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Program Highlights

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Updated 1 September 2009. Please note: this is subject to change.

RACS CPD Program

This educational activity has been approved by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons CPD Program. Fellows who participate can claim one point per hour (maximum 18 points) in Category 7: Other Professional Development towards 2009 CPD totals.

Key Note Speakers

David Mayer

Jeffrey Braithwaite

Richard Davis

Jim Bagian

Beverly Johnson

Enrico Coiera

Jim Bagian, veteran NASA Astronaut, director of the National Center for Patient Safety of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), USA and “Service to America” medal winner will be a feature in the opening plenary at the Conference as will Dr Richard Davis of Johns Hopkins Medicine’s (JHM) Vice President for Innovation and Patient Safety, directing JHM’s system-wide effort to improve the quality, efficiency and safety of patient care. In this plenary session you will hear from these two international leaders about what they have done in their organisations to position themselves as global leaders in quality and safety.

Professor Enrico Coiera is the Foundation Chair in Medical Informatics within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of NSW and is the Director of the Centre for Health Informatics, a part of the newly formed Australian Institute for Health Innovation at UNSW. Professor Coiera’s research focuses on advancing the safety and quality of health care through the use of information technology, trying to improve how clinicians can safely and effectively make decisions, and communicate.

Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite is a leading health services organisational researcher with an international reputation for his work investigating the culture and structure of acute settings, leadership, management and change in health sector organisations, quality and safety in health care, accreditation and surveying processes. This plenary address will explore a new model for dealing with errors using market-based control approaches.

The Patient - Centred Care: Building Partnerships with Patients, Carers and Families plenary session will open with acknowledgement to our leaders driving change in quality and safety. You will hear from Beverley H. Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Family-Centered Care in Bethesda, Maryland, USA and Dr David Mayer from the Clinical Excellence Commission.

Concurrent Sessions

At the 2009 AAQHC Conference, there are 8 exciting streams featuring over 50 presenters. Topics include Safety Culture, Incident Management Models, Measurement for Improvement, Engaging Staff, Management of the Deteriorating Patient, Educational Models, Gaining Patient Trust and many more. The Concurrent sessions will run over Tuesday 8 September and Wednesday 9 September and should not be missed.

Workshop

Throughout the Conference there will be a range of interactive Workshops that will get you involved and thinking. Within these workshop you will hear from Professionals in the industry such as Bernie Harrison, Annette Pantle from the Clinical Excellence Commission on Clinical Practice Improvement, Dr Nicola Dunbar from Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care on the topic of Sustainable systems for recognising and responding to clinical deterioration and Dr Cathy Balding, Director of Qualityworks features in the ‘What a job! Exploring and Enhancing the Healthcare Quality Manager Role’ The Interactive workshops will run daily and cover an array of topics from RCA for Team Leaders, Patient Care Experience, Clinical Registries, Clinical Practice Improvement and more.

Breakfast with an Expert

Don’t miss out on your chance to have breakfast with one of the Industry Experts at the 2009 Conference. This optional session be a dynamic and thought provoking experience not to be missed! When you register for this session, you can also select the Expert that you would like to enjoy breakfast with.

Date: Tuesday 8 September 2009
Time: 0730 - 0830
Cost: $22 per person

List of Experts:

• Dr Jim Bagian
• Professor Chris Baggoley
• Dr Cathy Balding
• Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite
• Tony Burrell
• Dr Richard Davis
• Professor Cliff Hughes
• Beverley Johnson
• Dr David Mayer
• Dr Rob Middleton
• Anthea Penny
• Professor Deb Thoms

Invitation

The Australasian Association for Quality in Health Care (AAQHC) is pleased to be holding its 20th Annual conference in Sydney, to be supported by NSW Health. I am delighted to invite you to register for this exciting event.

The conference continues to be the premier event for those interested in quality and safety and has grown to become among the largest international event of its kind.

This is the 7th Australasian conference on Safety and Quality in Health Care which will build on the considerable experience gained by the association in hosting what is now a long succession of highly successful conferences, with the most recent held in Christchurch, New Zealand and the year prior in Brisbane which attracted almost 1,000 delegates.

Those attending the conference have the opportunity to meet, network and form partnerships with key health care safety and quality leaders to include CEO’s, clinicians, managers and consumers. With a strong emphasis on the workshop program, delegates will also have the opportunity to share in the most up-to-date strategies, innovative approaches, theories and tools that seek to enhance the safety and quality of our health care services.

We aim to provide a unique event which will give participants an opportunity to discuss issues of shared concern, explore solutions, celebrate successes and look to the future to discuss bold outcomes. High-profile keynote speakers will empower you with their bold research, theories and experiences while the selection of interactive skills development workshops will encourage participants to be involved in finding solutions.

This will be a highly successful, well-organised, educational and enjoyable conference that prompts people to act on the ideas and outcomes learned during the event.

I encourage you to attend and look forward to meeting you in Sydney.

Kathleen Ryan, FAAQHC
President, Australasian Association for Quality in Health Care

About AAQHC

The Australasian Association for Quality in Health Care (AAQHC) exists to serve its members by:

• providing support and encouragement to individuals and organisations seeking to improve health outcomes for consumers
• providing a voice on safety and quality issues
• facilitating opportunities for communication and cooperation as well as exchange of ideas and experiences
• facilitating and supporting ongoing education and development
• recognising qualifications and experience to Associate Fellow and Fellow status through a credentialling program

Key Partner

Organising Committee

Chair: Kathleen Ryan, President AAQHC

Deputy Chair: Jenny Tuffin

Committee Secretariat: John Campbell, AAQHC

Program Committee

Chair: Kathleen Ryan, President AAQHC

Deputy Chair: Annette Pantle, AAQHC (NSW)

Jannine James

Jenny Tuffin

Sandra Blake

Michelle Wensley

Robyn Quinn

Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite

Professor Margaret Banks

© 2008 AAQHC 2009-7th Australasian Conference on Safety and Quality in Health Care.