Provisional Program – Day Three
- Friday 04 September
- 09:00 – 13:15 followed by Farewell Lunch
- Orange Ex Services’ Club
Session One – Trauma
9:00 Management in our local region – head of trauma for the district retrievals
9:15 Management of rib fractures
9:30 Difficult case: Chest trauma
9:45 Difficult case: Airway (tracheostomy)
10:00 Northern Rivers floods – disaster management
10:30 – 11:00 MORNING TEA WITH INDUSTRY
Session Two – Progression of General Surgery
11:00 Free papers
11:15 Dr James ‘Jim’ Begonia Session
11:35 Setting the scene: What does rural surgery look like now?
11:55 Plans for future of general surgery training
12:15 Rural GP generalists & proceduralists
12:30 SIMG pathway
12:45 Medical students in the country
13:00 Encouraging young doctors to get a pilot’s licence
13:15 PROGRAM WRAP-UP & PSA CLOSE
13:30 Farewell Lunch
About Dr James ‘Jim’ Begonia Session
An opportunity for delegates to put forward their innovative idea/research, capped at four (4) minutes, aligned to the following: SURGICALLY INNOVATIVE; Useful… How to perform some tricky surgical manoeuvres quickly and easily without fail; Original… “You heard it first at the PSA”
The session aim is to be fast-moving, innovative, and fun!