Conference Presentations

Friday Plenary 8 April 2022

Climate Change and Australia’s Health Care Systems
Professor John Wilson AM, President and Chair of the Board, Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)

Graeme Shirtley

Pearls of Wisdom 2022
The Graeme Spencer Shirtley RFD Oration

Session 1

ADELAIDE’S INNOVATIVE HISTORY WITH X-RAY TECHNOLOGY: FROM THE BRAGGS TO MICRO-X
Dr Abhilash (Abe) Chandra

THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE (ADF) NATIONAL HEALTH SECURITY - CURRENT PROBLEMS AND POTENTIAL STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVEMENT
Dr Abhilash (Abe) Chandra

TECHNOLOGY AS AN ENABLER TO SCALE OPERATIONAL HEALTH SUPPORT IN REMOTE AND CHALLENGING SETTINGS: SESSION (OPERATIONAL HEALTH SUPPORT)
Sanja Marais

Session 2

Obstetric history, pelvic health and military occupations: a study of a cohort of Australian female military personnel and veterans
Dr Simone O'Shea

Physical loading, pelvic health and military occupations: a study of a cohort of Australian female military personnel and veterans
Dr Simone O'Shea

NAVIGATING THE MENOPAUSE
SQNLDR Fatima Ashrafi

Session 3

Evaluating Effectiveness of a Comprehensive, Multidisciplinary Healthcare Service for Veterans: a Pilot Study from the National Centre for Veterans’ Healthcare
Rebecca McFarlane

Session 4

ORAL ODDITIES - Two Case Reports
Dr Danica Zhan

Session 5

Serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force members who have served since 1985: suicide monitoring 2001 to 2019
Louise Gates

UNDERSTANDING SUICIDE CRISIS AMONG DEFENCE-RELATED PERSONS: A NOVEL DATA LINKAGE STUDY
Dr Carla Meurk

Session 6

MORALE FACTORS IN A SMALL WAR; OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
Peter Sleeth

SUPPLY CHAIN INNOVATIONS THAT PAVE THE WAY FOR THE RELIABLE SUPPLY OF MEDICINAL MAGGOTS AND THE PROVISION OF MAGGOT THERAPY IN MILITARY AND DISASTER CARE SETTINGS
Dr Frank Stadler

The ADF MEC System – One Policy, Three Standards
Major Bob Worswick

Supporting military and police operations in Australia and the Pacific region
Dr Judy Swann

Session 7

THE FUTURE OF THE ADF’S MEDICAL STERILISATION CAPABILITY
CAPT Gyu Lee

JP2060-3: THE NEXT GENERATION AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE (ADF) DEPLOYABLE HEALTH CAPABILITY
Amany Wahba

NOVEL APPROACHES TO POINT OF I JURY CARE UTILIZING ROBOTIC AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS
A/Prof Charles Pilgrim

Session 8

REMOTE EVACUATION DURING COVID-19: LOGISTICS TO COORDINATE DURING PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS
Dr Mark Parrish

FORWARD MOVEMENT OF SURGICAL ASSETS TO ADDRESS NONCOMPRESSIBLE TRUNCAL HAEMORRHAGE
A/Prof Charles Pilgrim

AN AUTONOMOUS PATIENT RETRIEVAL POD: SIMPSON’S DONKEY OF THE 21ST CENTURY
Dr Abhilash (Abe) Chandra

Session 9

TAKING A MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL PATIENT HISTORY..AND WHY IT MATTERS
Dr Neil Westphalen

AN ETHICS OF CARE APPROACH TO COMBAT CASUALTIES
Dr Joshua Armstrong

ADF SPEC DEMOGRAPHICS… AND WHY THEY SHOULD COUNT
Dr Neil Westphalen

Session 10

UNDERSTANDING NAVY DEPLOYMENT AT SEA: QUALITATIVE INVESTIGATION OF DEMANDS, RESOURCES, AND RESILIENCE
Dr Gavin Hazel

Session 11

NZDF WELLBEING IMPACTS IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ENVIRONMENT
COL Clare Bennett

A PROPOSED ENHANCED MEDIC SKILLSET FOR TREATMENT AT POINT OF INJURY IN THE FUTURE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
A/Prof Charles Pilgrim

Session 12

No Black Swans or Silver Bullets: Medical Fitness in 7th Brigade An Evidence Based Approach to Retention and Transition
LTCOL Daniel Belanszky

Session 13

DENTAL FITNESS CLASSIFICATION - A RISK BASED APPROACH
LTCOL Anthony Craig

Army Health Restructured 2022 and beyond: Understanding the past to solve emerging and future challenges
COL Toni Bushby

STRATEGIC HEALTH IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON ADF PERSONNEL AND OPERATIONS THROUGHOUT AUSTRALIA AND THE PACIFIC
CAPT Nathan George

Session 14

COLLECTIVE TRAINING FOR THE PCRFLESSONS LEARNT
CAPT John Vassiliadis

AN OPERATIONAL CLINICAL SKILL SET FOR THE ADF GENERAL SURGEON: A PROPOSAL AND PROOF OF CONCEPT
MAJ Kyle Bender

The next generation of orthopaedic surgeons will not be fit for ADF service
LTCOL Mark Clayer

ADF OPERATIONAL CLINICAL READINESS PATHWAYS: A STRATEGY FOR OPTIMISING DEPLOYED SPECIALIST HEALTH CAPABILITY?
Andrew Pearson

Session 15

INTEGRATIVE APPROACHES FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL HEALTH AND CHRONIC PAIN IN VETERANS: OVERVIEW AND RESULTS FROM A PILOT EASIBILITY STUDY
Dr Jon Wardle

Knee injury is one of the most frequently experienced traumas in the ADF. What is the best Imaging Pathway to obtain a highly confident diagnosis?
A/Prof James Nol

Session 16

META-ANALYSIS OF DEPLOYMENTRELATED DEMANDS AND RESOURCES FOR EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE, COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING AND JOB-PERFORMANCE IN MILITARY PERSONNEL
Dr Gavin Hazel

Session 17

NECK OF FEMUR BONE STRESS INJURIES IN INFANTRY TRAINEES: A SYNOPSIS AND PRESENTATION OF TWO CASE STUDIES
Carney Garland

WE ARE AND CAN PROVIDE FOR SERVICE WOMEN. --A PERSPECTIVE FROM A PHYSIOTHERAPIST AND EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGIST
CAPT Xiaobei Ye
Nadia Feltrin

Session 18

ADF EPIDEMIOLOGY SUPPORT TO THE COVID-19 RESPONSE, NATIONAL INCIDENT ROOM, COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
LTCOL Peta Mantel

HUMANITARIAN SURGERY LAND VS SEA PLATFORM.
John Mchugh

Session 19

THE ROLE OF EXSERVICE ORGANISATIONS IN VETERAN WELLBEING
Dr Carolyn Deans

IMPROVING RESPONSES TO VETERAN SUICIDE RISK - EMBEDDING THE SAFESIDE FRAMEWORK FOR RECOVERY-ORIENTED SUICIDE PREVENTION AT OPEN ARMS – VETERANS & FAMILIES COUNSELLING
Jennifer Veitch

Session 20

DVI (DISASTER VICTIM IDENTIFICATION) – UTILISATION OF DVI TRAINED JOINT MILITARY POLICE AND FORENSIC DENTISTRY TRAINED ADF DENTAL OFFICERS
SQNLDR Alistair Soon

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