AHHA in partnership with Capital Health Network and in association with the GP Liaison Units of The Canberra Hospital and Calvary Health Care Bruce was pleased to present the General Practice Liaison Officer National Conference.

Didactic presentations from the day were filmed by Medical Update and are availble for download along with presentations from a wide variety of other conferences through the ArmChair Medical App. Below are the presentations from the day, available as a PDF download or as a video to be watch.

Welcome to Country
​Ms Selena Walker, representing the Ngunnawal Nation

​Keynote Address
Professor Kirsty Douglas, professor of General Practice, ANU Medical School
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​Supporting Patient Outcomes Through Organised Networks (SPOT ON) - a hospital avoidance pilot program
​ Dr Jon Harper, Di Cross and Dr Sandra Peters –SPOTON Project Team Central Queensland, Wide Bay, Sunshine Coast Primary Health Network
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​Right Place, Right Person Care
​Dr Sandra Peters,  GP Liaison Officer, Nambour General Hospital, Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service
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Reducing re-presentations of elderly patients to the Emergency Department
​Dr Anil Paramadhathil, Director, Geriatric Medicine, Canberra Hospital and Health Service
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On Time at The Right Time – Active Waitlist Management in Outpatients
​ ​Presented by Bronwyn Buckley–  GP Liaison Coordinator, Authored by Dr Louise O’Reilly GP Liaison Program Coordinator, Mater Health Services
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​"Going with the flow" - a GPLO's experience of clinical streaming ​
​Dr James Martin –  GP Liaison Officer, Brisbane North Primary Health Network
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​3 Years of GP Liaison – Managing Specialist Outpatient Waiting List
Dr Debra Caroll –  GP Liaison Officer, Toowoomba Hospital, Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service
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Improving Antenatal Clinic Communication from GPs
​Dr Clare Matthews –  Liaison GP, Osborne Park Hospital, WA
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Discharge Improvements project for residents of aged care facilities (RACF)
Dr David Isaac, GP Liaison Consultant, St Vincent’s Hospital, Victoria
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Assessing the quality of discharge summary content at Peninsula Health using the SAIL
Jennifer Sidwell, GP Liaison Unit Project Officer and Dr Joanne Newton, GP Liaison Consultant, Frankston Hospital, Peninsula Health Victoria​
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Thank you to our Tabletop Presentations from the day:

• Upskilling GPs
  Bianca Bell and Dr Jo Silva – Western Health Victoria

• Use of GPs as Prevocational Medical Education Officers in the education of JMOs and discharge summaries – a Canberra initiative
  Dr Michelle Barrett and Dr Caroline Luke – Canberra Hospital
   
• Do pain management programs work for compensable clients?
  Dr Anne Daly – Physiotherapy & Pain Management Consultant, Work Safe Victoria
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  Resource - Pain perspectives for GPs 2016
  Resource - Pain resources for patients and clinicians 2016
   
• Use of the Electronic Operation Report as a prompt relevant discharge summary for overnight stay surgical patients
  Dr Clare Matthews – Liaison GP, Osborne Park Hospital, Western Australia
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• Shared care of children with ADHD on stimulant medication – how can we achieve this?
  Dr Dana Newcomb – GP and GPLO, Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital Queensland
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• Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to self-identify in mainstream services
  Narelle Ritchie – Project Officer, Northern Territory PHN
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• Outpatient Website: Creation process, expansion state-wide and effects on referral quality, clinic processes and patient access.
  Dr Liz Webber – GP Liaison Officer, Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmanian Health Service
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  Website discussed in Liz's presentation: http://www.outpatients.tas.gov.au/

Sponsors

The GPLO Conference was made possible through the support of our sponsors:

• Alzheimer’s Australia ACT
• Armchairmedical
• BOQ Specialist
• HESTA
• KinCare
• mi-Clinic