Queensland
2023 Meetings
- Thursday 27 April
- Thursday 13 July
- Thursday 30 November
In case you missed it....
Recordings from previous presentations can be accessed below
QLD Branch Council Members
Chairperson: Dr Angus Forbes
Secretary: Dr Nivine Farage
Treasurer: Vacant
Nurse Representative: Helen Truscott
Branch Council members: Helena Hurst
PREVIOUS MEETING
Session overview
It has been a little over a year since the launch of It Pays to Care, and Mary's presentation will provide an update on the project and initiatives, including:
- Providing an overview of their advocacy approach
- Sharing the latest developments in promoting evidence-based early case management
- Discussing their involvement in the WorkCover Queensland Parliamentary review
- Outlining the key elements of early psychosocial triage and intervention, specifically for case managers and medical practitioners.
Towards better work injury schemes, including early psychosocial triage and intervention for practitioners
presented by Dr Mary Wyatt and a panel of experts
QLD Branch Webinar
Date: Thursday 13 July 2023
Time: 7pm (AEST)
About the presenter
Dr Mary Wyatt is an occupational physician who is active in policy development and research through AFOEM and other organisations. Her interest is in getting research into practice. Decades of work in injury management has included running an early intervention case management approach across several medium to large employers. Other work has included IMEs, running RTWMatters.org (a non-profit seeking to share evidence-based practices that support better RTW), research on RTW, teaching via Monash University, work as a treating practitioner, conducting a state-based review of return to work for a regulator and advisory work for various insurers / regulators.
Mary is the lead Fellow in AFOEM / RACP’s most recent Health Benefits of Good Work policy development – It pays to care: Bringing evidence-informed practice to work injury schemes helps workers and their workplaces. An imperative for change and call to action.
PREVIOUS PRESENTATION RECORDINGS
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