Programme

2021 Programme

Programme Day 1 (Saturday 27 March 2021)
8.30am	Welcome and housekeeping
8.40 - 9.25	Breakfast session	Breakfast with Sir John Kirwan
9.25 - 9.30	5 minute break
9.30 -10.15	Stream 1	Covid 2.0 Bryan Betty and Stephen Ritchie
	Stream 2 RNZCUC	Urgent care topic: Acute visual loss Logan Robinson
	Stream 3 MercyAscot	Acute appendicitis: where are we now Ashish Taneja
	Stream 4	Coronary calcium scoring Chris Ellis
10.15-10.30	15 minute break
10.30 -11.15	Stream 1	Telemedicine tackling opportunities and dodging legal pitfalls Samantha Murton and Samantha King
	Stream 2 RNZCUC	Urgent care topic: Muscle sparing approaches in hip replacement Plus: Tips and tricks for dealing with sporting knee injuries Shaneel Deo
	Stream 3 MercyAscot	Neck lumps: what's normal and what's not Rajan Patel
	Stream 4	Is SPRINT-ing safe for everyone? Hari Talreja
11.15 -11.25	10 minute break
11.25 -12.10	Stream 1	Medical education in the age of misinformation Siouxsie Wiles
	Stream 2 RNZCUC	Urgent care topic: Shoulder injuries Rob Elliott
	Stream 3 MercyAscot	Identifying oral lesions and how to manage them Muammar Abu-Serriah
	Stream 4
12.10 - 12.40	30 minute break
12.40-1.25pm	Stream 1	Pacific Health - where do we begin? The road ahead Aniva Lawrence
	Stream 2 RNZCUC	Urgent care topic: 'Acute oncology' and pearls to optimise early management and the patient experience Rosalie Stephens
	Stream 3 MercyAscot	UTI from pyelonephritis to balanitis and what you need to know Andrew Williams and Andrew Lienert
	Stream 4	Common childhood infections Emma Best
1.25 - 1.35	10 minute break
1.35 - 2.20	Stream 1	Racism and inequity Matire Harwood
	Stream 2 RNZCUC	Urgent care topic: Acute psychiatric emergencies Siale Foliaki
	Stream 3 MercyAscot	Bariatric essentials: Patient selection criteria and post-surgery management Grant Beban and Nick Evenette
	Stream 4	Tackling vaccine mythology Helen Petousis-Harris
2.20 - 3.10	30 minute break
3.10 - 3.55	Stream 1	Reversing the impact of intergenerational poverty Johan Morreau
	Stream 2 RNZCUC	Urgent care topic: Overdoses and poisonings: risk assessment and red flags Adam Pomerlau
	Stream 3 MercyAscot	Cartilage problems across the ages Jacob Munro
	Stream 4	Opthalmology for general practice Divya Perumal
3.55 - 4.25	Virtual networking

Programme Day 2 (Sunday 28 March 2021)
8.30 - 8.40	Welcome and housekeeping
8.40 - 9.25	Keynote presentation	Panel discussion: Diabetes and other reasons to use SLGT2 inhibitors
9.25 - 9.30	5 minute break
9.30 - 10.15	Stream 1	Looking beneath the surface of problematic pornography use Luke Sniewski
	Stream 2 Lifestyle	Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine: the art and science of the practice of the future John Stevens
	Stream 3 MercyAscot	Vaping – the trojan horse: Fact vs fiction Kim Gear
	Stream 4	Endometriosis takes the blame Simon Edmonds
10.15 - 10.30	15 minute break
10.30 -11.15	Stream 1	Anxiety in adolescents: When to worry Melanie Woodfield
	Stream 2 Lifestyle	Lifestyle Medicine: An ideal platform for the patient-centred model of care Michelle Reiss
	Stream 3 MercyAscot	The ageing spine and what helps Patrick Schweder
	Stream 4	Menopause - what medications and when Stella Milsom
11.15-11.25	10 minute break
11.25-12.10	Stream 1
	Stream 2 Lifestyle	Creating change in a 15-minute consultation Shivaun Conn
	Stream 3 MercyAscot	Salivary pathology: stones, strictures, tumours and…frogs Kevin Smith
	Stream 4	Cognitive decline and dementia: seeing it, understanding it and managing it Ngaire Kerse
12.10 - 12.40	30 minute break
12.40 -1.25	Stream 1	Spinal pain: Tackling pain generators Giresh Kanji
	Stream 2 Lifestyle	Brief nutrition counselling Joanna McMillan
	Stream 3 MercyAscot	TBC
	Stream 4	Exercise as medicine in cancer care Mark Fulcher
1.25-1.35	10 minute break
1.35 - 2.20	Prescribing update Linda Bryant, Bruce Arroll
2.20 - 2.30	Closing

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