Volume 206 Issue 2

Choosing personalised immunotherapy is a complex decision

William B Smith · Frank E Kette

The current industry-involved system may present a conflict of interest

Bradley Wilsmore · James Leitch

Quantitative and qualitative considerations are essential for research funding efficiency

Haitham W Tuffaha · Lazaros Andronis · Paul A Scuffham

Careful research design is essential for obtaining useful data

Michael P Jones · John R Attia

Evidence-based medicine: best practice or restrictive dogma

Jeffrey D Zajac

We must take heed of as many factors as possible when forming a diagnosis

Christopher C Pearson

Reducing the transmission of Staphylococcus aureus and early treatment are key factors

Pamela Palasanthiran · Asha C Bowen

Improved screening rates and follow-up could reduce the burden of cervical cancer among Indigenous women

Lisa J Whop · Peter D Baade · Julia ML Brotherton · Karen Canfell · Joan Cunningham · Dorota Gertig · Kamalini Lokuge · Gail Garvey · Suzanne P Moore · Abbey Diaz · Dianne L O'Connell · Patricia Valery · David M Roder · John R Condon

Population-based mortality is more than twice as high for Indigenous as for non-Indigenous Australian children

Justyna A Ostrowski · Graeme MacLaren · Janet Alexander · Penny Stewart · Sheena Gune · Joshua R Francis · Subodh Ganu · Marino Festa · Simon J Erickson · Lahn Straney · Luregn J Schlapbach

Younger children in school classes are more likely to receive a stimulant medication

Martin Whitely · Leanne Lester · John Phillimore · Suzanne Robinson

Natural is not necessarily safer: closer control of herbal preparations will secure safety and trust

Roger W Byard · Ian Musgrave · Garth Maker · Michael Bunce

The physical health of patients with schizophrenia requires serious national attention

Leonard Kritharides · Vincent Chow · Tim JR Lambert

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Simon Quilty · Thomas S Kaye · Bart J Currie

Access and funding are the greatest challenges

Davinder Singh-Grewal

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Uma Jatkar · Mitchell D Anjou · Hugh R Taylor

Ziad Nehme is a paramedic who decided to stretch his career into research and making his profession more effective at saving lives

Cate Swannell

TWO Flinders University graduates have won alumni awards from the university, going “above and beyond their chosen careers to make an impact in the wider community”. Oxford University’s Professor Debra Jackson has become a research leader in international nursing. She was the first Professor of Nursing to be appointed at Oxford in 25 years and has gone on to establish the Oxford Institute of Nursing and Allied Health Research as the Professor of Nursing at Oxford Brookes University and Oxford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Her research achievements include publication of more than 300 articles which have attracted more than 8000 citations, along with attracting more than $6 million in external funding from government and industry sources. Lecturer and academic member of the Medical Device Research Institute at Flinders, David Hobbs, is a rehabilitation engineer in the field of disability. Working with Novita’s Children’s Services and community groups, he has developed a range of assistive technologies for children with cerebral palsy – including a novel computer game intervention called Orby. Another of his achievements while working at Novita for almost 10 years was leading the Australian commercialisation of a software program from Canada that enables children with disabilities to play music simply by moving. He also has experience working in rehabilitation engineering research and industry institutions in England, Canada and the United States. http://blogs.flinders.edu.au/flinders-news/2016/12/20/alumni-make-the-world-a-better-place/ Scientia Professor David Cooper, the director of the University of NSW’s Kirby Institute, is the winner of the Royal Society of NSW’s James Cook Medal. Professor Cooper’s research centres on understanding and treating HIV/AIDS. He introduced one of the first tests for HIV infection to Australia and has made a number of contributions and discoveries in areas such as antiretroviral therapy, complications of HIV treatment, and HIV pathogenesis. His current focus is on dose optimisation in immunotherapy and vaccination. The James Cook Medal is awarded for outstanding contributions to both science and human welfare in and for the Southern Hemisphere. Dr Muireann Irish, a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Psychology at UNSW, and a Senior Research Officer at Neuroscience Research Australia, won the Edgeworth David Medal for 2016. Considered to be at the forefront of cognitive neuroscience, Dr Irish’s research focuses on memory disruption in dementia. Her research contributions include establishing the impairment of planning in dementia patients and differentiation among dementia syndromes at initial presentation. Dr Irsh was the winner of a prestigious L’Oréal-UNESCO Fellowship in 2015 and was also named a joint winner of 2016’s NSW Premier’s Award for Early Career Researcher of the Year. The Edgeworth David Medal is awarded each year for distinguished research by a young scientist under the age of 35 years for work done mainly in Australia or for contributing to the advancement of Australian science. http://med.unsw.edu.au/news/four-six-unsw-researchers-dominate-royal-society-nsw-awards University of Sydney alumnus Dr Martin Seneviratne has been named the 2017 Roden Cutler NSW John Monash Scholar. The award will see Dr Seneviratne head to Stanford University to continue his ground-breaking work into clinical informatics. Clinical informatics is often referred to as the intersection between computer science and clinical medicine. Dr Seneviratne said while working as junior doctor he saw countless examples every day of how software could increase efficiency, enhance the capacities of clinicians, and improve the patient experience. “The future of medicine will be in using data to design a learning health system”, he explained, “one that understands the patient as an individual and can offer personalised care. Australia has all the ingredients to lead the world in digital medicine: an amazing public health system, an emerging entrepreneurial ecosystem, and a strong history of clinical research.” Dr Seneviratne has a Bachelor of Advanced Science with First Class Honours, an MBBS with First Class Honours and was awarded the University of Sydney Medal. Currently at the RPAH, he has worked in France, Vietnam and Papua New Guinea. He sits on the national board of the Health Informatics Society of Australia, and advises the Australian Digital Health Agency. He also represented Australia at the World Economic Forum. http://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2016/12/13/sydney-alum-off-to-stanford-as-monash-scholar.html Monash University School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine alumnus has recently been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to undertake study at the University of Oxford in his interest area of public health policy. His honours thesis investigated the factors that influence the development of public policy aimed at ensuring a financially sustainable health care system. He is currently working for the Australian Health Policy Collaboration as a Senior Analyst. He has previously represented the International Federation of Medical Students at the World Health Assembly and for his medical elective he completed an internship at the global management and consulting firm McKinsey & Co. As a part of the Scholarship, Connor will undertake a Master of Philosophy in Politics (Political Theory) at the Department of Politics and International Relations. Following completion of his MPhil, he plans to undertake a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil – the Oxford term for a PhD) in public policy at the Blavatnik School of Government. http://www.monash.edu/medicine/news/latest/articles/from-sphpm-to-oxford-connor-rochford-awarded-a-rhodes-scholarship Two Monash Health doctors have received Early Career Practitioner Fellowships from the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health to enable their research into cardiovascular disease and improving outcomes in complicated pregnancies. Monash Heart Cardiology Fellow Dr Adam Brown and Monash Health Senior Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Dr Kirsten Palmer received the competitive fellowships, allowing them protected research time. Dr Brown’s research investigates the physical mechanisms that underlie coronary plaque growth, which frequently causes heart attacks. If successful, Dr Brown’s research will bring cardiologists a step towards personalised medicine, where the risk of a heart attack can be calculated for each patient in the clinic—rather than from population data, where the results may not apply to any one individual. Dr Palmer hopes to improve pregnancy outcomes for both women and their babies affected by pre-eclampsia which affects about 5% of pregnancies. http://www.monash.edu/medicine/news/latest/articles/early-career-practitioner-fellowships-enabling-research

Cate Swannell

This calendar will be updated each month. If you have an event you would like to add, please include relevant details in an email to cswannell@mja.com.au. The full version of the calendar is available online at www.mja.com.au February 6 Focused Cardiac Ultrasound TTE, Melbourne, VIC 7-14 Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians ASM: Keeping you Active, Gold Coast, QLD 8-9 Big Data and Analytics Summit: Take Control of Your Data, Melbourne, VIC 9-12 21st Advanced Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Workshop 2017 (AAPSW 2017), Melbourne, VIC 10-12 3rd World Congress on Clinical Lipidology 2017, Brisbane, QLD 11 Australian Amyloidosis Network, Amyloidosis 2017: A New Era in Diagnosis and Management, Sydney, NSW 11-12 Focused Cardiac Ultrasound/ECHO Workshop, Melbourne, VIC 11-12 Abdominal Radiology Group Australia and New Zealand 2017, Darling Harbour, NSW 14-15 Growing a Quality NDIS Workforce, Sydney, NSW 15 Lung Ultrasound, Melbourne, VIC 20-21 Conflict Resolution and Motivation, Rotorua, NZ 21-22 Balancing Performance with Quality In Emergency Departments, Sydney, NSW 23 Research in Routine Diagnostic Laboratory, Darling Harbour, NSW 23-25 26th ASM of the Australasian Brachytherapy Group, Melbourne, VIC 23-26 Australasian Symposium on Ultrasound and Regional Anaesthesia (ASURA) 2017, Noosa, QLD 24-25 Australia and New Zealand Strabismus Society – Squint Club Annual Meeting, Graft, NZ 24-26 Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Pathology Update 2017, Sydney, NSW 24-27 Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand 69th ASM 2017, Canberra, ACT March 1 ANZCA Anaphylaxis & CICO Emergency Response Workshop, Frankston, VIC 1-3 ACEM Evidence Review in Emergency Medicine 2017, Wollongong, NSW 2-4 Annual Scientific Meeting of the New Zealand Pain Society, Nelson, NZ 2-4 Australasian Gynaecological Endoscopy and Surgery XXVII ASM 2017, Sydney, NSW 2-4 Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand Autumn Scientific Meeting 2017, Wellington, NZ 3 Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Critical Care Datathon, Melbourne, VIC 3-5 Managing Obstretric Emergencies and Trauma, Wellington, NZ 6-9 Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group 29th ASM, Auckland, NZ 7 19th Annual Meeting on Clinical Trials in Intensive Care, Noosa, QLD 8 Peri-Arrest, Transthoracic Echocardiography, Melbourne, VIC 8-10 Effective Management of Anaesthetic Crises (EMAC) Course, Wellington, NZ 8-10 Australian Healthcare Week 2017, Sydney, NSW 10 International Medical Symposium, Melbourne, VIC 11 2017 SPANZA PANNZ Update Meeting, Wellington, NZ 14 The Australian Breastfeeding Association’s 2017 Seminar Series for Health Professionals: Breastfeeding: Positioning for Better Outcomes Plus Online Webinar and Special Australian Showcase Options, Brisbane, QLD 15 The Australian Breastfeeding Association's 2017 Seminar Series for Health Professionals: Breastfeeding: Positioning for Better Outcomes Plus Online Webinar and Special Australian Showcase Options, Sydney, NSW 15-17 Sydney International Endoscopy Symposium 2017, Incorporating the Westmead Endoscopy Symposium Nurses’ Workshop, Sydney, NSW 16 The Australian Breastfeeding Association's 2017 Seminar Series for Health Professionals: Breastfeeding: Positioning for Better Outcomes Plus Online Webinar and Special Australian Showcase Options, Melbourne, VIC 16-18 EMAC (Effective Management of Anaesthetic Crises) Course, Melbourne, VIC 18 RACP Rise to the Challenge – Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, NSW 18 The Australian Breastfeeding Association’s 2017 Seminar Series for Health Professionals: Breastfeeding: Positioning for Better Outcomes Plus Online Webinar and Special Australian Showcase Options, Perth, WA 18-19 iHeartScan, Melbourne, VIC 20 Focused Cardiac Ultrasound TTE, Melbourne, VIC 20-21 Airway Management Beyond BASIC, Frankston, VIC 20-21 New Zealand Simulation Instructors Course (NZSIC), Wellington, NZ 22 Focused Cardiac Ultrasound TOE, Melbourne, VIC 23-26 Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 67th ASM: Ingenuity at Work, Adelaide, SA 24 Crisis Management in Obstetric Anaesthesia and Neonatal Resuscitation, Sunshine, VIC 24 Perioperative Ultrasound for all Anaesthetists: The Future Becomes the Present, Melbourne, VIC 24-26 2nd International Conference on Chest, Melbourne, VIC 24-26 International Medicine in Addiction Conference 2017, Sydney, NSW 24-28 International Society of Ocular Oncology Biennial Conference and the RANZCO-NSW ASM, Sydney, NSW 24-28 Australia and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science and the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Meetings 2017, Canberra, ACT 25 Trauma Tasmania 2017, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 25-26 Neuroradiology-Brain and Spine Interpretation 2017, Camperdown, NSW 25-26 New Zealand Association of General Surgeons 2017, Palmerston North, NZ 26 Obstetrics and Gynaecology Radiology 2017, Camperdown, NSW 26-28 2017 Queensland AOA ASM, Noosa, QLD 26-29 12th International Congress on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (LUPUS 2017) and the 7th Asian Congress on Autoimmunity (ACA 2017), Melbourne, VIC 29 A day with Dan Siegel: The New Frontiers of Interpersonal Neurobiology, Newcastle, NSW 29 Mar-1 Apr Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases ASM 2017, Leura, NSW 31 Mar-1 Apr UroGynaecological Society of Australasia ASM 2017, Melbourne, VIC April 2-5 Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand 20th Annual Congress 2017, Canberra, ACT 3 Paediatric Anaesthesia Crisis Management Course (PACMaC), Wellington, NZ 3-7 15th World Congress on Public Health: Voices, Vision, Action, Melbourne, VIC 4-7 LIME Connection VII: The future of Indigenous Health Education: Leadership, Collaboration, Curriculum, Melbourne, VIC 7-8 2nd International Lymphoma Radiation Oncology Group Educational Conference: Radiotherapy in Modern Lymphoma Management, Melbourne, VIC 7-9 Spine Society of Australia 28th ASM 2017, Hobart, TAS 8-9 Neuromodulation Society of Australia and New Zealand 12th Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide, SA 8-9 Rural Health West Annual Conference: Embracing the unexpected – The Unpredictable World of Rural Health Care, Perth, WA 8-10 11th Annual Update in Paediatric Emergencies 2017, Noosa, QLD 9-12 2017 Australian Pain Society 37th ASM, Adelaide, SA 21-23 Trauma 2017 Conference: Bridging the Gaps in Trauma Care, Melbourne, VIC 21-23 Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine 47th ASM 2017, Hobart, TAS 22-23 Focused Cardiac Ultrasound/ECHO Workshop, Melbourne, VIC 26 ANZCA Approved Anaphylaxis & CICO Emergency Response Workshop, Frankston, VIC 28 Anaesthetic Emergency Responses Workshop (ALS/CICO), Sunshine, VIC 29-30 iHeartScan, Melbourne, VIC 29 Apr-2 May 14th World Rural Health Conference 2017, Cairns, QLD 30 Apr-4 May Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Conference 2017, Adelaide, SA May 2-5 New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes AGM 2017, Dunedin, NZ 5 Vitiligo Master Class, Sydney, NSW 6-7 21st ASM of the Australasian Musculoskeletal Imaging Group, Melbourne, VIC 6-9 Australasian College of Dermatologists ASM, Sydney, NSW 7-9 Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand 35th ASM 2017, Brisbane, QLD 8 Focused Cardiac Ultrasound TTE, Melbourne, VIC 8-10 RACP Congress 2017: Bringing Specialists Together, Sharing Knowledge, Building Skills, Melbourne, VIC 8-12 Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 86th Annual Scientific Congress 2017, Adelaide, SA 9-12 Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists 2017, Gold Coast, QLD 10-12 Airway Management SIG Meeting 2017, Brisbane, QLD 10-12 Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine ASM 2017, Rotorua, NZ 12-13 Royal Australian and New Zealand Collage of Ophthalmologists New Zealand Branch ASM 2017, Waitangi, NZ 12-16 Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists ASM 2017, Brisbane, QLD 19-20 Australian Symposium organised by the Falk Foundation: Mucosal Microbiome and Mucosal or Systemic Dysfunction: Mechanisms, Clinical Manifestations and Interventions, Brisbane, QLD 19-21 General Practice Conference and Exhibition, Sydney, NSW 20-21 Focused Cardiac Ultrasound/ECHO Workshop, Sydney, NSW 20-21 Neurorad 2017, Melbourne, VIC 20-23 Australasian Rheumatology Association and New Zealand Rheumatology Association Joint Scientific Meeting 2017, Auckland, NZ 22-23 Australian and New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference 2017, Gold Coast, QLD 24 FUSE Vascular, Melbourne, VIC 26-28 College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand, 2017 ASM: A gut reaction: ICU gastroenterology from beginning to end, Sydney, NSW 26-28 Australian Medical Association National Conference, Melbourne, VIC 28-31 Speech Pathology Australia National Conference 2017, Sydney, NSW 29-30 New Anaesthetic Registrars Crisis Management (NARCM) Course, Wellington, NZ June 1-2 NSW branch of Australian Resuscitation Council and Take Heart: Resus @ the Park, Sydney, NSW 2-4 41st ASM of the Australasian Division of the International Academy of Pathology, Darling Harbour, NSW 3-4 Focused Cardiac Ultrasound/ECHO Workshop, Melbourne, VIC 3-4 EMCORE 2017, Melbourne, VIC 7 Lung Ultrasound, Melbourne, VIC 15-17 Cancer Nurses Society of Australia Annual Congress, Adelaide, SA 19-21 Renal Society of Australasia Annual Conference 2017, Sydney, NSW 20-22 Tinnitus 2017, Melbourne 2017 21 ANZCA Approved Anaphylaxis & CICO Emergency Response Workshop, Frankston, VIC 22-25 Australian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Non-surgical Symposium 2017, Gold Coast, QLD 23 Crisis Management in Obstetric Anaesthesia and Neonatal Resuscitation, Sunshine, VIC 24-25 Focused Cardiac Ultrasound/ECHO Workshop, Surfers Paradise, QLD 26-27 2017 No More Harm National Conference, Brisbane, QLD 28-30 CSANZ New Zealand ASM 2017, Hamilton, NZ July 1-2 iHeartScan, Melbourne, VIC 6-9 Australia and New Zealand Society of Neuroradiology ASM 2017, Darwin, NT 7-8 2017 Rural SIG Meeting, Broome, WA 11-13 Interventional Radiology Society of Australasia ASM 2017, Port Douglas, QLD 13-15 RANZCO Paediatric Special Interest Group Scientific Meeting, Sydney, NSW 17-19 12th Asian Obesity Specialists and Endocrinologists Annual Meeting, Melbourne, VIC 20-22 Effective Management of Anaesthetic Crises (EMAC), Melbourne, VIC 22-23 Emergency Skills Ultrasound, Melbourne, VIC 22-23 General Practice Conference and Exhibition, Perth, WA 23-26 Cardiac Thoracic Vascular and Perfusion SIG Meeting, Queenstown, NZ 23 Focused Cardiac Ultrasound TOE, Queenstown, NZ 23 Focused Cardiac Ultrasound TTE, Queenstown, NZ 23 Lung Ultrasound, Queenstown, NZ 24-25 17th International Conference and Exhibition on Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology in Health Care, Brisbane, QLD 24-26 8th World Conference on Pharmacology and Toxicology, Melbourne, VIC 26-28 Effective Management of Anaesthetic Crises (EMAC) Course, Wellington, NZ 26-29 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine Winter Symposium, Rowland Flat, SA 27-30 RNZCGP Conference for General Practice and Quality Symposium, Dunedin, NZ 31 Jul-2 Aug World Congress on Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Melbourne, VIC August 4 Anaesthetic Emergency Responses Workshop (ALS + CICO), Sunshine, VIC 9 Peri-Arrest, Melbourne, VIC 11-13 ACD Rural Dermatology Meeting, Broome, WA 16 ANZCA Approved Anaphylaxis & CICO Emergency Response Workshop, Frankston, VIC 16 FUSE Vascular, Melbourne, VIC 16-19 NZDSI Annual Conference, Queenstown, NZ 19-20 iHeartScan Advanced, Melbourne, VIC 21-25 CT-Acute Medical and Surgical Interpretation 2017, Queenstown, NZ 24 Paediatric Anaesthesia Crisis Management Course (PACMaC), Wellington, NZ 26-27 Focused Cardiac Ultrasound/ECHO Workshop, Melbourne, VIC September 1 Epworth HealthCare Eighth Obstetrics & Gynaecology Clinical Institute Symposium, Melbourne, VIC 1-2 Australia and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders, Darling Harbour, NSW 1-3 Managing Obstetric Emergencies & Trauma (MOET) Course, Wellington, NZ 1-3 General Practice Conference and Exhibition, Brisbane, QLD 6-8 Effective Management of Anaesthetic Crises (EMAC) Course, Wellington, NZ 8-10 Joint Neuroanaesthesia and Trauma SIG Meeting, Byron Bay, NSW 9-10 ANZCA/ASA SA NT Burnell Jose Visiting Professionals ASM, Rowland Flat, SA 13-14 Big Data and Analytics Innovation Summit: Maximise the Potential of Your Big Data Initiatives, Sydney, NSW 14 RUOK? Day 14-16 Australasian Doctors’ Health Conference, Sydney, NSW 14-17 Neuro-Ophthalmology Society of Australia 33rd Clinical and Scientific Meeting and NeuroVision Training Weekend, Sydney, NSW 15 Crisis Management in Obstetric Anaesthesia and Neonatal Resuscitation, Sunshine, VIC 16-17 ANZAAG Symposium, Auckland, NZ 27-29 Joint 2017 ACHSM/ACHS Asia-Pacific Congress, Sydney, NSW October 2-4 16th Global Pathologists Annual Meeting, Melbourne, VIC 4 FUSE Vascular, Melbourne, VIC 4-6 Global Alcohol Policy Conference, Melbourne, VIC 7-10 ASA National Scientific Congress 2017, Perth, WA 8-12 AOA 77th ASM and AGM, Adelaide, SA 11-13 42nd Australian and New Zealand ASM in Intensive Care and the 23rd Annual Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Conference: ICU: Thinking outside the flags, Gold Coast, QLD 12-14 EMAC (Effective Management of Anaesthetic Crises) Course, Melbourne, VIC 16 Focused Cardiac Ultrasound TTE, Melbourne, VIC 16-18 3rd International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Melbourne, VIC 18-21 9th World Congress of Melanoma and 14th International Congress of the Society for Melanoma Research, Brisbane, QLD 20 Crisis Management in Obstetric Anaesthesia and Neonatal Resuscitation, Sunshine, VIC 21-22 Focused Cardiac Ultrasound/ECHO Workshop, Sydney, NSW 24-27 Australian Association of Practice Managers National Conference, Perth, WA 26-28 GP17 RACGP Annual conference, Sydney, NSW 26-28 SPANZA 2017 Conference, Perth, WA 28 Epworth HealthCare Seventh Cardiac Sciences Clinical Institute Symposium, Melbourne, VIC 28 Oct-1 Nov 49th RANZCO Annual Scientific Congress, Perth, WA November 1-3 10th Health Services and Policy Research Conference, Gold Coast, QLD 1-3 Effective Management of Anaesthetic Crises (EMAC) Course, Wellington, NZ 2-4 Perioperative Medicine SIG Congress 2017 8-11 NZ Anaesthesia ASM 2017, Rotorua, NZ 10 Anaesthetic Emergency Responses Workshop (ALS + CICO), Sunshine, VIC 10-12 General Practice Conference and Exhibition, Melbourne, VIC 15 Focused Cardiac Ultrasound TOE, Melbourne, VIC 16-18 EMAC (Effective Management of Anaesthetic Crises) course, Melbourne, VIC 17-19 National Histology Conference, Hobart, TAS 18-19 iHeartScan, Melbourne, VIC 19-23 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, 34th ASM, Sydney, NSW (provisional dates) 20-22 9th International Conference on Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology, Melbourne, VIC 20-22 Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017, Melbourne, VIC 20-24 Psychiatry Update 2017, Christchurch, NZ 21-23 Effective Management of Anaesthetic Crises (EMAC), Melbourne, VIC 23-26 Asian Pacific Society of Respirology Congress 2017, Sydney, NSW 27-28 New Anaesthetic Registrars Crisis Management (NARCM) Course, Wellington, NZ December 2-3 Focused Cardiac Ultrasound/ECHO Workshop, Melbourne, VIC February 2018 9-10 4th International 4 Corners of Cardiology Meeting, Melbourne, VIC 23-24 PICET Obstetric Intensive Care Symposium, Adelaide, SA March 2-4 Pathology Update 2018, Sydney, NSW 8-11 APSCVIR 2018, Auckland, NZ April 11-13 2nd International Selection in the Health Professions Conference, Melbourne, VIC May 7-11 Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress 2018 with the ANZ College of Anaesthetists, Sydney, NSW 18-22 Australasian College of Dermatologists ASM, Gold Coast, QLD October 6-9 ASA National Scientific Congress 2018, Adelaide, SA November 7-10 New Zealand Anaesthesia Annual Scientific Meeting 2018, Auckland, NZ 18-22 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, 35th ASM, Perth, WA November 2021 10-13 XIII International Congress of Dermatology, Melbourne, VIC December TBA FIGO World Congress of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Sydney, NSW

Cate Swannell