July 2008
1 July 2008 Non Specialist Doctors in Our Hospitals: “Developing New Career Pathways”
	•	The Journey of Hospital Medicine: The US Perspective Jeanne M Huddleston, Program Director of the Hospital Medicine Fellowship at Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
	•	Developing the Hospitalist Career Pathway in NSW Health. Information Session - Concepts and Process David Dixon, A/Director, Workforce Development and Leadership, NSW Health Department
May 2008
20 May 2008 Patient Quality & Safety: Getting it right, getting it wrong
	•	My Patients are Different: The Flaw in the Human Genome Project Prof Cliff Hughes, CEO, Clinical Excellence Commission
	•	Patient Quality and Safety The Regulatory Framework Julie Hamblin, Partner, Health Law Group, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers
March 2008
14 March 2008 Clinical Redesign, Modernisation and Practice Development: A Synergistic Relationship?
	•	Clinical Redesign, Modernisation and Practice Development : A Synergistic Relationship? Brendan McCormack, Professor of Nursing research, University of Ulster
November 2007
30 November 2007 The Essential Update on Health Support Services
	•	An Area Perspective of the NSW Health Technologies Jean Evans, Chief Information Officer, SESIAHS
	•	Shared Support Services Approach – The NSW Update Robert Lagaida, General Manager, Health Support
	•	HealthSupport Service Centres: Update on Financials, Procurement and Logistics and Human Resources Graham Jenkins, Regional Manager, Health Support
	•	NSW Health Infrastructure: A New Approach for Delivering the Major Projects Program Robert Rust, Chief Executive, Health Infrastructure
	•	Creating best Practice Clinical Systems – NSW, Australian and International Perspectives Paul Willma, Director, Sales and Operation, Cerner Australia/New Zealand
	•	Occupational Health and Safety: Rights and Responsibilities in Health Care Julie Hamblin, Partner, Ebsworth & Ebsworth, Lawyers
October 2007
25 October 2007 Practice Development: A Manager’s Agenda
	•	PowerPoint Presentation Brendan McCormack, Professor of Nursing Research, Institute of Nursing Research, University of Ulster and Director of Nursing Research and Practice Development, Belfast Hospital, Royal Hospitals Trust, Belfast
5 October 2007 Best Practice in Aged Care: Managing Resources, Information and Care Delivery
	•	Lean Thinking in Aged Care Cindy Jimmerson, Lean Healthcare West, USA
	•	Bundle Monitoring Model: Integrating Professional Knowledge with Improvement Knowledge Helen Ganley, Quality Systems Support Officer, Clinical Governance Unit, NSCCAHS
	•	ACFI: More Than a Funding Tool Lynn May, DirectorNSW Health Infrastructure: A New Approach for Delivering the Major Projects Program Robert Rust, Chief Executive, Health Infrastructure Care Services Policy & planning, UnitingCare Ageing
	•	Developing an Advance Care Planning Guidance Tool Penny Abbington, Palliative Care Coordinator, HN McLean memorial Retirement Village
	•	Identifying Depression, Delirium and Dementia Julia Poole, Clinical Nurse Consultant in Aged Care, Royal North Shore Hospital Note: This is a large presentation (3Mb) and not suitable to download. For further information please contact Sue Brockway library@achsensw.org.au
	•	Using the CareSearch Website to find What You Need to Know Christine Sanderson, Research Fellow, Flinders University Note: This is a large presentation (4Mb) and not suitable to download. For further information please contact Sue Brockway library@achsensw.org.au
	•	Cultural Change Brings Certainty to Employees, Savings to Employers Brian Rose, OHS & Injury Management Manager, Anglican Retirement Villages
	•	Working Yourself to Death. Is there an Alternative? Marjorie Pawsey, ACHS and Jo Travaglia, UNSW Note: This is a large presentation (3Mb) and not suitable to download. For further information please contact Sue Brockway library@achsensw.org.au
4 October 2007 Lean Thinking: Its Application to Acute Health Care Settings
	•	Lean Healthcare Value Chain Speaker: Cindy Jimmerson, President, Lean Healthcare West, USA
September 2007
27 September 2007 The Legacy of Leadership: Looking after our Future An initiative of the Nurse Managers’ Interest Group
	•	Growing a Legacy – Looking after our future Prof Mary Chiarella, Professor of Clinical Practice Development and Policy Research, University of Technology, Sydney
14 September 2007 Understanding Important Influences on Hospital Design: Building for a Responsive Future PURCHASING AND RECRUITMENT
	•	Strategic Directions for the Health Industry Martin Pullicin, Business Development Manager, ABIGroup
	•	Where are Governments in Australia going with Major Health Capital Development and What is Envisaged? Glen Monckton, Sector Manager, NSW Health
DEPARTMENTAL DESIGN: INFLUENCES FOR THE 21st CENTURY
	•	More Than a Funding Tool Lynn May, Director Care Services Policy & Planning, Uniting Care Ageing IGN
	•	Facilitating High Performance Hospital Design Peter Cox, Managing Director, Padgham & Partners
	•	The Changing Paradigm in Falls – Implications in Acute Care Julia Poole, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Royal North Shore Hospital
TECHNOLOGY, ADAPTATION AND REBUILDING
	•	Westmead Hospital: A Case Study in Adaptation and Change Adjunct Professor Ian Forbes, National Director Health, Regional Principal, Woodhead Note: This is a large presentation (6Mb) and not suitable to download. For further information please contact Sue Brockway library@achsensw.org.au
	•	IT in the Hospital of the Future George Margelis, Intel Australia, Jeffrey Tobias, Cisco Systems Australia, Tanya Felton, Hewett Packard Australia
ARTS FOR HEALTH AND USING IT TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY
	•	‘The Royal on the Move’. Royal Newcastle Hospital to the Royal Newcastle Centre. The John Hunter Hospital Arts for Health: A 2005-2007 Project Kerry Cooper, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Royal Newcastle Hospital Note: This is a large presentation (4Mb) and not suitable to download. For further information please contact Sue Brockway library@achsensw.org.au
August 2007
30 August 2007 Attracting and Developing Good Employees
	•	Aged Care Recruitment and Retention – A Continuing Critical Challenge Trish Larkin, Executive Planning and People Manager, UnitingCare Ageing, Sydney Region Note: This is a large presentation (20Mb) and not suitable to download. For further information please contact Sue Brockway library@achsensw.org.au
	•	Attracting, Selecting and Retaining the Best People: Staying a step ahead of your competition Christopher Paterson, Practice Leader Assessment and Development, Hudson
July 2007
12 July 2007 EHM Forum: Managing Staff
	•	Managing Staff: Getting the Best out of Your Staff Robert Cusack, General Manager, Prince of Wales Private Hospital
JuneWestmead Hospital: A Case Study in Adaptation and Chge Adjunct Professor Ian Forbes, National Director Health, Regional Principal, Woodhead Westmead Hospital: A Case Study in Adaptation and Change Adjunct Professor Ian Forbes, National Director Health, Regional Principal, Woodhead Westmead Hospital: A Case Study in Adaptation and Change Adjunct Professor Ian Forbes, National Director Health, Regional Principal, Woodhead mead Hospital: A Case Study in Adaptation and Change Adjunct Professor Ian Forbes, National Director Health, Regional Principal, Woodhead 2007
19 June 2007 SNAKES AND LADDERS: Exploring Alternatives to Traditional Hospital Admission
	•	Avoiding Hospital Admission: A Game of Snakes and Ladders Assoc Prof Stephen Wilson, Director – Population Health Program, St Vincent’s Hospital
	•	Avoiding Hospital Admissions: Getting the Care You Need Dr Linda Mann, General Practitioner
	•	Clinical Taskforce Update Professor Peter Castaldi AO, Chief Executive, Greater Metropolitan Clinical Taskforce
14 June 2007 Incorporating Security into Health Facility Design
	•	Designing Out Crime – Designing in Safety Assoc Prof Don Robertson, Director of the Australian Centre for Security Research, University of Western Sydney
May 2007
23 May 2007 Greater Southern Chapter – Integrated Primary Health Care Planning
	•	Delivering Local Primary Health Care Solutions Dr Tony Hobbs, NSW Chair, Australian General Practice Network
	•	Integrated Primary Health Care Karen Edwards, GSAHS Director of Clinical Operations
	•	“HealthOne” Corowa Rosemary Garthwaite, Health Service Manager, Corowa Health Service
4 May 2007 NSW 2007 State Conference: Looking Forward, Looking Back - Evaluating Reforms and Predicting Trends View Presentations
April 2007
3 April 2007 Asset Strategic Planning: Planning for Success A joint initiative by ACHSE and CHAA (Centre for Health Assets Australasia)
	•	Asset Strategic Planning: Planning for Success: The NSW Health Perspective Richard Pye, Deputy-Director, Asset Services, Asset and Contract Services, NSW Health
	•	Asset Strategic Planning: Planning for Success. Implementation in a Rural AHS Service 9Stephen Butt, Manager, Asset Management, Greater Murray AHS
	•	Asset Strategic Planning Dr Stephen Christley, CE, Northern Sydney Central Coast
March 2007
26 March 2007 SESIAHS Health Issues Update Education Sessions – From Rhetoric to Reality
	•	Demystifying Evidence Based Practice within a Clinical Governance Context Brendan Docherty, Area Clinical Stream Manager, Critical Care and Cardiac Services, SESIAHS
	•	How am I Going to Deal with Change? Roy Brown, Lecturer, School of Nursing Midwifery and Indigenous Health, University of Wollongong
21 March 2007 Reflections on Nursing – What Can We Learn and What Can We Give?
	•	Powerpoint Presentation Dr Lorraine Ferguson AM, School of Nursing, Family and Community Health, University of Western Sydney and co-Director of the Nursing Research Unit, Sydney West AHS
	•	Powerpoint Presentation Julie Hartley-Jones, Area Director of Nursing and Midwifery & Director of Access, Northern Sydney Central Coast AHS
February 2007
13 February 2007 The Impact of Information Technology and Informatics on Health Facilities ACHSE/GHAAP Evening Forum
	•	Can Information Based Medicine Improve Health Outcomes? Dr Mark Parrish, Associate Partner Healthcare IBM Global Business Services Note: This is a large presentation (8Mb) and not suitable to download. For further information please contact Sue Brockway library@achsensw.org.au
	•	Information and Communication. Deconstructing the Way We Do Work! Prof Steven Boyages, CEO, Sydney West AHS
	•	Medico-Scientific Technology Dr Jeffrey Tobias, Senior Health Consultant, Cisco Systems Australia: Medico- Scientific Technology
December 2006
1 December 2006 Managing in a Changing Environment of Corporate and Financial Services
	•	NSW Overview of Health Technology Strategies – ICT Shared Services Frank Cordingley, General Manager, Health Technology, NSW Health
	•	Shared Corporate Services Program Robert Lagaida, General Manager, HealthSupport, NSW Health
	•	Private Public Partnerships –An Overview Richard Pye, Deputy Director, Asset Services, NSW Health
	•	Long Bay Hospitals Project – A PPP Case Study Glen Monckton, Project Director, Long Bay Forensic and Prison Hospitals Project
	•	Newcastle Mater Hospital Project – Providing Corporate Services in a PPP Sally Evans, Consultant, Medirest Asia Pacific
	•	Reforms Affecting Corporate and Financial – An Area Health Perspective Bernard Deady, Executive Director, Corporate and Financial Services, Sydney West Area Health Service
	•	The Role of Health Managers in Workforce Restructuring David Briggs, Coordinator, Health Management and Gerontology Programs, School of Health, University of New England
	•	Ageing and the Impact on the Health care Workforce – Modelling Ageing and Retiring Trends and its Relationship with Workforce Distribution Assoc Prof Deborah Schofield, Research Leader, Australian Rural Health Research Collaboration, University of Sydney / Southern Cross University
November 2006
24 November 2006 Meeting the Management Challenges in Aged Care
	•	Clinical Governance – What it is and Sharing the Scars Dr Phillip Hoyle, Director, Clinical Governance, Northern Sydney and Central Coast Area Health Service
	•	Clinical Governance – Improving Resident / Client Care Louise Watters, Director of Care Services, Anglican Care, Hunter/Central Coast
	•	Managing Quality and Clinical Governance to Ensure the Individual Needs of Residents and Clients are Met Lyn Bruce, CEO, Sisters of St Joseph Aged Care Services, Hunters Hill
	•	The Labour Market to 2010 and Beyond - “Skill Shortages”. International / Australian Trends. Strategies for the Supply of Human Capital Paul Baker, Director Federal and NSW Government, Education and Social Infrastructure, Hudson Human Resource Consultants
	•	Developing a Flexible Workforce Providing Career Opportunities Jill Pretty, Manager Policy and Consultancy, Aged and Community Services, NSW & ACT
	•	Can Work Choices Make a Difference in Aged Care? Chris Westacott, Managing Director, Realise Performance
	•	Professional Nursing in the Aged Care Industry Professor Tracey McDonald, RSL LifeCare Chair of Ageing, Australian Catholic University
	•	Beyond Accreditation: Monitoring Quality of Clinical Care in Residential Aged Care Facilities Maria O'Reilly, Project Coordinator, Clinical Indicators of Quality Care Project, Queensland University of Technology Note: This is a large presentation (5.8Mb) and not suitable to download. For further information please contact Sue Brockway library@achsensw.org.au
	•	Thinking Outside the Square to Enhance and Diversify your Aged Care Organisation Paul Cook, CEO, HN Mclean Retirement Village, Inverell
	•	Meeting the Management Challenges in Aged Care: Summing Up Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite, Director, Centre for Clinical Governance Research, UNSW and Lecturer, ACHSE Aged Care Leadership Program
21 November 2006 Re-engineering Nursing Work: The Reverse Discourse of Silence Professor Jocalyn Lawler, Dean of the Faculty of Nursing, The University of Sydney Stuart Newman, Director, International and Professional Studies, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Sydney [View Webcast]
October 2006
31 October 2006 Redesigning Clinical Systems to Improve Patient Outcomes
	•	Improving the Older person’s Journey: Clinical Services redesign Program Angela Littleford, Leader, Integrated Care / Chronic Care and Models of Care, Clinical Service Redesign Program, NSW Health Department
13 October 2006 Coaching for Work/Life Essentials: 2nd Health Coaching Symposium
	•	Health, Work and Life Balance in the Hunter: A Case Study John Links, Senior Consultant, Richardson Recruiting
	•	Coaching for Happiness: Understanding the Drivers of Well-being and Success Jill McNaught, Director, The Executive Coach
	•	Gaining Bandwidth: Insights into Coaching Emerging Leaders Sue Prosser, Principal, Abracadabra Leadership Coaching and Consultancy
	•	Adventure Based Experiential Coaching Panel: Pamela Williams-Smith, Director, Macquarie Street Psychologists Campbell MacBean, Senior Consultant, Prime Practice Tamara Mendels, Consultant and Team Manager, Prime Practice
11 October 2006 SESIAHS Health Issues Update Education Sessions – The Electronic Medical Record (EMR): Changing Clinical Practice and Culture
	•	Implementing the Electronic Medical Record – Implications for Clinical Practice in the Area Dr Jean Evans, Chief Information Officer, SESIAHS
	•	The Jonah Project to Improve Patient Flows, Organisational Culture, the Change Process and the Connection to the EMR Bronwyn McGuire, SESIAHS Clinical Redesign Unit Note: To get a copy of this presentation please contact Sue Brockway library@achsensw.org.au
10 October 2006 Greater West Chapter Enhancing Opportunities to Enhance Mental Health Services for Your Community [View Webcast]
	•	National Action Plan for Mental Health and NSW Implementation Plan Dr Kate Jackson, Principal Policy Analyst, Centre for Mental Health, NSW Health Department