RMA2025 Program
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
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3:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
Registration and information desk | Wednesday
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5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | RMA25 First Timers' Welcome |
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM | RMA25 Welcome Reception |
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3:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
Registration and information desk | Wednesday
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5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | RMA25 First Timers' Welcome |
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM | RMA25 Welcome Reception |
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3:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
Registration and information desk | Wednesday
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5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | RMA25 First Timers' Welcome |
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM | RMA25 Welcome Reception |
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Friday, October 24, 2025
Crown Ballroom 1 & 2
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6:59 AM - 5:00 PM |
RMA25 Registration and information desk | Friday
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7:00 AM - 8:15 AM | RMA25 Presidents' Breakfast |
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | ACRRM AGM |
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | |
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | RDAA AGM |
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Friday | Morning Tea |
Friday | Poster Blitz Session 1 | |
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Day Two RMA25 Plenary |
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Friday | Lunch and Exhibition |
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM | 11.1 Treating rural and remote Australia’s worst serial killer |
1:35 PM - 2:05 PM | 11.1 (continued) |
2:10 PM - 2:40 PM | 13.1 Going the Distance: From the Arctic to the Antarctic and Places Between |
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 13.1 (continued) |
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM | Friday | Afternoon Tea |
Friday | Poster Blitz Session 2 | |
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM | 15.1 First on Scene, First to Lead: Clinical Leadership for aspiring Rural Generalists |
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM | 15.1 (continued) |
4:55 PM - 5:25 PM | 15.1 (continued). |
6:30 PM - 11:59 PM | RMA25 Conference Awards Dinner |
Crown Ballroom 3A
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6:59 AM - 5:00 PM |
RMA25 Registration and information desk | Friday
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7:00 AM - 8:15 AM | RMA25 Presidents' Breakfast |
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | |
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | |
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | |
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Friday | Morning Tea |
Friday | Poster Blitz Session 1 | |
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Day Two RMA25 Plenary |
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Friday | Lunch and Exhibition |
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM | 11.2 Trauma Informed Practice with Lego Serious Play |
1:35 PM - 2:05 PM | 11.2 (continued) |
2:10 PM - 2:40 PM | 13.2 StAMPS Tips, Ticks and Practice |
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 13.2 (continued) |
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM | Friday | Afternoon Tea |
Friday | Poster Blitz Session 2 | |
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM | 15.2 Procedural Logbook Workshop |
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM | 15.2 (continued) |
4:55 PM - 5:25 PM | 17.2 RegCom and RLO session |
6:30 PM - 11:59 PM | RMA25 Conference Awards Dinner |
Crown Ballroom 3B
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6:59 AM - 5:00 PM |
RMA25 Registration and information desk | Friday
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7:00 AM - 8:15 AM | RMA25 Presidents' Breakfast |
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | |
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | |
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | |
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Friday | Morning Tea |
Friday | Poster Blitz Session 1 | |
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Day Two RMA25 Plenary |
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Friday | Lunch and Exhibition |
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM | 11.3 JCTS panel - The importance of cultural education and mentorship in GP training |
1:35 PM - 2:05 PM | 11.3 (continued) |
2:10 PM - 2:40 PM | 13.3 Packed with Purpose: Sandpiper Stories from the Field |
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 13.3 (continued) |
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM | Friday | Afternoon Tea |
Friday | Poster Blitz Session 2 | |
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM | 15.3 Research for the Rural Generalist |
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM | 15.3 (continued) |
4:55 PM - 5:25 PM | 17.3 Teacher, mentor, assessor, guide? Exploring medical supervision in a rural community |
6:30 PM - 11:59 PM | RMA25 Conference Awards Dinner |
Crown Ballroom 3C
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6:59 AM - 5:00 PM |
RMA25 Registration and information desk | Friday
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7:00 AM - 8:15 AM | RMA25 Presidents' Breakfast |
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | |
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | |
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | |
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Friday | Morning Tea |
Friday | Poster Blitz Session 1 | |
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Day Two RMA25 Plenary |
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Friday | Lunch and Exhibition |
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM | 11.4 Codesign of a learning conversations model between medical supervisors and trainees |
1:35 PM - 2:05 PM | 11.4 (continued) |
2:10 PM - 2:40 PM | 13.4 Formal teaching to develop clinical courage in ACRRM Registrars |
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 13.4 (continued) |
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM | Friday | Afternoon Tea |
Friday | Poster Blitz Session 2 | |
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM | 15.4 Rural ready: Supercharging professional support for rural doctors |
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM | 15.4 (continued) |
4:55 PM - 5:25 PM | 15.4 (continued). |
6:30 PM - 11:59 PM | RMA25 Conference Awards Dinner |
Botanical 2 room
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6:59 AM - 5:00 PM |
RMA25 Registration and information desk | Friday
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7:00 AM - 8:15 AM | RMA25 Presidents' Breakfast |
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | |
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | |
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | |
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Friday | Morning Tea |
Friday | Poster Blitz Session 1 | |
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Day Two RMA25 Plenary |
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Friday | Lunch and Exhibition |
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM | 11.6 Defining the Future - A Collaborative Review of Proposed Rural Generalist Capabilities |
1:35 PM - 2:05 PM | 11.6 (continued) |
2:10 PM - 2:40 PM | 13.6 Advanced Certificate in Rural Generalist Anaesthesia - program review and future development |
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 13.6 (continued) |
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM | Friday | Afternoon Tea |
Friday | Poster Blitz Session 2 | |
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM | 15.6 Genes, Jargon and the Journey: Bringing Genetics to Rural Practitioners |
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM | 15.6 (continued) |
4:55 PM - 5:25 PM | 17.6 Unpacking the Academic Practice AST |
6:30 PM - 11:59 PM | RMA25 Conference Awards Dinner |
Botanical 3 room
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6:59 AM - 5:00 PM |
RMA25 Registration and information desk | Friday
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7:00 AM - 8:15 AM | RMA25 Presidents' Breakfast |
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | |
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | |
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | |
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Friday | Morning Tea |
Friday | Poster Blitz Session 1 | |
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Day Two RMA25 Plenary |
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Friday | Lunch and Exhibition |
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM | ACRRM Board Meeting |
1:35 PM - 2:05 PM | ACRRM Board Meeting (continued) |
2:10 PM - 2:40 PM | ACRRM | RDAA Joint Board Meeting |
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM | ACRRM | RDAA Joint Board Meeting (continued) |
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM | Friday | Afternoon Tea |
Friday | Poster Blitz Session 2 | |
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM | RDAA Member Forum |
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM | RDAA Member Forum (continued) |
4:55 PM - 5:25 PM | 17.7 |
6:30 PM - 11:59 PM | RMA25 Conference Awards Dinner |
Botanical 4 room
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6:59 AM - 5:00 PM |
RMA25 Registration and information desk | Friday
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7:00 AM - 8:15 AM | RMA25 Presidents' Breakfast |
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | |
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | |
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | |
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Friday | Morning Tea |
Friday | Poster Blitz Session 1 | |
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Day Two RMA25 Plenary |
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Friday | Lunch and Exhibition |
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM | 11.8 Kids and Training?! When and How?! |
1:35 PM - 2:05 PM | 11.8 (continued) |
2:10 PM - 2:40 PM | 13.8 Choosing Specialisation: An Analysis of ACRRM Registrar AST Disciplines |
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 14.8 Reform through rural: leading by necessity |
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM | Friday | Afternoon Tea |
Friday | Poster Blitz Session 2 | |
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM | 15.8 GP management of depression and suicidality – case discussion |
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM | 15.8 (continued) |
4:55 PM - 5:25 PM | 15.8 (continued). |
6:30 PM - 11:59 PM | RMA25 Conference Awards Dinner |
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Crown Ballroom 1 & 2
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Crown Ballroom 3A
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6:59 AM - 3:00 PM |
RMA25 Registration and information desk | Saturday
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7:30 AM - 8:45 AM | RMA25 Vitality Breakfast | |
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Day Three RMA25 Plenary | |
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Saturday | Morning Tea | |
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 18.1 Great Debate or the Court is in Session | 18.2 Procedural Logbook Workshop |
11:05 AM - 11:35 AM | 18.1 (continued) | 18.2 (continued) |
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM | 20.1 | 18.2 (continued). |
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM | Saturday | Lunch and Exhibition | |
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM | 21.1 | 21.2 |
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | RMA25 Closing Plenary | |
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | ACRRM Fellowship Ceremony | |
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | ACRRM Fellowship Ceremony Reception |
Crown Ballroom 3B
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Crown Ballroom 3C
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6:59 AM - 3:00 PM |
RMA25 Registration and information desk | Saturday
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7:30 AM - 8:45 AM | RMA25 Vitality Breakfast | |
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Day Three RMA25 Plenary | |
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Saturday | Morning Tea | |
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 18.3 “She’ll be right” – women leading the next wave of rural doctors | 18.4 Trans health panel with Dr Thomas Drake-Brockman |
11:05 AM - 11:35 AM | 18.3 (continued) | 18.4 (continued) |
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM | 18.3 (continued). | 20.4 Rare case presentations in rural and remote Women's Health |
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM | Saturday | Lunch and Exhibition | |
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM | 21.3 | 21.4 |
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | RMA25 Closing Plenary | |
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | ACRRM Fellowship Ceremony | |
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | ACRRM Fellowship Ceremony Reception |
Botanical 1 room
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Botanical 2 room
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6:59 AM - 3:00 PM |
RMA25 Registration and information desk | Saturday
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7:30 AM - 8:45 AM | RMA25 Vitality Breakfast | |
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Day Three RMA25 Plenary | |
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Saturday | Morning Tea | |
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 18.5 Extreme Medicine, Extraordinary Careers: Expanding Clinical Horizons Strengthening Rural Practice & Wellbeing | 18.6 Adolescent mental health presentations….an approach in primary care |
11:05 AM - 11:35 AM | 18.5 (continued) | 18.6 (continued) |
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM | 20.5 Critical Care Readiness in Rural Emergency Departments in Western NSW | 20.6 Steth to Summit: Insights from Everest expeditions |
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM | Saturday | Lunch and Exhibition | |
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM | 21.5 | 21.6 |
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | RMA25 Closing Plenary | |
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | ACRRM Fellowship Ceremony | |
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | ACRRM Fellowship Ceremony Reception |
Botanical 3 room
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Botanical 4 room
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6:59 AM - 3:00 PM |
RMA25 Registration and information desk | Saturday
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7:30 AM - 8:45 AM | RMA25 Vitality Breakfast | |
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Day Three RMA25 Plenary | |
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Saturday | Morning Tea | |
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 18.7 Teleporting virtual expert hands to the frontline with XRAI Vision® smartglasses | 18.8 A 2025 MegaUpdate in Obs&Gyn |
11:05 AM - 11:35 AM | 18.7 (continued) | 18.8 (continued) |
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM | 20.7 Scope of practice and complications encountered by South Australian Rural Generalist Anaesthetists | 20.8 |
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM | Saturday | Lunch and Exhibition | |
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM | 21.7 | 21.8 |
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | RMA25 Closing Plenary | |
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | ACRRM Fellowship Ceremony | |
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | ACRRM Fellowship Ceremony Reception |
Crown Ballroom 1 & 2
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6:59 AM - 3:00 PM |
RMA25 Registration and information desk | Saturday
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7:30 AM - 8:45 AM | RMA25 Vitality Breakfast |
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Day Three RMA25 Plenary |
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Saturday | Morning Tea |
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 18.1 Great Debate or the Court is in Session |
11:05 AM - 11:35 AM | 18.1 (continued) |
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM | 20.1 |
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM | Saturday | Lunch and Exhibition |
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM | 21.1 |
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | RMA25 Closing Plenary |
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | ACRRM Fellowship Ceremony |
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | ACRRM Fellowship Ceremony Reception |
Crown Ballroom 3A
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6:59 AM - 3:00 PM |
RMA25 Registration and information desk | Saturday
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7:30 AM - 8:45 AM | RMA25 Vitality Breakfast |
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Day Three RMA25 Plenary |
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Saturday | Morning Tea |
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 18.2 Procedural Logbook Workshop |
11:05 AM - 11:35 AM | 18.2 (continued) |
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM | 18.2 (continued). |
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM | Saturday | Lunch and Exhibition |
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM | 21.2 |
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | RMA25 Closing Plenary |
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | ACRRM Fellowship Ceremony |
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | ACRRM Fellowship Ceremony Reception |
Crown Ballroom 3B
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6:59 AM - 3:00 PM |
RMA25 Registration and information desk | Saturday
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7:30 AM - 8:45 AM | RMA25 Vitality Breakfast |
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Day Three RMA25 Plenary |
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Saturday | Morning Tea |
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 18.3 “She’ll be right” – women leading the next wave of rural doctors |
11:05 AM - 11:35 AM | 18.3 (continued) |
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM | 18.3 (continued). |
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM | Saturday | Lunch and Exhibition |
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM | 21.3 |
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | RMA25 Closing Plenary |
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | ACRRM Fellowship Ceremony |
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | ACRRM Fellowship Ceremony Reception |
Crown Ballroom 3C
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6:59 AM - 3:00 PM |
RMA25 Registration and information desk | Saturday
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7:30 AM - 8:45 AM | RMA25 Vitality Breakfast |
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Day Three RMA25 Plenary |
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Saturday | Morning Tea |
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 18.4 Trans health panel with Dr Thomas Drake-Brockman |
11:05 AM - 11:35 AM | 18.4 (continued) |
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM | 20.4 Rare case presentations in rural and remote Women's Health |
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM | Saturday | Lunch and Exhibition |
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM | 21.4 |
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | RMA25 Closing Plenary |
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | ACRRM Fellowship Ceremony |
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | ACRRM Fellowship Ceremony Reception |
Botanical 1 room
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6:59 AM - 3:00 PM |
RMA25 Registration and information desk | Saturday
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7:30 AM - 8:45 AM | RMA25 Vitality Breakfast |
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Day Three RMA25 Plenary |
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Saturday | Morning Tea |
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 18.5 Extreme Medicine, Extraordinary Careers: Expanding Clinical Horizons Strengthening Rural Practice & Wellbeing |
11:05 AM - 11:35 AM | 18.5 (continued) |
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM | 20.5 Critical Care Readiness in Rural Emergency Departments in Western NSW |
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM | Saturday | Lunch and Exhibition |
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM | 21.5 |
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | RMA25 Closing Plenary |
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | ACRRM Fellowship Ceremony |
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | ACRRM Fellowship Ceremony Reception |
Botanical 2 room
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6:59 AM - 3:00 PM |
RMA25 Registration and information desk | Saturday
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7:30 AM - 8:45 AM | RMA25 Vitality Breakfast |
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Day Three RMA25 Plenary |
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Saturday | Morning Tea |
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 18.6 Adolescent mental health presentations….an approach in primary care |
11:05 AM - 11:35 AM | 18.6 (continued) |
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM | 20.6 Steth to Summit: Insights from Everest expeditions |
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM | Saturday | Lunch and Exhibition |
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM | 21.6 |
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | RMA25 Closing Plenary |
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | ACRRM Fellowship Ceremony |
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | ACRRM Fellowship Ceremony Reception |
Botanical 3 room
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6:59 AM - 3:00 PM |
RMA25 Registration and information desk | Saturday
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7:30 AM - 8:45 AM | RMA25 Vitality Breakfast |
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Day Three RMA25 Plenary |
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Saturday | Morning Tea |
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 18.7 Teleporting virtual expert hands to the frontline with XRAI Vision® smartglasses |
11:05 AM - 11:35 AM | 18.7 (continued) |
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM | 20.7 Scope of practice and complications encountered by South Australian Rural Generalist Anaesthetists |
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM | Saturday | Lunch and Exhibition |
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM | 21.7 |
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | RMA25 Closing Plenary |
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | ACRRM Fellowship Ceremony |
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | ACRRM Fellowship Ceremony Reception |
Botanical 4 room
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6:59 AM - 3:00 PM |
RMA25 Registration and information desk | Saturday
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7:30 AM - 8:45 AM | RMA25 Vitality Breakfast |
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Day Three RMA25 Plenary |
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Saturday | Morning Tea |
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 18.8 A 2025 MegaUpdate in Obs&Gyn |
11:05 AM - 11:35 AM | 18.8 (continued) |
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM | 20.8 |
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM | Saturday | Lunch and Exhibition |
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM | 21.8 |
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | RMA25 Closing Plenary |
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | ACRRM Fellowship Ceremony |
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | ACRRM Fellowship Ceremony Reception |
