Academic Paper Presentations |(i) Dr James Cafaro (20 mins); (ii) Dr Serguei Kisselev (20 mins); (iii) Prof Parker Magin (20 mins); (iv) Dr Dilip Dhupelia (20 mins)
Tracks
Park
Thursday, October 19, 2017 |
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
Park |
Overview
(i). Myofascial trigger point needling and lignocains injection in the management of chronic lower back pain : a 6 month audit of treatment in community general practice | Dr James Cafaro (20 mins); (ii) The CURE Method in the rehabilitation of low back and knee injuries of the Strongman | Dr Serguei Kisselev (20 mins); (iii) Prevalence and associations of GP registrars’ consultations with older patients in rural and remote practice: a cross-sectional analysis from the Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT) project. | Prof Parker Magin (20 mins); (iv) Joining up medical education and training in the pursuit of Rural Medical Workforce Excellence: The Queensland Way! | Dr Dilip Dhupelia (20 mins).
(80 mins)
Speaker
Dr James Cafaro
GP Registrar
Harbour Medical Service
Myofascial trigger point needling and lignocaine injection in the management of chronic lower back pain: a 6-month audit of treatment in community general practice.
Biography
James is in his final term of GP training in Adelaide, South Australia. He is actively involved in medical education for junior medical officers as a medical education registrar at Flinders Medical Centre and has a keen interest in research. He has published original research from his work in Solomon Island's, featured in the Journal of Rural and Remote Health. He has further presented on topics involving medical education and the importance of research involving junior medical officers at the Australian and New Zealand Medical Education and Teaching Forum.
Dr Dilip Dhupelia
Director, Medical and Clinical Services
Queensland Country Practice, Queensland Rural Medical Service
Joining up medical education and training in the pursuit of Rural Medical Workforce Excellence : The Queensland Way!
Biography
Dr Dilip Dhupelia is the Director of Clinical and Medical Services at Queensland Country Practice which is part of Queensland Rural Medical Service. Trained in Dublin, Ireland, Dr Dhupelia migrated to Queensland and practised in Millmerran (1978-1982) and Toowoomba (1982-2006) as a Rural Generalist Obstetrician. From 2006 to 2010 Dr Dhupelia was the Senior Medical Advisor for Medicare Australia within the Commonwealth Department of Health. Since 2010, Dr Dhupelia has worked in his current capacity within Queensland Health and has been intimately been involved in the expansion of Queensland’s Rural Generalist Program as well as playing a strategic role in service and workforce design across the state.
Dilip also works as a part time GP in Toowong. His other roles are as Board Director of General Practice Training Queensland and also the Australian Medical Association, Queensland (AMAQ).
Dr Serguei Kisselev
Advanced Rural Health
The CURE method in the rehabilitation of low back and knee injuries of the Strongman
Biography
Dr. Serguei Kisselev was born and raised in the Soviet Union. He graduated from the Minsk State Medical University in 1983, and has had more than 25 years of experience in family medicine and General Practice. He immigrated to Australia in 2001, and has held ownership of the Sheffield Medical Centre since 2009. He has continued to expand his business, and co-founded Advanced Rural Health Pty Ltd in 2012, which is responsible for running four general practices in Northern Tasmania.
He has a keen interest in musculoskeletal medicine, and in 2016 was elected president of the Australian Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine. His interest has taken him to many different countries, where he is able to learn from professionals around the world about the various methods of managing chronic and acute conditions - including musculoskeletal problems - and implementing these methods into his daily practice. In 2013, Sheffield Medical Centre was recognised as the Tasmanian General Practice of the Year, as well as receiving the Gold Award from the Australian Business Quality Awards of Excellence in Customer Service.
Prof Parker Magin
Director
GP Synergy NSW & ACT Research and Evaluation Unit
(iii) Prevalence and associations of GP registrars’ consultations with older patients in rural and remote practice: a cross-sectional analysis from the Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT) project.
Biography
Parker Magin is a general practitioner, the Director of the GP Synergy NSW & ACT Research and Evaluation Unit and Conjoint Professor in the Discipline of General Practice, University of Newcastle.
His main research interests are the in-practice clinical and educational experiences of general practice trainees, the management of transient ischaemic attacks and minor stroke in primary care, and the psychiatric associations of skin disease.