The program below is subject to change. Please check this page regularly for further updates.
0730 – 0750 | Mindfulness Morning Session – Click here for more information Cabernet-Merlot Room – Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley |
0730 | Trade Exhibition OPEN | Exhibition Centre – Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley Registration Desk OPEN | Galleria Foyer – Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley Tea & Coffee available! |
SESSION 1 Cabernet-Merlot Room – Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley | |
0815-0820 | Welcome to Country – Uncle Warren Taggart, Elder of the Wonnarua People |
0820-0825 | Welcome – Karen Cook |
0825-0845 | Opening address and Gayle Woodford Oration – Jacqui Cross, Chief Nursing & Midwifery Officer |
0845-0945 | Keynote Speaker Access to health services in outback Australia: a human right. Gillian Triggs Human Rights Consultant and Prominent Academic in Public International Law |
0945-1000 | caring@home resources: Supporting home-based end-of-life care in communities Liz Reymond Director | Brisbane South Palliative Care Collaborative |
1000-1015 | SCARS – Skin Cancer Assessment Remote Service – Nurse led clinics Sheena Christensen Remote Area Nurse | Silverchain |
1015-1030 | Should I stay or should I go?: Midwifery workforce in Rural and Remote Australia Alicia Carey Lecturer In Nursing & Midwifery/ Phd Candidate | University of Canberra/Charles Sturt University |
1030-1045 | Question time |
1045-1115 | MORNING TEA |
SESSION 2 Cabernet-Merlot Room – Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley | |
1115-1145 | Invited Speaker The future is ours Banok Rind Deputy Executive Officer | Koorie Youth Council |
1145-1200 | Indigenous eye health – diversity and connection will close the gap for vision Rosamond Gilden Research Assistant | Indigenous Eye Health, The University of Melbourne |
1200-1215 | Why do nurses stay in Australia’s small rural hospitals? Why do they leave? Sarah Smith Phd Candidate | University of Wollongong |
1215-1230 | Cultural Safety and the Nursing Profession Sammy Petric RAN | University of Notre Dame |
1230-1245 | Question time |
1245-1345 |
LUNCH | Exhibition Area Workforce Safety Focus Group | Sauvignon Room – Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley |
SESSION 3 Cabernet-Merlot Room – Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley | |
1345-1400 | NSW Rural and Remote health workers and the burden of care in the drought: who cares for the carers? A report on the CRANAplus Bush Support Service 2019 Drought Support Roadshow across the state Annmaree Wilson & Yoni Luxford CRANAplus Bush Support Service |
1400-1415 | Perceived Preparedness of Recent Dental Graduates in Recognising, Responding and Referring Patients who have Experienced Domestic Violence Nausheen Mohamed Muhajir James Cook University |
1415-1430 | RIPEN Transitional Planning: Working together to ensure rural and isolated communities have access to, and quality use of, medicines Michelle Gunn |
1430-1445 | Embracing Nursing’s Diversity to build Stronger Pathways for the Rural Generalist Registered Nurse Deborah Grant Nursing Director | Queensland Health |
1445-1500 | Question time |
1500-1530 | AFTERNOON TEA |
SESSION 4 Cabernet-Merlot Room – Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley | |
1530-1600 | Invited Speaker The National Agenda Lori-Anne Sharp Assistant Federal Secretary | Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation |
1600-1605 | Hotspot Session Opportunities for LGBTQI people and allies in Remote Health Services Ben Crough Australian Unity and the Community and Employee Wellbeing Practice Lead |
1605-1610 | Hotspot Session Introducing First Year Nursing Students to Regional and Rural Interprofessional Health care Helen Goodwin Clinical Educator – Nursing/midwifery | Southern Queensland Rural Health |
1610-1615 | Hotspot Session Vaccine Story: The journey a vaccine takes to a remote Australian community Lyn Byers Secretary | Central Australian Rural Practitioners Association Inc. (CARPA) |
1615-1620 | Hotspot Session The lived experience of a child diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in DKA in a remote area of QLD Emma Turner Clinical Academic Lecturer In Nursing & Midwifery | University of Southern Queensland |
1620-1630 | Question time |
1630 | Day 1 Sessions Conclude – Evening at Leisure |
0730 – 0750 | Mindfulness Morning Session – Click here for more information Cabernet-Merlot Room – Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley |
0800 | Trade Exhibition OPEN | Exhibition Centre – Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley Registration Desk OPEN | Galleria Foyer – Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley Tea & Coffee available! |
SESSION 5 Cabernet-Merlot Room – Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley | |
0840-0845 | Address from Hon. Chris Bowen, Shadow Minister for Health |
0845-0945 | Keynote Speaker Struggling is Strengthening Kurt Fearnley Paralympian & Disability Rights Advocate |
0945-1000 | Social Networks: Working Together the Other Way Around Amanda Akers, Cathy Faulkner CRANAplus Bush Support Services |
1000-1015 | Driving Change Through Diversity: How new staff can make a difference Laura Wright, John Wright Emergency Nurses | Tennant Creek Hospital |
1015-1030 | #changethelaw Katie Pennington Registered Nurse – Continuous Quality Improvement | Edith Cowan University / Puntukurnu Aborignal Medical Service |
1030-1045 | Question time |
1045-1115 | MORNING TEA |
SESSION 6 Cabernet-Merlot Room – Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley | |
1115-1145 | Invited Speaker Embracing the Silver Rainbow Samantha Edmonds Silver Rainbow National Project Manager | LGBTI |
1145-1200 | United We Stand Kathy Arthurs Senior Flight Nurse | Royal Flying Doctor Service, Central Operations |
1200-1215 | RuralHealthTogether – rural health workforce digital self-care and wellbeing initiative Laura Hardaker Workforce Engagement Manager | Rural Doctors Network |
1215-1230 | NT Health – keeping remote nurses safe through policy and practice change Rhonda Powell, David Reeve NT Health / General Manager, Central Australia Primary Health Care |
1230-1245 | Question time |
1245-1345 | LUNCH |
SESSION 7 Cabernet-Merlot Room – Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley | |
1345-1430 | Invited Speaker Birthing with Country – grounded in truth Karel Williams Midwife | Previous Board Member CATSINaM | Representative – National Birthing on Country Strategic Committee |
1430-1445 | Negotiation of culturally safe practice for individuals, organisations and the health system Robyn Williams Lecturer | Charles Darwin University |
1445-1500 | Connecting and supporting health professionals who work in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health Jane Burns Research Team Leader | Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet |
1500-1515 | Rural Health Pro – Connecting the rural health workforce Laura Hardaker Workforce Engagement Manager | Rural Doctors Network |
1515-1525 | Question time |
1525-1545 | AFTERNOON TEA |
SESSION 8 Cabernet-Merlot Room – Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley | |
1545-1600 | Agricultural Health and Medicine education- engaging rural professionals to make a difference to farmers’ lives Jessie Adams Research Assistant | National Centre For Farmer Health |
1600-1615 | Expanding Indigenous Cardiovascular Education & Healthcare In Rural & Remote Australia Nick Dutton Paramedic Cardiovascular Advisor | NSW Ambulance |
1615-1620 | Hotspot Session A framework and approach to assess; access, quality and sustainability of the primary health nursing and midwifery workforce in rural, remote and regional NSW Bernadette Gotch NSW Rural Doctors Network |
1620-1625 | Hotspot Session RHDAustralia in 2019 Diana Mosca |
1625-1630 | Hotspot Session Connecting and empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander maternal child and youth health workforce to drive cultural change and improve health outcomes Heidi Atkins Principal Policy Officer | QLD Child & Youth Clinical Network |
1630-1640 | Question time |
1640 – 1700 | Conference Close including Prize Draws |
1830 – 2230 |
CRANAplus “Hunter Harvest” Conference Dinner Activity Lawn, Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley |
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