Provisional Program – Day Two

  • Thursday 03 September
  • 08:45 – 17:00 followed by PSA AGM
  • Orange Ex Services’ Club

Session One – Colorectal

8:45 Non-antibiotic management of diverticular disease
9:05 Urological emergencies in colorectal
9:25 Colorectal cancer care
9:40 Hernia management: Emergency hernia repair in a regional environment
10:00 Keynote: Dealing with difficult colleagues

10:30 – 11:00 MORNING TEA WITH INDUSTRY

Session Two – Head & Neck; Surgical Care of Indigenous Communities

11:00 Head and neck
11:20 Management of parotid and regional neck disease
11:40 Head and neck talk (or indigenous outreach)
12:10 Development of our local outreach clinics
12:30 Achieving surgical care in rural and remote communities

12:45 – 13:30 LUNCH WITH INDUSTRY

Session Three – Perioperative Care

13:30 Urban approach to perioperative care
14:00 Regional approach to perioperative care
14:15 Rural (FIFO surgeons)
14:30 Futile surgery
14:45 Patient blood management

15:00 – 15:30 AFTERNOON TEA WITH INDUSTRY

Session Four – Artificial Intelligence & Use of Technology in Regional Settings

15:30 Free Papers
15:45 Surgical pathways and surgical simulation
16:00 The Rural Remedy: Why regional health needs tech most (and faces the hardest road)
16:15 Vectra for melanoma screening
16:30 AI – closed loop AI system
16:45 Medico legal aspects of AI
17:00 PSA Annual General Meeting
17:30 Day 2 program close
19:00 Gala Dinner

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