Plenary Speaker

Luke Escombe Award-winning songwriter and comedian Luke Escombe reflects on his twenty five years with IBD, his decision to have an ostomy, and the surprising new direction his life has taken since. Filled with music, humour and brutal honesty about...
  • March 8, 2019
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Dr Philippe Fauqué1 1Head of department of the Clinical Nutrition Unit at the Cannes Polyclinic Institute The digestive tract is the organ of digestion. It transforms the food into nutrients that are absorbed with water through the wall of the...
  • January 15, 2019
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Professor Kerry Reid-Searl1, Professor Keryln Carville2  1 CQUniversity Australia 2 Curtin University WA   Background Stomal therapy nurses play an integral part in facilitating a person to manage their lives whilst experiencing a stoma. Understanding the person as a unique individual...
  • February 28, 2017
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Dr. Maria Giulia Marini1 1 Executive Director of ISTUD Milan. Italy Narrative medicine is what occurs between the health provider and the patient: from the collection of information of events before the occurrence of the disease, how the disease showed...
  • February 15, 2017
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Coyer FM1,2, Campbell J3, Vann A2, McNamara G, Cook J-L1 Affiliations: School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology Intensive Care Services, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Skin Integrity, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. Background Intensive care units (ICUs) have the...
  • February 9, 2017
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  Biography Dr Dunglison underwent 2 years of sub-specialist training in ‘Reconstructive and Prosthetic’ urological surgery at the Institute of Urology, University College London Hospitals under the mentorship of the internationally renowned reconstructive urologist Professor A R Mundy. In 2002,...
  • January 25, 2017
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A/Prof Andrew Stevenson Head of the Colorectal Surgery department, Royal Brisbane Hospital Biography Andrew completed his post-fellowship training in Colorectal surgery at Royal Brisbane and Royal Prince Alfred hospitals in the mid 1990’s. It was during this training, particularly under...
  • January 25, 2017
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Dr Jill Campbell RN, PhD., NsgCert(Intensive Care), BApp Sc (Nursing), GradCert (Sexual Reproductive Heath), GradDip(Wound Care), MACN1 1 Skin Integrity Clinical Nurse, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital   Incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD) represents a significant threat to skin integrity in vulnerable individuals....
  • January 24, 2017
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The life-long question of why helping others is so challenging will be addressed. We will look at what effects of helping others has on health professionals and discuss both positive/negative Coping Mechanisms we utilise in our lives. We will also...
  • January 9, 2017
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Dr John Lumley MCCS, FRACS1 1 The Wesley Hospital   Laparoscopic surgery as the standard? There is growing use of laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer in Australia over recent years, but without reliable evidence of its safety, efficacy and long-term effectiveness when...
  • January 3, 2017
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