Programme

2021 Programme

Programme Day 1 (Saturday 27 March 2021)
7.30 - 8.15am	Pharmacologic management of type 2 diabetes with Carl Peters
8.30am	Welcome and housekeeping
8.40 - 9.25	Plenary session	Mental health with Sir John Kirwan
9.25 - 9.30	5 minute break
9.30 -10.15	Stream 1	Covid 2.0 Samantha Murton and Mark Thomas
	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 Lucy Gibberd
	Stream 2 RNZCUC	Urgent care topic: Muscle sparing approaches in hip replacement 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 -11.30	15 minute break
11.30 -12.15	Stream 1	The NZ COPD Guidelines Nicola Corna
	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	What’s happening at ACC and how it impacts you John Robson
12.15 - 1.00	Lunch session Achieving asthma control – how to decide what is best for each patient, with Paul Dawkins. This session will be followed by a 15 minute break.
1.15 - 2.00	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
2.00 - 2.15	15 minute break
2.15 - 3.00	Stream 1	Racism and inequity Matire Harwood
	Stream 2 RNZCUC	Urgent care topic: Overdoses and poisonings: risk assessment and red flags Adam Pomerlau
	Stream 3 MercyAscot	Bariatric essentials: Patient selection criteria and post-surgery management Grant Beban and Nick Evennett
	Stream 4	Tackling vaccine mythology Helen Petousis-Harris
3.00 - 3.15	15 minute break
3.15 - 4.00	Stream 1	First 1000 days-reversing the impacts of inter generational poverty Johan Morreau
	Stream 2	Hyperlipidemia, statins and primary care Bruce Arroll
	Stream 3 MercyAscot	Cartilage problems across the ages Jacob Munro, Paul Monk
	Stream 4	Opthalmology for general practice Divya Perumal
4.00 - 4.20	Virtual networking
4.20 - 5.05	The role of pharmacotherapy in obesity management: introducing liraglutide 3mg (Saxenda®)

Programme Day 2 (Sunday 28 March 2021)
7.30 - 8.15am	Optimising heart failure management: What GPs need to know, with Dr Raewyn Fisher
8.30 - 8.40	Welcome and housekeeping
8.40 - 9.25	Keynote session	Panel discussion: A new diabetes medication that also protects the heart and the kidneys Rinki Murphy, Hari Talreja, Gerry Devlin
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 Sam Manger
	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	Managing symptomatic menopause: Time for primary care to take the lead! Stella Milsom
11.15 - 11.30	15 minute break
11.30 - 12.15	Stream 1	Relearning hunger: A simple strategy to help beat the metabolic syndrome David Lovell-Smith
	Stream 2 Lifestyle	Creating change in a 15-minute consultation Shivaun Conn
	Stream 3 MercyAscot	Screening two killers with one scan: The world premiere of combined lung cancer screening and coronary calcium scoring with low-dose CT Indran Ramanathan
	Stream 4	Cognitive decline and dementia: seeing it, understanding it and managing it Ngaire Kerse
12.15 - 1.15	Targeting advanced lung cancer with Laird Cameron This session will be followed by a 15 minute break.
1.15 - 2.00	Stream 1	Spinal pain: Tackling pain generators Giresh Kanji
	Stream 2 Lifestyle	The science vs the hype of gut health Joanna McMillan
	Stream 3 MercyAscot	Common foot and ankle presentations Suren Senthi
	Stream 4	Exercise as medicine in cancer care Mark Fulcher
2.00 - 2.15	15 minute break
2.15 - 3.00	Prescribing update Linda Bryant, Bruce Arroll
3.00 - 3.15	Closing

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