Queensland
2024 Meetings
- Thursday 29 February
- Thursday 23 May
- Thursday 26 September
- Thursday 28 November
In case you missed it....
Recordings from previous presentations can be accessed below
QLD Branch Council Members
Chairperson: Dr Angus Forbes
Secretary: Vacant
Treasurer: Tegan Kwon
Nurse Representative: Helen Truscott
Branch Council members: Helena Hurst
PREVIOUS MEETING
ANZSOM QLD Branch Educational Meeting (hybrid)
Update on Medicinal Cannabis and the Workplace
Dr Sid O'Toole
The first QLD Branch educational meeting for the year was presented by Dr Sid O'Toole on Medicinal Cannabis and the Workplace.
This session covered:
- Current legislative position
- Technicalities in testing
- Implications for employers and employees
Date: Thursday 29 February 2024
About the presenter
Dr Sid O’Toole is an Occupational and Environmental Physician who provides expert advice and opinion on a wide range of issues relating to the health of workers and their employers.
Dr O’Toole provides services to WorkCover Queensland as well as local government and private sector organisations. He is Chair of the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine’s Queensland Regional Committee and co-director of LIME Medicolegal and Phoenix Occupational Medicine.
Dr O’Toole is an experienced Medical Review Officer and has extensive experience in providing services to the aviation, mining, water and power generation sectors.
PREVIOUS PRESENTATION RECORDINGS
Indigenous occupational health: Return to work statistics in Indigenous Australians
presented by Dr Brett Shannon
Date: Thursday 30 November 2023
Towards better work injury schemes, including early psychosocial triage and intervention for practitioners
presented by Dr Mary Wyatt and a panel of experts
Date: Thursday 13 July 2023
Deficiencies and toxicities of metals and minerals on the full blood count
presented by Dr Aarya Murali
Date: Thursday 2 June 2022
Meeting sponsor:
A virologist's perspective of living under COVID
Dr David Seibert, Infectious Diseases Specialist & Pathologist (Microbiologist & Virologist)
Date: Thursday 2 December 2021
PTSD: Are we making progress in treatment and prevention?
Dr Greg Apel, consultant in Occupational Psychiatry
Date: Thursday 7 October 2021
COVID Vaccination and Point of Care Testing – What’s Legal?
Danny Clifford, Director of Clifford Gouldson Lawyers
Date: Thursday 3 June 2021
COVID-19 Update
Professor Peter Collignon and Dr Sally Appleton
Date: Thursday 25 March 2021
Meeting sponsor:
Dust sampling in the field
Micheal Lewis, Principal Occupational Hygienist, Simtars
Date: Thursday 4 February 2021