Winthrop Professor Fiona Wood is a Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon specialising in the field of burn care, trauma and scar reconstruction. Fiona is the Director of the WA Burns Service of Western Australia and a Consultant Plastic Surgeon at Princess Margaret Hospital and Royal Perth Hospital. In addition she is a director of Avitamedical involved in the commercialisation of the spray on skin cell technology.
Her research as Chairperson through the Burn Injury Research Unit UWA and the McComb Foundation is focused on scarless healing.
In bringing basic science to the bedside the aim is to build a unique capacity to facilitate direct research collaborations between researchers and practitioners across basic science, clinical care and clinical outcomes.
The research includes all facets of burn care, from injury prevention to acute care on to long term outcomes undertaken in collaboration with the multidisciplinary burn care teams, and is essential to provide a clear evidence-based practice.
Fiona has also been involved in a number of education and disaster response programmes associated with her interest in burns and has presented and published a variety of papers over the years.
In addition, she has been the recipient of the 2003 Australian Medical Association 'Contribution to Medicine' Award and an Order of Australia Medal for work with Bali bombing victims.
Fiona was named West Australian of the Year for 2004, and was nominated as a National Living Treasure and Australian Citizen of the Year in 2004.
Fiona and Marie Stone, won the 2005 Clunies Ross Award for their contributions to Medical Science in Australia.
In 2005 she was again named West Australian of the Year, and received the honour of being named Australian of the Year in 2005
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Keynote: Panel
- Thursday 12 September 2013, 3:50pm
Penny Neuendorf has worked in technical and further education at the Canberra Institute of Technology for the past 14 years. She started out teaching in health sciences, however now she uses her Masters in Online Learning to support teachers to enhance online teaching, as well as managing CIT’s learning management system. Penny engages in setting the strategic direction of online teaching and learning for the institute and has become known for her ability to find interesting technical solutions for teaching dilemmas.
Keynote workshop: Thursday 12 September 2013, 12:45pm
Melissa Power has worked in health care since 1993. She has worked in a wide variety of healthcare settings, including aged care, community, medical, surgical and critical care, with a passion for intensive care nursing. Since 2008, Melissa has worked at the Canberra Institute of technology, as a teacher on the nursing program. Melissa has a special interest in both the use of technology and simulation, and holds a graduate certificate in healthcare simulation facilitation. Melissa worked as a member of a team who developed an award winning Moodle course integrating online delivery and practical skills.
Keynote: Panel Moderator
- Thursday 12 September 2013, 3:50pm
Dr David Chessor is a GP Registrar training with North Coast GP Training. After leaving the hospital system for General Practice, a quiet GP life beckoned. This, of course, has not gone to plan at all, which is a wonderful thing! David started work as a Registrar Liaison Officer for NCGPT in 2012, which has fostered interest in a number of different areas of General Practice Training. He now also works as an RME, and as Chair of the GP Registrar Medical Educator Network and the Emerging Supervisors Network. David also teaches as a Conjoint Senior Lecturer for the UNSW Rural Clinical School in Port Macquarie. Clinically, he works and learns at Durri AMS in Kempsey. The confluence of Medical Education and Social media is a real passion. David tweets as @dchessor, and blogs at notjustagp.com. When not at work, David either indulges his inner nerd with his MPH study, potters in the veggie garden with the chooks and faithful Pug puppy Herbie, or whips on the Lycra and heads out for a bike ride. Unfortunately he can't get the dog to wear a matching Lycra outfit.
Keynote: Panel Moderator
- Thursday 12 September 2013, 3:50pm
Dr Georga Cooke is a recent fellow of the RACGP, having graduated from the AGPT program in 2012. During her general practice training at CSQTC, she worked as the registrar liasion officer at her training provider and as the Registrar Research and Development Officer for GPET. Since completing her GP registrar academic post, Georga has continued to work at Bond University in the Centre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice. Her research interests include evidence-based diagnosis, resilience and clinical practice guidelines.
Keynote: Panel
- Thursday 12 September 2013, 3:50pm
Dr Ewen McPhee is a Rural GP and GP Obstetrician resident of the town of Emerald, Central Queensland for the last 25 years. Dr McPhee has been a GP Supervisor since 1997 and more recently an assistant Medical Educator for CSQTC. Innovation in rural and isolated practice has been an ongoing interest of Dr McPhee. Recent introduction of formal Telehealth items for GPs and Specialists and the implementation of the PCEHR are positive mechanisms for rural patients and attempt to bridge the divide between Metropolitan and Remote Health Service Provision. Dr McPhee has been a member of the ACRRM/RACGP implementation committee of the PCEHR Curriculum, as well as a “teleHealth champion” for ACRRM and the Central Queensland Medicare local.
Keynote: Panel
- Thursday 12 September 2013, 3:50pm
Dr Christopher Mitchell is a general practitioner in Northern New South Wales, working for over 20 years as a rural GP. He is a Clinical Professor with the University of Wollongong and holds a Fellowship of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Dr Mitchell is a Past President of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and has been a board member of NPS Medicine Wise, the Therapeutic Guidelines Limited, North Coast GP Training, the Remote Vocational Training Scheme, the Rural Doctors Network and the Northern Rivers GP Network. He was awarded the honour of Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day 2013 Honours List.
Keynote: Panel
- Thursday 12 September 2013, 3:50pm
Dr Louise Stone graduated from Sydney University with a combined degree in Medicine and Psychology in 1991 before beginning her career as a rural doctor in Broken Hill and later in South Gippsland in Victoria. She ran a Well Women's clinic in her community and practiced rural obstetrics before moving to Sydney in 2000. Since then, she's become heavily involved in GP education and is currently the Senior Medical Advisor for General Practice Education and Training (GPET). She continues to run a number of courses in GP mental health. Louise's interests include paediatrics, women's health and counselling. She is a Facilitator of eLearning courses in medical communications at Astute and also established GPET’s Research Week – a free online conference for those interested in general practice research and GP education.
