Deadly choices, healthy lives: promoting health in rural and remote indigenous communities Rachel Yates, Glen Clarke

12:15pm Offer made "We're beside you" - tailored preparation to remote health practice Fiona Wake

Physical activity of rural residing children with disabilities: perceptions of parents/carers Jessica Langham

‘Rural in Reach’: delivering health and well-being services to regional Western Australia Fiona Reid

The change to radiotherapy utilisation in a rural area after the establishment of a local service Sally Butler A physiotherapist led inpatient spirometry service in rural Victoria: a service review Brooke Winzer

Too much hush hush! Rural women tell their stories about abortion Frances Doran, Julie Hornibrook

Have cape, will travel Ralph Hampson

"I'm here for my women's check up": health promotion in the context of cervical screening Genevieve Dally

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12:25pm – 1:10pm LUNCH Exhibition Halls 1 & 2

Lunch time with the locals

12;45pm – 1.00pm: Heart – an arts and health diversionary program at the Alan Walker Centre, Royal Darwin Hospital, Fiona Carter, Emma Robertson Exhibition Hall Foyer

12.35pm – 1.00pm Aly De Groot Stage, Exhibition Hall


TUESDAY 26 MAY 2015


TUESDAY 26 MAY 2015 1:10pm – 3:40pm PLENARY SESSION 5: PLACES IN OUR REGION Auditorium


1:30pm First pass of the Conference recommendations – with Lesley Fitzpatrick

1:40pm Theme: Learning from each other about providing appropriate health services in resource-constrained environments Chair: Mike Toole, Burnet Institute

1:45pm Keynote 7a: Maria Mota, Head, PNG National Malaria Control Program

2:05pm Keynote 7b: Nese Ituaso-Conway, Director of Health in Tuvalu

2:25pm Keynote 8: Peter Macdonald, Australian Doctors International

2:45pm Keynote 9: Stevenson Kuartei, former Minister of Health, Palau, Head Palau Health Foundation

3:05pm Keynote 10: Clement Malau, Divine Word University, Madang

3:25pm Discussion

3:35pm

3:40pm AFTERNOON TEA AND VIEWING OF POSTERS Exhibition Halls 1 & 2

4:05pm Chimes


TUESDAY 26 MAY 2015 4:10pm – 5:45pm CONCURRENT SESSION D

Auditorium Waterfront 1 Waterfront 2 Waterfront 3 Meeting Room 1 Meeting Room 2 Meeting Room 3 Meeting Room 4 Neptuna/Mavie Room Vibe Hotel


D1 INTERNATIONAL Primary care on the frontline

D2 INTERNATIONALEmerging 4threat of infectious diseases

D3 Self-care and harm reduction

D4 Health training that works

D5 Specialised care

D6 Preparing the workforce

D7 The power of story - film program

D8 Smarter, safer homes

D9 INTERNATIONALUnder- and over-nutriti4on in the Pacific

D10 Localising rural health research

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4:10pm An overview of primary healthcare needs and opportunities in the Pacific Lachlan McIver Offer made

Introduction and overview Bart Currie

Facilitating improvements in the work-life balance of Directors of Nursing Judith Brown Illicit use of fentanyl patched in rural Australia: Challenges of harm reduction Julaine Allan

Multidisciplinary rural training hubs- partnerships for sustainable rural training Rod Omond

Dying at home is a choice Fiona Onslow

Keeping up with the Jones whilst at home with the Smiths Janelle Amos

An introduction to the power of story Red Dust

What prevents or facilitates fruit/vegetable intake among rural western Australian children? Stephanie Godrich

A regional overview Mike Toole

Aboriginal community researchers: promoting meaningful research outcomes in remote aboriginal communities Tammy Abbott, Karl Hampton


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Monitoring the use of alcohol and other drugs in rural Australia Jennifer Johnston

S.E.L.L. Speaking Easy for Living and Learning: school-based service-learning for speech pathology students Pascale Dettwiller, Trish Maroney

Specialist training in rural – does setting impact on quality of training? Donna Fahie Planning integrated outreach: service patterns from the metropolitan and rural hubs Belinda O’Sullivan

Offer made The power of film: 1

Online physiotherapy: Positive dose response relationship for upper limb rehabilitation after stroke Janet Eyre

Title Steveson Kuartei Title Heather Grieve

Our journey preparing a protocol to collect Aboriginal people’s stories of diabetes care Dubbo Aboriginal Research Team

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What works with an indigenous workforce: an evaluation of the remote AOD workforce Diane Mayers, Asman Rory

Innovative professional development for Primary Care nurses – a rural paradigm Marnie Connolly Challenging conversations for clinicians Rodney Peadon, Natasha Alexander

Keeping kids safe during resuscitation Simon Craig Developing a rural multi-disciplinary team approach to chronic and complex pain management Sharon Bowen-Smith, Stephen Brigham

Agricultural Health and Medicine education: promoting people, places and possibilities across disciplines Susan Brumby

The power of film: 2

Smarter Safer Homes for older Australians: Providing feasible, virtual in-home care Stephen Winn, Leanne Nisbet

Outcomes of a Population Health Program at Orange Aboriginal Medical Service Kristy Payne, Ekala French Rural research capacity building: A 5 year case study Angelo D’Amore


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A rural AOD pharmacotherapy model Glenda Stanislaw, Rodger Brough Online resource to empower indigenous communities to reduce harmful substance use Avinna Trzesinski

Men’s health training for rural Primary Health Care nurses Carol Holden ANZAHPE… highlighting possibilities for rural health professional educators Jill Romeo, Julie Ash

Rural multidisciplinary sub-acute collaborative care. What matters most? Tracey Drabsch How can metropolitan rehabilitation services support remote area people with an ABI best? Kristylee Sharp

Growing an optometry workforce for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities Genevieve Napper, Michelle Pollard An engaged approach to workforce planning for a diverse, geographically dispersed workforce Carmel Marshall, Stacy Fields

The power of film: 3

Telehealth to the home Angela Morgan

Offer made Offer made

Assessing measurement tools of health and wellbeing for evaluating a community intervention Mithilesh Dronavalli


6:00pm – 6:45pm

Recommendations roundtable – with Lesley Fitzpatrick Council Room

5:45pm – 6:45pm

EXHIBITOR EVENING with Grey Panthers and Friends


6:45pm Theatre performance: Gift of Life presented by Artback NT, followed by Q and A Auditorium

7:45pm Session close


WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 6:30am Morning activities (meet outside the Convention Centre)

Heart Foundation Walking – start your day the healthy way with a 30-minute walk around the Darwin waterfront organised by the Heart Foundation NT

Tai Chi - with Kevin Walle on the grass near the Convention Centre

8:00am Registration desk open Foyer

8:00am Exhibition open, posters on display Exhibition Halls 1 & 2

8:15am – 10:30am PLENARY SESSION 6: POSSIBILITIES Auditorium

8:15am Recommendations on screen

8:25am Facilitated discussion of recommendations – with Lesley Fitzpatrick


8:45am MC: Developing more remote areas of the nation, including Northern Australia New approaches to demography; technology; health service systems

8:50am Keynote 11: Julian Disney, Director, Social Justice Project, University of NSW; Former Chair, Australian Press Council; Chair, Anti-Poverty Week

9:10am Keynote 12: Bronwyn Pike, Community Care Lead, Telstra Health New opportunities through technology.

9:30am Keynote 13: Ian Wronski, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Division of Tropical Health and Medicine

10:00am Discussion session

10:20am Re-cap of priority recommendations – with Lesley Fitzpatrick


10:55am Chimes


WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 11:00am – 12:35pm CONCURRENT SESSION E

Auditorium Waterfront 1 Waterfront 2 Waterfront 3 Meeting Room 1 Meeting Room 2 Meeting Room 3 Meeting Room 4 Neptuna/Mavie Adina/Vibe

Mauna Loa Adina/Vibe

E1 Mental health: the big picture

E2 Big data, big issues

E3 Overcoming workforce shortages

E4 Heart health

E5 Deadly choices

E6 Possibilities of remote practice

E7 Arts and Health

E8 Food deserts or just desserts

E9 Broadband for the bush – for health

E10 Yarning with Shellie

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11:00am Thriving communities and productive lives – mental health – specific challenges in regional, rural and remote Australia David Butt

The geography of wellbeing across 4 longitudinal surveys David Dennis

Occupational and spatial mobility of rural physiotherapists: insights for workforce development Adrian Schoo

Improving Aboriginal heart health in Western Australia: bringing everyone on the journey Emma Haynes

Tackling indigenous smoking in rural and remote Australia: progress and possibilities Tom Calma

Practicing ethically as a rural psychologist Louise Roufeil

Roundtable: discussion on the National Framework for Arts and Health

Rural telehomecare helping chronic disease and an ageing population Shannon Nott

The Broadband for the Bush Alliance: unlocking the digital potential of the bush Apolline Kohen, Ray Heffernan

Yarning session Shellie Morris

11:25am Integrated mental health inpatient units: reducing the burden of mental health for rural communities Elena Rudnik

Using the ABS Patient Experience survey to inform on rural health care Lauren Ford City to bush: health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people Charmaine McGowan

Doctors in remote Queensland: they don’t stay, do they Chris Mitchell

Heart foundation walking – A series of rural case studies Kyle Schofield A settings approach – healthy at work a model of a health promoting workplace Kate Robertson

Adapting service delivery to reflect updated smoking cessation guidelines in remote settings Lis Young, Aimee Riley Road Safety all stars – rocking a community message near you Vanessa Hutchins

Getting the message right: Making the Social Determinates of Health matter in the Northern Territory Breanna Ellis Trachoma arts based health promotion brings hygiene to life in remote communities Fiona Lange

Agricultural sectors and primary school students find a common ground with building a resilient local food system in rural Tasmania Stuart Auckland, Debbie Reid

Offer made Rural connections, possibilities through telepractice Rachel Brindal


WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 11:50am Building an

allied health workforce in mental health Carol McKinstry

Getting research evidence into rural health policies: What does it take? Lisa Lavey

Important new empirical evidence to guide rural health workforce retention policies Deborah Russell

Outcomes following cardiac arrest in remote areas of the Northern Territory Colin Urquhart The impact of inter-hospital transfers in acute coronary syndrome, in Perth WA Rene Forsyth

Stronger eye care systems in Aboriginal primary Health Care Anna Morse

Enhancing child health systems in the Northern Territory to improve anaemia outcomes Heather Ferguson

Improving nutrition and providing jobs in remote indigenous communities Graham Bidstrup, Dimity Pond

Hunter New England clinical telehealth: removing the distance between patient and clinician Ashley Young

12:15pm The FIVE project – addressing the stigma of mental health through community arts engagement Andrea Lewis, David Doyle

Recruiting participants in the 21st century: Australian longitudinal study on women’s health Deborah Loxton

Forward to fellowship – a response to Lost in the Labyrinth Vivienne Duggin

Rheumatic heart disease in Australia – a Dickinsonian disease still prevalent in the Top End Claire Boardman Assessment of diabetes and cardiovascular disease in visitors to rural field day events Gary Layton

#IHMayDay: showcasing Indigenous knowledge and innovation Lynore Geia, Melissa Sweet

Outback Intern Pharmacist Training Program: a future in rural and remote practice Selina Taylor The impact of significant employment changes in a remoteNT mining community: the GP’s perspective Sarah Chalmers, Colin Smith

Implementing a healthy food policy at an indigenous community festival: a case study Angela Kelly Nutritionists where there is no nutrition Richard Sager

Engaging and empowering clinicians to provide a sustainable telehealth service Lisa Deeth


12:35pm – 1:20pm LUNCH Exhibition Halls 1&2

Lunch time with the locals

12:45pm - In conversation with Theatre Director, Alex Galeazzi Exhibition Hall Foyer

12:35pm – 1:00pm

Connection through creativity, Adam Drake Stage, Exhibition Hall


WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 1:00pm Final recommendations roundtable Room TBC

1:30pm – 4:00pm FINAL PLENARY SESSION Auditorium

1:30pm Presentation of priority recommendations Lesley Fitzpatrick, Convenor, Recommendations group

1:50pm Stephen Jones, Shadow Assistant Federal Minister for Health

2:05pm Representative, Federal Minister for Health (TBC)

2:20pm John Elferink MLA, NT Minister for Health, Disability Services, Mental Health Services (TBC)

2:30pm Closing Keynotes:

Working on and in the Australian health system

Active evaluation

Stepping forward

3:30pm A world of possibilities

3.45pm FAREWELL AFTERNOON TEA Foyer


POSTERS Poster authors will be available for questions from delegates during the breaks and the Exhibitors’ Evening at 5.45 pm on Tuesday, 26 May 2015 Bachelor of Midwifery (Indigenous) Away from Base Enhancement Program Gail Baker TeleDentistry for residential aged care facilities in Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service Carolyn Bourke, Shane Stenhouse Conversion by immersion: outcomes of short and long-term rural allied health placements Leanne Brown Spreading epilepsy services across Australia going online Jane Burford Promoting safety and supporting culturally valued infant care: the Pepi-pod Program Leanne Craigie Embracing youth....GPs and PNs the key to driving down STIs Melissa Cromarty Resilience, compassion satisfaction, and the professional practice environment for rural nurses Karen Francis A one-stop assessment to measure key health indicators in rural South Australia Anna Elias The Staying on Track project - support young Aboriginal fathers through a user developed website David Perkins Prevalence of Parkinson's disease in Millicent, South Australia: a pilot study Jessica Foley AHAs in care coordination - People, Places and Possibilities Annaless Gardam, Samantha Coonan Increasing engagement in exercise physiology-physiotherapy for Indigenous people living in remote communities Bridie Groenen, Kia Naylor Health students eager for multidisciplinary teamwork opportunities Rebecca Irwin Making after hours primary care sustainable in the Grampians region Deidre Rennick Building evidence-based practice capacity: a journal club for nursing and midwifery students David Lindsay

Three initiatives promoting safety and quality in rural and remote practice Peter McCormack A systematic review of the health and wellbeing outcomes of mining communities in high-income countries Fiona Mactaggart Descriptive analysis of the delays in management of cancer In rural Australia Shaad Manchanda Using simulation in teaching interprofessional team skills to undergraduate rural health students Rebecca Marley Off the beaten track: characteristics of rural Australian families accessing a mental health intervention Antonio Mendoza Diaz Student Clinical Placement Accommodation Website Portal - a Collaborative stress-free approach for students Macqui Michalski Bonded medical schemes: health student views National Rural Health Students’ Network Cogs of possibilities: streamlining individual choices and increasing self responsibility Amanda Norton Remote Allied Health Practice- Perspectives from Australia, Canada and the United States of America Felicity Pidgeon Preparing for and maintaining competency in a career in rural and remote health John Setchell, Rosemary Moyle Dial 'T' for trepidation: junior doctors early encounters with telehealth in the emergency department Christopher Stubbe Rural Transfer Project Meaghan Trovato Rural Communities experiencing climate change: A systems approach to adaptation Glenda Verrinder, Lyn Talbot Bringing breast screening services to the remote Northern Territory Louise Croft, Noeleen Howe Traverse the barriers in paediatric emergency care: a model to support rural GPs Michael Zhang

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