Provisional Program Day 1 – Wednesday 19 November
*Program Note – Influencers of Rural Surgery
This year’s Scientific Program will feature talks from key rural surgeons – ‘Influencers of Rural Surgery’ who have paved the way for future rural surgeons by fostering open and welcoming communities, and providing strong leadership, mentoring and mateship. Rural surgery has it’s unique challenges, but it also provides many rewarding aspects not always available to city-based counterparts. The vastness of our country means we are always in need of rural surgeons, and a fundamental element of the PSA is recruitment: to showcase the many positives of a rural surgical practice. We would like to acknowledge these surgeons along with the many before them, and the many more to come in the future.
SESSION 1 – UPDATES IN RURAL SURGERY
8:20 Traditional Welcome to Country
8:35 Welcome to the Region – Mt Gambier & the Limestone Coast
8:50 Updates in: Breast & Endocrine Surgery
9:10 Updates in: Colorectal Surgery
9:30 Updates in: Upper GI
9:50 Panel discussion & Q+A
10:00 Influencer of Rural Surgery
10:30 – MORNING TEA WITH INDUSTRY
SESSION 2 – INDIGENOUS HEALTH
11:00 Influencer of Rural Surgery
11:20 The Alice Springs experience
11:40 Infectious diseases
12:00 Alcohol control
12:15 TBC
12:30 Research papers
12:50 13:50 – LUNCH WITH INDUSTRY
SESSION 3 – UPDATES IN RURAL SURGERY CONTINUED
13:50 Influencer of Rural Surgery
14:10 Updates in: HPB
14:30 Updates in: Gastroenterology
14:50 Updates in: Peri-operative Management
15:10 Panel discussion & Q+A
15:20 Research papers
15:40 – 16:10 AFTERNOON TEA WITH INDUSTRY
SESSION 4 – QUICK SHOT POSTER ROUND
16:10 KEYNOTE ADDRESS – Surgery in Dangerous and Remote Places
16:40 Keynote Address Discussion
16:45 – 17:30 Quick Shot Poster Round
Short, sharp (two minutes) poster presentations
17:30 – Day 1 Program Close
19:00 – Trivia Night at The Barn