2022 Western Alliance Symposium Day 2
Day 2 Program: Tuesday 19 July 2022
Sterling Place Community Centre, Dunkeld
Registration: 8:45am – 9:30am
Opening Session: 9:30am – 10:40am
Memorial Hall
9:30 am Welcome to Country and welcome address
Mr. Lee Morgan, Gunditjmara Kirrae Whurrong traditional owner
Professor Warren Payne, Executive Director, Western Alliance
9:50 am KEYNOTE: The Victorian Aboriginal Research Accord: What Implementation means to you
Ms Masita Maher, Executive Director, Research and Policy Unit, VACCHO
KEYNOTE: A rural clinician’s journey into the world of research…and where it led!
A/Professor Gabrielle O’Kane, CEO, National Rural Health Alliance
Morning tea 10:40am – 10:55am
10:40am Morning tea, Multipurpose Room
Morning Concurrent Session: 10:55am – 12:25pm
Regional and Rural Research Showcase – concurrent morning oral presentations
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Session OneHealth Services Research |
Session TwoClinical Research |
Session ThreePopulation Health and Community Research |
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Memorial Hall |
Community Gathering Space |
Rooms 1-3
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Session Chair |
Professor Fergal Grace Federation University
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Dr. Louise Greenstock Western Alliance
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Dr. Ella Ottrey Western Alliance
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Ms. Jessie Adams National Centre for Farmer Health Characteristics of presentations to Emergency Departments in rural southwest Victoria on high-heat days
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Mrs. Alicia Beseler Obstetrics & Gynaecology Ballarat DuoStim: The patient experience of a follicular and luteal phase stimulation
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Dr. Laura Alston Deakin University/ Colac Area Health Health services as change agents in rural food environments: A pilot study
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Dr. Olivia King Western Alliance Supporting the translation of research in rural and regional settings: What are emerging researchers’ needs?
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Dr. Ellen Kelsey Barwon Health Intravesical OnabotulinumtoxinA. A wonderful tool but are we underestimating urinary retention? A retrospective review from a single urological specialist in Australia looking towards predictive factors
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Mr. Jake Romein East Grampians Health Service A community-based modified sport program for rural community-dwelling older adults: A pilot study |
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A/Professor Sandeep Reddy Deakin School of Medicine Democratising evaluation through innovative approaches
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Mrs. Alicia Boyd St John of God, Warrnambool Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA): Post-operative swelling assessment – a feasibility study utilising Bioimpedance Spectroscopy (BIS)
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A/Professor Mark Yates Grampians Health Participant perceptions of the feasibility and acceptability of a community-driven Digital Inclusion – Social Connections Program for people living with dementia: A qualitative interview study
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Dr. Jessica Singh Grampians Health A Protocol on ‘Clinicians’ Perspectives on the Barriers and Enablers to Activity in Clinical Trials’
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Dr. Manoj Anandan Western District Health Service Sporotrichosis: a rare cause of a forearm ulcer in rural Victoria
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Dr. Joanna Macdonald National Centre for Farmer Health Agriculture-dependent community resilience: Identifying evidence and translating into policy and practice
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Dr. Michael Field Western Alliance Research done with us, not on us: A case report of rural health service leaders co-designing research addressing an emerging health issue
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Mrs. Nicole Scullion Grampians Health Weigh to go with liquid drugs of dependence
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A/Professor Anna Ugalde Deakin University Important considerations for translating evidence into practice: Learnings from a systematic review on implementation of smoking cessation interventions in hospitals
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Ms. Hayley Keane South West Healthcare What can we learn about organisational learning? – a study of learning, e-learning and learner agency in low technology roles
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Ms. Alison Buccheri Colac Area Health Texture modifications for dysphagia in a rural residential aged care facility – recommendations vs reality
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Miss. Claire McKay National Centre for Farmer Health Challenges, learnings and recommendations: translating co-design to a prevention-focused platform for primary producer mental health and wellbeing
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Mr. Joshua Eaton Deakin University Interventions to address medical practitioner shortfall in rural and remote Australia: a scoping review
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Ms. Melinda Firth Grampians Health Specific timely appointments for triage in a regional neurological community based setting
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Dr. Virginia Dickson-Swift Violet Vines Marshman Centre for Rural Health Research Connecting with consumers; the first Australian Rural Health Consumer Panel
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A/Professor Anna Wong Shee Grampians Health Shaping research and research capacity building in rural health services: Context matters
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Ms. Yingying He West Wimmera Health Service Thickened fluids in residential aged care facilities – Are we getting the recipe right?
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Ms. Monique Hillenaar Deakin University The impact of ‘shocks’ on a whole of community childhood obesity prevention trial in North East Victoria |
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Dr. Karen Wynter Deakin University Receiving and providing maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: using lessons learned to inform models of care during and after health emergencies
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Mrs. Thilini Warnakulasooriya Ballarat Austin Radiation Oncology Centre Improving patient experience and workflow by reducing treatment delays caused by suboptimal bladder preparation for pelvic radiotherapy. |
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Lunch 12:25pm – 1:10pm
12:25pm Lunch, Multipurpose Room
Afternoon Concurrent Session: 1:10pm – 2:30pm
Regional and Rural Research Showcase – concurrent morning oral presentations
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Session OneHealth Services Research |
Session TwoClinical Research |
Session ThreePopulation Health and Community Research |
Room |
Memorial Hall |
Community Gathering Space |
Rooms 1-3
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Session Chair |
Ms. Ashleigh Clarke Grampians Health
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Dr. Michael Field Western Alliance
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Dr. Olivia King Western Alliance
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Dr. Jaclyn Bishop East Grampians Health Service The impact of a novel HMO position at a rural health service
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Dr. Laura Alston Deakin University/ Colac Area Health Using innovative methods to identity patients at risk of malnutrition in a rural health service
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Ms. Tamara Holmes Deakin University/ Colac Area Health Embedding Learning Circles (through Dadirri) in team
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Ms. Kath Brundell Deakin University ‘The best thing we do’: Executive and board member perspectives on sustaining safe rural Victorian maternity services |
Mr. Brendan Cutts Barwon Health Undertaking research across regional Victoria during COVID: Exploring the incidence and severity of Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS)
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Dr. Jane Jacobs Deakin University Understanding weight status and dietary intakes among Australian school children by remoteness: A cross-sectional study |
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Dr. Lachlan Brennan Monash University Training & Retaining a Rural O&G Workforce: Outcomes of a hybrid regional advanced FRANZCOG training program
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Dr. Renee Cocks Northern Health Time to hysterectomy following transcervical resection of the endometrium based on age: a retrospective cohort review
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A/Professor Alison Kennedy & Ms. Kelly Barnes National Centre for Farmer Health Peer-led behavioural activation in Great South Coast farming communities: Co-designing a new model of mental health support |
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Ms. Meg Murray Deakin University Improving the management of people at risk of frequent potentially avoidable visits to the ED – a systems thinking approach
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Dr. Ellen Kelsey Barwon Health Anatomical location and number of injection sites of intravesical OnabotulinumtoxinA, for females with refractory idiopathic overactive bladder – a systematic scoping review
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Dr. James Lucas Deakin University When Primary Healthcare meets Queerstory: System dynamics influencing LGBTQ+ people’s access to quality primary healthcare in regional Victoria
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A/Professor Anna Wong Shee Grampians Health Identifying rural health and healthcare priorities to guide research and optimize health care – informed by consumers, health professionals and researchers
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Mrs. Anna Price-Smith Obstetrics & Gynaecology Ballarat OGB Co-designed Approach to a Regional Endometriosis Service (CARES)
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Mr. Peter Kelly Barwon Health Examining a rural Victorian community’s knowledge and help seeking behaviour for family violence and the role of the local public health service
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Dr. Vidanka Vasilevski Deakin University/ Western Health Barriers and enablers for antenatal care access of women engaged with social work services at Barwon Health
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Miss. Victoria Williams Grampians Health Malnutrition in an acute regional hospital setting: Implications for practice based on hospital screening, prevalence and identification
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Ms. Sarah Wood Deakin University The application of spatial measures to analyse health service accessibility in Australia: a systematic review
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Miss. Laura Morrison Barwon Health Implementing a Risk Feeding Guideline and Education Program for multidisciplinary clinicians participating in risk feeding practice at Barwon Health
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Dr. Jessica Wynn Barwon Health Magseed for regional Australians requiring breast sparing surgery: A feasibility study
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Final Plenary Session: 2:30pm – 3:00pm
Memorial Hall
2:30 pm KEYNOTE: Australia’s Health Reimagined: The journey to a connected and confident consumer
Professor Suzanne Robinson, Director, Deakin Health Economics, Deakin University
2:50 pm Closing address
Professor Brendan Crotty, Chair, Western Alliance Board of Directors