RBWH Healthcare Symposium
Date: 12-14 September 2017
Venue: Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Herston
150 years: where to next?
RBWH will again this year host the annual Healthcare Symposium showcasing the hospital’s strengths in research and innovation, fostering partnerships and reinforcing the commitment to provide a wealth of opportunities for physicians, nurses and health professionals.
The symposium offers an opportunity to join colleagues and to be informed on national and international best practice and innovation healthcare.
This year the event will be held from Tuesday 12 to Thursday 14 September concluding with a reception to celebrate RBWH’s 150thanniversary.
Program
The 2017 snapshot program is now available.
The RBWH is honoured to present keynote speaker Bernard Salt AM. Bernard Salt is widely regarded as one of Australia’s leading social commentators by business, the media and the broader community.
Bernard heads The Demographics Group, which provides specialist advice on demographic, consumer and social trends for business. Prior to this Bernard founded KPMG Demographics.
He is perhaps best known to the wider community for his penchant for identifying and tagging new tribes and social behaviours such as the ‘Seachange Shift’, the ‘Man Drought’, ‘PUMCINS’ (pronounced pumkins) and the ‘Goats Cheese Curtain’. He was also responsible for popularising smashed avocados globally.
Bernard has popularised demographics through his books, columns and media appearances. His body of work is summarised in six popular best-selling books.
He was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2017 Australia Day honours.
The full program including speakers will be published late July.
Registration
It is free to attend the symposium and all are welcome to attend.
Registration is per individual session and can be completed online from the 1 August 2017.
Abstract
The RBWH organising committee is currently calling for abstract submissions, which close on 19 July 2017.
Orals
A number of abstracts will be selected for oral presentations across the symposium. Each lunchtime session of the symposium will feature eight oral presentations that will consist of a three-minute presentation, followed by two minutes of questions.
There will also be a Junior Medical Officer Research Showcase for which oral presentations will be selected.
Posters
A number of posters will be selected for display at the symposium. Authors of accepted posters will be required to attend the lunchtime session they’ve been allocated to answer questions about their poster. Authors will be advised which day they are required to attend..
For more information please refer to the Abstract Kit.
Awards
The winning entry in the following categories will each be awarded $1000 towards attendance at a relevant national or international conference:
- The Professor Lawrie Powell AC Early Career Research Award
- The Professor William Egerton Award for medical research
- The Cecilia Brazil Nursing Research Award
- Health Practitioners Research Award
- Discovery and Innovation Research (oral or poster)
- Clinical Research Award (oral or poster)
- Complex Health Challenges Research Award (oral or poster)
- Health Services Implementation Research Award (oral or poster).
A ‘best overall’ presentation will selected from the pool of winning recipients (above) and in additional to their category award they will also receive:
- RBWH Foundation Gold Medal
- a further $1000 towards attendance at a relevant national or international conference
- Certificate.
150 years of care reception
Staffs who attend the symposium are also invited to register to attend the post symposium reception, celebrating RBWH’s 150th anniversary. The reception will be held Thursday 14 September at 5.30pm in the Education Centre.
Past sessions
View previous symposium programs and lists of award winners below: