Provisional Program
The program below is provisional and will be updated as planning proceeds. Please check this page regularly for updates.
Tuesday 16 October
0800 – 0900
Registration
for AAPM Pre-Conference Workshop Attendees
0900 – 1530
Pre-conference workshops offer attendees the opportunity to participate in sessions with smaller groups that incorporate some participation. A range of workshops will be offered in 2018 with different topics for practice managers and practice staff. Topics will include change, financial and risk management. Following on from last year’s highly successful workshop, a dedicated receptionist workshop will also be held.
You can register for the pre-conference workshops during the online registration process. Pre-conference workshops held on Tuesday, are an additional cost and are not included in any registration categories.
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Managers as change agents – transforming team resistance to change –
‘Mini Retreat’ Pre-Conference Workshop with DIKE DRUMMOND
Murray Room
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Cutcher & Neal
Swan Room
RISK MANAGEMENT
Risk Management Avant
Fitzroy Room
RECEPTIONIST WORKSHOP
MARION McKAY
Torrens Room
1200
Registration Opens
for AAPM National Conference Attendees
1430 – 1530
My Profession – My AAPM
Improving your professionalism and developing your career path through AAPM.
Bradman Theatrette
1530 – 1630
Annual General Meeting
National Convention Centre
Potential members are welcome to all sessions. Only individual full members are entitled to vote at Convocation and the AAPM AGM. The AGM is the Board’s report on AAPM’s achievements over the past year and their strategic direction for the future. Following the AGM will be a welcome to new members and first-time attendees at the conference.
1800 – 2000
Welcome Reception
Exhibtion Hall, National Convention Centre
Wednesday 17 October
0715 – 0815
Special Interest Groups Breakfast
Swan Room
0800
Registration
Main Foyer, National Convention Centre
0845 – 0915
Plenary – Opening Session
Official Opening
Royal Theatre
1030 – 1100
Morning Tea & Industry Exhibition
Exhibition Area, National Convention Centre
1100 – 1200
1300 – 1400
Lunch & Industry Exhibition
Exhibition Area, National Convention Centre
1400 - 1500 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
FOUNDATIONS
ALL PRACTICES
Developing alternative income streams
Financial Management – C&N
Menzies
MASTERCLASS
NON-GP
1500 – 1530
Afternoon Tea & Industry Exhibition
Exhibition Area, National Convention Centre
1530 – 1640
1630 – 1700
Plenary – Fair Work Ombudsman
Royal Theatre, National Convention Centre
1700 – 1800
Happy Hour & Industry Exhibition
Exhibition Area, National Convention Centre
1800 – 1900
UNEP Graduation
Venue TBA
Thursday 18 October
0730 – 0830
States’ Breakfast
Murray Room
1045 – 1115
Morning Tea & Industry Exhibition
Exhibition Area, National Convention Centre
1115 – 1200
Concurrent Sessions
FOUNDATIONS
Finance Foundations – 3 imperatives for Practice Managers
Cutcher & Neale
EXPERIENCED
Healthy doctors, healthy teams, healthy workplaces
ROGER SEXTON
T.B.A
The New PIPQI
Department of Health Speaker
Allied Health
DIKE DRUMMOND
1200 – 1245
Concurrent Sessions
NEW TO ROLE
EXPERIENCED
Finance – Maximising Income, Containing Costs, ensuring sustainability
CUTCHER & NEALE
SPECIALIST
Specialist, Allied Health & Dental accreditation
Panel – QIP, KYLIE ROBB, ALLIED HEALTH PM (SA PMOY 2016)
1245 – 1345
Lunch & Industry Exhibition
Exhibition Area, National Convention Centre
1345 – 1430
Concurrent Sessions
NEW TO ROLE
Quality – What is this PDS thing? The quadruple aim for quality.
AGPAL speaker
EXPERIENCED
Engaging Clinicians in your Practice: Tenant? Sessional? Percentage? Flat rate? Services provided?
Speaker TBA
PRIMARYHEALTH CARE MASTERCLASS
1345 – 1415
Positioning of Primary Health Care at the Centre of the Health System
JANET QUIGLEY
RACGP
NON-GP
Engagement with Private Health Funds
Case Studies
1435 – 1520
Concurrent Sessions
FOUNDATIONS
Human Resources – interviews, Performance Reviews, Staff education, staff incentives
Speaker TBA
EXPERIENCED – continued
Engaging Clinicians in your Practice: Tenant? Sessional? Percentage? Flat rate? Services provided?
1445 – 1520
EXPERIENCED
Mandatory Reporting of Data Breaches
1550 – 1610
Afternoon Tea & Industry Exhibition
Exhibition Area, National Convention Centre
0340 – 0430
Steve Hambleton
Driving Change: How Digital Health is changing Australian healthcare practice
Royal Theatre, National Convention Centre
1630 – 1720
1730 – 1830
Happy Hour & Industry Exhibition
Exhibition Area, National Convention Centre
1900 – 2200
AAPM Fellows Dinner
National Gallery of Australia
Friday 19 October
1000 – 1100
1100 – 1130
Morning Tea & Industry Exhibition
Exhibition Area, National Convention Centre
1130 – 1300
Concurrent Sessions
NEW TO ROLE
RACGP 5th Edition Standards
AGPAL
EXPERIENCED
Medico Legal – Q&A
AVANT
MASTERCLASS
Powering your team through good relationships
1300 – 1400
Lunch & Industry Exhibition
Exhibition Area, National Convention Centre
1400 – 1500
Concurrent Sessions
NEW TO ROLE
Medicare Item numbers getting it right – Specialist, GP, Allied
EXPERIENCED
MASTERCLASS
Innovation and it’s role in the manager’s journey
ALLIED HEALTH
A practical guide on how to survive a Medicare Audit. What you need to know regarding the Medicare requirements of Team Care Arrangements and Allied Health Medicare referrals.
ALLAN DONNELLY
1500 – 1530
Afternoon Tea & Industry Exhibition
Exhibition Area, National Convention Centre
1900 – 2400
Conference Dinner
Black and White Dinner at Great Hall, Parliament House
