Clinical updates for your rural cancer patient
Tracks
Waterfront Room 2
| Thursday, October 24, 2024 |
| 3:45 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Waterfront Room 3 |
Details
Stream: BUILD UP CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE: Clinical skills and clinical updates across all domains of practice
Speaker
Dr Sheri Newman
FACRRM
University Of Melbourne
Clinical updates for your rural cancer patient
Abstract Overview
Cancer is still one of the leading causes of death worldwide, with one in two people diagnosed with cancer by the age of 85. During practice, it is inevitable that rural generalists will be involved with cancer patients during their treatment, recovery, remission, or palliation. Having up to date knowledge of the most common approaches and treatments is key to guiding and supporting these patients through all phases of their cancer journey.
Rural patients can be disadvantaged at all stages including accessing imaging, interpreting results, gaining support, and ultimately receiving specialist care. Rural doctors must therefore know the latest guidelines for the most common cancer treatments and are integral to the multidisciplinary team. This vital process brings together a range of health professionals who contribute differing skills to the planning of treatment and provision of ongoing care, ensuring all relevant aspects of the cancer patient’s needs are considered.
Rural patients can be disadvantaged at all stages including accessing imaging, interpreting results, gaining support, and ultimately receiving specialist care. Rural doctors must therefore know the latest guidelines for the most common cancer treatments and are integral to the multidisciplinary team. This vital process brings together a range of health professionals who contribute differing skills to the planning of treatment and provision of ongoing care, ensuring all relevant aspects of the cancer patient’s needs are considered.
Biography
Sheri is a well-travelled and fearless ACRRM fellow and one of a small cohort with the AST in surgery. She is regarded by her colleagues as someone for whom no mountain is too high.
Adventure has called her to work in remote Australia, East Timor and Antarctica.
Her experience and wide skill set includes rural primary care, emergency and trauma, expedition medicine, dentistry, ships medicine and aeromedical skills.
Sheri is passionate about teaching and has successfully coached registrars for their surgical AST. She is currently undertaking a masters of surgery whilst continuing to work in remote Australia.
Dr Sue Velovski
Northern Rivers Surgical Group
Co-presenter
Biography
Dr Sue Velovski in the Chair of RDAA’s Rural Specialist Group (RSG), a committee member of RDANSW and the 2022 co-Rural Doctor of the Year. She is a General Surgeon with a particular interest in cancer and trauma surgery, practising in the Northern Rivers area of NSW. Sue continues to be a passionate advocate for all rural doctors across Australia and for health professionals and services in her community which continues to experience significant distress as a result of major flooding.
