Invited Presentations

Recent Invited Presentations- National/International:

Professor Robert Adams

Respiratory

2010    “Burden of illness from chronic cough in Australia”. Cough Symposium: What’s new from Australia? Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand Annual Meeting, Brisbane, April 2010.

2009    “Optimizing treatment in stable COPD - what does the evidence suggest?” Plenary Symposium, 11^th Malaysian Thoracic Society Congress, Kuala Lumpur, July 2009.

2009    “The Great Asthma Debate: Is SMART smarter Fixed-dose?” Plenary Symposium, 11^th Malaysian Thoracic Society Congress, Kuala Lumpur, July 2009.

2009    “Improved asthma control – fact or fiction?”, Asthma International Masterclass, The outlook for asthma management – a forward step or a quiet revolution?, Darwin, April 2009

 Health Literacy

2010    Adult language, literacy and numeracy Search Conference for the National Centre for Vocational Educational Research in Canberra on September 13th, to present on health literacy. The objective of the invitation-only meeting was to explore developments in adult literacy and numeracy with a view to suggesting future directions and to help shape consultations on a national adult literacy strategy.

2010    “Health Literacy”, Plenary Session, Australian Primary Care Collaboratives Workshop, Brisbane, May 2010.

2010    “Health literacy – Important risk factor or the goal of self-management?” Australian Better Health Initiative Forum - Chronic Disease Self Management beyond June 2010, Adelaide, February 2010

2009    Health Literacy and LLN provision: A new fad? Business as usual? Opportunities to seize?” Australian Council for Adult Literacy Annual Meeting, Adelaide, October 2009

2009    “How CAN Health Literacy help you to make money and improve your sex life?” Public Health Association of Australia and the Australian Health Promotion Association Joint Forum on Health Literacy, Adelaide, February 2009. 

Safety & Quality

2011    "Patient Safety, leadership and creating a culture of safety". International Patient Safety Reporting System Conference in Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwan Joint commission on Hospital Accreditation, August, 2011

2011    "Improving patient safety and healthcare quality through leadership". Taiwan Joint Conference in Healthcare in Taipei, Taiwan, August, 2011

2010    “Adverse event reporting in Australia”. International Patient Safety Reporting System Conference in Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwan Joint commission on Hospital Accreditation, September, 2010

2009    “TeamStepps ™, Teamwork and Communication Training Program”, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, “Using Tools to Make Clinical Handover Safe: a Practical Workshop”, Perth, May 2009

2009    TeamStepps^TM Master Training Faculty Workshops, Adelaide, March 2009 

Professor Gary Wittert

 International

2010    Australian-Canadian Prostate Cancer Research Alliance Symposium. Metabolic Syndrome and Prostate Cancer. Gold Cost, August 8^th 2010.

2010    Testosterone, Sexual and Lower Urinary Tract Function in Men: Effects of Obesity and Diet-Induced Weight Loss. Boston University Medical Centre. 10 May 2010.

2010    Fatty acids and the regulation of energy metabolism. Childhood Nutrition Research Institute, Baylor University. Houston, 15 April 2010.

2009    Australasian Conference on Obesity. Management of Obesity: Prioritising the Options in a Patient Centred Approach. Auckland, 4 December 2009.

2009    Asia Oceania Association for the Study of Obesity. Sleep restriction, obesity and metabolic syndrome., February 5-8, Mumbai, India 2009

National

2010    Fertility Society of Australia. Medical and Other Disorders in Klinefelters Syndrome. Adelaide Convention Centre from 10 - 13 October 2010.

2010    ANZ Society for Geriatric Medicine. Key Note Speaker: Management of Obesity In The Elderly: For Whom, When and How or If at all. September 11-12, 2010.

2010    Pfizer Cardiovascular Forum. Obesity, Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Disease in Children. August 14 2010.

2010    Novo Nordisk VIC/TAS Endocrine Weekend Meeting. Adrenal/pituitary Steroid Replacement. Creswick Novotel Hotel, Creswick,17-18 July 2010.

2009    Uroscience Forum. Debate: AGAINST: The hypogonadal man – testosterone therapy or not, Melbourne, Sept 2009.

2009    Uroscience Forum. Obesity Sleep and Androgens. Melbourne, Sept 5, 2009.

2009    Australian Diabetes Society. Bariatric Surgery for the Management of the Obese Type 2 Diabetic – A Debate. Adelaide, August 2009.

2009    Building a clinical Research Community. CRX09, MCG, Melbourne, August 20, 2009.

2009    Sansom Institute, University of South Australia. Ageing, Sex Steroids and Cardio-Metabolic Risk. July 16, 2009.

2009    Healthy Male Forum.  Gonadal Steroids, Diabetes and Cardiovascular risk. Gold Coast June 19-21, 2009.

2009    Southern Area Health Research Week. Testosterone and Cardio Metabolic Risk in the Ageing Male MelbourneMay 5, 2009.

2009    Cardiovascular Specialist Symposium. Workshop on Obesity Management: February 27- March 01, 2009.

Associate Professor Renuka Visvanathan

Invited Workshop

Visvanathan R, Hales K, Coles D, Ibrahim F. Improving Care for The Elderly In Hospitals and Community. Grand Seasosns Hotel. 25 March 2011. Sponsored by the Institute of Gerontology Malaysia and Faculty of Medicine, University Putra Malaysia. Speakers for this whole day workshop were from the Aged & Extended Care Services, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

                        Gerontology Nursing in Acute Care- Visvanathan R

                        Community Nursing for Older People- Hales R

                        Volunteers Led Patient Group Activities- Coles D, Ibrahim F

                        The importance of integrated care- Linking the Hospital to the Community- Visvanathan R

                        Dignity in Care for Delirium and Dementia- Ibrahim F