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Program

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Sunday 22 October
5.00pm-7.00pm Registration & Welcome Reception (Sponsored by Glaxo Smith Kline)
     
Monday 23 October
8.00am-9.00am       Registration
9.00am-9.20am Opening Address Hon Christopher Pyne MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister Health and Ageing
9.20am-9.40am Asthma Sucks- A Parents Perspective Gail Tilbrook, Parent
9.40am-10.10am Current Research Trends in Asthma Professor Peter Sly, Prof of Paediatrics, Head of Clinical Sciences TVW Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Paediatric Respiratory Physician
10.10am-10.40am   Morning tea
10.40am-11.30am Great Myths and Mythconceptions Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, Author, Science Commentator, Julius Sumner Miller Fellow at the University of Sydney.
11.30am-12.00pm Working Together for Better Chronic Disease Outcomes in Australia Ms Linda Powell, Assistant Secretary, Chronic Disease and Palliative Care Branch Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
12.05pm-12.35pm How Sustainable is the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme?
 Prof Lloyd Sansom,Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia
12.35pm-1.30pm     Lunch & Expo & Poster Presentations (Sponsored by the Department of Health and Ageing)
1.30pm-2.15pm Great Moments in Genetic Engineering Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, Author, Science Commentator, Julius Sumner Miller Fellow at the University of Sydney.
2.20pm-3.15pm Concurrent Sessions  
2.20pm-3.15pm Concurrent Session 1  
2.20pm-3.15pm Paediatric Management of Asthma Professor Peter Sly, Prof of Paediatrics, Head of Clinical Sciences TVW Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Paediatric Respiratory Physician
2.20pm-3.15pm Concurrent Session 2  
  Spirometry – Gold Standard? Associate Professor Alan Crockett, General Practice, University of Adelaide

2.20pm-3.15pm

 Concurrent Session 3  
2.20pm-2.45pm Interactive Small Group Asthma Education in the Community Pharmacy Setting – A Pilot Study V Kritikos, CL Armour, SZ Bosnic-Anticevich
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales
2.50pm-3.15pm Self Management Strategies of Older People with Asthma D Goeman¹, R O’Hehir¹, S Scharf³, C Jenkins² J Douglass¹.
¹CRC for Asthma and Airways, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria;² CRC for Asthma and Airways, Woolcock Institute, Sydney, NSW, ³ Aged Care Services, Caulfield General Medical Centre, Caulfield, Victoria
2.20pm-3.15pm Concurrent Session 4


2.20pm-2.45pm   Tony Healy, Asthma Foundation of SA
2.50pm-3.15pm Management of Asthma in Primary Care: Is Care Inline with Clinical Practice Guidelines? C Barton¹, J Proudfoot², E Ramsay1, T Bubner¹, C Holton1, M Harris², J Beilby¹
¹ University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia; ² University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales
3.15pm-3.40pm       Afternoon tea
3.45pm-4.30pm Is the Air We Breathe Making Us Sick? Dr Michael Abramson, Prof Clinical Epidemiology and Deputy Head Dept of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine Monash University
4.30pm-5.00pm Summary  
7.00pm-11.30pm     Dinner at The Stamford Grand (Sponsored by Astrazeneca)
     
Tuesday 24 October
7.00am-8.50am Breakfast Meeting- Asthma Education Clinical Skills Workshop  
 

1. Assessing Respiratory Function by Auscultation

 Rosemarie Farkas
Paediatric Educator
Centre for Continuing Education
Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
 

2. Purpose and Benefits of Pulmonary Rehabilitation

 Paul Cafarella Clinical Psychologist, Repatriation General Hospital, Adelaide
 

3.Back Titration of Preventer Therapy – Discussion by Case Studies

 Dr Kerry Hancock, General Practitioner
 

4. Complex Spirometry Interpretation

Assoc Prof Alan Crockett, General Practice, University of Adelaide
8.00am-9.00am        Registration

9.00am-9.30am		 Asthma Allergy and Anaphylaxis: Interrelationship and Changing Prevalence Dr Robert Heddle, Director of Allergy, Flinders Medical Centre, South Australia
9.35am–10.10am Exercise Induced Asthma - Is the Diagnosis Correct? Dr Sandra Anderson, The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
10.10 am-10.40am  Morning Tea
10.40am-10.50am When is Evidence, Evidence? Anne Burgess, Deputy Commissioner, Equal Opportunity Commission, SA

10.55am-11.50am

Concurrent Sessions  
  Complementary Therapies Practical Workshops. Can complementary therapies help people with asthma?  
10.55am-11.20am Concurrent Session 1  
 

 1. Buteyko

Carola Maier, Buteyko Practitioner, Physiotherapist
   2. Acupuncture

Genieve Wallfried, Lecturer in Traditional Chinese Medicine
  3. Chiropractic Medicine Michael Radermacher, Director of Michael Radermacher Chiropractic Clinics
  4. Traditional Medicine

Jesse Sleeman, Lecturer Western Herbalism and Medical Philosophy
11.25am -11.50am Concurrent Session 2  
 

 1. Buteyko

Carola Maier, Buteyko Practitioner, Physiotherapist
   2. Acupuncture

Genieve Wallfried, Lecturer in Traditional Chinese Medicine
  3. Chiropractic Medicine Michael Radermacher, Director of Michael Radermacher Chiropractic Clinics
  4. Traditional Medicine

Jesse Sleeman, Lecturer Western Herbalism and Medical Philosophy
11.55am-12.40pm The Future of Smoking in Australia –The Challenges We Face
 Todd Harper, Director VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control and Quit Victoria
12.40pm-1.30pm     Lunch & Expo & Poster Presentations (Sponsored by Dyson)
1.30pm-2.00pm Inclusion, Exclusion and Delusion Dorinda Hafner, Actor, Comedian, Television Presenter.
2.05pm-2.35pm Australia’s Indigenous Health Kate Warren, CCSM Training Coordinator, University of South Australia
2.40pm-3.05pm Concurrent Sessions  
2.40pm-3.05pm Concurrent Session 1
Does Regular Review for Asthma Provide any Benefits?
 C Holton¹, J Beilby¹, R Ruffin¹, E Ramsay¹, M Harris², J Proudfoot², C Harper2
¹ University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia; ² University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
2.40pm-3.05pm Concurrent Session 2
Parent Initiated Oral Corticosteroids Therapy for Intermittent Wheezing Illnesses in Children: Systematic Review
 PJ Vuillermin¹,²,³, CF Robertson¹,² , MJ South¹,²
¹Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria; ²Department of Paediatrics University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria; ³Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences University of Melbourne, Geelong, Victoria
2.40pm-3.05pm Concurrent Session 3
Asthma Awareness and Education in the 65+ Age Group
 S C Jones¹, D V Hall¹, K L Andrews¹, M St George², M Dephoff ²
¹Centre for Health Behaviour and Communication Research, University of Wollongong NSW; ²Asthma Foundation of NSW, St Leonards, NSW
2.40pm-3.05pm Concurrent Session 4
The Impact of Inhaler Technique: Showing Improved Asthma Outcomes with a Simple Intervention by Community Pharmacists
 I Basheti ¹, H Reddel ², C Armour ¹, S.Bosnic-Anticevich ¹
¹Faculty of Pharmacy; ²Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, NSW
3.05pm-3.30pm        Afternoon tea
3.30pm-4.00pm Prevention of Asthma – Where Are We Now? Hon Assoc Prof Guy Marks, The University of Sydney
4.05pm-4.35pm Long Acting Beta Agonists – What is Current Research Showing Us? Dr Sandra Anderson, The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
4.35pm-5.00pm Wrap Up & Evaluation & Prizes
 
5.00pm Conference Close  

 

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