UNMS The University of Newcastle Medical Society (UNMS) is the peak representative organisation for medical students at the University of Newcastle. The Society (affectionately known as ‘medsoc’ on campus) represents over 650 medical students. Since starting in 1978 the UNMS has grown and matured into a multi-faceted organisation that organises a broad range of services for its members, including: representation, academic events, charity initiatives, welfare support, social events and sporting events. The Medical Leadership Seminar, held annually, aims to inspire our students and assist them in developing leadership skills crucial to their future careers in medicine. Students will have the opportunity to learn from and question some of the foremost leaders of the profession.
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Programme Time 08.30am 09.00am 09.10am 09.15am
Registration Welcome MDA National Dr Michael Bonning
10.00am 10.20am 10.30am
Morning Tea Program Resumes Dr Ross Kerridge
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12.00pm 12.45pm 01.25pm 01.30pm 02.15pm
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Board of Directors BeyondBlue, Royal Australian Airforce, Past Chair AMA Doctors in Training, Past AMSA President
Director JHH Perioperative Service, Conjoint Associate Professor of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine
Prof Stephen Leeder
Director Menzies Centre for Health Policies, Clinical Epidemiologist, Former Dean USyd Medical Faculty
Lunch Breakout Session 1
Prof Stephen Leeder, AMA NSW
Session Changeover Breakout Session 2 Program Close
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Speaker Biographies Dr Michael Bonning Dr Michael Bonning works at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and is passionate about the role young people play in social change and his focus has been on blue sky thinking in health care. He has served as Chair of the AMA Council of Doctors in Training, and, during his studies, as President of the University of Queensland Medical Society (UQMS) and President of the Australian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA). He has worked to drive reform within these organisations and address contemporary challenges in health workforce, access to medical care and the profession’s relationship with social media. He currently serves as director of beyondblue, the national depression initiative, where his special interests are social inclusion and the resilience of young people. He is also a Royal Australian Navy Lieutenant. In 2009 he was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to pursue research in the health of the medical profession and was named as one of 10 emerging leaders in health as one of The Australian’s Next 100. He is also a founder of the G7 initiative which is applying an interdisciplinary approach to solving complex social problems. He believes that creating a healthy medical profession is about making sure there is a sustainable, safe, welltrained and healthy medical workforce that can deliver health care equitably anywhere in Australia. Dr Bonning believes a strong belief in the importance of advocacy - for patients and his colleagues - has been the driving force behind his achievements.
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Speaker Biographies Dr Ross Kerridge Dr Ross Kerridge is a Staff Specialist and Director of the Perioperative Service at the John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle. He is also a Conjoint Associate Professor of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at the University of Newcastle. As an anaesthetist, Dr Kerridge has a particular clinical interest in Perioperative Medicine, and in the organisational and system issues of perioperative patient management. In Australia, Dr Kerridge led the establishment of the “Perioperative System” model of care for elective surgery which is now the generally accepted model of patient care. It has been adapted internationally, and as such, he has spoken at numerous conference and meetings and visited and advised over eighty hospitals and health services in ten countries. For over twenty years, Dr Kerridge has had extensive involvement in a variety of other projects involving reorganisation and reengineering of health service delivery, including the establishment of the first ‘Medical Emergency Team’ in 1990, and the Australian Resource Centre for Healthcare Innovation (www.archi.net.au) in 1998. His current interests include ongoing improvements in pre-operative and postoperative care systems, training and accreditation of non-specialist hospital medical officers, evidence-based airway management, use of Heliox in Anaesthesia, and video-based research to improve inter-professional communication. Away from medicine Dr Kerridge enjoys being involved in the Newcastle community, colourful ties, and playing golf with no ability at all.
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Speaker Biographies Prof Stephen Leeder Professor Stephen Leeder is a Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine at School of Public Health, University of Sydney. He is also a Director of the Australian Health Policy Institute. Professor Leeder is a fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians, the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. He was the Foundation Professor of Community Medicine at the University of Newcastle (1976 to 1985), and played a major role in the development of its innovative medical curriculum. He was also the Foundation Director of the Rockefeller Asian and Pacific Centre for Clinical Epidemiology. He was recently awarded medals by the Public Health Association Australian and the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association in recognition of his contribution to public health and health policy. Professor Leeder’s special areas of interest in health policy include research into systems of healthcare delivery that provide equitable care for patients with serious and continuing illness, and on health prevention. In recent years, Professor Leeder has directed the development of the Menzies Centre for Health Policy. The Menzies Centre for Health Policy (MCHP) will provide the Australian people with a better understanding of their health system and what it provides for them. It will encourage informed debate about how Australians can influence health policy to ensure that it is consistent with their values and priorities and is able to deliver safe, high quality health care that is sustainable in the long term.
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AMA The Australian Medical Association (AMA) is the peak membership organisation representing the registered medical practitioners and medical students of Australia. The AMA promotes and protects the professional interests of doctors and the health care needs of patients and communities. The AMA advocates on behalf of its members and the community at the Federal and State and Territory levels by: •
Working with governments to maintain and increase provision of world class medical care to all Australians;
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Tracking and reporting government performance on health policy, financing, services and programs;
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Challenging governments on policy that potentially harms the interests of patients;
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Providing informed and authoritative expert medical commentary on health issues in the media, political debate, and public forums;
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Leading the health policy debate by developing and promoting alternative policies to those govern- ment policies that the AMA considers poorly targeted or ill-informed;
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Responding to issues in the health debate through the provision of a wide range of expert resources; and
• Commissioning and conducting research on health issues. The workshop run by AMA today is a seminar for medical students and doctors informing them about how to handle the media – both when they are seeking media attention in order to promote something or trying to reduce the impact of a negative story. It will be presented by AMA (NSW) Senior Adviser, Media and Communications Strategy, Lachlan Jones. Contents will include news basics, preperation for encounters with the media, thinking like a journalist, and interview dos and don’ts.
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UNMS would like to thank
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