2022 RSA Annual Conference Program
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Thursday 16 June 2022
All times are in ACST (+9.5 GMT)
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7.30am
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Registration Opens
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8.30am - 10.00am
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Session 1 - Opening & Keynote
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8.30am - 9.00am
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Conference Opening
- Welcome to Country
- President's Welcome
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9.00am - 10.00am
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Keynote
Surviving and Thriving in a Challenging Environment
Ms Sarah Morse
Nurse Leader & Director, Unchained Solutions
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10.00am - 10.10am
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Kidney Health Australia - Side by Side
Mr Chris Forbes
CEO, Kidney Health Australia
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| 10.10am - 10.30am |
RSA Awards
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10.30am - 11.00am
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Morning Tea, Exhibition Open & Poster Display
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11.00am - 12.30pm
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Session 2
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11.00am - 11.20am
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CKD Health Equity
Prof. Rachael Morton
Deputy Director, NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre
Professor of Health Economics - Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
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11.20am - 11.40am
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Indigenous Patient Mentoring
Ms Rhanee Lester
Nurse Leader & Director, Unchained Solutions
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11.40am - 12.00pm
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Cape York Kidney Care
Dr Andrea Miller
Senior Medical Officer, Rural and Remote Health
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12.00pm - 12.30pm
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Purple House
Ms Sarah Brown AM
Chief Executive Officer, Purple House
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12.30pm - 1.30pm
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Lunch, Exhibition & Poster Display
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1.30pm - 3.10pm
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Session 3
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Concurrent Session 3A:
Innovations in First Nations Care
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Concurrent Session 3B:
Meeting Workforce Demands |
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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
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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
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3.10pm - 3.40pm
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Afternoon tea, exhibition and poster display
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3.40pm - 5.20pm
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Session 4
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Concurrent Session 4A:
Providing Quality Haemodialysis Care
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Concurrent Session 4B:
More Than Dialysis; Supportive Care and Transplantation
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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
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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
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6.00pm - 9.00pm
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Conference Party - Mindil Markets |
Friday 17 June 2022
All times are in AEST (+10 GMT)
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7.30am
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Registration Opens
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Exhibition Opens |
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8.30am - 10.00am
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Session 5
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8.30am - 9.00am
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Transition Models of Care for Adults Starting Dialysis
A/Prof Jaqui Hughes
College of Rural and Remote Health, Flinders University, Darwin, Northern Territory
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9.00am - 9.30am
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Diabetes and the Renal Patient
A/Prof William Majoni
Director of Top End Renal Service, Clinical Lead, Transplantation, Department of Nephrology, Royal Darwin Hospital
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9.30am - 10.00am
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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
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10.00am - 10.30am
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AGM
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10.30am - 11.00am
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Morning Tea, Exhibition Open & Poster Display
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11.00am - 12.30pm
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Session 6
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11.00am - 11.30am
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What's Happening in CKD II and III?
Mr Graeme Turner
Nurse Practitioner, Northern NSW Local Health District
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11.30am - 12.00pm
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Renal Supportive Care Pathways in TEHS
Ms Yvonne Tafirenyika
Renal Supportive Care Nurse, Top End Renal Service (TERS)
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12.00pm - 1.00pm
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Lunch, Exhibition & Poster Display
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1.00pm - 3.00pm
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Session 7
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Concurrent Session 7A
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Concurrent Session 7B:
Overcoming CKD Symptoms |
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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
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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
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3.00pm - 3.30pm
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Afternoon tea, exhibition and poster display
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Session 8
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Concurrent Session 8A:
Activating Patient Involvement
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Concurrent Session 8B:
Providing Equity In Care
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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
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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
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| 5.20pm - 6.20pm |
Happy Hour
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| 7.00pm - 8.00pm |
President's Drinks - Invitation Only
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Saturday 18 June 2022
All times are in AEST (+10 GMT)
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| 7.00am - 8.00am |
An Introduction to the Argyle Fistula Cannula Breakfast
Sally Turner
Product Manager Vascular Access, Medtronic - Renal Care Solutions |
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8.30am
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Registration & Exhibition Opens
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| 9.00am - 10.30pm |
Session 9
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9.00am - 9.30am
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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
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| 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)
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| 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
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| 10.30am - 11.00am |
Closing Ceremony
- Prizes
- 2023 conference launch
- conference close
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| 11.00am - 11.30am |
Morning Tea, Exhibition & Poster Display
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| 11.30am - 1.30pm |
Workshops
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Workshop 1
Sponsored by:
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Workshop 2
Sponsored by:

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Workshop 3 |
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Workshop 4 |
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Vascular Access
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Advanced Practice/Nurse Practitioner
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Leadership & Management in the Renal Workplace |
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Everything You Wanted to Know About Kidney Supportive Care - in 4 hours! |
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1.30pm - 2.00pm
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Lunch, Exhibition & Poster Display
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| 2.00pm - 4.00pm |
Workshops
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Workshop 1
Sponsored by:
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Workshop 2
Sponsored by:

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