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DRIVERS 2022 Program

Saturday 22 October

DRIVERS 2022 Conference

Online and In Person - Quality Lakeside Hotel, Bendigo

TimeAgendaPresenter
8.15am Registrations open for guests (the coffee machine is on and waiting!)
DRIVERS SESSION ONE
8.55am Welcome to DRIVERS 2022 Dr Ruby Marslen and Dr Matilda Maynard
Welcome to Country Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation
Introduction to the North West Victorian Regional Training Hub Assoc. Prof. Janelle Brennan
9.19am KEYNOTE 1 Dr Dinesh Palipana
9.45am MORNING TEA (17 minutes)
DRIVERS SESSION TWO
10.02am Dynamic Oral Scientific Presentations (6 mins & 2 mins Q&A) - hosted by Dr Leanne Boyd
10.04am 1. Rural emergency general surgery transfers – insights from the Loddon Mallee Dr Jessica Paynter
10.12am 2. Are we meeting the standard: Inductions of Labour in a Rural Hospital in South Australia Dr Jacinta Clark
10.20am 3. Developing sustainable rural healthcare models for the Mallee Dr Nerid Hyett
10.28am 5. A Quality Assessment of Treatment & Outcomes for STEMI patients admitted to Bendigo Health CCU Dr Joshua McAdams
10.36am 6. Prospective study of sources of psychological distress among cancer patients completing chemotherapy in Regional Victoria Dr Andrew Chen
10.44am 7. Prevalence and correlates of advance care planning among Victorian hospital inpatients Dr Laura Panozzo
10.52am 8. A qualitative content analysis of the quality of life of melanoma cancer survivors in rural & metropolitan settings Miss Sue Liu
11am 9. A Clinical Audit of Ultrasound Use in Predicting Fetal Macrosomia at a Regional Hospital Dr Katie Blunt
11.08am 10. Multiparametric prostate MRI – changing PSA testing, prostate biopsies and prostate cancer diagnosis in Victoria, Australia Dr Diane Lim
11.16am 11. What is important to living with and beyond cancer: comparing the responses of Victorian rural and metropolitan breast cancer survivors. Mr Zhao Feng Liu
11.24am 12. Number of patients who presented to Northwest hospital Tasmania and their transfer time in comparison to national guideline for shifting to closest PCI centre Dr Gagandeep Singh
11.32am 13. Defining poor growth in pregnancy for infants of mothers with overweight and obesity Dr Natasha Pritchard
11.40am Reflective Presentations: Vision, Innovation and Excellence: Stream A (6 mins & 2 mins Q&A) - hosted by Dr Joshua McAdams
11.42am 1. The applications of space medicine for rural and remote health on Earth Dr Vienna Tran
11.50am 2. Rural General Surgery: characterising female rural General Surgeons to respond to gender gap. Dr Jessica Paynter
11.58am 3. Supervision Roadmap: Rural Generalist Training in Victoria Dr Belinda O'Sullivan
12.06pm 4. Building the future rural paediatric workforce. Reflections of a first year extended rural paediatric trainee Dr Visakan Krishnananthan
12.14pm 5. Establishing a Service in Regional Horsham to Deliver Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) for the Treatment of Bladder Cancer Dr Jessica Wynn
12.22pm 6. Rural general surgical fellows - who is recruited, returns and remains? Dr Jessica Paynter
12.30pm LUNCH (35 minutes)
DRIVERS SESSION THREE
1.00pm KEYNOTE 2 Associate Professor Matthias Wichmann
1.30pm Reflective Presentations: Vision, Innovation and Excellence: Stream B (4 mins & 2 mins Q&A) - hosted by Dr Nate Dalton
1.32pm 1.Introducing New Surgical Techniques and Technologies to a Regional Setting: Learnings, Tips and Tricks Dr Jessica Wynn
1.38pm 2. Optimising the delivery of sexual health services in Australia: A qualitative study Dr Varsicka Kularadh
1.44pm 3. Can changing the intraoperative methods of 100 units of intravesical OnabotulinumtoxinA administration, for females with medically refractory idiopathic overactive bladder, result in efficacious reduction of symptoms and reduction in the post-operative complication of elevated PVR (urinary retention) requiring intermittent self- catheterisation (ISC) Dr Ellen Kelsey
1.50pm 4. The Importance of Pooling Resources in Rural and Regional Trauma- A Case Study Dr Megan Emonson
1.56pm 5. Unique management of severe secondary bleeding following haemorrhoidal banding Dr Nevin Chen
2.02pm 6. Mother’s experience of Breastfeeding complications. Perspectives from mothers and clinicians Miss Georgia Maroske
2.08pm 7. Are we able to change pre-existing patient preferences towards the gender of their treating doctor? Dr Jessica Wynn
2.14pm Case Blitz Presentations (3 mins, no Q&A) - hosted by Dr Ed Benson
2.15pm 1. Acute management of a 14 year old with an ischaemic stroke in a subregional setting Dr Visakan Krishnananthan
2.18pm 2. Streptococcus gallolyticus bacteraemia & colorectal neoplasia: an old association with a new name Dr Claudine Banal
2.21pm
3. Rotational Flaps for the Rural General Surgeon
Dr Lobna Alukaidey
2.24pm 4. Recurrent urethral polyps, an atypical presentation of ductal prostate carcinoma Dr Ellen Kelsey
2.27pm 5. Sporotrichosis : a rare cause of a forearm ulcer in rural Victoria Dr Manoj Anandan
2.31pm 6. A Case Series on Brunner's Gland Hamartoma in Gippsland Mr Ratna Manideep Namburi
2.33pm 7. Bladder Amyloidosis in a Regional Tertiary Hospital in Australia Dr Sharon Del Vecchio
2.36pm 8. Avoiding the redo sternotomy: treatment of an ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm using a percutaneous Amplatzer PFO closure device. Dr Renata Pajtak
2.39pm 9. Post colonoscopy splenic injury in a rural hospital: A case report Dr Durr-e-Nayab Masood
2.42pm 10. Anti-TNF-related opportunistic infections, pulmonary toxicities, and a case of missed clexane charting resulting in bilateral PEs at a rural hospital – every doctor’s nightmare Dr Mania Ahmed
2.45pm 11. The “spiked helmet sign”, a mimic of ST elevation myocardial infarction in postoperative ileus Dr Jessica Wynn
2.48pm AFTERNOON TEA  (15 minutes)
DRIVERS SESSION FOUR
3.03pm Rapid Fire Poster Presentations (3 mins & 1 min Q&A) - hosted  by Dr Danielle Taylor
3.05pm 1. Structuring a GP learning environment in rural and regional practices Lachlan Butcher
3.09pm 2. Are Single-Use Flexible Cystoscopes Environmentally Sustainable? A Simplified Lifecycle Analysis Dr Amy Wombwell
3.13pm 3. Patient survivorship sequelae following immunotherapy toxicity, as audited at a Regional Cancer Centre Kayla Gallert
3.17pm 4. Virtual multidisciplinary meetings in a new COVID 19 world: How well are we doing it? Dr Henna Eqbal
3.21pm 6. What role do medical assistant officers play in improving emergency department efficiency? A pilot retrospective and prospective cohort study at Bendigo Health Ambulatory Care Ms Tess Ryan
3.25pm 7. The relationship between air pollution exposure on childhood educational outcomes across the world Mr  Kumail Jaffry
3.29pm 8. A narrative review into the development of research centres/activities in rural areas and its implications for workforce development Mr Harrison Monk
3.33pm 9. Rural Surgical Transfers from Mildura: a tri-state border model of general surgical care Miss Georgia Seamer
3.37pm 10. A retrospective audit looking at the diagnosis, management, and coding of sepsis in the Bendigo Health Emergency Department (in progress) Miss Ella Ryan
3.41pm 11. “Enhanced Recovery After Surgery" can improve our rural healthcare crisis: An audit at Latrobe Regional Hospital Miss Amy Sylivris
3.45pm 12. A retrospective audit to identify the number of high-risk infants admitted to the Maternity ward and Special care nursery (SCN) per year at Latrobe regional Hospital (LRH) between 2017 and 2019. Dr Romanie Rodrigo
3.49pm 13. Prospective analysis of physical distress after cancer treatment in Regional Victoria Miss Harshika Herath
3.53pm 14. Use of Surgtrac to enhance laparoscopic skills education in rural medical students Dr Renata Pajtak
3.57pm 15 .Impact of the COVID Pandemic on Supportive Care Outcomes of Breast Cancer Patients in the Gippsland Oncology Survivorship Clinic Dr Harriet O'Rourke
4.01pm 16. A 12 year retrospective review of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm repairs by a rural general surgery centre Dr Jessica Paynter
4.05pm KEYNOTE  3 Dr Sarah Van Der Wal
4.35pm CLOSE Thanks from Steering and Scientific Committees
6.30pmDRIVERS 2022 GALA DINNER AND AWARDS CEREMONY, Ms Batterhams - Mackenzie Street, Bendigo
DRIVERS Scientific Poster Display
1 Improving the completion of antimicrobial indication section on the MR6 drug chart  Dr Jiwon Kim
2 Factors contributing to delays in transfer from regional hospitals to tertiary centres from ERCP and impact on patient outcomes Dr Lauren Wallace
3 Length of Time for Transfer for ERCP at a Regional Hospital Dr Lobna Alukaidey
4 Analysis of Acute Surgical Inter-Hospital Transfers from a Regional Hospital Dr Laura Bennett
5 Laparoscopic Choledochoscopy for choledocholithiasis is possible in the anatomical anomaly of left gallbladder Dr Peter Kaldas
6 Hitting it off as a Rural Doctor Dr Jake Carr
7Co-occurrence of ADHD and Illicit Methamphetamine UseJasmine Elliott

DRIVERS 2022 Gala Dinner and Awards

Ms Batterham's, Mackenzie Street, Bendigo

6.30pm: Bar opens for guests
11.45pm: Last drinks, time to wrap up a big day!