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RMA2025 Program


Wednesday, October 22, 2025


Thursday, October 23, 2025

Crown Ballroom 1 & 2
Crown Ballroom 3A
Crown Ballroom 3B
Crown Ballroom 3C
Botanical 1 room
Botanical 2 room
Botanical 3 room
Botanical 4 room
6:59 AM - 5:30 PM RMA25 Registration and information desk | Thursday
Located on the ground level of Crown Towers outside the Grand Ballroom
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM RMA25 ACRRM Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Breakfast | Supported by JCTS
8:15 AM - 10:00 AM Welcome to Day One RMA25 Plenary
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Thursday | Morning Tea
Thursday | Poster Blitz Session 1
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM 1.1 Trauma-informed care - cornerstone of primary healthcare 1.2 Can AI Really Teach Consultation Skills? Seeing Is Believing 1.4 Navigating Medicare Compliance in Rural Practice 1.5 Mentoring myths and coaching magic 1.6 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Members Group closed workshop / planning session 1.7 Queensland’s Rural Generalist Program: outcomes and priorities from the first 20 years 1.8 Stitching Culture: Crafting a Shared Vision for Rural Medical Communities
11:05 AM - 11:35 AM 1.1 (continued) 1.2 (continued) 2.3 Community palliative care patients attending a regional Emergency department 2.4 Delivering more not less, increasing endoscopy access through innovation and lessons learnt 1.5 (continued) 1.6 (continued) 1.7 (continued) 1.8 (continued)
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM 3.1 Bringing Specialist Palliative Care Closer to Home: A Rural Generalist-Led Model 3.2 ADTOS - getting the supports right 3.3 AUS-mTBI: Leveraging digital technology to predict outcomes after mild traumatic brain injury 3.4 From Isolation to Collaboration: Clinical Knowledge Exchange in Allergy Care 1.5 (continued). 1.6 (continued). 3.7 Comparing frameworks for handover and case-based teaching with learning conversations in practice 3.8 Fostering Growth: Near Peer Teaching and Learning in Rural Medicine
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM Thursday | Lunch and Exhibition | Supported by National Allergy Council
RMA25 Supervisors' Networking Lunch | Supported by GPSA
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM 4.1 Clinical Updates for Rural Generalists 4.3 Understanding the Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program for rural practices 4.4 Pushmi-Pullyu: consultant specialists and rural GPs/generalists 4.5 Global megatrends impacting healthcare - implications for rural and remote 4.6 Supporting Early-Career Rural Generalist Journeys 4.7 Future Gens Workshop 4.8 "Oh Damn… I’m actually part of the problem"
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM 4.1 (continued) 4.3 (continued) 4.4 (continued) 4.5 (continued) 4.6 (continued) 4.7 (continued) 4.8 (continued)
2:20 PM - 2:50 PM 4.1 (continued). 6.2 Birthing Reborn: A Year in Review of Weipa’s Birthing Service Revival 6.3 Improving Rural Access: Accelerated Outcomes from a 4-Day Trauma Therapy Program 6.4 How and why geographical narcissism skews interest in rural medical careers 6.5 Advanced Skin Cancer Excision Techniques (Flap Closures and Skin Grafting Techniques) 6.6 Respectful workplace culture-building strategies. Respond to discrimination with awareness and effective action 6.7 Future Gens Workshop 6.8 Win-win conflict resolution: Mediating disputes between others
2:55 PM - 3:25 PM 7.1 Media 101 - tips and tricks for rural docs! 6.2 (continued) 7.3 Home delivery ENT Diagnostics: Transforming Paediatric Sleep Apnoea Care in Regional Australia 7.4 3D Printing: From Personal Passion to Professional Practice Models 6.5 (continued) 6.6 (continued) 6.7 (continued) 6.8 (continued)
3:25 PM - 3:55 PM Thursday | Afternoon Tea
Thursday | Poster Blitz Session 2
3:55 PM - 4:25 PM 8.1 Training general specialists rurally: what works 8.2 ‘Going Out’ - Adapting training models for the rural and remote workforce 8.3 Summary of the Flexible Approach to Training in Expanded Settings (FATES) Programs 8.4 From First consult to ongoing care: GP management of transgender health 8.5 A Student Voice: What Makes a Difference-Studying in a Rural End-to-end Pilot 8.6 ADHD and Those Who Fake It: A Model for Reliable ADHD Assessments in Rural Practice 8.7 Listen Up: Practical Ear Health Skills for Rural Doctors 8.8 “I think I might be trans”: navigating first consultations as rural generalists
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM 8.1 (continued) 9.2 The Medical Training Survey uncovering trends in rural clinical settings 9.3 National Lung Cancer Screening Program Health Workforce Education 9.5 Short, sharp and social: “Levelling up” your MedEd game with social media 8.6 (continued) 8.7 (continued) 8.8 (continued)
5:05 PM - 5:35 PM 10.1 A 2025 MegaUpdate in Obs&Gyn 10.2 Increasing health equity and research capability in rural Australia: The PARTNER Network 10.3 Interdisciplinary Student-Led Clinic in Central Queensland: A JCU–CHH Partnership 10.4 Who delivers anaesthesia in rural Australia? We do! 10.5 What a load of CRP 8.7 (continued). 10.8 Federal Support Misses the Mark: Student Perspectives on the HELP-Debt Reduction Scheme
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM RMA25 Future Rural Doctors Networking Event | Supported by GPRA
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 5.50pm for a 6.00pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart The Reveley at 9.00pm.
RMA25 Networking Event
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 6.00pm for a 6.10pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart Flight Club at 9.00pm.
RMA25 Rural Doctors in Training Networking Event | Supported by AIDA
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 6.10pm for a 6.20pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart Optus Stadium at 9.00pm.
Crown Ballroom 1 & 2
Crown Ballroom 3A
6:59 AM - 5:30 PM RMA25 Registration and information desk | Thursday
Located on the ground level of Crown Towers outside the Grand Ballroom
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM RMA25 ACRRM Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Breakfast | Supported by JCTS
8:15 AM - 10:00 AM Welcome to Day One RMA25 Plenary
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Thursday | Morning Tea
Thursday | Poster Blitz Session 1
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM 1.1 Trauma-informed care - cornerstone of primary healthcare 1.2 Can AI Really Teach Consultation Skills? Seeing Is Believing
11:05 AM - 11:35 AM 1.1 (continued) 1.2 (continued)
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM 3.1 Bringing Specialist Palliative Care Closer to Home: A Rural Generalist-Led Model 3.2 ADTOS - getting the supports right
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM Thursday | Lunch and Exhibition | Supported by National Allergy Council
RMA25 Supervisors' Networking Lunch | Supported by GPSA
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM 4.1 Clinical Updates for Rural Generalists
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM 4.1 (continued)
2:20 PM - 2:50 PM 4.1 (continued). 6.2 Birthing Reborn: A Year in Review of Weipa’s Birthing Service Revival
2:55 PM - 3:25 PM 7.1 Media 101 - tips and tricks for rural docs! 6.2 (continued)
3:25 PM - 3:55 PM Thursday | Afternoon Tea
Thursday | Poster Blitz Session 2
3:55 PM - 4:25 PM 8.1 Training general specialists rurally: what works 8.2 ‘Going Out’ - Adapting training models for the rural and remote workforce
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM 8.1 (continued) 9.2 The Medical Training Survey uncovering trends in rural clinical settings
5:05 PM - 5:35 PM 10.1 A 2025 MegaUpdate in Obs&Gyn 10.2 Increasing health equity and research capability in rural Australia: The PARTNER Network
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM RMA25 Future Rural Doctors Networking Event | Supported by GPRA
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 5.50pm for a 6.00pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart The Reveley at 9.00pm.
RMA25 Networking Event
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 6.00pm for a 6.10pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart Flight Club at 9.00pm.
RMA25 Rural Doctors in Training Networking Event | Supported by AIDA
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 6.10pm for a 6.20pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart Optus Stadium at 9.00pm.

Crown Ballroom 3B
Crown Ballroom 3C
6:59 AM - 5:30 PM RMA25 Registration and information desk | Thursday
Located on the ground level of Crown Towers outside the Grand Ballroom
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM RMA25 ACRRM Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Breakfast | Supported by JCTS
8:15 AM - 10:00 AM Welcome to Day One RMA25 Plenary
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Thursday | Morning Tea
Thursday | Poster Blitz Session 1
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM 1.4 Navigating Medicare Compliance in Rural Practice
11:05 AM - 11:35 AM 2.3 Community palliative care patients attending a regional Emergency department 2.4 Delivering more not less, increasing endoscopy access through innovation and lessons learnt
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM 3.3 AUS-mTBI: Leveraging digital technology to predict outcomes after mild traumatic brain injury 3.4 From Isolation to Collaboration: Clinical Knowledge Exchange in Allergy Care
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM Thursday | Lunch and Exhibition | Supported by National Allergy Council
RMA25 Supervisors' Networking Lunch | Supported by GPSA
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM 4.3 Understanding the Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program for rural practices 4.4 Pushmi-Pullyu: consultant specialists and rural GPs/generalists
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM 4.3 (continued) 4.4 (continued)
2:20 PM - 2:50 PM 6.3 Improving Rural Access: Accelerated Outcomes from a 4-Day Trauma Therapy Program 6.4 How and why geographical narcissism skews interest in rural medical careers
2:55 PM - 3:25 PM 7.3 Home delivery ENT Diagnostics: Transforming Paediatric Sleep Apnoea Care in Regional Australia 7.4 3D Printing: From Personal Passion to Professional Practice Models
3:25 PM - 3:55 PM Thursday | Afternoon Tea
Thursday | Poster Blitz Session 2
3:55 PM - 4:25 PM 8.3 Summary of the Flexible Approach to Training in Expanded Settings (FATES) Programs 8.4 From First consult to ongoing care: GP management of transgender health
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM 9.3 National Lung Cancer Screening Program Health Workforce Education
5:05 PM - 5:35 PM 10.3 Interdisciplinary Student-Led Clinic in Central Queensland: A JCU–CHH Partnership 10.4 Who delivers anaesthesia in rural Australia? We do!
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM RMA25 Future Rural Doctors Networking Event | Supported by GPRA
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 5.50pm for a 6.00pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart The Reveley at 9.00pm.
RMA25 Networking Event
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 6.00pm for a 6.10pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart Flight Club at 9.00pm.
RMA25 Rural Doctors in Training Networking Event | Supported by AIDA
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 6.10pm for a 6.20pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart Optus Stadium at 9.00pm.

Botanical 1 room
Botanical 2 room
6:59 AM - 5:30 PM RMA25 Registration and information desk | Thursday
Located on the ground level of Crown Towers outside the Grand Ballroom
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM RMA25 ACRRM Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Breakfast | Supported by JCTS
8:15 AM - 10:00 AM Welcome to Day One RMA25 Plenary
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Thursday | Morning Tea
Thursday | Poster Blitz Session 1
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM 1.5 Mentoring myths and coaching magic 1.6 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Members Group closed workshop / planning session
11:05 AM - 11:35 AM 1.5 (continued) 1.6 (continued)
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM 1.5 (continued). 1.6 (continued).
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM Thursday | Lunch and Exhibition | Supported by National Allergy Council
RMA25 Supervisors' Networking Lunch | Supported by GPSA
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM 4.5 Global megatrends impacting healthcare - implications for rural and remote 4.6 Supporting Early-Career Rural Generalist Journeys
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM 4.5 (continued) 4.6 (continued)
2:20 PM - 2:50 PM 6.5 Advanced Skin Cancer Excision Techniques (Flap Closures and Skin Grafting Techniques) 6.6 Respectful workplace culture-building strategies. Respond to discrimination with awareness and effective action
2:55 PM - 3:25 PM 6.5 (continued) 6.6 (continued)
3:25 PM - 3:55 PM Thursday | Afternoon Tea
Thursday | Poster Blitz Session 2
3:55 PM - 4:25 PM 8.5 A Student Voice: What Makes a Difference-Studying in a Rural End-to-end Pilot 8.6 ADHD and Those Who Fake It: A Model for Reliable ADHD Assessments in Rural Practice
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM 9.5 Short, sharp and social: “Levelling up” your MedEd game with social media 8.6 (continued)
5:05 PM - 5:35 PM 10.5 What a load of CRP
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM RMA25 Future Rural Doctors Networking Event | Supported by GPRA
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 5.50pm for a 6.00pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart The Reveley at 9.00pm.
RMA25 Networking Event
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 6.00pm for a 6.10pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart Flight Club at 9.00pm.
RMA25 Rural Doctors in Training Networking Event | Supported by AIDA
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 6.10pm for a 6.20pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart Optus Stadium at 9.00pm.

Botanical 3 room
Botanical 4 room
6:59 AM - 5:30 PM RMA25 Registration and information desk | Thursday
Located on the ground level of Crown Towers outside the Grand Ballroom
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM RMA25 ACRRM Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Breakfast | Supported by JCTS
8:15 AM - 10:00 AM Welcome to Day One RMA25 Plenary
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Thursday | Morning Tea
Thursday | Poster Blitz Session 1
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM 1.7 Queensland’s Rural Generalist Program: outcomes and priorities from the first 20 years 1.8 Stitching Culture: Crafting a Shared Vision for Rural Medical Communities
11:05 AM - 11:35 AM 1.7 (continued) 1.8 (continued)
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM 3.7 Comparing frameworks for handover and case-based teaching with learning conversations in practice 3.8 Fostering Growth: Near Peer Teaching and Learning in Rural Medicine
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM Thursday | Lunch and Exhibition | Supported by National Allergy Council
RMA25 Supervisors' Networking Lunch | Supported by GPSA
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM 4.7 Future Gens Workshop 4.8 "Oh Damn… I’m actually part of the problem"
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM 4.7 (continued) 4.8 (continued)
2:20 PM - 2:50 PM 6.7 Future Gens Workshop 6.8 Win-win conflict resolution: Mediating disputes between others
2:55 PM - 3:25 PM 6.7 (continued) 6.8 (continued)
3:25 PM - 3:55 PM Thursday | Afternoon Tea
Thursday | Poster Blitz Session 2
3:55 PM - 4:25 PM 8.7 Listen Up: Practical Ear Health Skills for Rural Doctors 8.8 “I think I might be trans”: navigating first consultations as rural generalists
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM 8.7 (continued) 8.8 (continued)
5:05 PM - 5:35 PM 8.7 (continued). 10.8 Federal Support Misses the Mark: Student Perspectives on the HELP-Debt Reduction Scheme
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM RMA25 Future Rural Doctors Networking Event | Supported by GPRA
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 5.50pm for a 6.00pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart The Reveley at 9.00pm.
RMA25 Networking Event
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 6.00pm for a 6.10pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart Flight Club at 9.00pm.
RMA25 Rural Doctors in Training Networking Event | Supported by AIDA
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 6.10pm for a 6.20pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart Optus Stadium at 9.00pm.

Crown Ballroom 1 & 2
6:59 AM - 5:30 PM RMA25 Registration and information desk | Thursday
Located on the ground level of Crown Towers outside the Grand Ballroom
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM RMA25 ACRRM Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Breakfast | Supported by JCTS
8:15 AM - 10:00 AM Welcome to Day One RMA25 Plenary
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Thursday | Morning Tea
Thursday | Poster Blitz Session 1
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM 1.1 Trauma-informed care - cornerstone of primary healthcare
11:05 AM - 11:35 AM 1.1 (continued)
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM 3.1 Bringing Specialist Palliative Care Closer to Home: A Rural Generalist-Led Model
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM Thursday | Lunch and Exhibition | Supported by National Allergy Council
RMA25 Supervisors' Networking Lunch | Supported by GPSA
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM 4.1 Clinical Updates for Rural Generalists
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM 4.1 (continued)
2:20 PM - 2:50 PM 4.1 (continued).
2:55 PM - 3:25 PM 7.1 Media 101 - tips and tricks for rural docs!
3:25 PM - 3:55 PM Thursday | Afternoon Tea
Thursday | Poster Blitz Session 2
3:55 PM - 4:25 PM 8.1 Training general specialists rurally: what works
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM 8.1 (continued)
5:05 PM - 5:35 PM 10.1 A 2025 MegaUpdate in Obs&Gyn
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM RMA25 Future Rural Doctors Networking Event | Supported by GPRA
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 5.50pm for a 6.00pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart The Reveley at 9.00pm.
RMA25 Networking Event
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 6.00pm for a 6.10pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart Flight Club at 9.00pm.
RMA25 Rural Doctors in Training Networking Event | Supported by AIDA
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 6.10pm for a 6.20pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart Optus Stadium at 9.00pm.

Crown Ballroom 3A
6:59 AM - 5:30 PM RMA25 Registration and information desk | Thursday
Located on the ground level of Crown Towers outside the Grand Ballroom
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM RMA25 ACRRM Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Breakfast | Supported by JCTS
8:15 AM - 10:00 AM Welcome to Day One RMA25 Plenary
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Thursday | Morning Tea
Thursday | Poster Blitz Session 1
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM 1.2 Can AI Really Teach Consultation Skills? Seeing Is Believing
11:05 AM - 11:35 AM 1.2 (continued)
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM 3.2 ADTOS - getting the supports right
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM Thursday | Lunch and Exhibition | Supported by National Allergy Council
RMA25 Supervisors' Networking Lunch | Supported by GPSA
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
2:20 PM - 2:50 PM 6.2 Birthing Reborn: A Year in Review of Weipa’s Birthing Service Revival
2:55 PM - 3:25 PM 6.2 (continued)
3:25 PM - 3:55 PM Thursday | Afternoon Tea
Thursday | Poster Blitz Session 2
3:55 PM - 4:25 PM 8.2 ‘Going Out’ - Adapting training models for the rural and remote workforce
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM 9.2 The Medical Training Survey uncovering trends in rural clinical settings
5:05 PM - 5:35 PM 10.2 Increasing health equity and research capability in rural Australia: The PARTNER Network
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM RMA25 Future Rural Doctors Networking Event | Supported by GPRA
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 5.50pm for a 6.00pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart The Reveley at 9.00pm.
RMA25 Networking Event
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 6.00pm for a 6.10pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart Flight Club at 9.00pm.
RMA25 Rural Doctors in Training Networking Event | Supported by AIDA
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 6.10pm for a 6.20pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart Optus Stadium at 9.00pm.

Crown Ballroom 3B
6:59 AM - 5:30 PM RMA25 Registration and information desk | Thursday
Located on the ground level of Crown Towers outside the Grand Ballroom
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM RMA25 ACRRM Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Breakfast | Supported by JCTS
8:15 AM - 10:00 AM Welcome to Day One RMA25 Plenary
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Thursday | Morning Tea
Thursday | Poster Blitz Session 1
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:05 AM - 11:35 AM 2.3 Community palliative care patients attending a regional Emergency department
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM 3.3 AUS-mTBI: Leveraging digital technology to predict outcomes after mild traumatic brain injury
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM Thursday | Lunch and Exhibition | Supported by National Allergy Council
RMA25 Supervisors' Networking Lunch | Supported by GPSA
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM 4.3 Understanding the Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program for rural practices
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM 4.3 (continued)
2:20 PM - 2:50 PM 6.3 Improving Rural Access: Accelerated Outcomes from a 4-Day Trauma Therapy Program
2:55 PM - 3:25 PM 7.3 Home delivery ENT Diagnostics: Transforming Paediatric Sleep Apnoea Care in Regional Australia
3:25 PM - 3:55 PM Thursday | Afternoon Tea
Thursday | Poster Blitz Session 2
3:55 PM - 4:25 PM 8.3 Summary of the Flexible Approach to Training in Expanded Settings (FATES) Programs
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM 9.3 National Lung Cancer Screening Program Health Workforce Education
5:05 PM - 5:35 PM 10.3 Interdisciplinary Student-Led Clinic in Central Queensland: A JCU–CHH Partnership
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM RMA25 Future Rural Doctors Networking Event | Supported by GPRA
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 5.50pm for a 6.00pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart The Reveley at 9.00pm.
RMA25 Networking Event
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 6.00pm for a 6.10pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart Flight Club at 9.00pm.
RMA25 Rural Doctors in Training Networking Event | Supported by AIDA
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 6.10pm for a 6.20pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart Optus Stadium at 9.00pm.

Crown Ballroom 3C
6:59 AM - 5:30 PM RMA25 Registration and information desk | Thursday
Located on the ground level of Crown Towers outside the Grand Ballroom
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM RMA25 ACRRM Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Breakfast | Supported by JCTS
8:15 AM - 10:00 AM Welcome to Day One RMA25 Plenary
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Thursday | Morning Tea
Thursday | Poster Blitz Session 1
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM 1.4 Navigating Medicare Compliance in Rural Practice
11:05 AM - 11:35 AM 2.4 Delivering more not less, increasing endoscopy access through innovation and lessons learnt
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM 3.4 From Isolation to Collaboration: Clinical Knowledge Exchange in Allergy Care
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM Thursday | Lunch and Exhibition | Supported by National Allergy Council
RMA25 Supervisors' Networking Lunch | Supported by GPSA
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM 4.4 Pushmi-Pullyu: consultant specialists and rural GPs/generalists
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM 4.4 (continued)
2:20 PM - 2:50 PM 6.4 How and why geographical narcissism skews interest in rural medical careers
2:55 PM - 3:25 PM 7.4 3D Printing: From Personal Passion to Professional Practice Models
3:25 PM - 3:55 PM Thursday | Afternoon Tea
Thursday | Poster Blitz Session 2
3:55 PM - 4:25 PM 8.4 From First consult to ongoing care: GP management of transgender health
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
5:05 PM - 5:35 PM 10.4 Who delivers anaesthesia in rural Australia? We do!
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM RMA25 Future Rural Doctors Networking Event | Supported by GPRA
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 5.50pm for a 6.00pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart The Reveley at 9.00pm.
RMA25 Networking Event
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 6.00pm for a 6.10pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart Flight Club at 9.00pm.
RMA25 Rural Doctors in Training Networking Event | Supported by AIDA
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 6.10pm for a 6.20pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart Optus Stadium at 9.00pm.

Botanical 1 room
6:59 AM - 5:30 PM RMA25 Registration and information desk | Thursday
Located on the ground level of Crown Towers outside the Grand Ballroom
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM RMA25 ACRRM Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Breakfast | Supported by JCTS
8:15 AM - 10:00 AM Welcome to Day One RMA25 Plenary
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Thursday | Morning Tea
Thursday | Poster Blitz Session 1
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM 1.5 Mentoring myths and coaching magic
11:05 AM - 11:35 AM 1.5 (continued)
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM 1.5 (continued).
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM Thursday | Lunch and Exhibition | Supported by National Allergy Council
RMA25 Supervisors' Networking Lunch | Supported by GPSA
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM 4.5 Global megatrends impacting healthcare - implications for rural and remote
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM 4.5 (continued)
2:20 PM - 2:50 PM 6.5 Advanced Skin Cancer Excision Techniques (Flap Closures and Skin Grafting Techniques)
2:55 PM - 3:25 PM 6.5 (continued)
3:25 PM - 3:55 PM Thursday | Afternoon Tea
Thursday | Poster Blitz Session 2
3:55 PM - 4:25 PM 8.5 A Student Voice: What Makes a Difference-Studying in a Rural End-to-end Pilot
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM 9.5 Short, sharp and social: “Levelling up” your MedEd game with social media
5:05 PM - 5:35 PM 10.5 What a load of CRP
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM RMA25 Future Rural Doctors Networking Event | Supported by GPRA
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 5.50pm for a 6.00pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart The Reveley at 9.00pm.
RMA25 Networking Event
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 6.00pm for a 6.10pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart Flight Club at 9.00pm.
RMA25 Rural Doctors in Training Networking Event | Supported by AIDA
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 6.10pm for a 6.20pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart Optus Stadium at 9.00pm.

Botanical 2 room
6:59 AM - 5:30 PM RMA25 Registration and information desk | Thursday
Located on the ground level of Crown Towers outside the Grand Ballroom
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM RMA25 ACRRM Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Breakfast | Supported by JCTS
8:15 AM - 10:00 AM Welcome to Day One RMA25 Plenary
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Thursday | Morning Tea
Thursday | Poster Blitz Session 1
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM 1.6 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Members Group closed workshop / planning session
11:05 AM - 11:35 AM 1.6 (continued)
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM 1.6 (continued).
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM Thursday | Lunch and Exhibition | Supported by National Allergy Council
RMA25 Supervisors' Networking Lunch | Supported by GPSA
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM 4.6 Supporting Early-Career Rural Generalist Journeys
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM 4.6 (continued)
2:20 PM - 2:50 PM 6.6 Respectful workplace culture-building strategies. Respond to discrimination with awareness and effective action
2:55 PM - 3:25 PM 6.6 (continued)
3:25 PM - 3:55 PM Thursday | Afternoon Tea
Thursday | Poster Blitz Session 2
3:55 PM - 4:25 PM 8.6 ADHD and Those Who Fake It: A Model for Reliable ADHD Assessments in Rural Practice
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM 8.6 (continued)
5:05 PM - 5:35 PM
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM RMA25 Future Rural Doctors Networking Event | Supported by GPRA
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 5.50pm for a 6.00pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart The Reveley at 9.00pm.
RMA25 Networking Event
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 6.00pm for a 6.10pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart Flight Club at 9.00pm.
RMA25 Rural Doctors in Training Networking Event | Supported by AIDA
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 6.10pm for a 6.20pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart Optus Stadium at 9.00pm.

Botanical 3 room
6:59 AM - 5:30 PM RMA25 Registration and information desk | Thursday
Located on the ground level of Crown Towers outside the Grand Ballroom
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM RMA25 ACRRM Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Breakfast | Supported by JCTS
8:15 AM - 10:00 AM Welcome to Day One RMA25 Plenary
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Thursday | Morning Tea
Thursday | Poster Blitz Session 1
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM 1.7 Queensland’s Rural Generalist Program: outcomes and priorities from the first 20 years
11:05 AM - 11:35 AM 1.7 (continued)
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM 3.7 Comparing frameworks for handover and case-based teaching with learning conversations in practice
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM Thursday | Lunch and Exhibition | Supported by National Allergy Council
RMA25 Supervisors' Networking Lunch | Supported by GPSA
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM 4.7 Future Gens Workshop
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM 4.7 (continued)
2:20 PM - 2:50 PM 6.7 Future Gens Workshop
2:55 PM - 3:25 PM 6.7 (continued)
3:25 PM - 3:55 PM Thursday | Afternoon Tea
Thursday | Poster Blitz Session 2
3:55 PM - 4:25 PM 8.7 Listen Up: Practical Ear Health Skills for Rural Doctors
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM 8.7 (continued)
5:05 PM - 5:35 PM 8.7 (continued).
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM RMA25 Future Rural Doctors Networking Event | Supported by GPRA
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 5.50pm for a 6.00pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart The Reveley at 9.00pm.
RMA25 Networking Event
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 6.00pm for a 6.10pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart Flight Club at 9.00pm.
RMA25 Rural Doctors in Training Networking Event | Supported by AIDA
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 6.10pm for a 6.20pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart Optus Stadium at 9.00pm.

Botanical 4 room
6:59 AM - 5:30 PM RMA25 Registration and information desk | Thursday
Located on the ground level of Crown Towers outside the Grand Ballroom
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM RMA25 ACRRM Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Breakfast | Supported by JCTS
8:15 AM - 10:00 AM Welcome to Day One RMA25 Plenary
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Thursday | Morning Tea
Thursday | Poster Blitz Session 1
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM 1.8 Stitching Culture: Crafting a Shared Vision for Rural Medical Communities
11:05 AM - 11:35 AM 1.8 (continued)
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM 3.8 Fostering Growth: Near Peer Teaching and Learning in Rural Medicine
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM Thursday | Lunch and Exhibition | Supported by National Allergy Council
RMA25 Supervisors' Networking Lunch | Supported by GPSA
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM 4.8 "Oh Damn… I’m actually part of the problem"
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM 4.8 (continued)
2:20 PM - 2:50 PM 6.8 Win-win conflict resolution: Mediating disputes between others
2:55 PM - 3:25 PM 6.8 (continued)
3:25 PM - 3:55 PM Thursday | Afternoon Tea
Thursday | Poster Blitz Session 2
3:55 PM - 4:25 PM 8.8 “I think I might be trans”: navigating first consultations as rural generalists
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM 8.8 (continued)
5:05 PM - 5:35 PM 10.8 Federal Support Misses the Mark: Student Perspectives on the HELP-Debt Reduction Scheme
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM RMA25 Future Rural Doctors Networking Event | Supported by GPRA
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 5.50pm for a 6.00pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart The Reveley at 9.00pm.
RMA25 Networking Event
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 6.00pm for a 6.10pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart Flight Club at 9.00pm.
RMA25 Rural Doctors in Training Networking Event | Supported by AIDA
Coach transfers have been arranged to transport guests to/from the venue. Please be waiting in the Crown Towers lobby at 6.10pm for a 6.20pm departure. Return transfers back to Crown Towers will depart Optus Stadium at 9.00pm.


Friday, October 24, 2025

Crown Ballroom 1 & 2
Crown Ballroom 3A
Crown Ballroom 3B
Crown Ballroom 3C
Botanical 1 room
Botanical 2 room
Botanical 3 room
Botanical 4 room
6:59 AM - 5:30 PM RMA25 Registration and information desk | Friday
Located on the ground level of Crown Towers outside the Grand Ballroom
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM Presidents' Breakfast | The New World Order of Workforce Distribution | Sponsored by Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Please note: This is a ticketed event which will be noted on your name badge.
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM ACRRM AGM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Introduction to Ear Wax Management using Microsuction Workshop
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 Doctors in Training: Court is in Session – Gen Y Doctors are charged with marshmallowness 11.2 Trauma Informed Practice with Lego Serious Play 11.3 Packed with Purpose: Sandpiper Stories from the Field 11.4 Codesign of a learning conversations model between medical supervisors and trainees 11.5 The journey from a mini-tertiary hospital model to a Rural Generalist Service 11.6 Defining the Future - A Collaborative Review of Proposed Rural Generalist Capabilities ACRRM Board Meeting 11.8 Kids and Training?! When and How?!
1:35 PM - 2:05 PM 11.1 (continued) 11.2 (continued) 11.3 (continued) 11.4 (continued) 12.5 No Rules, Just Words: Creative Writing for Healthcare Professionals 11.6 (continued) ACRRM Board Meeting (continued) 11.8 (continued)
2:10 PM - 2:40 PM 13.1 Going the Distance: From the Arctic to the Antarctic and Places Between 13.2 StAMPS Tips, Tricks and Practice 13.3 JCTS panel - The importance of cultural education and mentorship in GP training 13.4 Formal teaching to develop clinical courage in ACRRM Registrars 12.5 (continued) 13.6 Advanced Certificate in Rural Generalist Anaesthesia - program review and future development ACRRM | RDAA Joint Board Meeting 13.8 Choosing Specialisation: An Analysis of ACRRM Registrar AST Disciplines
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM 13.1 (continued) 13.2 (continued) 13.3 (continued) 13.4 (continued) 13.6 (continued) 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 15.1 First on Scene, First to Lead: Clinical Leadership for aspiring Rural Generalists 15.2 Procedural Logbook Workshop RDAA Member Forum 15.4 Rural ready: Supercharging professional support for rural doctors 15.5 Research for the Rural Generalist 15.6 Genes, Jargon and the Journey: Bringing Genetics to Rural Practitioners 15.7 Navigating Intergenerational Trauma in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients - a Yarning Circle
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM 15.1 (continued) 15.2 (continued) RDAA Member Forum (continued) 15.4 (continued) 15.5 (continued) 15.6 (continued) 15.7 (continued)
4:55 PM - 5:25 PM 15.1 (continued). 17.2 RegCom and RLO session 17.3 Teacher, mentor, assessor, guide? Exploring medical supervision in a rural community 15.4 (continued).
6:30 PM - 11:59 PM RMA25 Conference Awards Dinner













Saturday, October 25, 2025

Crown Ballroom 1 & 2
Crown Ballroom 3A
Crown Ballroom 3B
Crown Ballroom 3C
Botanical 1 room
Botanical 3 room
Botanical 4 room
6:59 AM - 3:00 PM RMA25 Registration and information desk | Saturday
Located on the ground level of Crown Towers outside the Grand Ballroom
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM RMA25 Vitality Breakfast
8:45 AM - 10:00 AM Day Three RMA25 Plenary | Supported by Monash University - Department of Forensic Medicine
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 18.8 Procedural Logbook Workshop 18.3 “She’ll be right” – women leading the next wave of rural doctors 18.4 Doctor, This is What I Really Need: A dialogue with trans and gender diverse patients 18.2 Future Gens - Advocacy 18.7 AI scribes – understanding the medicolegal risks and rewards
11:05 AM - 11:35 AM 18.5 (continued) 18.8 (continued) 18.3 (continued) 18.4 (continued) 19.2 Future Gens - AST Speed Networking 18.7 (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 18.3 (continued). 20.4 Data and insights for quality improvement of the ACRRM pathways 19.2 (continued) 20.7 Scope of practice and complications encountered by South Australian Rural Generalist Anaesthetists 20.8 Thank Us Later - Three Ways to improve your Financial Health
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM Saturday | Lunch and Exhibition
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM 21.5 Altitude related ailments in rural mountainous communities 21.4 Owning a Medical Practice: how to give yourself the best chance of success 19.2 (continued). 20.8 (continued)
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM RMA25 Closing Plenary
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM ACRRM Fellowship Ceremony
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM ACRRM Fellowship Ceremony Reception












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