Conferences

2005 - SMART Moves - finding the balance, Brisbane program

October 31st, 2005

06:30am - 07:00am
Registration
Location: Plaza foyer
07:00am - 08:00am
Welcome Breakfast
Location: Plaza foyer
08:00am - 08:10am
Conference opening
Location: Plaza Level P3 - P5
Presented by Tony Johnston - President AAMHP
08:10am - 08:20am
Traditional landowners welcome and "Traditional Blessing"
Location: Plaza Level P3 - P5
Presented by Turrbal Songwoman & Law-Woman Maroochy Barambah
08:20am - 08:30am
Department of Industrial Relations - Queensland Government Welcome
Location: Plaza Level P3 - P5
08:30am - 09:30am
Smart Moves - Systems & Outcomes (Injury Prevention)
Location: Plaza Level P3 - P5
Presented by Guy Fragala, Ph.D.,P.E.,C.S.P Director of Compliance Programs Environmental Health & Engineering Newton, Massachusetts. USA

Creating Safer Healthcare Environments

Abstracts
Presentations
09:30am - 10:15am
Smart Moves - Systems & Outcomes (Injury Prevention)
Location: Plaza Level P3 - P5
Presented by Dr Robin Burgess-Limerick, PhD. University of Qld

Manual Task Risk Management

10:15am - 10:45am
Morning Tea in the Trade Display
Location: Plaza Terrace Room
10:45am - 11:30am
Better by Design
Location: Plaza Level P3 - P5
Presented by Mark Hennessy, BSc (Hons), Grad Dip E&B, M. Pub Hlth, Victoria

Transferring People Safely - Better by Design (Linking safe work practices to safe building design)

Abstracts
Presentations
11:30am - 12:00am
Better by Design
Location: Plaza Level P3 - P5
Presented by Nita Maynard, WH&S Qld

Management by Design (National Design 4 Health Project)

Abstracts
Presentations
12:00am - 12:15am
Better by Design
Location: Plaza Level P3 - P5
Presented by Cath Winter, A/g Director, General Standards 1 Office of the Australian Safety and Compensation Council, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

Update on Draft National Standards and Code of Practice Manual Handling

Presentations
12:15am - 12:30am
Panel Discussion
Location: Plaza Level P3 - P5
12:30am - 1:15pm
Lunch - Trade Display
Location: Plaza Terrace Room
1:15pm - 2:00pm
Smart Moves - Training & Education
Location: Plaza Level P3 - P5
Presented by Lynn Varcin-Coad, B Phty, Varcin-Coad & Associates, Qld

The ultimate Balance: Evidence versus practice within your Manual Handling training program.

Abstracts
Presentations
2:00pm - 2:20pm
Revitalise manual handling training with adult learning principles
Location: Concurrent 1 Room: P3 - P5, Chair: Chris Le Bon
Presented by Jillian Adams, WA
Abstracts
Presentations
2:00pm - 2:20pm
Manutention Training as a Return to Work program
Location: Concurrent 2 Room: P1, Chair: Sara Warren
Presented by Ann Taylor, TAS
Abstracts
2:00pm - 2:20pm
Implementing & maintaining a manual handling risk management system within the health care industry
Location: Concurrent 3 Room: P2, Chair: Jenny McCormick
Presented by Louise O'Shea, Vic
Abstracts
Presentations
2:20pm - 2:40pm
Lifting safely: What works & what doesn't - Is there a correct way to lift?
Location: Concurrent 1 Room: P3 - P5, Chair: Chris Le Bon
Presented by Paul D. Hooper, DC, MPH, MS, USA
Abstracts
2:20pm - 2:40pm
The Manutention based manual handling programme at the North metropolitan Health Service in Perth/WA
Location: Concurrent 2 Room: P1, Chair: Sara Warren
Presented by Gisela Gmeinder & Marani Hutton, WA
Abstracts
Presentations
2:20pm - 2:40pm
Implementing Manual Handling Training Systems: Optimising the role of the Facilitator in the Aged Care Sector
Location: Concurrent 3 Room: P2, Chair: Jenny McCormick
Presented by Leah Palmer, Qld
Abstracts
Presentations
2:40pm - 3:00pm
Introducing 4 programs developed to support manual handling competencies for nurses
Location: Concurrent 1 Room: P3 - P5, Chair: Chris Le Bon
Presented by Louise Whitby, NSW
Abstracts
Presentations
2:40pm - 3:00pm
Functional Capacity Evaluation: Can it help to determine manual handling ability?
Location: Concurrent 2 Room: P1, Chair: Sara Warren
Presented by Sam Schirmer, VIC
Abstracts
Presentations
2:40pm - 3:00pm
Smart Moves: Evaluating the effectiveness of introducing workplace stressor awareness into an undergraduate nursing program
Location: Concurrent 3 Room: P2, Chair: Jenny McCormick
Presented by Dr Cheryl Perrin & Nicchia Schutt, Qld
Abstracts
Presentations
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Afternoon Tea in the Trade Display
Location: Plaza Terrace Room
3:30pm - 3:50pm
Manage behaviour and challenge injuries
Location: Concurrent 1 Room: P3 - P5, Chair: Hal Robertson
Presented by Pippa Wright, Vic
Abstracts
3:30pm - 3:50pm
Evaluation of Bluecare staff manual handling training program
Location: Concurrent 2 Room: P1, Chair: Kylie Downs
Presented by Suzanne Jennings, Qld
Abstracts
Presentations
3:30pm - 3:50pm
Community housing - setting up services that are manual handling friendly for both serVice users and staff
Location: Concurrent 3 Room: P2, Chair: Coral Niethe
Presented by Jo Poole, SA
Abstracts
Presentations
3:50pm - 4:10pm
Safety Culture: A case where one size doesn't fit all
Location: Concurrent 1 Room: P3 - P5, Chair: Hal Robertson
Presented by Elisha Hobday, Qld
Abstracts
Presentations
3:50pm - 4:10pm
Innovative resource Solution for the school environment
Location: Concurrent 2 Room: P1, Chair: Kylie Downs
Presented by Janet Edgar, Qld
Abstracts
Presentations
3:50pm - 4:10pm
Preventing injury - systems in community based settings
Location: Concurrent 3 Room: P2, Chair: Coral Niethe
Presented by Ros Tillsley, SA
Abstracts
Presentations
4:10pm - 4:30pm
People handling incidents: an approach for reporting, recording and investigating
Location: Concurrent 1 Room: P3 - P5, Chair: Hal Robertson
Presented by Jenny McCormick, Qld
Abstracts
Presentations
4:10pm - 4:30pm
Better by design: Overhead tracking systems
Location: Concurrent 2 Room: P1, Chair: Kylie Downs
Presented by Irene McKinna, Vic
Abstracts
Presentations
4:10pm - 4:30pm
Client intake - balancing the risk in disability services
Location: Concurrent 3 Room: P2, Chair: Coral Niethe
Presented by Rebekah Cranmer, Vic Jane Cusdin
Abstracts
Presentations
4:30pm - 5:00pm
The No Lift system - Compliance issues
Location: Concurrent 1 Room: P3 - P5, Chair: Hal Robertson
Presented by Michelle Deroubaix, NSW
Abstracts
Presentations
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Manual handling strategies and techniques: acute, aged care, community & disability services
Location: Concurrent 2 Room: P1, Chair: Kylie Downs
Presented by Denise Palmer , SA
Abstracts
Presentations
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Ceiling Hoist vs Mobile Floor Hoist " the pros and cons in home based care
Location: Concurrent 3 Room: P2, Chair: Coral Niethe
Presented by Jenny Smith/Julia Graham, Vic
Abstracts
Presentations
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Panel Questions and Close
Location: Plaza Level P3 - P5
7:00pm - 12:00pm
Conference Dinner at Rydges

Dress: Racing colours
Entertainment: Melbourne Cup Calcutta

November 01st, 2005

07:00am - 08:00am
Registration
Location: Plaza Level P3 - P5
08:00am - 10:00am
Finding the balance - Balancing the care (legal issues) Hypothetical
Location: Plaza Level P3 - P5
Presented by Graeme Traves from Abbott Tout Lawyers

Rights of the carer versus the client. A light hearted look at the legal implications - with a strong message

  • Guy Fragala - Keynote Speaker
  • Simon Phillips (OT) - OH & S Consultant
  • Mr. David Riley - Consumer
  • Merryl Stewart - Nurse Manager - Community
  • Lynn Varcin Coad - Therapist
  • Ian Bynon
10:30am - 10:50am
As far as is reasonably practicable. Is there a state of knowledge for manual handling?
Location: Concurrent 1 Room: P3 - P5, Chair: Ian Bynon
Presented by Jill Chisholm , VIC
Abstracts
Presentations
10:30am - 10:50am
Caring for the CPLQ Therapists
Location: Concurrent 2 Room: P1, Chair: Jenny McCormick
Presented by John Pashen, Qld
Abstracts
Presentations
10:30am - 10:40am
Manual handling of children post spinal orthopaedic surgery
Location: Concurrent 3 Room: P2, Chair: Lynn Varcin-Coad
Presented by Dr. Leanne Johnston
Abstracts
Presentations
10:40am - 10:50am
SitSafe table
Location: Concurrent 3 Room: P2, Chair: Lynn Varcin-Coad
Presented by Dale Bachelor, NSW
Abstracts
10:50am - 11:10am
A minimal Lift Approach in the community
Location: Concurrent 1, Room: P3 - P5 Chair: Ian Bynon
Presented by Lindi Harris, SA
Abstracts
10:50am - 11:10am
SA Ambulance service pre-employment assessments as part of an injury management strategy
Location: Concurrent 2 Room: P1, Chair: Jenny McCormick
Presented by Helen Moody & Sam Schirmer SA
Abstracts
Presentations
10:50am - 11:10am
The stick-to-stand system
Location: Concurrent 3 Room: P2, Chair: Lynn Varcin-Coad
Presented by Robin Townsend, SA
Abstracts
Presentations
11:10am - 11:40am
Aged care workers do not consistently follow manual handling care plans. Why is this so, and what can we do about it?
Location: Concurrent 1 Room: P3 - P5, Chair: Ian Bynon
Presented by Hal Robertson, SA
Abstracts
Presentations
11:10am - 11:40am
Risk assessment team (The RATs) - establishing a process in disability services
Location: Concurrent 2 Room: P1, Chair: Jenny McCormick
Presented by Coral Niethe, Qld
Abstracts
Presentations
11:10am - 11:40am
Red dot mobility system
Location: Concurrent 3 Room: P2, Chair: Lynn Varcin-Coad
Presented by Eddie Wood, NSW
Abstracts
Presentations
11:40am - 12:00am
No Lift in Oz and OS The Danish aged care comparison
Location: Concurrent 1 Room: P3 - P5 Chair: Ian Bynon
Presented by Irene McKinna, Vic
Abstracts
Presentations
11:40am - 12:00am
Walking on a tight rope: Minimizing the manual handling risks associated with multiply disabled exercise walkers
Location: Concurrent 2 Room: P1, Chair: Jenny McCormick
Presented by Charles Gerard Adrien, Vic
Abstracts
Presentations
11:40am - 12:00am
The Manning Evacuation Board
Location: Concurrent 3 Room: P2, Chair: Lynn Varcin-Coad
Presented by Eddie Wood, NSW
Abstracts
Presentations
12:00am - 12:45am
Lunch in the Trade Display
Location: Plaza Terrace Room
12:45am - 1:15pm
Finding the balance - Staff wellbeing
Location: Plaza Level P3 - P5
Presented by Kate Anthony, B. Occ Th, Grad Cert OT (Workplace rehabilitation) University of Qld

Let's Get Practical. A Selection of Real World Strategies for Finding the Balance from Recruitment to Retirement.

Abstracts
Presentations
1:15pm - 1:45pm
Finding the balance - Staff wellbeing
Location: Plaza Level P3 - P5
Presented by Dr Julie Hides, Physiotherapy Department, University of Queensland

Can we enhance joint protection mechanisms in health care workers? The role of Segmental Stabilisation Training.

Abstracts
1:45pm - 2:00pm
Panel questions
Location: Plaza Level P3 - P5
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Afternoon Tea & Melbourne Cup Broadcast
Location: Plaza Terrace Room
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Finding the balance - Dificult situations
Location: Plaza Level P3 - P5
Presented by Tony Johnston, B. Phty., Grad Dip OH&S, Senior WH&S Project Officer, Qld Health

Management of the bariatric client - Influencing management commitment.

Abstracts
Presentations
3:00pm - 3:20pm
The challenges of change in implementing a safe handling policy on the spinal unit
Location: Concurrent 1 Room: P3 - P5, Chair: Jenny McCormick
Presented by Susan Bonham, WA
Abstracts
Presentations
3:00pm - 3:20pm
Access to recreational pursuits
Location: Concurrent 2 Room: P1, Chair: Chris Le Bon
Presented by Annabelle Marozza, Qld
Abstracts
Presentations
3:00pm - 3:20pm
Mobility chart - design and implementation
Location: Concurrent 3 Room: P2, Chair: Coral Niethe
Presented by Sue Alexander, New Zealand
Abstracts
Presentations
3:20pm - 3:40pm
Bariatric management program
Location: Concurrent 1 Room: P3 - P5 Chair: Jenny McCormick
Presented by Eddie Wood, NSW
Abstracts
Presentations
3:20pm - 3:40pm
Manual handling of people with Huntington's Disease - a unique challenge
Location: Concurrent 2 Room: P1, Chair: Chris Le Bon
Presented by Michelle Huckner & Vilma Delgado, NSW
Abstracts
Presentations
3:20pm - 3:40pm
Prevalence of MSD in Maternity Services
Location: Concurrent 3 Room: P2, Chair: Coral Niethe
Presented by Alison Garrison, Qld
Abstracts
Presentations
3:40pm - 4:00pm
Reducing the risk in a risky business - The perioperative environment
Location: Concurrent 1 Room: P3 - P5, Chair: Jenny McCormick
Presented by Narelle Sommerfeld, Qld
Abstracts
Presentations
3:40pm - 4:00pm
The ins and outs of the Hart Walker
Location: Concurrent 2 Room: P1 Chair: Chris Le Bon
Presented by Anne-Maree Stewart, Qld
Abstracts
Presentations
3:40pm - 4:00pm
Pick up tricks (Demonstration Only)
Location: Concurrent 3 Room: P2, Chair: Coral Niethe
Presented by Kate Tuohy-Main, NSW

This to be two sessions " 40 minutes

Abstracts
4:00pm - 4:30pm
Six years of No Lift - A time to reflect?
Location: Concurrent 1 Room: P3 - P5, Chair: Jenny McCormick
Presented by Fiona Sinclair, Qld
Abstracts
Presentations
4:00pm - 4:30pm
Using a standards referenced framework for defining standards in manual handling - Manutention training
Location: Concurrent 2 Room: P1, Chair: Chris Le Bon
Presented by Kathryn Nicholson, Vic
Abstracts
Presentations
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Conference close and AGM
Location: Plaza Level P3 - P5
5:00pm - 5:00pm
Conference Close

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