Program

• CHELSEA HAGGLUND: Efficacy of the Routine Opioid Outcome Monitoring (ROOM) Tool in Addressing Barriers and Enablers of Opioid Deprescribing in Patients with Chronic Non-Cancer Pain (CNCP) for Regional and Rural GPs
• CLARE MURRAY: Supine to Sitting: Testing a Novel Frailty Assessment in a Regional Australian Medical Unit
• JOEL MCKENZIE: Selecting the 'Right Stuff': What are the Important attributes of Rural Docters? Perspectives of the Interdisciplinary Healthcare Team
• KATE HUDSON: Hand Grip Strength as an Assessment of Fragility in a Regional Australian Medical Unit
• LIAM SPENCE: A Retrospective, Observational Study of Post-Hip Replacement SMS Survey Response Rates and Patient Reported Satisfaction in the Clarence Valley in the Acute Postoperative Period
• NAKIYA NURIDIN: Selecting the "Right Stuff": What do Medical Students Perceive to be Important Attributes of Rural Doctors?
• NICHOLAS KERRUISH: Aboriginal Health Assessments in Mudgee
• OLIVIA FINEMORE: Accidental Versus Intentional Opioid Overdose in the ISLHD
• OLIVIA VAN DEN HEUVEL: Let's get General Practitioners to Mudgee!... But how?
• PAUL ISAAC: Are We Selecting the Right Stuff?
• PAWEL KUTERBA: Understanding the Wellbeing and Support Available of Unpaid Carers of People with Autism in Rural and Remote Australia and New Zealand - A Scoping Review 
• DANIEL KOUTOULOGENIS: Evaluating a Simple SMS Follow-Up Platform in Knee Arthroplasty in the Clarence Valley Region
• SASHA ROSE: A Thematic Analysis of General Practitioners' Impressions of the Potential Efficacy of the Routine Opioid Outcomes Monitoring Tool to Assist in Tapering Prescription Opioid Doses in Patients with Chronic Non-Cancer Pain
• ZEB CRITCHLEY: Descriptive Analysis of Port Pirie and Clare Lifeline Connect Centres Client Data

• 08:30–08:55 - Registration, Central Foyer (Ray Cleary Building 300)
• 09:00–09:30 - Welcome to Country & Housekeeping, UG03 (Ray Cleary Building 300)
• 09:30–10:30 - Keynote Speaker: Professor Jennifer May AM, UG03 (Ray Cleary Building 300)
• 10:30–10:50 - Morning Tea, Ray Cleary Building 300
• 10:50–12:05 - Theme Sessions
• 12:10–13:10 - Lunch, Café on Campus (Building 301 CG02)
• 14:25–14:55 - Afternoon Tea, Ray Cleary Building 300
• 15:40–16:00 - Awards / Summary / Thank You, UG03 (Ray Cleary Building 300)
• 16:05 - Networking & Nibbles, Café on Campus (Building 301 CG02)

Location: Ray Cleary Building 300 UG04

• 10:50–11:05 — Leanne Cummins, Linda Deys, Julie Chase
  Breastfeeding at Work in Rural Health: How Supportive Environments Shape Inclusion and Professional Wellbeing
• 11:10–11:25 — James du Preez
  Career Preference and Demographic Predictors of Australia’s General Practitioner Workforce
• 11:30–11:45 — Wasana Jayarathne, Trudy Stone
  “Driven to serve”: Unpacking the Personal Characteristics of Rural Paramedic Careers — A Scoping Review
• 11:50–12:05 — Katherine Riley
  Clinician Perspectives on the Feasibility of Telemedicine during Rural Emergency Resuscitations
• 13:15–13:40 — Colin Cortie
  Rural Origin Has a Larger Impact on Rural Work Location Than Rural Clinical Placements: A National Longitudinal Study Using the Medical Schools Outcome Dataset
• 13:45–14:00 — Kylie Mansfield
  Evaluation of a Rural Interprofessional Aged Care Clinical Placement
• 14:05–14:20 — Tim Wand
  Collaborative Co-production of a Psychotherapeutic Skills Training Program for Rural Emergency Department Staff
• 15:00–15:15 — Karla Horlyck
  Factors Influencing Metro-Origin Doctors to Choose Rural Practice
• 15:20–15:35 — Kylie Mansfield
  Identifying the Barriers and Enablers of Multidisciplinary Teams in a Rural Aged Care Facility

Location: Ray Cleary Building 300 UG05

• 10:50–11:05 — Meg Kelly
  Promoting a Strengths-based Medical Curriculum: An Exploration of Embedding the Cultural Determinants of Health
• 11:10–11:25 — Naomi Viret
  A 4-Pillared Approach to Increasing Equity in Rural Mental Health
• 11:30–11:45 — Briony Littlejohns
  Patterns in Emergency Department Presentations of Colorectal Cancer Patients in Rural and Metropolitan Regions of HNELHD
• 11:50–12:05 — Clare O’Toole
  Impacts of Remoteness on ADHD Assessment Practices
• 13:15–13:40 — Nicole Reilly
  Examining Geographical Variation in Psychological Distress During Pregnancy: A National Australian Cohort Study
• 13:45–14:00 — Lizz Gerlowska
  Long Acting but not Long Distance: Bridging Rural Contraceptive Gaps — Outcomes and Insights from the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District Rural LARC Clinic
• 14:05–14:20 — Cate Melville, Alyssa Marshall, Kirsty van Grinsven
  Foot Health First: Empowering Communities in Chronic Disease Management
• 15:00–15:15 — Bill Pitt
  Understanding the Epidemiological Trends of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in the Illawarra and Shoalhaven Region (2013–2024): A Retrospective Analysis of Surveillance Data
• 15:20–15:35 — Desi Yunitasari, Devi Yusvitasari, Bahrul Fuad
  From Volunteers to Essential Workers: Legal Recognition and Gender Justice for Women Health Workers in Indonesia’s Rural Health System

Location: Ray Cleary Building 300 UG03

• 10:50–11:05 — Bronte Lee, Orry Berry
  You’re Our Priority Too: Equity for Aboriginal Communities in the Rural Mental Health Space
• 11:10–11:25 — Emily Detourettes, Karla Kuzmins, Ashley Matthews
  The RISE Project (Rural Immersion Student Experience)
• 11:30–11:45 — Matthew Jensen
  Small Town, Big Responsibilities: Social Work and Confidentiality in Rural Mental Health
• 11:50–12:05 — Stephanie Marsh
  OPTIMASGP: Aligning Implementation Strategies with the COM-B Model and Theoretical Domains Framework
• 13:15–13:40 — Lyndal Parker Newlyn
  Choosing Tomorrow’s Rural Doctors: An Analysis of Medical Student Selection in an Australian Rural Context
• 13:45–14:00 — Ayele Semachew Kasa
  On the Relationship Between Frailty, Nutritional Status, Depression and Quality of Life Among Older People
• 14:05–14:20 — No presentation scheduled
• 15:00–15:15 — No presentation scheduled
• 15:20–15:35 — No presentation scheduled