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 www.mja.com.au
August
1 RACP AFOEM Regional Training Meeting, Sydney, NSW
1-5 James Cook University Masterclass – Health Promotion: Strategies and Methods, Cairns, QLD
2-4 10th Annual Australia and New Zealand Endovascular Therapies Meeting, Adelaide, SA
3 RACGP Grand round series 2016 – Full Series Registration, Perth, WA
3 RACGP Grand Round Series 2016 – Session 1, Perth, WA
4-5 RACS New Zealand ASM: Getting the Measure of Outcomes, Queenstown, NZ
4-6 52nd Provincial Surgeons of Australia Annual Scientific Conference, Albany, WA
4-6 International Update on Advances in Perinatal Care, Sydney, NSW
4-7 64th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, Adelaide, SA
5-7 RACGP Healthy Wealthy Wise, Bowral, NSW
5-8 Australia and New Zealand Society of Vascular Surgeons 2016 ASM, Sydney, NSW
6 RACGP Emergency Skills in General Practice, Perth, WA
6-7 10th Australasian Academy of Anti-Ageing Medicine Conference and Expo, Melbourne, VIC
6-9 HGSA 40th Annual Scientific Meeting: Integrating Genomics into Healthcare, Hobart, TAS
12 RACGP Clinical Emergency Management Program: Intermediate, Canberra, ACT
12-13 Acute Medicine Conference 2016, Wellington, NZ
12-14 Emergency Tasmania 2016, Launceston, TAS
12-14 ANZAAG Symposium, Melbourne, VIC
12-15 CME – Stoller: A Comprehensive Tutorial in Musculoskeletal Imaging, Melbourne, VIC
13-14 RACGP Clinical Emergency Management Program: Advanced, Canberra, ACT
16-19 RACS Colorectal Cancer – A Multidisciplinary Approach, Melbourne, VIC
17 RACGP CPR Certification Course, Perth, WA
18 RACGP New Fellows Education Series 2016 – Session 2, Perth, WA
18-20 Australian Lung Cancer Conference, Melbourne, VIC
18-20 Combined AOA/RACS/MEDLAW Annual Meeting, Noosa, QLD
19 South Australia Prostate Cancer Symposium, Adelaide, SA
19-20 Australian and New Zealand College of Paramedicine Conference 2016, Melbourne, VIC
20 RACGP Managing Obesity – No Time to Waste, Sydney, NSW
20-21 RACS Preparation for Practice: Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
20-21 RACGP Alcohol and Other Drugs: The Pleasure and Pain of Our Patients, Newcastle, NSW
20-21 RACGP Women in General Practice Conference 2016: The Whole She-Bang – Sex, Gender and Life Cycle, Melbourne, VIC
21-24 The Australian and New Zealand Society of Occupational Medicine ASM 2016, Newcastle, NSW
21-26 International Congress of Immunology, Melbourne, VIC
24-26 2016 Australian Diabetes Society/Australian Diabetes Educators Association ASM, Gold Coast, QLD
25-27 Australia and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders 14th Annual Conference, Christchurch, NZ
25-27 Australasian Medical Writers Association Conference 2016, Auckland, NZ
25-28 Asia-Pacific Combined Dermatology Research Conference, Noosa, QLD
26 14th ADS John R Turtle Diabetes Clinical Skills Training Course for Advanced Trainees in Adult Endocrinology, Gold Coast, QLD
26-27 2016 Australian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society ASM, Gold Coast, QLD
26-27 RACS Locoregional Melanoma 2016, Melbourne, VIC
26-28 Section of Electroconvulsive Therapy and Neurostimulation Conference: Neurostimulation in the Vines, Hunter Valley, NSW
26-28 2016 ACD/ASDR/JDA/JSID/NZDSi Combined Meeting, Noosa, QLD
26-28 General Practice Conference and Exhibition, Brisbane, QLD
27 RACGP Perinatal in Practice: Managing Perinatal Mood Disorders, Perth, WA
30 RACGP OSCE IMG Study Group 2016.2, Perth, WA
30 RACGP Perform CPR – A Workshop for GPs, Melbourne, VIC
31 Aug-2 Sep Neurosurgical Society of Australasia ASM, Sydney, NSW
September
2 RACGP Clinical Emergency Management Program: Intermediate, Adelaide, SA
3 Australasian Stroke Academy Conference, Sydney, NSW
3-4 RACGP Clinical Emergency Management Program: Advanced, Adelaide, SA
3-4 ANZ Society of Phlebology: Vein Treatments 2016, Sydney, NSW
7 RACGP Grand Round Series 2016 – Session 2, Perth, WA
7 RACP Victorian Further Education & Training for Paediatricians & Advanced Trainees (VicFEAT) 2016, Melbourne, VIC
7-9 International Emergency Care Conference, Melbourne, VIC
8-9 RACGP Medical Receptionist Course, Sydney, NSW
8-10 Australasian Conference on Traumatic Stress, Gold Coast, QLD
8-11 Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine 2016 Conference: The Changing Landscape Of Palliative Care, Perth, WA
9-11 37th Australasian Dermatopathology Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Auckland, NZ
10-11 Griffith University/MD Anderson Cancer Centre Molecular Pathology Symposium, Gold Coast, QLD
10-13 NICCER Acute Care Echocardiography Workshop, Sydney, NSW
12 National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre Annual Symposium, Sydney, NSW
12-14 APAC Forum: Explore New Frontiers, Sydney, NSW
14 RACGP Perform CPR – A Workshop for GPs, Melbourne, VIC
14-16 Asia-Pacific Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Association 2016 Conference, Perth, WA
14-16 18th Australasian Gastro Intestinal Trials Group Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, VIC
15-17 Internal Medicine Society of Australia & New Zealand/Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia & New Zealand Combined Conference 2016, Alice Springs, NT
15-18 Australasian Society of Aerospace Medicine Annual Conference, Townsville, QLD
16-18 Managing Pain in the Workplace, Hahndorf, SA
17 RACGP CPR Certification Course, Perth, WA
17 FRACGP Difficult Cases Workshop, Sydney, NSW
17 RACP Continuing Education Program 2016, Melbourne, VIC
17-20 Australian Society of Anaesthetists 75th National Scientific Congress, Melbourne, VIC
17-21 Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology 2016 ASM, Perth, WA
18-21 Public Health Association of Australia 44th Annual Conference, Alice Springs, NT
18-22 International Congress of Tropical Medicine and Malaria, Brisbane, QLD
20 Polio Australia’s 2016 Australasia-Pacific Post-Polio Conference, Sydney, NSW
24 RACGP Education Collaboration: Hep B & C Clinical Update – Workshop, Perth, WA
26-28 International Marce Society for Perinatal Mental Health Biennial Scientific Conference, Melbourne, VIC
28 RACS Trainees day: Melanoma and Head and Neck Update, Melbourne, VIC
28 RACGP CEMP Intermediate, Perth, WA
29 Sep-1 Oct GP16: Clinical, Digital, Leadership, Perth, WA
29 Sep-1 Oct 10th Australasian Viral Hepatitis 2016 Conference, Gold Coast, QLD
29 Sep-1 Oct 9th General Surgeons Australia Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, VIC
October
2-3 RACGP CEMP Advanced, Perth, WA
4 RACGP CPR Workshop, Brisbane, QLD
4 RACGP Emergency Update for Practice Staff (Including CPR), Adelaide, SA
7-8 3rd LCANZ Trans-national Breastfeeding Conference: Essential Breastfeeding, Melbourne, VIC
9-12 Australasian Genomic Technologies Association Conference and the New Zealand Next Generation Sequencing Conference, Auckland, NZ
9-13 Australian Orthopaedic Association and the New Zealand Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Cairns, QLD
11 RACGP Perform CPR – A Workshop for GPs, Melbourne, VIC
11-14 Australian and New Zealand Burn Association 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting, Auckland, NZ
12-14 Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference, Wollongong, NSW
12-15 Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators 2016 Annual Conference, Brisbane, QLD
13 RACGP CPR Certification Course, Perth, WA
13-16 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists 67th Annual Scientific Meeting, Gold Coast, QLD
14 RACGP Clinical Emergency Management Program: Intermediate, Sydney, NSW
14-15 The Paediatric Society of Queensland Inc’s Paediatric Scientific and Educational Annual Conference, Brisbane, QLD
14-16 2016 Australasian Military Medicine Association Conference, Melbourne, VIC
14-16 Inaugural National Educational Conference and Trade Display of the Australian Anaesthesia Allied Health Practitioners, Perth, WA
14-16 ACEM Victoria Faculty Meeting, Torquay, VIC
14-16 Inaugural Australian Anaesthesia Allied Health Practitioners National Conference, Perth, WA
15 RACGP Psychodynamic principles workshop for GPs (part 1), Melbourne, VIC
15-16 Pelvic Pain Foundation of Australia Seminar and Physiotherapy Masterclass, Adelaide, SA
15-16 RACGP Clinical emergency management program: advanced, Sydney, NSW
16-19 RANZCOG ASM, Perth, WA
17-21 Australian Association of Practice Managers 2016 National Conference, Melbourne, VIC
18 RACGP Emergency medicine and resuscitation update (CPR for GPs), Adelaide, SA
18-21 Joint meeting of the 9th World Congress of Melanoma and the 14th International Congress of the Society for Melanoma Research, Brisbane, QLD
19 RACGP Grand round series 2016 – session 3, Perth, WA
19-21 International Conference for Emergency Nurses, Alice Springs, NT
19-21 Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society ASM 2016, Brisbane, QLD
20-21 12th Australian Disease Management Association Annual National Conference: Person Centred Healthcare: Achievements and Challenges, Melbourne, VIC
20-22 Rural Medicine Australia 2016 Conference, Canberra, ACT
20-22 41st ANZICS/ACCCN Intensive Care Annual Scientific Meeting and the 22nd Annual Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Conference: Where to from here, Perth, WA
21-22 Refresher/Advanced 2-Day ECT Course, Sydney, NSW
21-23 Medical Parents of Australia and New Zealand Inaugural Conference 2016: Leading a Double Life, Cairns, QLD
21-23 RACS Victorian Annual Surgical Meeting, Melbourne, VIC
24-26 12th Biennial Asia Pacific International Mental Health Conference: Recovered futures, Brisbane, QLD
25-27 International Mental Health Nursing Conference, Adelaide, SA
26-28 2016 ACHSM/ACHS Asia-Pacific Joint Congress, Brisbane, QLD
26-28 Integrated Emergency Care for Older Persons Summit, Melbourne, VIC
26-29 17th World Sterilization Congress, Brisbane, QLD
27 Surgical Leaders’ Forum 2016, Melbourne, VIC
28-29 The Australasian Melanoma Conference, Sydney, NSW
29 RACGP Skin cancer essentials, Sydney, NSW
30 Oct-2 Nov Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs 2016 Conference, Sydney, NSW
November
2 RACGP Administering iron infusion intravenously, Adelaide, SA
2-4 9th Annual HITH Society of Australasia Conference, Adelaide, SA
5 RACGP Clinical emergency management program: intermediate, Brisbane, QLD
5 RACGP CPR certification course, Perth, WA
5 RACP Continuing Education Program 2016, Melbourne, VIC
5-6 ACD Dermatological Surgery and Procedures Workshop, Sydney, NSW
8-10 Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference, Melbourne, VIC
9 National Health Summit on Obesity run by the RACGP, Melbourne, VIC
9 RACGP Perform CPR – A workshop for GPs, Melbourne, VIC
11-12 1st Australia and New Zealand Conference on Sarcopenia and Frailty (Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science, Melbourne, VIC
11-13 General Practice Conference and Exhibition, Melbourne, VIC
12 RACGP Psychodynamic principles workshop for GPs (part 2), Melbourne, VIC
12-13 RACGP Clinical emergency management program: advanced, Brisbane, QLD
13 RACGP Procedural skills for IMGs preparing for RMO roles, Sydney, NSW
14-16 2016 Australasian Sexual Health Conference, Adelaide, SA
16 RACGP CPR certification course, Perth, WA
16-18 2016 Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference, Adelaide, SA
18 RACGP Clinical emergency management program: intermediate, Melbourne, VIC
18-20 Australian Menopause Society 20th Congress, Perth, WA
19-20 RACGP Clinical emergency management program: advanced, Melbourne, VIC
19-23 48th RANZCO Annual Scientific Congress: Where innovation and culture meet, Melbourne, VIC
20-24 33rd Australian College of Emergency Medicine ASM, Queenstown, NZ
23 5th Annual NHMRC Symposium on Research Translation, Melbourne, VIC
23 RACGP Grand round series 2016 – session 4, Perth, WA
26 2016 RACP Northern Territory Annual Scientific Meeting, Darwin, NT
26-27 RACP WA Rural Physicians' Workshop 2016, Nedlands, WA
27-29 Australian and New Zealand Falls Prevention Society Conference 2016, Melbourne, VIC
29 RACGP CPR Workshop, Brisbane, QLD
30 RACP Victorian Further Education & Training for Paediatricians & Advanced Trainees (VicFEAT) 2016, Melbourne, VIC
December
1-2 IIC Perth: Hot Topics in Infection & Immunity in Children – The Perth Course, Crawley, WA
1-3 Global Obstetric Update 2016, Melbourne, VIC
1-3 2016 International Indigenous Allied Health Conference, Cairns, QLD
3 RACGP Psychodynamic principles workshop for GPs (part 3), Melbourne, VIC
3 RACGP Clinical emergency management program: intermediate, Sydney, NSW
3 RACGP CPR certification course, Perth, WA
7-10 International Congress of Behavioural Medicine, Melbourne, VIC
8 RACGP Perform CPR – A workshop for GPs, Melbourne, VIC
15 RACGP CPR certification course, Perth, WA
February 2017
24-26 Pathology Update 2017, Sydney, NSW
March 2017
15-17 Sydney International Endoscopy Symposium 2017, incorporating the Westmead Endoscopy Symposium Nurses’ Workshop, Sydney, NSW
24-28 International Society of Ocular Oncology Annual Conference, Sydney, NSW
26-29 12th International Congress on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (LUPUS 2017) and the 7th Asian Congress on Autoimmunity (ACA 2017), Melbourne, VIC
April 2017
3-7 15th World Congress on Public Health: Voices, Vision, Action, Melbourne, VIC
30 Apr-3 May A World of Rural Health Conference 2017, Cairns, QLD
May 2017
6-9 Australasian College of Dermatologists ASM, Sydney, NSW
8-12 Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress 2017, Adelaide, SA
July 2017
26-29 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine Winter Symposium, SA (provisional dates)
August 2017
16-19 NZDSI Annual Conference, Queenstown, NZ
October 2017
18-21 9th World Congress of Melanoma and 14th International Congress of the Society for Melanoma Research, Brisbane, QLD
November 2017
19-23 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, 34th ASM, Sydney, NSW (provisional dates)
23-26 Asian Pacific Society of Respirology Congress 2017, Sydney, NSW
March 2018
2-4 Pathology Update 2018, Sydney, NSW
May 2018
7-11 Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress 2018 with the ANZ College of Anaesthetists, Sydney, NSW
18-22 Australasian College of Dermatologists ASM, Gold Coast, QLD
November 2018
17-22 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, 35th ASM, Perth, WA (provisional dates)
November 2021
10-13 XIII International Congress of Dermatology, Melbourne, VIC
December 2021
TBA FIGO World Congress of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Sydney, NSW
- Cate Swannell