A Mobile Skin Cancer Clinic for Rural South Australia
Tracks
Waterfront Room 1
| Friday, October 25, 2024 |
| 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
| Waterfront Room 1 |
Details
Stream: BUILD UP HEALTH ECOLOGIES: Exploring the Interplay of Climate, Health, and Sustainable Practices in Rural
Speaker
Dr Benjamin Abbot
Goyder's Line
A Mobile Skin Cancer Clinic for Rural South Australia
Abstract Overview
We have been running a PHN subsidised skin cancer screening and treatment clinic across rural SA since 2019. This has involved multi-day visits to 7+ sites on a 3 monthly basis by accredited skin cancer doctors. Patients self select and are not referred. The presentation will discuss the establishment of the program, the clinical outcomes and the challenges in moving to self sustaining models
Biography
Ben Abbot is an SRGO of 25 years working mostly in rural South Australia, currently providing community medicine, emergency medicine, surgery, obstetrics and skin cancer medicine. He has a long term commitment to training junior colleagues with a view to long term succession planning for rural Australia. He would one day like to retire, but not yet as he is having too much fun.
