MEET THE EXPERT SESSION

SPEAKER: 
Linley Bielby
Blood Matters Program

CHAIR:
Louise English
BloodSafe eLearning Australia

MEET THE EXPERT SESSION

SPEAKERS:
Kate Yeo
Waikato District Health Board

Elizabeth Reid
Wolters Kluwer and Avondale University

CHAIR:
Laura Chapman
Wolters Kluwer

COVID-19 has tested the nursing workforce like never before, testing our resilience and impacting the workforce. Join us and our panel as we explore how we and our organisations can foster resiliency in our workforce 

SPEAKERS: 

Kate Yeo, Deputy Chief Nurse
Nurse Led Services, Health Informatics and Technology
Policy and Procedure, Waikato District Health Board 

Elizabeth Reid, Clinical Consultant
Wolters Kluwer and Sessional Academic Avondale University

MEET THE EXPERT SESSION

SPEAKER: 
Dr Farida Saghafi
University of Tasmania

CHAIR:
Michelle Phillips
University of Tasmania

Dr Farida Saghafi, post graduate nursing coordinator will share information about the availability of nursing specialisations with The University of Tasmania. She will be available to answer your questions and discuss academic pathways.

SPEAKER: Dr Farida Saghafi, University of Tasmania

Dr Farida Saghafi is a Senior lecturer and Post Graduate Courses Coordinator, at School of Nursing, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania. Her research and teaching interests include: Critical Care Nursing, Simulation, Detecting Deteriorating Patient System(s), Clinical Reasoning, New Graduate Nurses Transition, Clinical Risk Management and Quality Improvement in Health Care Settings, and Evidence Based Practice. In 2005, Farida won a Nursing Clinical Excellence Award for outstanding achievements in the delivery and development of clinical nursing expertise in Intensive Care. She has presented and published at several national and international conferences and journals.

INDUSTRY BREAKFAST SESSION

SPEAKER: 
Emma Collins
University of Otago & Otago Polytechnic 

CHAIR:
David King Lassman
GIGXR

Learn how students can better prepare for clinical placements using holographic patients

Join Emma Collins of Otago Polytechnic to reveal how leading learning institutions around the globe are leveraging mixed reality to ready students for clinical placements. In this webinar, healthcare educators will discover how 3D immersive technology enables students to engage better with course material, learn to manage the pressure of real-life patient care.

Learn how GIGXR’s HoloPatient app allows students to see disease progression for 16 pathologies, portrayed by ultra-realistic and diverse patients. Instructors can customize each pathology, including altering vital signs. Students can join in the lessons either on a Microsoft HoloLens 2 headset or via Android or iOS smartphone or tablet from anywhere in the world.

This session will explore how this technology is helping students master clinical observation, assessment, diagnosis, treatment and collaboration, based on Collins’ work with HoloPatient and her own students. Collins will be joined by David King Lassman, CEO at GIGXR in an interactive Q&A. 

SPEAKER: Emma Collins, University of Otago & Otago Polytechnic 

Emma Collins is a Principal Lecturer within the School of Nursing, Year 2 (BN) Programme Leader, as well as a Learning and Teaching Specialist (ePortfolios) with the Learning and Teaching Development team. She began working for OP in 2011 and holds a Master of Nursing, specialising in Child Health. Her background is in paediatric nursing and community child and family health, in particular, school nursing and public health. Emma currently remains working clinically in a paediatric inpatient setting.

MEET THE EXPERT SESSION

SPEAKER: 
Joanne Tollefson
James Cook University

CHAIR:
Fiona McAdam
Cengage

SPEAKER: Joanne Tollefson, James Cook University

Joanne Tollefson was Senior Lecturer and Deputy Head of the School of Nursing Sciences at James Cook University. She is a registered nurse with many years of clinical experience in several countries and extensive experience in nursing education at both the hospital and tertiary levels. Her research interests include competency-based education and clinical assessment, development of reflective practitioners for a changing work environment, chronic pain and arbovirus disease in the tropics. Joanne is also a two-time recipient of the National Awards for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (Carrick Award, 2007 and Australian Teaching and Learning Council Award, 2008). She is now retired from formal teaching but continues to engage in nursing via researching, writing and editing nursing texts.

MEET THE EXPERT SESSION

SPEAKER: Jeff Kenneally, MICA Paramedic

Jeff Kenneally has a lifelong commitment to pre-hospital care, having served as an operational paramedic for 34 years, mostly in intensive care roles. He has managed frontline paramedic teams, commanded major events, mentored, educated and worked in communications dispatch centres and at the ambulance air wing. His roles have taken him to rural and metropolitan areas. For four years, Jeff managed the Ambulance Victoria clinical practice guidelines. In recent years, Jeff has turned to university lecturing for paramedic students, including leading international study tours. He is a published author in pre-hospital practice and contributor to numerous major textbooks. In 2018, Jeff was awarded the Ambulance Service Medal in recognition of his contribution.

SPEAKER: Claire Lobb, Nurse Practitioner

Claire Lobb is an Endorsed Nurse Practitioner in a large tertiary emergency department in Melbourne. Claire has been nursing for over 20 years and has been involved in several research and quality improvement projects in that time. Claire currently facilitates and manages a nurse practitioner candidate program and supports the learning needs of candidates, providing clinical mentorship for nurse practitioner candidates, and nurse practitioner Master's students. She is a passionate clinical leader in emergency nursing and is committed to improving the care and lives of patients. Claire works alongside nursing and medical staff to ensure a holistic and collaborative approach is a priority when caring for patients.

MEET THE EXPERT SESSION

SPEAKER: 
Alvin Tong
Laerdal

CHAIR:
Josh Van Houten
Laerdal