The 3rd Rural Health Conference, hosted by the Department of Human Services, was held from 30 April to 2 May at the Quality Resort All Seasons in Bendigo. The conference focused on chronic disease including:
The role of health services in health promotion and the prevention of chronic disease
How to respond to chronic disease as a coordinated health system
Workforce implications of chronic disease prevention and management.
Speakers at the conference included:
The Hon. John Brumby
Premier of Victoria
The Hon. Daniel Andrews MP
Minister for Health
Professor Andrew Morris FRSE
Professor of Diabetic Medicine and Head of Planning and Development in the College of Medicine Dentistry and Nursing at the University of Dundee
Professor Kerin O’Dea AO, BSc, PhD
Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne (Department of Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital) and the Baker Heart Research Institute
Dr Peter O’Leary
Director of the Office of Population Health Genomics in the West Australian Department of Health, a Clinical Biochemist and Adjunct Professor of Public Health
Ms Sandra Slatter
Author, writer, cancer survivor, and an advocate for those surviving cancer
Professor Boyd Swinburn
Professor of Population Health and Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention at Deakin University in Melbourne.
Presentations from the Rural Health Conference 2008 are now available to download.
Detailed conference program & presentations
Please note that presentations from the Rural Health Conference 2008 must not be used without permission from the author.
Wednesday 30 April 2008
Time
Details
2pm
Registration opens
4-5pm
Tea and coffee
5-6pm
Department of Human Services welcome
Vic Gordon, Regional Director, Loddon Mallee, Department of Human Services
Acknowledgement
Aunty Lynn Warren
Translating genomics into healthcare and disease prevention: the Janus paradox
Dr Peter O’Leary, Adjunct Professor, Public Health, Health Department of Western Australia
6-7pm
Welcome reception
Free evening
Thursday 1 May 2008
Time
Details
8am
Registration
9-10.10am
Chair
Dr Norman Swan
Why chronic disease?
Dr Jim Hyde, Director, Public Health
Options and opportunities in an epidemic of diabetes Professor Andrew Morris, Diabetic Medicine, University of Dundee Please note: Professor Morris' presentation is too large to be readily downloadable. It is available on request from Ruth Paterson, telephone: 613 9096 0676
10.10-10.40am
Morning tea
10.45am-12.10pm
First concurrent session
Plenary room
1. Role of health services in health promotion and the prevention of chronic disease: chronic disease strategy and the role of health services
Chair: Janet Laverick, Director, Primary Health, Department of Human Services
Integrated response to chronic disease clients including oral health, Jim Killen, CEO Whitehorse Community Health Service
Better to teach than treat: the role of Sustainable Farm Families in chronic disease prevention, Stuart Willder Principal Researcher, Sustainable Farm Families
Fortuna 1
2. Improving process: using incident information to improve patient care
Chair: Debra Cerasa, Director of Nursing, Latrobe Regional Hospital
About the new incident information system (IIS), Alison McMillan, Director, State-wide Quality Branch, Department of Human Services
Does Victoria really need an IIS? Merrin Prictor, Quality Manager, Goulburn Valley Health Service
Can the IIS actually make a difference to patient care? Lois Abraham, Clinical Risk Management Coordinator, Ballarat Health Service
Table top exercise, Alison McMillan
Fortuna 2
3. How to respond to chronic disease as a coordinated health system: cancer
Chair: Spiri Galetakis, Project officer, Cancer and Palliative Care, Department of Human Services
Linking cancer care: a guide for implementing coordinated cancer care, Spiri Galetakis
Coordination of care for lung cancer patients in the Loddon Mallee region Dr. Ann Allenby, Director of Clinical and Community Programs, Mt Alexander Hospital
Initiatives implemented to improve coordination of care for paediatric patients in Victoria, Dr. Peter Downie Consultant Haematologist-Oncologist, Royal Children’s Hospital
Health promotion and prevention of cancer, Louise Galloway, Manager, Screening Policy and Programs, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease, Department of Human Services
Conservatory
4. Workforce implications of chronic disease prevention and management: what workforce?
Chair: Susan Morgan, Manager, Workforce Innovation Service and Workforce Planning Branch, Department of Human Services
Recruitment, retention and workforce redesign Susan Morgan and Ormond Pearson CEO W. Gippsland Healthcare Group
Inevitability of change
12.10-1.15pm
Lunch
1.20-2.30pm
Second concurrent session
Plenary room
5. Prevention and intervening early in chronic disease
Chair: Professor James Dunbar, Director of Greater Green Triangle University Department of Rural Health
Using evidence to navigate chronic disease prevention challenge: tools to help our policy and practice. Dr Shelley Bowen, Principal Policy Manager, Strategy and Support Unit, and Kellie Horton, Senior Policy Officer, Health Inequalities, both Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention, Department of Human Services
6. Role of health services in health promotion and prevention of chronic disease: aged care
Chair: Rosemary McKenzie, Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics, University of Melbourne.
‘Well for Life’ initiative Rosemary McKenzie
Reflection on Well for Life initiative West Gippsland Health Care Jan Bennett, West Gippsland Health Care
Reflection on Well for Life initiatives at Rural Northwest Health Lee Vause CEO Rural Northwest Health
Open discussion Rosemary McKenzie
Fortuna 2
7. How to respond to chronic disease as a coordinated health system: mental health
Chair: Sue Brennan, Manager, Service System Development, Mental Health, Department of Human Services
Health Strategic Directions, Sue Brennan
Partnering to provide services to people with mental illness, Bill Brown, Manager Goulburn Valley Area Mental Health Service and Laura Collister, General Manager of Rehabilitation, Research and Evaluation, Mental Illness Fellowship Victoria
Conservatory
8. Workforce implications of chronic disease prevention and management: rural clinical placements: medical, nursing and allied health
Chair: Dan Jefferson, Manager, Workforce Strategy and Regulation, Department of Human Services
Continuous clinical placements in clinical microsystems: a platform for learning about chronic diseases in rural communities, Professor Geoff Solarsh, Director Bendigo Regional Clinical School, Monash University School of Rural Health
Jennifer Gale, CEO Kyneton District Health Services
Student fellowships: the key to preparing nursing students to meet the challenges of chronic disease? Ass. Professor Dr Amanda Kenny, Director Faculty of Health Sciences Bendigo, Latrobe University
9. How to respond to chronic disease as a coordinated health system: improving access to services
Chair: Janet Laverick, Director, Primary Health, Department of Human Services
Overview of Aboriginal health promotion and chronic care (AHPACC), Janet Laverick
Djillay Ngalu: healthy together Lidia Thorpe, Gippsland and East Gippsland Aboriginal Cooperative and Gippsland Lakes Community Health Service, and Aunty Phyllis Andy
South West Aboriginal Health Promotion and Chronic Care Partnership, Craig Fraser, Jamie Thomas, South West Healthcare
Planning and delivering community led chronic disease services, Mary Hoodless Director of Clinical Services, Upper Murray Health & Community Services
Fortuna 2
11. Role of health services in health promotion and prevention of chronic disease: optimising opportunities for success: health services working with people with disability in rural Victoria
Chair: Ass.Professor Robert Davis, Centre for Developmental Disability Health Victoria
Supporting people with disability in the community: findings from the neurological complex care project, Mary Lou Proppe, Manager, Better Health, Nillumbik Community Health Service
New approaches to articulating community support programs for people with progressive degenerative disability Alan Blackwood, Manager, Policy and Community Partnerships MS Australia
Conservatory
12. GP workforce
Chair: Susan Sdrinis, Senior Medical Advisor, Rural and Regional Health Services Branch, Department of Human Services
Promoting rural general practice as a career: an innovative pilot:
International Medical Graduates: new opportunities for recruitment and assessment. Dean Raven Senior Policy Officer, Workforce Policy and Programs, Department of Human Services, and Claire Austin CEO Rural Workforce Agency Victoria
7pm-late
Conference dinner
Friday 2 May 2008
Time
Details
9-9.35am
Introduction
Fran Thorn, Secretary
What actions could turn around Australia’s rising tide of obesity?
Professor Boyd Swinburn, Chair in Population Health, Deakin University
9.40-10.55am
(10 min presentations starting every 15 mins)
Please note: Professor Morris' presentation is too large to be readily downloadable. It is available on request from Ruth Paterson, telephone: 613 9096 0676