NZMA, New Zealand Medical Association, Rotorua
GP CME 2009 - Programme


Thursday 11 June 2009 - OPTIONAL PRE-CONFERENCE COURSES (fee applies)
Location Rotorua Energy Events Centre - (Click for Map)
0830-1030 Workshop 1 Basic Surgical Skills  
Workshop 2 Sports Medicine Lynne Coleman
Workshop 3 Business Management (Amalgamation) - Westpac/BDO Spicers Chris Barton & Andrew Grace
Workshop 4 New Zealand Heart Foundation - 2009 Heart Failure Guidelines Rob Doughty, Mayanna Lund, Norman Sharpe
Workshop 5 ALS 7 (8 hour course)
1030-1100 Morning Tea
1100-1300 Workshop 6 Basic Surgical Skills  
Workshop 7 Dermoscopy Prof Peter Soyer
Workshop 8 Investment Planning (Westpac) Jack Powell
Workshop 9 Appearance Medicine Henryk Poczwa & Ralph Saxe
1300-1400 Lunch
1400-1600 Workshop 10 Advanced Surgical Skills
Workshop 11 Sports Medicine Lynne Coleman
Workshop 12 The Heart-Sink Situation - Managing Risk in General Practice Tim Cookson, Aine McCoy, Denys Court, Gaeline Phipps
Workshop 13 New Zealand Heart Foundation - 2009 Heart Failure Guidelines Rob Doughty, Mayanna Lund, Norman Sharpe
1600-1630 Afternoon Tea
1630-1800 Workshop 14 Advanced Surgical Skills
Workshop 15 Dermoscopy Prof Peter Soyer
Workshop 16 The Heart-Sink Situation - Managing Risk in General Practice Tim Cookson, Aine McCoy, Denys Court, Gaeline Phipps
Workshop 17 Appearance Medicine Henryk Poczwa & Ralph Saxe
Dinner own arrangements


Thursday 11 June 2009 - CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY SEMINAR
Location Rotorua Convention Centre - West Room - (Click for Map)
1330-1730 For the Civil Aviation Authority Medical Examiners and for doctors intending to become Medical examiners (Click for details)
CAA Registration Form - Word format
CAA Registration Form - PDF format


Friday 12 June 2009 - MAIN CONFERENCE - Energy Events Centre
Location Rotorua Energy Events Centre - (Click for Map)
0730-0815 Registration  
0820-0830 Dr Mark Peterson Welcome Address Chairman NZMA GP Council
0830-0900 Stephen Child Medicine Sans Doctors; Workforce Modelling and Future
0900-0925 Rob Young Genetic Testing in Primary Care
0925-0950 Rick Acland Who needs Pain?
0950-1015 Fiona Stewart Heart Failure - Can I Improve Life for my Patient
1015-1030 Discussion  
1030-1100 Morning Tea and Exhibition
  MEDICOPOLITICAL SESSION
1100-1130 Chairmans Address  
1130-1150 Hon Tony Ryall, Minister of Health
1150-1210 Hon Ruth Dyson, Labour Health Spokesperson
1210-1230 Panel Discussion - Hon Tony Ryall, Hon Ruth Dyson, Peter Foley, Mark Peterson
1230-1300 Swine Flu Presentation - Ministry of Health c/o: Mark Peterson
1300-1400 Lunch and Exhibition
Concurrent Session
1400-1425 Louise Webster Sad and Bad Kids Beyond the Meltdown Economists View
Brendan O'Donovan Westpac
1425-1450 Graham Gulbransen Addiction
1450-1515 Andy Veale Sleep Disorders in Primary Care
1515-1530 Discussion  
1530-1600 Afternoon Tea and Exhibition
Concurrent Sessions
1600-1625 David McNamara Paediatric Sleep Apnoea Analgesic Needling Workshop 1
Rick Acland 1600-1640
1625-1650 Lynne Coleman Setting Goals Great and Small
1650-1715 Prof Peter Soyer NZ - World Capital of Melanoma Analgesic Needling Workshop 2
Rick Acland 1650-1730
1715-1730 Discussion  
1800-1900 Medical Protection Society &
Medical Assurance Society
Welcome Cocktail Function
  MERCK SHARP & DOHME SYMPOSIUM (Light Dinner provided)
1915-1920 Welcome and Intro
1920-2045 Maggie Fisher Chronic Kidney Disease - The inside story!
Mike Nowitz Osteoporosis - Quantifying the problem
2050 Cake and Coffee
 

 

Saturday 13 June 2009 - MAIN CONFERENCE
0700-1700 Registration    
0715-0815 Breakfast Session - Dr Paul Drury
Diabetes in New Zealand 2009 – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
   
0830-0855 David McNamara Wheezy Kids
0855-0920 Paul Hofman The Short of It
0920-0945 Loiuse Webster "I'm Fat"
0945-1010 Lynne Coleman Children in Sport
1010-1030 Discussion
from 1100 Medical Assurance Society Golf Classic
Rotorua (Arikikapakapa)Golf Course; Tee off times from 11am

1030-1100 Morning Tea and Exhibition
  WORKSHOP SESSIONS (Energy Events Centre & Millennium Hotel)
Shuttle bus service operating between venues
 
= Energy Events Centre
 
= Millennium Hotel
1100-1155 Workshop 1 Managing Risk - An Insurers View John Mayhew
Workshop 2 Sex Steroids in Kids – When to get Worried Paul Hofman
Workshop 3 Paediatric Asthma David McNamara
Workshop 4 P or not to P...Substance Abuse Graham Gulbransen
Workshop 5 Communicating the Real Heart Risks Rod Jackson
Workshop 6 Investigation and RX of Chronic Cough Andy Veale
Workshop 7 Mirena IUD/Pipelle Sampling Jenny Westgate
Workshop 8 Medtech Update
Workshop 9 Sigmoidoscopy/Proctoscopy/Inject  Piles Alasdair Patrick
WORKSHOP SESSIONS Repeated - Change over 
Shuttle bus service operating between venues

 
= Energy Events Centre
 
= Millennium Hotel
1205-1300 Workshop 10 Managing Risk - An Insurers View John Mayhew
Workshop 11 Sex Steroids in Kids – When to get Worried Paul Hofman
Workshop 12 Paediatric Asthma David McNamara
Workshop 13 P or not to P...Substance Abuse Graham Gulbransen
Workshop 14 Communicating the Real Heart Risks Rod Jackson
Workshop 15 Investigation and RX of Chronic Cough Andy Veale
Workshop 16 Mirena IUD/Pipelle Sampling Jenny Westgate
Workshop 17 Medtech Update
Workshop 18 Sigmoidoscopy/Proctoscopy/Inject  Piles Alasdair Patrick
1300-1400 Lunch and Exhibition
  WORKSHOP SESSIONS (Energy Events Centre & Millennium Hotel)
Shuttle bus service operating between venues
 
= Energy Events Centre
 
= Millennium Hotel
1400-1455 Workshop 19 Manage a child's anxiety, depression, somatisation  Louise Webster
Workshop 20 O & G Case Studies Jenny Westgate
Workshop 21 Respiratory Case Studies Rob Young
Workshop 22 Interpreting ECGs Fiona Stewart
Workshop 23 Medical Case Studies Stephen Child
Workshop 24 Complications in Cancer Rod MacLeod
Workshop 25 Looking after your Hands  Louise Reiche
Workshop 26 Towards Healthier Youth Tania Pinfold
Workshop 27 GP Profiling and Improved Referral John Williams
WORKSHOP SESSIONS Repeated - Change over
Shuttle bus service operating between venues
 
= Energy Events Centre
 
= Millennium Hotel
1505-1600 Workshop 28 Manage a child's anxiety, depression, somatisation  Louise Webster
Workshop 29 O & G Case Studies Jenny Westgate
Workshop 30 Respiratory Case Studies Rob Young
Workshop 31 Interpreting ECGs Fiona Stewart
Workshop 32 Medical Case Studies Stephen Child
Workshop 33 Complications in Cancer Rod MacLeod
Workshop 34 Looking after your Hands  Louise Reiche
Workshop 35 Towards Healthier Youth Tania Pinfold
Workshop 36 GP Profiling and Improved Referral John Williams
1600-1630 Afternoon Tea and Exhibition
  HOW TO...WORKSHOP SESSIONS (Energy Events Centre & Millennium Hotel)
Shuttle bus service operating between venues
 
= Energy Events Centre
 
= Millennium Hotel
1630-1730 Workshop 37 Assess Diving Fitness Andy Veale
Workshop 38 Use of a Vascular Doppler Anita Kharbteng
Workshop 39 How to Investigate Diarrhoea Alasdair Patrick
Workshop 40 Breast Cancer Screening & Treatment Belinda Scott
Workshop 41 Sports Medicine for Teams Lynne Coleman
Workshop 42 Sleep Studies, OSA and Insomnia Alex Bartle
Workshop 43 Effective Respiratory Screening Michelle Raitak RN
Workshop 44 Intrahealth Update
Workshop 45 Drug Testing/Occupational Screening Graham Gulbransen & Nick Mcleay
 
1900-2400 Southern Cross Healthcare Conference Dinner 
1900-1930 Pre dinner drinks - Entertainment by Shaan Antunovich

1930

 Welcome Speeches
1930-2110 Guest Speaker - Dr Roberto Leonardo
(President, Europa Health Forecasting Group, Milan, Italy)
 2115-2400 Dance to band "Count Me In"       

Sunday 14 June 2009 - MAIN CONFERENCE
0730-0830 Breakfast Session - Dr Louise Reiche

Sunscreens and Vitamin D

0830-0855 Louise Reiche Non Melanoma Skin Cancer
0855-0920 Rod Jackson CVD Risk - the Death of Diagnosis?
0920-0945 Stephen Child Acute Life-threatening Events – Recognition and Treatment (ALERT)
0945-1010 Rob Young Benefits of Statins in Lung Disease
1010-1025 Discussion

Concurrent Sessions
Workshop 46 Workshop 47 Workshop 48 Workshop 49 Workshop 50
 0920-1020 Spirometry and NO testing in Asthma
Michelle Raitak 		Breast Screening Repeat 
Belinda Scott 		Natural Treatments
Shaun Holt 		Sports Medicine Case Studies
Lynne Coleman 		Go on Twist my Rubber Arm - Forearm Pain Guidelines
Gerard Walker & Michael Causer
1025-1030 Industry Prize Announcements
1030-1100 Morning Tea
1100-1125 John Campbell Fit for the new Professional Environment
1125-1150 Rob Young Spirometry in Managing COPD
1150-1215 Stephen Child Doctor, I'm tired!
1215-1230 Discussion
1230-1300 Stephen Child Clinical Quiz

1300

 Conference Closes