Key Dates

Registration:
Open

Call for Abstracts:
Closed

Early Bird Registration Close:
11 May 2022

RSA Conference:
16-18 June 2022

Enquiries
Conference Managers
 

Association Professionals
PO Box 7345
Beaumaris VIC 3193
Email the Conference Manager
or call on 1300 941 480

Program

Our program is now available! 

The 2022 RSA Annual Conference will be exploring the following themes:

  • Kidney Replacement Therapies
  • Chronic Kidney Disease
  • Kidney Supportive Care
  • Education
  • Quality Initiative / Research
  • Renal Ward Practice
  • Renal Workforce

Register now - don't miss out on 20.5 CPD points.

Find out about our invited speakers here.  

 

  

2022 RSA Annual Conference Program

Thursday 16 June 2022

All times are in ACST (+9.5 GMT)

7.30am

Registration Opens

8.30am - 10.00am

Session 1 - Opening & Keynote

8.30am - 9.00am

Conference Opening 

- Welcome to Country
- President's Welcome

9.00am - 10.00am

Keynote
 

Surviving and Thriving in a Challenging Environment

Ms Sarah Morse
Nurse Leader & Director, Unchained Solutions 

10.00am - 10.10am

Kidney Health Australia - Side by Side

Mr Chris Forbes
CEO, Kidney Health Australia

   10.10am - 10.30am

RSA Awards

10.30am - 11.00am

Morning Tea, Exhibition Open & Poster Display

11.00am - 12.30pm

Session 2


11.00am - 11.20am


CKD Health Equity

Prof. Rachael Morton
Deputy Director, NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre 
Professor of Health Economics - Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney

11.20am - 11.40am


Indigenous Patient Mentoring

Ms Rhanee Lester
Nurse Leader & Director, Unchained Solutions 

11.40am - 12.00pm

Cape York Kidney Care

Dr Andrea Miller
Senior Medical Officer, Rural and Remote Health

12.00pm - 12.30pm

Purple House

Ms Sarah Brown AM 
Chief Executive Officer, Purple House 

12.30pm - 1.30pm

Lunch, Exhibition & Poster Display

1.30pm - 3.10pm

Session 3

Concurrent Session 3A:
Innovations in First Nations Care

  Concurrent Session 3B:
Meeting Workforce Demands

Dialysis attendance patterns and health care utilisation of first nation patients attending dialysis services in urban, rural and remote location
Gillian Gorham
 

Wiyarrinya Ngurrangka/dying on country: Working together for a good, safe death
Megan Neil
 

Closing the information gap to provide effective renal care
Paul Kamler
 

Prioritising First Nations voices in kidney research - the Top End medicinal iron research & study advisory group: For the INFERR study group
Stephanie Long
 

INFERR-Iron infusion in haemodialysis study: Intraveneous iron polymaltose for First Nation patients with high ferritin levels on haemodialysis: For the INFERR study group
Sandawana Majoni

 

Nephrology nurse practitioner service: Evaluation of healthcare outcomes and enabling factors
Leanne Brown

 

The 2021 Australian and New Zealand dialysis workforce study
Kirsten Schuck
 


Statewide approach to management of COVID-19 positive patients
Fiona Donnelly
 

Perceptions and experiences of dialysis nurses regarding redeployment to other dialysis units during the COVID-19 pandemic
Edward Zimbudzi
 



Understanding the practice patterns of nephrology nurse practitioners
Anthony Lucas

3.10pm - 3.40pm

Afternoon tea, exhibition and poster display

3.40pm - 5.20pm

Session 4

Concurrent Session 4A:
Providing Quality Haemodialysis Care

 

Concurrent Session 4B:
More Than Dialysis; Supportive Care and Transplantation

Hospitalisation and mortlity outcomes of ambulatory haemodialysis patients with COVID-19 managed with Sotrovimab: A single centre audit
Shari Ziganay
 

Blood glucose sampling for haemodialysis
Kathy Hill
 

Management of hypocalcamia associated with Denosumab use for treating osteoporosis in haemodialysis patients
Lijun Zhong
 

Risk Factors for hyperphosphatemia among haemodialysis patients: A cross sectional study
Edward Zimbudzi
 

 

Implementing a renal supportive care multidisciplinary meeting
Jenny Beavis
 


A 6-year patient profile of an established kidney supportive care service
Laura Austin
 

Improving the patient experience of transplantation literacy
Cathryn Franklin
 


Factors influencing transplantation outcomes in culturally and linguistically diverse populations: A qualitative study
Kimberely Crawford
 


6.00pm - 9.00pm
 

Conference Party - Mindil Markets

 


Friday 17 June 2022

All times are in AEST (+10 GMT)

7.30am

Registration Opens

8.00am Exhibition Opens

8.30am - 10.00am

Session 5

8.30am - 9.00am

Transition Models of Care for Adults Starting Dialysis

A/Prof Jaqui Hughes
College of Rural and Remote Health, Flinders University, Darwin, Northern Territory

9.00am - 9.30am

Diabetes and the Renal Patient

A/Prof William Majoni
Director of Top End Renal Service, Clinical Lead, Transplantation, Department of Nephrology, Royal Darwin Hospital

9.30am - 10.00am

Cardiac Screening Pre-Renal Transplantation

Dr Matthew Worthley
Interventional Cardiologist and Director of Cardiology, Royal Adelaide Hospital
Research Fellow, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI)
Associate Professor, University of Adelaide
Convenor of Advanced Training, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Board Member, Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand

10.00am - 10.30am

AGM

10.30am - 11.00am

Morning Tea, Exhibition Open & Poster Display

11.00am - 12.30pm

Session 6

11.00am - 11.30am

What's Happening in CKD II and III?

Mr Graeme Turner
Nurse Practitioner, Northern NSW Local Health District

11.30am - 12.00pm

Renal Supportive Care Pathways in TEHS

Ms Yvonne Tafirenyika
Renal Supportive Care Nurse, Top End Renal Service (TERS)

12.00pm - 1.00pm

Lunch, Exhibition & Poster Display

1.00pm - 3.00pm

Session 7

Concurrent Session 7A

  Concurrent Session 7B:
Overcoming CKD Symptoms

Random cross-over pilot feasibility study to measure efficacy of point-of-care ultrasound guided cannulation in haemodialysis vascular access
Monica Schoch
 

Plastic cannulae use in prevalent haemodialysis patients: A feasibility study
Vicki Smith
 




Vascular access - endovascular AVF (WavelinQ) - is this the future of renal access?
Amanda Luke
 


Nurse perspective on education program on needle fear in haemodialysis patients
Fiona Donnelly
 


The role of clinical psychology (CP) in end stage kidney disease (ESKD)
Christine Theodossiou
 



Is it usable? Assessing the feasibility of a haemodialysis nursing audit too
David McIntyre
 

 

Energy conservation to manage fatigue: A pragmatic cluster randomised control trial
Sita Sharma
 

The effectiveness of patient activation interventions in adults with chronic kidney disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Laura Lunardi
 

Can nephrology nurse practitioners meet clinical targets and slow progression of kidney dysfunction? A 5-year review
Cassandra Stone
 

How effective is an energy conservation intervention in managing symptoms and improving health-related quality of life in people receiving haemodialysis
Sita Sharma
 

Occupational performance improved by an energy conservation education program: Findings from a cluster randomised control trial 
Sita Sharma
 

Sleep problems and their relationship with health related qulaity of life in chronic kidney disease
Louise Purtell
 

3.00pm - 3.30pm

Afternoon tea, exhibition and poster display

3.30pm - 5.10pm

Session 8

Concurrent Session 8A:
Activating Patient Involvement

 

Concurrent Session 8B:
Providing Equity In Care

The symptom monitoring with feedback trial (SWIFT) pilot study: Nurse champions promoting patient voices in kidney care
Paul Bennett
 

Perspectves on a proposed patient navigator program for people with chronic kidney disease in rural communities: Report from national workshops
Nicole Scholes-Robertson
 

Perspectves on a proposed patient navigator program for people with chronic kidney disease in rural communities: Report from national workshop
Nicole Scholes-Robertson
 

What is the connection between knowledge and health literacy in chronic kidney disease?
Jennifer-Mathias Shah
 

Understanding the relationship between knowledge, health literacy and self-management among individuals with chronic kidney disease
Jennifer-Mathias Shah
 

 

Water conservation for dialysis in remote Aboriginal communities
Michael Smith
 

Do remote dialysis services really cost more? An economic analysis of hospital and dialysis modality costs associated with dialysis services in urban, rural and remote settings
Gillian Gorham
 

Journey back to dialysis from transplant
Fiona Donnelly
 

Beyond clinical decision support - Improving the quality and completeness of patient information using an integrated health information system in the Northern Territory of Australia
Bhavya Balasubramanya
 

New program connects remote dialysis units
Karolynn Maurice
 

5.20pm - 6.20pm

Happy Hour

7.00pm - 8.00pm

President's Drinks - Invitation Only

 


Saturday 18 June 2022

All times are in AEST (+10 GMT)

7.00am - 8.00am An Introduction to the Argyle Fistula Cannula Breakfast   
Sally Turner
Product Manager Vascular Access, Medtronic - Renal Care Solutions
                         

8.30am

Registration & Exhibition Opens

9.00am - 10.30pm

Session 9

9.00am - 9.30am

Sexuality and Fertility in Patients with CKD

Dr Leanne Brown
Nephrology Nurse Practitioner - Cape York Kidney Care Program,  Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service
Vice President, Renal Society of Australasia 

 

9.30am - 10.00am

Improving the Longevity of Peritoneal Dialysis

Dr Asanga Abeyaratne
Consultant Nephrologist and General Medicine Physician, Royal Darwin Hospital
Clinical Lead, Territory Kidney Care (TKC) 

10.00am - 10.30am

ANZDATA

Prof. Stephen McDonald
Clinical Professor - Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Adelaide Medical School
Director of Dialysis and Senor Staff Nephrologist, Central Northern Renal and Transplantation Service, Royal Adelaide Hospital

Clinical Director of Renal Services, Country Health SA Local Health Network
Executive Officer, Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry

10.30am - 11.00am

Closing Ceremony

- Prizes
- 2023 conference launch
- conference close

11.00am - 11.30am

Morning Tea, Exhibition & Poster Display

11.30am - 1.30pm

Workshops

 

Workshop 1

Sponsored by:

 

Workshop 2

Sponsored by:

  Workshop 3   Workshop 4  

Vascular Access

 

Advanced Practice/Nurse Practitioner

  Leadership & Management in the Renal Workplace   Everything You Wanted to Know About Kidney Supportive Care  - in 4 hours!  

1.30pm - 2.00pm

Lunch, Exhibition & Poster Display

2.00pm - 4.00pm

Workshops

 

Workshop 1

Sponsored by:

 

Workshop 2

Sponsored by:

  Workshop 3   Workshop 4  
Vascular Access   Advanced Practice/Nurse Practitioner   Leadership & Management in the Renal Workplace   Everything You Wanted to Know About Kidney Supportive Care  - in 4 hours!