This calendar will be updated each month. If you have an event you would like to add, please include relevant details in an email to cswannell@mja.com.au.
The full version of the calendar is available online at https://www.mja.com.au/careers
February
5-6 It’s just breastfeeding: how did it get so complicated? Gold Coast, QLD
5-8 Australian Pain Society Pain Management Multidisciplinary Workshop: the problem of pain, Sydney, NSW
6 RACGP Vic: Walking on Thin ICE: Methamphetamine in General Practice, Geelong, VIC
7-9 National Indigenous Men’s Health Conference, National Indigenous Women’s Wellbeing Conference, Sydney, NSW
7-13 Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians Annual Scientific Conference, Surfers Paradise, QLD
8-9 It’s just breastfeeding: how did it get so complicated? Sydney, NSW
8-9 Sydney Ultrasound and Bronchoscopy Workshop, Sydney, NSW
9-10 4th International 4 Corners of Cardiology Meeting, Melbourne, VIC
9-11 ANZAN EEG Course and ESA Epilepsy Clinical Course, Melbourne, VIC
10-11 20th Retina International World Congress, Auckland, NZ
12-15 Australian Pain Society Pain Management Multidisciplinary Workshop: the management of pain, Sydney, NSW
13 RACGP WA: CPR Course for GPs, West Leederville, WA
13 Melanoma Institute Australia Ultimate Melanoma Masterclass, Sydney, NSW
15-17 27th Annual Scientific Meeting Australasian Brachytherapy Group, Sydney, NSW
17 4th Australian Paediatric Society Allergy Masterclass, Melbourne, VIC
17 RACGP Vic: Introduction To Point-of-care Ultrasound for GPs, TBA
17 2018 ADS Practical Skills Course, Melbourne, VIC
19-20 Indigenous People and Cancer: a shared agenda for Aotearoa, Australia, and Pacific nations, Wellington, NZ
20-21 Queensland Disability Support Workers Conference, Brisbane, QLD
21-22 University of Otago Anxiety and Depression Workshop, Christchurch, NZ
23-24 The Australian and New Zealand Glaucoma Society ASM, Sydney, NSW
23-24 3rd PICET Obstetric Intensive Care Symposium, Adelaide, SA
23-24 Australian and New Zealand Glaucoma Society Scientific Meeting, Sydney, NSW
23-24 RANZCO 35th Annual ANZ Cornea Society and Eye Bank Meeting, Sydney, NSW
23-25 AOA Victoria Branch 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting and Annual General Meeting, Lorne, VIC
23-25 Sydney Private Practice “Comprehensive” 2018, Sydney, NSW
24 2nd RBWH Preoperative Patient Blood Management Symposium, Herston, QLD
24 RACGP: Starting a Private Practice, North Sydney, NSW
24 RACGP: Introduction To Point-of-care Ultrasound for GPs, TBA
24-25 ARACUS 2018, Perth, WA
24-27 70th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand, Canberra, ACT
25-28 World Psychiatric Association 2018 Thematic Conference: Innovation in Psychiatry: Effective interventions for health and society, Melbourne, VIC
26 Feb-2 Mar Leadership and Innovation in Health 2017, Melbourne, VIC
28 Feb-2 Mar ACEM Evidence Review in Emergency Medicine 2018, Wollongong, NSW
MARCH
1 Lung in a day: one-day ultrasound course, Ivanhoe, VIC
1-3 TSANZ New Zealand Train the Trainer Course, Auckland, NZ
2-3 ASOHNS Paediatric Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) Workshop, Brisbane, QLD
2-3 ANZCA Tasmanian ASM: Out of the comfort zone, Hobart, TAS
2-4 Pathology Update 2018, Sydney, NSW
2-4 Medical Parents of Australia and New Zealand Conference, Melbourne, VIC
3 Society for Paediatric Anaesthesia in New Zealand and Australia Update Meeting 2018, Melbourne, VIC
3 ANZCA/ASA Tasmanian ASM, Hobart, TAS
3 RANZCO Victoria Branch ASM, Carlton, VIC
4 ANZICS Paediatric Study Group Meeting, Noosa, QLD
5 ANZICS Intensive Care Research Coordinator Workshop, Noosa, QLD
6-8 ANZICS Clinical Trials Group 20th Annual Meeting, Noosa, QLD
7-9 Internal Medicine Society Of Australia And New Zealand Autumn Scientific Meeting 2018, Tauranga, NZ
7-9 New Zealand General Paediatric Forum, Auckland, NZ
7-9 AAFPS Symposium and Dissection Workshop on Facial Rejuvenation and Rhinoplasty, Perth, WA
8-10 Australasian Gynaecological Endoscopy and Surgery Society XVIII Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, VIC
8-11 APSCVIR 2018, Auckland, NZ
9 Tri-Nation Alliance International Medical Symposium 2018, Sydney, NSW
9-10 RANZCP Section of Youth Mental Health Annual Conference: Innovation and Implementation, Noosa, QLD
9-10 Australia and New Zealand Strabismus Society Meeting, Sydney, NSW
9-11 Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 68th ASM, Perth, WA
9-11 Perth Private Practice “Comprehensive” 2018, Perth, WA
13-16 Australian Breastfeeding Association 2018 Health Professional Seminar Series, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne
14-18 UroGynaecological Society of Australasia Annual Scientific and General Meeting in association with the CFA SA Branch, Adelaide, SA
15-16 AOA Continuing Orthopaedic Education: How I do it – an update for the generalist, Hobart, TAS
16 Continence Foundation Australia South Australia ASM, Adelaide, SA
16-17 RANZCO NSW Branch ASM, Lovedale, NSW
17 RACGP: Introduction To Point-of-care Ultrasound for GPs, TBA
17-18 2018 New Zealand Association of General Surgeons conference, Paihia, NZ
18-19 New Zealand Cornea and Contact Lens Society Annual Conference, Wellington, NZ
19-22 Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group 30th ASM, Hobart, TAS
20 RACGP Vic: Walking on Thin ICE: Methamphetamine in General Practice, Sale, VIC
21-23 2018 Australian Healthcare Week, Sydney, NSW
21-24 Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine 9th Biennial Scientific Conference: Empowerment and Partnership, Auckland, NZ
23 PSANZ SANDA Workshop-Upskilling yourself on fetal movement advice and management and communicating with bereaved parents, Auckland, NZ
23-27 Annual Scientific Meetings of the Australia and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science and the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, Adelaide, SA
24 Trauma Tasmania 2018: Brains, backs and bones, Hobart, TAS
24-25 Abdominal Radiology Group Australia and New Zealand Meeting 2018, Melbourne, VIC
24-25 PSANZ IMPACT Network Subcommittee Meeting co-hosting with the New Zealand ON TRACK Network, Auckland, NZ
24-25 Rural Health West Annual Conference 2018: Mental health care for our communities, Perth, WA
25-28 12th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology, Sydney, NSW
25-28 Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Congress, Auckland, NZ
27-29 Exercise and Sports Science Australia Research to Practice 2018, Brisbane, QLD
28-30 7th National Indigenous Domestic Violence Conference, Gold Coast, QLD
APRIL
4-6 2018 ANZICS New Zealand Regional ASM, Auckland, NZ
7-8 2018 Neuromodulation Society of Australia and New Zealand 13th ASM, Sydney, NSW
8-11 Australian Pain Society 38th and New Zealand Pain Society Conjoint ASM, Sydney, NSW
9 Paediatric Anaesthesia Crisis Management (PACMaC) Course, Wellington, NZ
11-12 6th Rural and Remote Health Scientific Symposium: Outback Infront, Canberra, ACT
11-12 Australian Telehealth Conference 2018, Sydney, NSW
11-12 Molecular Microbiology Meeting 2018, Sydney, NSW
11-13 2nd International Selection in the Health Professions Conference, Melbourne, VIC
11-18 Pain Revolution 2018: Rural Outreach and Cycling Tour, various venues
13-15 12th Annual Update in Paediatric Emergencies, Noosa, QLD
15-19 International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases, Melbourne, VIC
17 RACGP Vic: Walking on Thin ICE: Methamphetamine in General Practice, Warrnambool, VIC
18 GEM SEM 2018, Brisbane, QLD
18-20 New Zealand Population Health Congress 2018, Auckland, NZ
20-24 12th Congress of the World Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, Melbourne, VIC
22-27 Hunter Paediatric Society Conference, Palm Cove, QLD
27-29 Spine Society of Australia 29th Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide, SA
28-29 Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand PGC, Melbourne, VIC
29 Apr-1 May Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand ASM, Melbourne, VIC
MAY
1-4 New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes, Hamilton, NZ
2-4 Toxicology and Poisons Network Australasia Scientific Meeting, Sydney, NSW
4-6 Melbourne Private Practice “Comprehensive” 2018, Melbourne, VIC
5 Melbourne Ophthalmic Alumni Meeting, Fitzroy, VIC
5 Toxic Issues in Acute Care - Wikitox Course, Sydney, NSW
5-6 Australasian Musculoskeletal Imaging Group 2018 ASM: Upper limb and spine imaging, Gold Coast, QLD
5-8 ANZCA/ASA/NZSA Obstetric Anaesthesia SIG Meeting, Sydney, NSW
6 ANZCA Faculty of Pain Medicine Refresher Course Day and Faculty Dinner, Sydney, NSW
7-11 Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress 2018: Reflecting on what really matters, Sydney, NSW
7-11 ANZCA ASM, Sydney, NSW
9 ANZCA Airway Management SIG Meeting, Sydney, NSW
10-12 Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases ASM, Surfers Paradise, QLD
11 Bendigo Regional Critical Care Conference 2018, Bendigo, VIC
11-12 RANZCO New Zealand Branch ASM, Auckland, NZ
12 RACGP SA: Introduction To Point-of-care Ultrasound for GPs, TBA
13-17 RANZP Congress 2018: Becoming well together: Partnerships in health, Auckland, NZ
14-16 RACP Congress 2018: Disruption for Health Futures, Sydney, NSW
15 RACGP Vic: Walking on Thin ICE: Methamphetamine in General Practice, East Melbourne, VIC
18-22 Australasian College of Dermatologists ASM, Gold Coast, QLD
20-23 5th Asian and Oceanic Regional Congress on Radiation Protection, Melbourne, VIC
26 AGES Laparoscopic Pelvic Anatomy Demonstration Workshop, Brisbane, QLD
26-27 Australian and New Zealand Society of Retinal Specialists Meeting, Melbourne, VIC
27 Australasian Gynaecological Endoscopy and Surgery Society Pelvic Anatomy Dissection Cadaveric Workshop, Brisbane, QLD
29 May-1 Jun Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists 2018 ASM, Darwin, NT
30 May-1 Jun Choosing Wisely Australia: National Medicines Symposium, Canberra, ACT
30 May-1 Jun GPDU18: Learning, peer support, advocacy, Gold Coast, QLD
31 May-2 Jun Combined meeting: Australian Orthopaedic Association Continuing Orthopaedic Education Conference and the 2018 Asia-Pacific Knee, Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine Society Congress, Sydney, NSW
JUNE
7-9 Rural Doctors Association of Queensland 29th Annual Conference, TBC
8-10 AOA Queensland 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting, Noosa, QLD
9-10 RANZCO Tasmanian Branch ASM, Hobart, TAS
14-16 2nd International Conference and Expo on Cataract and Advanced Eye Care, Melbourne, VIC
15-16 ANZCA Rural SIG Meeting, Ayers Rock Resort, NT
16-17 Rehabilitation Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand Snapshots 2018, Melbourne, VIC
18 World Continence Week
22-23 ASOHNS Head and Neck Cadaver Dissection Course, Brisbane, QLD
22-24 2018 Australasian Orthopaedic Trauma Society meeting, Noosa, QLD
23-24 Australasian Gynaecological Endoscopy and Surgery Society Trainee Workshop, Sydney, NSW
27-29 Australian & New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting 2018, Sydney, NSW
JULY
TBA AMSA National Convention 2018, Perth, WA
1-4 Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators Conference, Hobart, TAS
4-7 Australian Society of Gynaecologic Oncologists ASM 2018, Taupo, NZ
9-11 20th Asia Pacific Diabetes Conference: Therapeutic Approaches for Diabetes Management and Endocrine Complications, Sydney, NSW
12-13 Hematologists Global Summit 2018, Sydney, NSW
12-14 RANZCO Paediatrics SIG ASM, Noosa Heads, QLD
16-18 21st World Nursing Education Conference, Melbourne, VIC
20 AOA South Australia/Northern Territory Branch Annual Scientific Meeting, Darwin, NT
22 ASOHNS 2018 Robert Guerin Memorial Annual Trainees Meeting, TBA
27-28 WA TSANZ Annual Scientific Meeting, Floreat, WA
28 Sydney Eye Hospital Alumni Association 12th Biennial Meeting, Sydney, NSW
28 Annual ANZCA/ASA Combined CME Meeting, Melbourne, VIC
29 Jul-1 Aug Health Informatics Society of Australia HIC 2018, Sydney, NSW
AUGUST
2-4 Australasian Gynaecological Endoscopy and Surgery Society Pelvic Floor Symposium, Brisbane, QLD
2-5 RANZCO Queensland Branch ASM, Main Beach, QLD
15-17 TSANZ NZ Branch Annual Scientific Meeting, Queenstown, NZ
15-18 World Congress on Cancers of the Skin, Sydney, NSW
27 ANZICS 9th Annual Winter Research Forum, Sydney, NSW
29 Aug-2 Sep Society for Paediatric Anaesthesia in New Zealand and Australia 2018 Annual Conference, Darwin, NT
30 Aug-1 Sep 2018 Annual Conference of the Neurodevelopmental and Behavioural Paediatric Society of Australasia, Melbourne, VIC
30 Aug-1 Sep Frontiers 2018 - The Art, Science and Future of Otorhinolaryngology, Cairns, QLD
SEPTEMBER
3-5 11th World Congress on Endocrinology and Metabolic Disorders, Auckland, NZ
6-7 Australian Association of Developmental Disability Medicine 2018 Conference, Sydney, NSW
6-8 Triennial Masters' Symposium on Functional and Aesthetic Rhinoplasty, Sydney, NSW
10-12 BMJ International Forum on Quality & Safety in Healthcare, Melbourne, VIC
13-14 NOSA Annual Meeting 2018, Melbourne, VIC
13-16 Neuro-Ophthalmology Society of Australia (NOSA) 34th Clinical & Scientific Meeting and NeuroVision Training Weekend, Melbourne, VIC
14 ASID/ESCMID Course on Infectious Diseases in Pregnant Women, Fetuses and Newborns, Sydney, NSW
14-16 Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand (IMSANZ) Conference 2018, Hobart, TAS
15-16 Neurovision, Melbourne, VIC
16-19 RANZCOG 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide, SA
21-23 ANZCA Combined SIG Meeting, Byron Bay, NSW
24 The 6th Australian Health Economics Doctoral Workshop, Hobart, TAS
25-26 The 40th Annual Australian Health Economics Society Conference, Hobart, TAS
OCTOBER
2-5 SSEM 2018, Daydream Island, QLD
5-6 ANZCA Cardiac Thoracic Vascular and Perfusion SIG Meeting, Adelaide, SA
6-9 ASA National Scientific Congress 2018, Adelaide, SA
7-11 Australian Orthopaedic Association ASM 2018: Better Patient Outcomes, Perth, WA
10-12 IHF World Hospital Congress 2018, Brisbane, QLD
11-13 ANZICS/ACCCN Intensive Care ASM, Adelaide, SA
11-14 RACGP: GP18, Gold Coast, QLD
16-19 71st Annual General and Scientific Meeting of the New Zealand Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Queenstown, NZ
21 Pain Interest Group Nursing Issues Professional Development Day, Sydney, NSW
24-27 27th National Conference on Incontinence, Hobart, TAS
25-27 ANZCA Perioperative Medicine SIG Meeting, TBA
25-28 2018 RANZCR ASM, Canberra, ACT
26-28 Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine and Rural Doctors Association of Australia: Rural Medicine Australia 2018, Darwin, NT
NOVEMBER
1-3 Australasian Gynaecological Endoscopy and Surgical Society Focus Meeting, Canberra, ACT
8-10 New Zealand Anaesthesia Annual Scientific Meeting 2018, Auckland, NZ
8-10 RANZCP Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age and the Asian Society Against Dementia Conference 2018, Melbourne, VIC
13-15 Clinical Oncology Society of Australia 2018 ASM, Perth, WA
17-21 50th Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists, Adelaide, SA
18-22 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, 35th ASM, Perth, WA
21-24 6th Asia-Oceanian Conference of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine combined with the Rehabilitation Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand's 3rd Annual Scientific Meeting, Auckland, NZ
23-25 Queensland Hand Surgery Society Conference, Noosa, QLD
26-28 1st International Motor Impairment Conference, Sydney, NSW
DECEMBER
1 Australasian Gynaecological Endoscopy and Surgery Society Pelvic Anatomy Dissection Cadaveric Workshop, Brisbane, QLD
2019
MARCH
1-2 Australia and New Zealand Strabismus Society Meeting (Squint Club), Parkville, VIC
22-24 ASOHNS 69th Annual Scientific Meeting, South Brisbane, QLD
25-30 International Neuromodulation Society 14th World Congress, Sydney, NSW
27-30 8th World Glaucoma Congress, Melbourne, VIC
MAY
18-21 Australasian College of Dermatologists Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, VIC
SEPTEMBER
29 Sep-2 Oct 18th Biennial Clinical Neurophysiology Workshop, Gold Coast, QLD
NOVEMBER
17-19 10th World Congress of Itch, Sydney, NSW
2020
MAY
16-18 Australasian College of Dermatologists Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide, SA
2021
NOVEMBER
10-13 XIII International Congress of Dermatology, Melbourne, VIC
DECEMBER
TBA FIGO World Congress of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Sydney, NSW
- Cate Swannell