Program Highlights

2017 RSA Annual Conference

Monday 19 June - Wednesday 21 June

ICC, Sydney

Program as at 20 April 2017

Sunday 18 June 2017

Nephrology Educators' Network Symposium Full Day

Nurse Practitioner and Advanced Practice Symposium Full Day

Vascular Access workshop - two sessions AM and PM

4.30pm

Registration desk open

6.00pm

Registration desk closes

Monday 19 June 2017

Session 1: Opening Ceremony

7.00am

Registration desk opens

8.00am

Exhibition opens

8.30am

Welcome to the 2017 RSA Annual Conference

8.40am

Dr Helen Noble, International Speaker, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queens University Belfast. 

Topic: 'All that lives must die'- supportive and palliative care for people with end stage kidney disease

9.40am

RSA Awards

10.10am

Morning Tea, Exhibition, and Poster Display

Pyrmont Theatre

C2.2 and C2.3

C2.5 and 2.6

10.40am

Session 2A: Supportive Care

Session 2B: Clinical Challenges

Session 2C: Top 10 Posters

10.40am

72. Supportive care is about more than kidneys!

Kerry Linton

45. Kidney for a big hearted patient

Angela Jackson

109. The effect of room temperature and humidity on haemodialysis patient outcomes in a satellite unit

Tammy Pilton-Pluck

11.00am

73. Tracking symptom experience and physical functioning in the last 12 months of life in advanced chronic kidney disease

Ann Bonner

111. A dialysis cruise with an air/ sea rescue for a kidney transplant: one nurses experience

Jane Crossett

48. Adjusting to other haemodialysis units following a fire: Patient and staff perspectives

Stephanie Bourke

49. Fire in the dialysis unit: Lessons learnt

Deslie Henley

11.20am

96. A randomised controlled trial evaluating a decision support intervention for the older person with advanced kidney disease.

Dr Leanne Brown

12. "It's hard to ask"

Merryn Jones

84. PD buddy: Using smartphone technology to improve patient care.

Marnie Budd

19. Heparin-free haemodialysis, what is the best practice?

Xian Zhu

11.40am

63. POS-S renal illustrates high symptom burden in ESKD

Kerry Linton

29. Left ventricular access devices and the challenges of intermittent haemodialysis: One units experience

Liz Tomlinson

116. Surgical pleurodesis for pleuroperitoneal leak: One units experience

Lisa Paquin

42. Laughter therapy/yoga in a haemodialysis setting: one units experience

Allison Brown

12.00pm

80. Baseline characteristics of patients in a single-site kidney supportive care program

Louise Purtell

132. Thinking outside the box: Home haemodialysis in a residential care facility

Matthew Harvey

90. An evaluation of the efficacy of prevention of cross-contamination of VRE (Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus)  and (CRE) Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae

Anna Uy

12.20pm

39. Chronic kidney disease - transforming a community

Angela Jackson

60. Overcoming financial barriers for home dialysis patients - the first step

Kim Grimley

7. Should potential transplant patients be on home haemodialysis?

Joanne Kok

27. Post-transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder (PTLD) is there a role for haemodialysis?

Kristine Dailey

12.40pm

Lunch, Exhibition, and Poster display

Session 3

1.30pm

Professor David Johnson, Director, Metro South and Ipswich Nephrology and Transplant Services and Co-Director, Centre for Kidney Disease Research, Translational Research Institute, Queensland

How do we measure CKD care ?– where should we next invest?

2.30pm

Afternoon Tea, Exhibition, and Poster Display

Pyrmont Theatre

C2.2 and C2.3

C2.5 and 2.6

3.00pm

Session 4A: Advanced Practice

Session 4B: Transforming Home Haemodialysis

Session 4C: Quality Innovation

3.00pm

74. Caring for complex chronic disease patients attending a novel nurse practitioner clinic

Ann Bonner

24. Home dialysis uptake factors a multi-centre observational study

Josephine Chow

51. Does regular hygiene audit reduce CVC infection rate in the dialysis unit?- single centre 5 year experience

Ginger Chu

3.20pm

56. Nursing staff-focused outcomes of extension of nurse practitioner role into home training haemodialysis unit

Bettina Douglas

87. Implementation of a Price Per Treatment (PPT) funding model within a home dialysis unit our experience

Michelle Ovenden

22. Reducing the burden of dialysis catheter complications: A national approach (reducction)

Sradha Kotwal

3.40pm

20. Nurse practitioner lead renal supportive care in South Australia:  strategies, barriers and significance.

Laura Lunardi

108. Therapy at home: The patient's untold story

Perambalam Pattabhiraman

5. A multicentre quality activity: Waste reduction strategy in haemodialysis.

Kylie Dunbar-Reid

4.00pm

43. Development of a standardised fluid assessment tool to decrease adverse events in haemodialysis

Victoria Meissner

117. "In the running”: Promoting home dialysis

Anna Lee

92. Responding to the management and challenges of the "superbug" Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE): One units experience

David Jones

4.20pm

9. Ultrasound of the inferior vena cava for volume assessment - can renal nurses master this skill? A cross sectional study

Uli Steinwandel

25. “My condition makes everything so complicated” home dialysis in adulthood

Melinda Tomlins

105. We are doing OK, why do we need to do things better? Thinking outside the square in renal services

Jacqui Moustakas

4.40pm

93. Dealing with the complications of high output cardiac failure: One patients journey

Pauline Byrne

10. Tjukarurru Wangkantjaku- doing things the right way

Sarah Brown

5.00pm

Exhibition closes

5.30pm

Registration closes

6.30pm

Conference Dinner - Captain Cook Cruises (included in Full registration)- Theme - Black and White- Dress Smart Casual

Tuesday 20 June 2017

Session 5

8.00am-8.55am

Fresenius Breakfast- Topic: An update on Low GDP Fluid, presented by Professor David Johnson,

7.30am

Registration desk opens

8.30am 

Exhibition opens

9.00am

Professor Steve Chadban, Director of State-wide Renal Services, Sydney Local Health District.

Topic: Kidney Transplantation - focusing on clinical trials in immunosuppression and long-term outcomes after kidney transplantation.

9.35am

Dr Helen Noble, Clinical Academic and Scholarly Lead Queen's University Belfast, Urological Surgeon Belfast Health, and Social Care Trust.

Topic: Humanities and Healthcare - empowering empathy

9.55am

Dr Helen Noble, International Speaker, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queens University Belfast. 

Topic: Illuminating the experience of kidney disease in collaboration with humanities

10.30am

Morning Tea, Exhibition, and Poster Display

Pyrmont Theatre

C2.2 and C2.3

C2.5 and 2.6

11.00am

Session 6A: CKD Innovation

Session 6B: Haemodialysis Challenges

Session 6C: Innovative PD Care 

11.00am

26. Barriers and facilitators to opportunistic chronic kidney disease screening by general practice nurses in regional New South Wales, Australia

Peter Sinclair

44. Standardising the allocation of non-emergency ambulance transport to satellite haemodialysis patients at a Victorian metropolitan hospital

Dianne Pierce

131. Cases series: Managing anuric patient on PD

Dong Wang

11.20am

59. Kidney disease education pathway guideline

Tanya Smolonogov 

121. Where did all these patients come from? An audit of admissions of haemodialysis patients from multiple satellite units to a large regional hub unit.

Bronwyn Hayes

68. Assisted automated peritoneal dialysis is viable - the Western Australian pilot study experience

Debbie Fortnum

11.40am

32. Managing gout in chronic kidney disease

Barbara Harvie

130. A supplementary holistic communication tool for temporary Satellite Haemodialysis (SHD) patients

Gethsy Jayaseelan

126. Successful implementation of the first telehealth enabled Automated Peritoneal Dialysis (APD) machine

Kelly Adams

12.00pm

28.Transitioning care from peritoneal dialysis to home haemodialysis: patients perspective

Susana San Miguel

16. Sleep-disorder breathing in haemodialysis patients

Ginger Chu

99. What happened with our peritonitis rates?

Anna Claire Cuesta

12.20pm

33. Shingles, the devil in disguise – clinical challenges

Alison Smyth

89. Planning and implementation of a mixed haemodiafiltration study

Veronica Oliver

106. Bridging the gap: Avoiding weekend hospital admissions for peritoneal dialysis outpatients

Melissa Christiansen

12.40pm

4. Pregnancy and renal disease: Expecting the unexpected

Annette Bezzant

134. A review of patient deaths within 90 days of commencement of dialysis

Monique Borlace

53. Community health and renal home therapies unit partnership: An innovative approach in peritonitis management at home

Glenda Rayment

1.00pm

Lunch, Exhibition, and Poster display

Session 7

2.00pm

Dr Phil Clayton

Topic: ANZDATA - "Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask"

2.20pm

A/Professor Rachael Morton, Associate Professor, and Director of Health Economics , NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney. 

Topic: Health economic evaluation in end-stage kidney disease 

2.45pm

Annual General Meeting of the Renal Society of Australasia Ltd

3.15pm

Afternoon Tea, Exhibition, and Poster Display

Pyrmont Theatre

C2.2 and C2.3

C2.5 and C2.6

3.45pm

Session 8A: Transforming Haemodialysis Care

Session 8B Education Transformation 

Session 8C: Innovative Research

3.45pm

115. Dialysis at 100

Kylee McCarthy

57. A train the trainer initiative: Supporting skills development for peritoneal dialysis trainers

Melinda Tomlins

75. How to do a clinical trial by doing less

Peta-Anne Paul-Brent

4.05pm

40. Feet 4 life

Fakaola Otuafi

55. Nephrology education: Where to from here?

Lynn Brown

54. Reflecting on researching vulnerable patients with end stage kidney disease: Lessons learnt to inform future research endeavours

Ann Bonner

4.25pm

6. Dietetic intervention reduces malnutrition at a West Australian satellite dialysis unit

Jo Beer

62. Post-traumatic stress disorder and dialysis

Barbara Harvie

95. An overview and progress report of a multidisciplinary chronic kidney disease centre of research excellence

Ann Bonner

4.45pm

30. Stepping into better health: Improving foot care in patients with the introduction of monthly foot checks

Liz Tomlinson

69. Implementation of an evidence based clinical pathway for patients commencing haemodialysis: A JBI clinical fellowship program

Debbie Turner

102. Challenges of engaging renal nurses in research activities

Dr Leanne Brown

5.05pm

13. What changes the quality of life in a haemodialysis patient - a machine learning approach

Shoab Saadat

31. How can we engage nurses to accept change

Lynn Brown

61. Philanthropy in clinical research: Coordinators roles and responsibilities

Josephine Chow

5.25pm

Exhibition closes

6.00pm

Registration closes

Evening at leisure

Wednesday 21 June 2017

Session 9

7.20am -
8.25am

Sanofi Breakfast- Topic: Applying Self-management support in patients with renal disease, presented by Professor Malcolm Battersby and Ms Andrea Morello

7.30am

Registration desk and Exhibition open

8.30am

A/Professor Tracie Barber, Associate Professor, University of New South Wales

Topic: From the engineering laboratory to the clinic … how can you make use of fluid dynamics?

9.00am

Dr Angus Ritchie, Staff Specialist Nephrologist Concord Repatriation General Hospital (M, T, T), A/Chief Medical Information Officer, SLHD, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (W, F)

Clinical Care Pathways: ensuring the right patients get the right care.

10.30am

Morning Tea, Exhibition and Poster display

Pyrmont Theatre

C3.3

C3.6

11.00am

Session 10A: Vascular Access Innovation

Session 10B: Innovative Haemodialysis

Session 10C: Clinical Opportunities

11.00am

129. Practice changes decrease buttonhole infection rates in home haemodialysis patients.

Youn Park

77. Tandem procedure: A single acute in-centre experience

Denise Fraginal

64. Transport: Thinking collaboratively outside the box

Barbara Harvie

11.20am

135. Development of a tissue mimicking phantom for cannulation training

David Fulker

100. When culture comes to town - a learning journey of aboriginal culture and the dialysis unit

Kylie Herman

88. Protection of the peritoneal dialysis catheter for people who swim: Current practices

Anna Lee

11.40am

125. Three year evaluation of vascular access workshops for NSW staff concerned with improving patient access care and management.

Debbie Knagge

123. Understanding the bioecological determinants of vascular access for haemodialysis therapy. A case study in one satellite haemodialysis community.

Debi Cowan

82. Advancing renal foot care: Nursing staff and podiatry student partnerships

Kate Jakeman

12.00pm

38. Plastic cannulae vs metal needles: A comparison of cannulation outcomes

Vicki Smith

128.The use of Denosumab in patients with chronic kidney disease on haemodialysis

Veronica Oliver

58. Teaching peritoneal dialysis in Australia: An opportunity for improvement

Josephine Chow

12.20pm

85. The use of plastic dialysis cannulas for central veno-venous haemodiafiltration in intensive care

Kirsty Musgrave

83. Initiation of a convenient annual influenza vaccination program for the haemodialysis patient

Jacqui Moustakas

103. Investigate the quality and characteristics of referrals from general practitioners to the local health districts renal service and the impact of renal health pathways on referral patterns

Mikki Smyth

12.45pm

Lunch, Exhibition and Poster display

Session 11

1.45pm

Dr Linda Sheahan, Clinical Ethics Consultant SESLHD and Honorary Associate, Centre for Values, Ethics, and the Law in Medicine, University of Sydney, Staff Specialist Palliative Medicine St George Hospital Cancer Centre and Calvary, Kogarah

Topic: "Ethical dilemmas in the healthcare setting" related to specific renal cases

2.10pm

Panel: "Ethics and decision making for patients with end stage kidney disease and treatment options"

Professor Mark Brown, Jo Kelly,  Lucy Spencer and Graeme Smith

3.15pm

Conference prizes and closing ceremony

3.30pm

Conference closes

4.30pm

Registration desk closes