Program

The program below is provisional and will be updated as planning proceeds. Please check this page regularly.

Tuesday 1 October 2024

10:30 – 12:15 Supervisor Workshop Candidate Workshop
12:15 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 3:00 Supervisor Workshop Candidate Workshop
3:00 – 3:30 Afternoon Tea
3:30 – 5:00 Supervisor Workshop Candidate Workshop

Wednesday 2 October

9:00 – 10:00 RACMA Annual General Meeting
10:00 – 10:30 Morning Tea
10:30 – 12:00 CAPSTAN Coaching Workshop IHPASC / DEIPASC Cultural Safety Workshop Rural Primary Care Crisis – the need for effective Medical Leadership
12:00 – 12:45 Lunch
12:45 – 3:15 CAPSTAN Coaching Workshop IHPASC / DEIPASC Cultural Safety Workshop Masterclass: Managing Difficult Complaints
3:15 – 3:30 Afternoon Tea
4:30 – 6:30 Conferment Ceremony and Langford Oration
Evening Welcome Reception

Thursday 3 October

9:00 – 9:30 Welcome to Country
Welcome by the President of RACMA
9:30 – 10:15 Olympic Leadership
Chair | Dr Jon Hodge
Dr Steve Reid
CMO Paralympics Australia
10:15 – 10:45 Morning Tea
10:45 – 12:15 Lessons Learnt from COVID
Chair | Dr Alastair Mah
A/Professor Catherine McDougall
Chief Medical Officer, Queensland Health
Dr Beatrice Cheng
Former Chief Executive, New Territory East Cluster of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority
12:15 – 1:15 Lunch
1:15 –  2:45 New Frontiers in Digital
Chair | Dr Monica Trujillo
Dr Farah Magrabi
Professor of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Macquarie University
Dr Rae Donovan
A/Chief Clinical Information Officer, eHealth Queensland
Gillian Mason
2:45 – 3:30 Afternoon Tea
3:30 – 5:15 Margaret Tobin Presentations
Evening Gala Dinner
Médicale Grandeur: Gold Silver et Bronze

Friday 4 October

8:30 – 9:15 Role of Medical Leaders in Social Policy and Environmental Change
Chair | Dr Georga Cooke
Laureate Professor Nick Talley
University of Newcastle
9:15 – 10:45 Education and Training
Chair | Professor Pooshan Navathe
Dr Victoria Brazil
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medical Director of the Simulation Service, Gold Coast Health
Professor Stuart Carney
Dean of the University of Queensland Medical School
Dr Jo Burnand
Deputy Medical Director NSW Health Education and Training Institute
10:45 – 11:15 Morning Tea
11:15 – 12:45 Abstracts
Concurrent Session 1 Concurrent Session 2 Concurrent Session 3
12:45 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 New Frontiers – Workforce of the Future
Chair | Dr Peter Thomas
Dr Susan Wearne
Senior Medical Advisor, Health Workforce Division, Australian Government Department of Health
Professor Mark Cormack
National Centre for Health Workforce Studies (NCHWS), Australian National University
Dr Charles Phillis
Griffith University School of Medicine
Dr Marlow Coates
Executive Director of Medical Services, Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service
3:00 – 3:30 Afternoon Tea
3:30 – 4:30 Debate: The Future of Medical Administrator will be replaced with AI
Moderator | Professor Erwin Loh
Adjudicator | Dr Helen Parsons

Dr Oliver Daly | Director of Medical Services/Urogynaecologist, Werribee Mercy Hospital, Mercy Health
Dr Emily Kirkpatrick | Executive Medical Director, Calvary Smplar Health
Dr Grant Rogers | Clinical Director | Single Digital Patient Record (SDPR)
Dr Isabelle Kapterian | A/Deputy Director Medical Services, Royal North Shore Hospital
Dr Catherine Olweny | Consultant Anaesthetist, Registered Counsellor & Clinical Hypnotherapist
4:30 – 4:45 Closing Comments and Handover to 2025