DRIVERS 2024 Program
Saturday 7 SEPTEMBER
DRIVERS 2024 Conference
Online and In Person - All Seasons Hotel,171-183 McIvor Hwy, Bendigo
| Time | Agenda | Presenter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.45am | REGISTRATIONS & NETWORKING Poster display available for viewing. The BARISTA CART will be open all day with complimentary beverages. | ||
| DRIVERS SESSION ONE | |||
| 8.30am | Welcome to DRIVERS 2024 | Dr Rosanna Powell and Dr Jess Wynn, 2024 DRIVERS Committee Co Chairs | |
| 8:35am | Welcome to Country | Dja Dja Wurrung | |
| 8:40am | Introduction to the North West Victoria Regional Training Hub | Assoc. Prof. Janelle Brennan | |
| 8:43am | Introduction to Keynote | Dr Jess Wynn | |
| 8.45am | KEYNOTE ONE: Dr Bridget Clancy The Rural Doctor Special Sauce / The Uniqueness Of Rural Practice Demonstrating how the uniqueness of each rural location and each rural doctor is what may lead to the outsized contributions rural practitioners make to professional organisations, research and advocacy. | ||
| 9:30am | Oral Scientific Presentations (6 mins & 2 mins Q&A) Hosted by Jess Wynn & Rosanna Powell | ||
| 9:32am | 1. Are We Prepared To Provide Inclusive Healthcare To Trangender Patients: Exploring Medical Student Perspectives From A Regional Australian University | Miss Annabel Wright | |
| 9:40am | 2. Nipple Areolar Complex (Nac) Tattooing – A Literature Review Of The Final ‘cherry On Top’ Procedure In Patients Post Oncological Breast Reconstruction | Dr. Rochelle Vaz | |
| 9:48am | 3. Cost Effectiveness of routine planned critical care admission for high-risk Emergency major abdominal surgery | Dr Jason Cox | |
| 9:56am | 4. Novel Hydrogels For The Treatment Of Birth Injury: Could There Be A Preventative Treatment For Pelvic Organ Prolapse? | Dr David Hennes | |
| 10:04am | 5. A Picture Perfect Plan: Empowering caregivers with Pictorial Asthma Action Plans for optimization of paediatric asthma control in regional Victoria | Miss Sharadhi Ratnakar | |
| 10:12am | 6. ChatGPT: A new medical opinion right in the pocket of our patients? | Dr. Jess Wynn | |
| 10:20am |
DRIVERS conference sponsors: The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners | Dr Robbie Mann | |
| 10:28am | Session close and introduction of posters | ||
| 10.30am | MORNING TEA 37 minutes, including opt in poster walk | ||
| 10:55am: Poster Blitz - Part A (1 min & 1 min Q&A) Hosted by Sally Barker and Akhil Sahni | |||
| 10:57am 7. Biological Subclass of the Breast Cancer Diagnosis in Gippsland: A Retrospective Audit | Miss Sharnali Barua | ||
| 10:59am 8. Outcomes of cystectomy patients admitted to intensive care by hospital type: a national cohort study | Dr Jessica Paynter | ||
| 11.01am 9. Comprehensiveness of prose CT reports for staging of pancreatic cancer | Hasna Kazi | ||
| 11.03am 10. Understanding Oesophagogastric Cancer Care In Gippsland 2023: A Retrospective Analysis Of Optimal Care Pathway Challenges And Supports | Audrey Nakagawa | ||
| 11.05am 11. Adherence to the National VTE Risk Assessment Guidelines in a Regional ICU | Dr Sophie Dodson | ||
| 11.07am 12. Surgery during the pandemic: A regional and rural perspective from a public hospital in SouthWest Victoria | Dr Thomas Neerhut | ||
| 11.10am Last 5 minutes of morning tea, please return to your seats for Session Two | |||
| DRIVERS SESSION TWO | |||
| 11:15am | Case presentations (6 mins & 2 mins Q&A) Hosted by Rosanna Powell and Adriana Marulli | ||
| 11.17am | 13. Penoscrotal decompression for ischaemic priapism: A procedure for all regional surgeons | Dr Jess Wynn | |
| 11.22am | 14. Palliative Open Cystogastrostomy For Giant Pancreatic Pseudocyst In Pancreatic Malignancy – A Rural Experience | Dr Madeleine Tse | |
| 11.27am | 15. A Case Report: Mesenteric fibromatosis as a cause of chronic RIF pain | Dr Jessica Paynter | |
| 11.32am | 16. Anal squamous cell carcinoma in the setting of psoriasis: case report and literature review | Miss Anusha Maheshwari | |
| 11.37am | 17. A Case Of Cryptococcal Meningitis & Anti-Nmdar Encephalitis In A Patient With Myelofibrosis In Rural Victoria | Dr Alexandra Yeoh | |
| 11.42pm | 18. Bedside Methylene Blue Nephrostogram - A Step-by-Step Guide | Mr. Yajat Dua | |
| 11.47pm | 19. Multidisciplinary Management of a Complex Psychiatric Presentation in a Karen Refugee: A Case Report | Dr Jasmine Elliot | |
| 11.52pm | 20. Oesophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) presenting as ulcerated reflux oesophagitis. | Mr Eric He | |
| 11.57pm | 21. Periorbital cellulitis as the initial presentation of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia | Dr Charmaine Han-Menz | |
| 12.02pm | DRIVERS Conference sponsors: AVANT | William Sam | |
| 12.05pm | DRIVERS Conference sponsors: RDAV | ||
| 12.08pm | Session close and introduction to workshops | ||
| 12.10pm | WORKSHOP SESSIONS | ||
Workshop #1 - Healthcare MythBusters: Using evidence in modern Facilitator: Prof Frank Bowden | Workshop #2 - Multi-disciplinary trauma management in rural settings Facilitator: Dr Madeleine Harper | ||
| 1:15pm | LUNCH | ||
1:30pm Poster Blitz - Part B (1 min & 1 min Q&A) | |||
| 1:32pm 22. Disparities in Cancer Incidences and Outcomes: A Study of Rural Victoria | Mr Srinaama Adikari | ||
| 1:34pm 23. Documentation Of Informed Consent For Anaesthesia: A Single-Site Retrospective Audit At A Rural Australian Hospital | Yannick De Silva | ||
| 1:36pm 24. Real-world analysis of advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients receiving first line single-agent pembrolizumab immunotherapy in Gippsland | Shuobing Kuang | ||
| 1:38pm 25. Descriptive Audit of a Rural Type 1 Diabetes Outpatient Clinic | Eugene Wang | ||
| 1:40pm 26. Biomechanical And Immunobiological Properties Of Human Fascia Lata (Hfl) Versus Mesh: Implications For Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery | Dr David Hennes | ||
| 1:42pm 27. Stakeholders' perceptions of how nurse-doctor communication impacts patient care: A concept mapping study | Dr Sandesh Pantha | ||
| 1:44pm 28. Blurred Vision in the Bush: Cystoid Macular Oedema from Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor | Mr Zachary (Zac) Angus | ||
| 1:46pm 29. A Proposed Medical Assistant Officer Role In General Surgery | Dr Jeremy Flanagan | ||
| 1:48pm 30. All the things I wish I'd said- responses to those who questioned my decision to train rurally | Dr Madeleine Leung | ||
| 1:50pm 31. Research Opportunities and Engagement Among Pre-vocational Doctors in Regional Hospitals | Dr Sonia Minooee | ||
| 1:52pm 32. Factors Influencing General Practitioners Billing Decisions in NW Tasmania | Miss Caroline Grace | ||
| 1:54pm 33. Evaluating the use and potential for health promotion in cancer supportive care in Gippsland | Ms Georgia McLean | ||
| 2:10pm Last 5 minutes of lunch, please return to your seats for Session Three | |||
| DRIVERS SESSION THREE | |||
| 2:15pm | Introduction to Keynote | Dr Rosanna Powell | |
| 2:17pm (45min) | KEYNOTE: Associate Professor Forbes McGain "The Journey Ongoing: From Anaesthesia and Intensive Care to COVID-19 and Sustainable Healthcare." A discussion about how COVID-19 set an anaesthetist and ICU physician off on an entirely different direction, and complemented prior and ongoing healthcare sustainability efforts. | ||
| 3:02pm | Oral presentations: Rural Perspectives (6 mins & 2 mins Q&A) Hosted by Jason Cox and Jasmine Elliott | ||
| 3:04pm | 34. Distress Among Cancer Survivors: A Prospective Study on Breast and Prostate Cancer in Gippsland | Miss Anupamjot (Anna) Ajnoha | |
| 3:12pm | 35. Referral Patterns of Primary Care Patients to a Regional Cancer Centre: A Retrospective Descriptive Study | Mr. Jack Zhou | |
| 3:20pm | 36. Working regionally can protect against burnout: A survey of Australian and New Zealand urologists | Dr Jess Wynn | |
| 3:28pm | 37. Access To Healthcare For People With A History of Injecting Drugs Living In Rural Areas: A Mixed Methods Study | Miss Irene Roy | |
| 3:36pm | 38. A qualitative review of the impact of human capacity and infrastructure upon rural general surgery within Australia. | Dr Jessica Paynter | |
| 3:44pm | 39. Impacts on Health and Social Care Providers After Natural Hazard Events in Rural Settings: A Systematic Review | Mr. Karan Varshney | |
| 3:52pm | 40. A Retrospective Observational Study of Medical Staff Grade and Patient Treatment Times in the Emergency Department at a Rural Hospital on the Mid-North Coast of New South Wales. | Miss Caitlin del Solar | |
| 4:00pm | 41. Push and Pull Factors for Junior Doctors Training and Working in North QLD Regional, Rural and Remote Areas | Dr Sonia Minooee | |
| 4:08pm | Thank you to DRIVERS official adjudicators | ||
| 4:12pm |
Thank you to DRIVERS Conference sponsors: RACGP, City of Greater Bendigo, AVANT, RDAV, ACRRM | ||
| 4:20pm | Thanks from the 2024 DRIVERS Scientific Committee Dr Jason Cox, Dr Jasmine Elliott | ||
| 4.30pm | CLOSE | ||
DRIVERS 2024 Gala Dinner and Awards
Ms Batterhams, 10-12 Mackenzie Street, Bendigo, Victoria
| 6.30pm | Red carpet rolls out, join us for canapés and drinks Ms Batterhams, Mackenzie Quarters, 10-12 Mackenzie Street, Bendigo Victoria Please arrive at 6.30pm promptly. Red carpet dress code, with dancing shoes |
| 7:00pm | DRIVERS 2023 GALA DINNER FORMALITIES Welcome to Dja Dja Wurrung Country and Smoking Ceremony AWARDS CEREMONY 7.30-8pm |
| 11.30pm | Last drinks, time to wrap up a big day! |
Thanks to our generous conference sponsors for their support
DRIVERS MAJOR SPONSORS
| The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners RACGP is the voice of general practitioners (GPs) in our growing cities and throughout rural and remote Australia. |
 | Visit Bendigo and experience a vibrant regional city jam-packed with creativity, great food and bevvies, happening festivals and happy-as locals, all thriving among a heritage setting that stacks up to the grand European cities that inspired it. |
| AVANT AVANT provide an extensive range of products and services in the areas of insurance, lending, health, legal and practice management. |
| Rural Doctors Association of Victoria RDAV is a membership organisation representing the interests of rural doctors and the Victorian communities where they work and live. |
DRIVERS SPONSORS
Thanks also to other sponsors of DRIVERS 2024:
 | ACRRM - Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine ACRRM is the only College in Australia dedicated to rural and remote medicine, offering support and services for doctors who serve those communities. |