Webinars
With face-to-face opportunities for education and networking now very limited, ANZSOM is offering a program of webinars to help our members to stay connected and keep learning. All ANZSOM webinars will be made available nationally to members as well as recordings of previous webinars (member-only access). Also included in this schedule are webinars offered by AFOEM, which are accessible to ANZSOM members as per the Memorandum of Collaboration between ANZSOM and the RACP.
Webinars provided by other partners, such as IOMSC are also listed.
Registrations for ANZSOM webinars close 1 hour before scheduled start time.
To add an webinar to the calendar, contact the Secretariat with relevant details and links.
All webinars are offered free to members with other affiliated organisations also offered access. For non-members, ANZSOM webinars are offered at a low cost of $25. (see table on right for more information)
COMING UP
Management of Workers Compensation Claims in a COVID-19 Environment
VIC/TAS Branch Educational Meeting
Presenter: Dr Rick Jones, Manager Claims Services, EML
Date: Thursday 29 October
Time: 7.30pm (AEST)
Refer below for more details
SCHEDULE
October 2020
The present pandemic - are we on the right track? Where will we end up? What is the situation re immunisation? Any thoughts on the border and lockdown issues
QLD Branch Educational meeting
Presenter: Professor Peter Collignon
Date: Thursday 1 October,
Recording: click here (member access only)
Professor Peter Collignon
Infectious Diseases Physician & Microbiologist, Canberra Hospital
Peter is highly qualified as a microbiologist and infectious disease physician based in Canberra.
Having spent time working with WHO in Geneva, he has been highly sought after to provide opinion in the media during the current pandemic.
In June 2010 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to Medicine in Infectious Diseases, Microbiology and Infection Control.
Never one to mince his words Peter loves to provoke discussion, which I am sure he will do in the course of his presentation.
Assessing Work in hot environments. Including the role of pre-employment medicals and contraindications.
WA Branch Educational Meeting
Presenter: Occ Hygienist Lee Cherry &, Dr Ross Di Corleto
Date: Wednesday 14 October
Recording: click here (member access only)
Learning objectives:
This session will add to the participants knowledge of the:
- Impact of heat on the workforce, both acute and chronic
- Contributing factors to increased risk
- Role of pre-employment medicals and contraindications
- The three-stage assessment protocol
- Conducting and/or facilitating a first level thermal risk assessment
- The use of a second level quantitative rational index to analyze the environmental and physical parameters of a scenario.
- The applicability and role of physiological monitoring
- Methods available to measure, assess and mitigate heat stress in the work environment (via a series of case studies)
Presenters:
Ross Di Corleto has been involved in occupational health and occupational hygiene for over 35 years. He has a PhD in occupational health and a Master of Science by research in heat stress. He is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Queensland and Griffith University.
Ross is a certified occupational hygienist, a Fellow, Past President and current President-elect of the Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Health and Safety. He has authored several papers, guides, and book chapters in the field of heat stress in the workplace.
Lee Cherry has worked in the field of occupational hygiene for 15 years. As a mother of four children, Lee’s focus is on making sure people return home in the same condition that they arrived at work. Lee has a Bachelor and Master of Science in Occupational Safety and Health and Master of Science in Occupational Hygiene.
Lee is a certified occupational hygienist and has worked in many sectors including iron ore mining, smelting, water industry, paint and blasting, asbestos work, refining, and in oil and gas. Areas of enjoyment for Lee include asbestos, noise, heat and thermal stress and health risk communication.
Kevin Sleigh Memorial Lecture:
Aviation medicine and COVID-19
Joint AFOEM/ANZSOM/Worksafe Victoria Educational Meeting
Presenter: Dr Ian Hosegood, Director Medical Services, Qantas
Date: Monday 19 October
Recording: click here (member access only)
Dr Ian Hosegood
Ian Hosegood is the Qantas Group Medical Director, responsible for passenger and employee health across the Group Airlines and Businesses.
Management of Workers Compensation Claims in a COVID-19 Environment
VIC/TAS Branch Educational Meeting
Presenter: Dr Rick Jones, Manager Claims Services, EML
Date: Thursday 29 October
Time: 7.30pm (AEST)
Cost: Complimentary for members; Non-members $25
Register: Click here for ANZSOM/AFOEM members
Click here for non-members
Rick will be presenting on the management of Workers Compensation claims in the Victorian Workers Compensation Scheme against the backdrop of COIVD19. A broad overview of the COVID impact on claims management outcomes in general will be discussed as well a discussion on claims directly related to COVID infection.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Increase awareness of the type of claims submitted during a (COVID) pandemic
- Enhance knowledge of Claims outcomes during this period.
- Understanding the process of returning injured workers back to work safely during COVID
- Update knowledge as to the importance and criticality of timeliness of correct treatment
Dr Rick Jones, Manager Claims Services, EML
Rick has over 10 years’ experience in workers compensation and has been with EML since July 2016. Rick has responsibility for overseeing the activities of our Front-End claims teams and is keen on innovations that focus on delivering claims outcomes with emphasis on returning Injured Workers to work in a safe, timely and sustainable manner. Rick’s background in Medical Research has provided insight to the criticality of timely and correct treatment and its role in recovery and whole-person wellbeing.
Rick has a PhD in Medicinal Chemistry (Monash University), Bachelor of Science (Honours) and a Cert IV in Advanced Management
November 2020
WA Branch Educational Meeting
Date: Wednesday 11 November, 6.00pm (Perth local time)
Details to be confirmed
ASM2020 is going virtual!
We are pleased to advise that the ANZSOM Annual Scientific Meeting will be taking place virtually this coming November.
Like many organisations, we have opted for the relative certainty of an online format so that we can continue to meet the networking and educational needs of our members in these challenging times. And, while we'll all miss our familiar format and the opportunity to enjoy the sights and sounds of Launceston, we'll be to bringing you some exciting new experiences.
Planning is now underway and we can confirm that the meeting will take place across the original four days - Thursday 19th to Sunday 22nd November. The theme will now be 'The new normal in workplace health'. Launceston will also remain our geographic focus and will be the location of 'ASM2020 Central'. So, keep these dates clear and watch this space!
Dr Barry Gilbert and Sandra Code, Conference Convenors
December 2020
WA Branch Educational Meeting
Date: Wednesday 9 December, 6.00pm (Perth local time)
Details to be confirmed.
QLD Branch Educational meeting
Date: Thursday 3 December 2020
Details to be confirmed
January 2021 - coming soon
February 2021 - coming soon
March 2021 - coming soon
April 2020
COVID-19 Update and Q&A
QLD Branch Educational Meeting
Presenter: Dr Vichi Sukumaran from QML Pathology
Date: 2 April 2020
Work and Vision
WA Branch Educational Meeting
Presenter: Professor Bruno Piccoli
Date: 7 April 2020
Recording now available: click here (member login required)
Transitioning to Telehealth
Presented by: MEDirect
Presenters: Sue Larsen, Dr Ralph Poppenbeek, Dr Greg Cameron, Dr Dominic Yong, & Karena Nicholls
Date: 23 April 2020
Recording now available: click here (member login required)
May 2020
Guidelines for Telehealth IMEs - The Regulators’ and Referrers’ Perspectives
Presenter: The Australian Medico-Legal College in partnership with MEDirect
Date: 7 May 2020
Recording available at https://www.amlcollege.com.au/
Telehealth Logistics
Member-directed discussion Forum - hosted by MEDirect
Mediator: Sue Larsen
Expert panellist: Dr Dominic Yong
Date: 14 May 2020
Recording now available - click here (member login required)
Enhancing Resilience in stressful times
AIOH Webinar
Presenter: Michael Tunnecliffe and Kerryn Ashford-Hatherly, Clinical psychologists
Date: 15 May 2020
Drug and alcohol testing
WA Branch Educational Meeting
Presenter: Dr Charles Appleton
Date: 20 May 2020
Recording now available: click here (member login required)
June 2020
Shoulder Conditions
WA Branch Educational Meeting
Presenter: Mr Matthew Lawson-Smith
Date: Wednesday 10 June, 6.00pm (Perth local time)
Recording now available: click here (member login required)
Occupational Heat Stress
Presenters: Dr Harry Chow and Dr Sheik Yan Wong with Professor Trevor Kilpatrick
AFOEM Victoria Meeting
Date: Monday 15th June, 5.30pm (AEST)
Recording now available: click here (member login required)
Mental/Emotional Health in the Healthcare Workforce during the COVID-19 Pandemic Era: A Global Perspective
Presenters:
Richard Heron, Co-Chair IOMSC; Vice-President Health and Chief Medical Officer, BP, Prof Dame Carol Black, Chair of the NHS England H&W Advisory Board, Prof Neil Greenberg, Professor of Defence Mental Health, Kings College London, Peter Connaughton, Secretary/Treasurer, IOMSC; Consultant, Occupational Medicine, Robert K. McLellan, Professor, Active Emeritus, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Ronald Loeppke, Co-Chair IOMSC; Vice Chairman, U.S. Preventive Medicine, Inc.
Recording available soon: click here
July 2020
Hearing implants to rehabilitate hearing
WA Branch Educational Meeting
Presenter: Prof Peter Friedland
Date: Wednesday 15 July, 6.00pm (Perth local time)
Cost: Complimentary for members; Non-members $25 (a TryBooking link will be sent following registration)
Recording: now available (member login required)
About Prof. Peter Friedland
Consultant ENT Dept of Otolaryngology Head Neck Skull Base Surgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Associate Professor in Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, University of Western Australia
COVID-19: A roadmap to getting back to the workplace safely
VIC/TAS Branch Educational Meeting | Webinar
Presenter: Sally Kane and Sandra Code
Date: Wednesday 29 July, 7.30 pm (AEST)
Cost: Free for ANZSOM/AFOEM members, $25 for non-members (you will be sent a Trybooking link after you register)
Recording: now available (member login required)
Silica dust control during demolition: Sydney Metro
Presenters: Kate Cole, Director Health, Sydney Metro, Michael Fisher, Senior Manager Occupational Hygienist City & Southwest, Sydney Metro
AIOH Meeting
Date: Wednesday 15th July, 12.00 noon (AEST)
Details: click here
I NEED A HYGIENIST…NOW!
Presenters: Dermot Crowley, Director, Adapt Productivity, Ann Rolfe, Director, Mentoring Works
AIOH Meeting
Date: Friday 17th July, 12.00 noon (AEST)
Details/Register here: click here
NATA - Supporting Occupational Hygienists - a quick introduction
Presenters: Dermot Crowley, Director, Adapt Productivity, Ann Rolfe, Director, Mentoring Works
AIOH NSW Meeting
Date: Wednesday 29th July, 1.00 pm(AEST)
Details/Register here: click here
August 2020
An Introduction to Occupational Hygiene
WA Branch Educational Meeting
Presenter: Dr Julia Norris
Date: Wednesday 12 August, 6.00pm (Perth local time)
Cost: Complimentary for members; Non-members $25 (a TryBooking link will be sent to you when you register)
Recording now available: click here (members only access)
This presentation provides a unique opportunity to strengthen the interface between the disciplines of occupational hygiene and occupational medicine. In the pursuit of a healthy workforce, medically trained professionals including doctors and nurses, work alongside many allied health professionals, but perhaps the most poorly understood, is the profession of Occupational Hygiene. Our challenge is to recognise the potential synergy between hygiene and medicine in the implementation of successful preventative health strategies in the workplace. This presentation aims to outline the principles of occupational hygiene, highlight it’s complimentary role in occupational health, provide case studies for discussion and inspire a closer working relationship between the disciplines.
Dr Julia Norris, is an advocate of preventative health with a unique combination of qualifications and experience in both Occupational Hygiene and Medicine. Throughout her career as both an occupational hygienist and medical doctor, she has demonstrated a passion and commitment to protecting and promoting worker health.
Julia is the Director of Occuhealth Pty Ltd, an Australian occupational hygiene and health consulting company. As well as being a General Practitioner, Julia is also a Certified Occupational Hygienist, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists and the immediate past President of that body. She is also a fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and a registered medical review officer. Julia has over 20 years of experience in occupational health matters, having worked across many industries including mining, refining, oil and gas, construction and agriculture. She is also one of 3 current expert members on the Western Australian Commission for Occupational Safety and Health.
Permission to Move: A refreshingly simple approach to chronic pain
SA Branch Educational Meeting
Presenter: David Moen
Date: 25 August 2020
Recording now available: click here (members only access)
Session description:
In this presentation Dave Moen will describe the clinical practice model outlined in his book, Permission to Move. With a particular emphasis on pain science education, self-efficacy theory and the modifiable factors that are likely to improve recovery. We have found that these sessions work best when there is some interaction from the audience, and welcome questions to be submitted before the presentation if possible.
David Moen, Bachelor of Physiotherapy, UniSA,
Master of Musculoskeletal & Sports Physiotherapy, UniSA
Dave Moen is founder of Form Physiotherapy and Permission to Move in Adelaide, South Australia. His team work to develop and test best-practice interventions for chronic pain. After working with Prof Lorimer Moseley at the Body in Mind research group, he developed Tame the Beast; a freely available animation and podcast series that is widely used in public hospitals and pain programs internationally. Dave is currently working with insurers and public hospitals to develop telehealth interventions that seek to provide affordable, effective and early intervention for people at risk of developing persistent pain.
External webinars
AFOEM Victoria Educational Meeting - Medical Cannabis
Date: Monday 17 August
Time: 6:15 PM to 7:45 PM
Host: RACP
Presenters: Professor Kylie O’Brien and Dr Carolyn Bosak
Professor Kylie O’Brien and Dr Carolyn Bosak will cover the composition and biochemistry of available products and the evidence for using CBD vs THC vs combination. They will discuss, and attempt to clarify, what was reviewed by the TGA review in 2017 and the current situation with the evolving story of medicinal cannabis.
The presentation aims to include a brief review and analysis of the available science and evidence including, the evidence base for and experience with treatment for pain, anxiety and insomnia.
The practical aspects of how patients are assessed for suitability for being commenced on medicinal cannabis and how to monitor patients for benefit will also be addressed.
Learning aims:
- Some understanding of the endo-cannaboid system, the differences between cannabis and medical cannabis.
- Better understanding of the available science underpinning medical cannabis therapy.
- An appreciation of the indications for therapy and issues with work and driving.
- An appreciation of the practical aspects in managing medical cannabis therapy.
AMLC - All About Conclaves: Lawyers’ and Doctors’ Perspectives
Presenter: Karen Stott, Solicitor, Professional Mediator
Co-panellists: Dr Drew Dixon, AMLC President & Dr Richard Sekel, AMLC Fellow
Date: Tuesday 18 August
Time: 7.30 PM
Cost: Free
Register: click here to register online
Independent Medical Examiners are now being increasingly instructed by the Courts to undertake conclaves involving two or more doctors (“hot tubbing”).
Conclaves require new skills, and an approach that some IME consultants find unfamiliar or uncomfortable as they’re communicating with colleagues, but in a potentially adversarial arena.
About the presenter:
Karen Stott is a solicitor who is now a full-time mediator, with over 20 years of litigation experience. For the past several years she has had a mediations practice, facilitating many expert witness conclaves, including matters such as medical negligence, motor accidents, worker injuries, and professional negligence. Karen has been a Court-appointed mediator to the ACT Magistrates Court since 2017 and was named by “Doyle’s List” as a Leading Mediator NSW in 2018, 2019 and 2020.
Hear from the expert how to participate in conclaves in a well-directed harmonious professional manner, and have your questions answered live. Please take 30 seconds now to submit your most pressing question around conclaves, and we’ll incorporate these into the webinar.
AFOEM CPD Webinar - PPE for Healthcare Workers & Rebooting NRL in 2020
Professor Raina MacIntyre presenting:
PPE for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Associate Professor David Heslop presenting:
Integrated Public Health and Occupational and Environmental Medicine during the COVID-19 crisis - rebooting the NRL 2020 Premiership Season.
Date: Saturday 1 August,
Time: 10.00 am - 12.00 pm
Cost: Free
Register: click here to register online
The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) - Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease Course
TSANZ will be hosting an Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease (OELD) Virtual Course throughout August in lieu of our face to face OELD Short Course that was scheduled to take place is Brisbane this August.
As per our last OELD Short Course in 2018 in Melbourne, we would like to offer ANZSOM members the opportunity to register for the course at TSANZ member prices to help support growth and education in the occupational medicine space.
This year the virtual course will be available as the full course (4 sessions), or alternatively as individual sessions. Visit the website to find out more.
Date: Weekly, starting Friday 7th August
Friday 21st August | Friday 28th August | Friday 4th September
Time: 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
Cost: $110 ANZSOM Full Member | $500 non-member
Register: click here to register online
September 2020
Workplace knee injuries: Who will return better and stronger than before?
WA Branch Educational Meeting
Presenter: Dr Dror Maor
Recording now available (member access only)
Learning objectives / content:
Workplace knee injuries is a significant issue, accounting for about 13% of musculoskeletal disorder claims. This session will cover:
- Discussion of the five most common injuries causing knee effusion
- Assessment of knee injuries including the role of ultrasound
- Surgical and non-surgical treatments – when are they appropriate?
- Cases illustrating best practice approaches
Dr Dror Maor is a West Australian trained orthopaedic surgeon specialising in knee, foot & ankle with extensive experience in the paediatric, adult and the athlete population. Raised in Perth and graduating from medical school at the University of Western Australia, he completed post-fellowship subspecialty training in knee, foot & ankle surgery throughout the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States.
Dr Maor’s primary focus for his patients is to provide pain relief, improve function and
get them back to their best regardless of age, job or sporting ability, where possible through minimally invasive or arthroscopic surgery. Dr Maor always aims to provide the best outcome for his patients’ by utilising evidence based conservative and surgical treatment modalities. He works closely with doctors, physiotherapists, OTs and podiatrists to ensure that every option is considered to provide optimal, patient specific and timely treatment.
Having presented extensively and published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, Dr. Maor is passionate about orthopaedic and sports related research with multiple current ongoing research and teaching projects.
Working from home: the new challenges for health professionals
SA Branch Educational Meeting
Presenter: Shan Needham, Physiotherapist, Safe Work Practice
Recording now available (member access only)
Learning objectives / content:
- To understand and apply the principals of manual handling and apply to ergonomic related workstation set ups
- To understand the challenges and changes with working from home and applying ergonomic principles to a residential space
- Introduction to correction and adjustment of the workstation to suit the needs of the worker
Pre-reading/resources
Safe Work Practice – Ergonomic Set up, Solutions to Residential Application
Shan Needham is a physiotherapist, providing manual task training for over 25 years, working across all types of industry and an accredited Manutention trainer for over the past 15 years.
Shan's role involves running manual task training sessions for staff and consulting with staff about solutions to difficult or challenging manual task and ergonomic issues.
Her passion and enthusiasm for these topics is evident during training sessions. Shan has worked across many industries including industrial, aged care, acute care, community care and understands the needs and trends amongst the healthcare workers who support the community. Shan is a wealth of information and has demonstrated her 'weight in gold' with supporting her colleagues and clients through some of the changes that 'working from home' has brought about recently.