9:00 Opening Remarks from the Chair

Michael Cox
Vice President
GENERAL SURGEONS AUSTRALIA

9.10 The Surgical Workforce of the Future

• Who will be performing surgeries in the future?
• Which surgical disciplines will constitute the next crop of must have specialities?
• Will the continued convergence of surgical and interventional disciplines result in more turf wars of greater collaboration?

John Hall
Head of Unit/Winthrop Professor Surgery
ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL & Editor-in-Chief
ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY

9.45 Next Generation Operating Techniques

• How will surgeries be performed in the future?
• Developing innovative training programs that focus on future trends in medicine
• Which surgical techniques will be the new market differentiators?
• What robotic and imaging technologies will be indispensable to providing the most advanced minimally invasive procedures?

Michael Morgan
VP Health and Medical Development
MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

10.20 Developing and Maintaining a Strong Clinical Governance

• Build a safety culture (open and fair)
• Lead and support staff
• Integrate risk management
• Promote reporting
• Involve and communicate with patients
• Learn and share safety lessons
• Implement solutions to prevent harm

Peter Dohrmann
Executive Medical Director
EPWORTH HEALTHCARE

11.25 Planning for Theatre in the Future

• What will your hospital need in the future years?
• Planning for emergency demand
• Determining projected elective volumes and workload
• Building a proposal theatre schedule and activity plan
• Future Developments in the theatre planning and monitoring

David Watters
Director of Surgery and
Specialist General Surgeon
BARWON HEALTH

12.00 Evaluating New Technologies in Surgery: Are they Worthwhile?

• An overview of the pitfalls and challenges associated with integrating new technologies in surgery
• Is there a safety concern when moving to new practice?
• Robotics in surgery
• Examples of new technologies and their benefit

Guy Maddern
Surgical Director
COUNTRY HEALTH SA

12.35CASE STUDY: The Future of Rural Surgery – A NSW Case Study

The rural futures surgery project in NSW needs to take into account the developments of surgical services, and this presentation will cover those areas and propose future plans for rural surgery.

• A look at workforce education and training to build a sustainable workforce
• Discussing the changes in surgical practice that range for shorter hospital stays, to minimally invasive surgeries
• An analysis of the impact of technology on rural surgica practice
• Understanding the other influences on the surgical serv in NSW

Donald Macllean
Area Performance Manager and
State-W Program Director of Surgery
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH NSW

2.10 Understanding the Emerging Technologies and Implementing them into the Operating Theatre

• Staying abreast of new technologies in the OR to be able to cater for changing models of care
• Benefits of EMR in theatre
• Challenges experienced with EMR
• Clinical information systems for patient management in the acute care setting

Julian Smith
Head of Department of Surgery
MONASH UNIVERSITY

2.45 A Future Perspective Challenging Current Concepts in Surgical Patient Care and Training

• The loss of practitioner authority
• Evaluating a model for evidence based care and graded clinical authority
• Analysing systems of care with greater consultant involvement
• Why is there anyone in the OR other than the patient when essentially all the requisite technologies exist to reduce or eliminate these people?

Patrick Cregan
Chairman of the Board of Directors
NEPEAN BLUE MOUNTAINS DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD

3.20 Developing Plans to Manage Surgeon Burnout

• Learning how to manage the high levels of stress that surgeons come under
• Dealing with the inner demons when surgical complications occur
• Deciding and understanding when it might be the best time to wind down as a surgeon and knowing when it is time to call it a day

Bruce Waxman
Unit Head of General Surgery
SOUTHERN HEALTH

4.25 Focusing on Patient Centricity to Deliver Quality of Care and Listening to Staff and Consumers to Provide Change and Direction

• Using quantitative clinical outcome evaluations to assess system success
• Assessing system success through using qualitative patient/carer/staff experiences
• Turning the results into practice
• Ensuring each interaction within a patients journey has a quality outcome and is an opportunity to positively impact outcomes
• Improving the patients experience by surveillance of each patients journey
• Standardising practice to deliver more consistent outcomes

Nigel Sacks
Head of Breast &
Endocrine Surgical Services
UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE

5.00 Effective Change Management and Transformational Leadership

• Developing team based care in the operating theatre
• Understanding the different relationships in the OR and the skills that are required for effective teamwork

Peter Choong
Hugh Devine Chair of Surgery and
Head of Department of Surgery
Director of Orthopaedics
ST VINCENT’S HOSPITAL

5.35 Closing Remarks from the Chair and End of Conference