Newcastle Health Heritage Symposium

Join us for some fascinating stories from extraordinary people on the history of health care in Newcastle at this free public forum.
 
You will hear stories from 200 years ago right up to today, including dramatic changes in nursing, dealing with the diabetes epidemic, special case reports and personal stories and achievements from industry professionals.

 

8.30 AM	Registration
8.50 AM	WELCOME AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO COUNTRY	Conjoint Professor Jeannette Lechner-Scott Chair, HPMI
9.00 AM	OPENING SESSION - CONVENOR	CHAIR Conjoint Associate Professor Ross Kerridge Anaesthesia & Perioperative Service, John Hunter Hospital
9.10 AM	THE STORY OF BURIGON – INJURY, SURGICAL TREATMENT, DEATH, AND AFTERMATH OF THE FIRST PUNISHED MURDER OF AN INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN	Dr Tiffany Gould Surgical Research Registrar
9.35 AM	PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE:- THE STOLEN GENERATION AND INDIGENOUS EXPERIENCE OF HEALTHCARE IN THE HUNTER - ACHIEVEING OUR BEST POTENTIAL	Donna Meehan Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer, John Hunter Hospital
10.00 AM	SIX THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT LUCY OSBURN	Dr Judith Godden Historian, author of Lucy Osburn, a lady displaced.  Florence Nightingale’s envoy to Australia.
10.30 AM	MORNING TEA
	A GROWING CHALLENGE OF HEALTH CARE - DIABETES	CHAIR Professor Michael Hensley Director of Medical Services, John Hunter Hospital
10.50 AM	VALE:-   JOHN DUGGAN, AM	Dr Jim Wright, AM Retired Paediatric Surgeon
11.00 AM	AUSTRALIA’S FIRST DIABETES EDUCATION AND STABILISATION CENTRE	Dr Paul Moffitt, AM GP, Cessnock in the 1950-60s; then a Staff Specialist Physician, Royal Newcastle Hospital Founding Director, Diabetes Education & Stabilisation Centre
11.25 AM	MISSION IMPOSSIBLE TREATMENT OF DIABETES IN THE 1980-90’s	Dr Jack Fowler Retired General Medicine and Diabetes Physician, Newcastle
11.35 AM	DIABETES IN ACTION	Melba Mensch Retired Dietitian
11.45 AM	CURRENT AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN DIABETES SERVICES IN NEWCASTLE	Dr Sham Acharya Director, Diabetes Services, HNELHD
12.05 PM	Discussion
12.20 PM	LIGHT LUNCH
1.00 PM	THE METAMORPHOSIS OF THE NURSING PROFESSION SINCE 1868	CHAIR Professor Sally Chan Dean, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Deputy Director, Priority Research Centre for Brian & Mental Health Research, Faculty of Health and Medicine, UoN
1.05 PM	VALE:-   JUNE GRAHAM	Conjoint Associate Professor Ross Kerridge
1.15 PM	THE DAYS OF HOSPITAL-BASED TRAINING	Melanie McKinnon Retired Nurse
1.45 PM	JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL – BRIDGING THE DIVIDE BETWEEN ‘HOSPITAL’  AND ‘UNIVERSITY’ TRAINED NURSES	Sally Milson-Hawke Director of Nursing and Midwifery, John Hunter Hospital
2.05PM	NURSING NOW	Jamie Badger New Graduate Registered Nurse, John Hunter Hospital
2.25PM	THE FUTURE – PANEL DISCUSSION
3.00 PM	CLOSE

The event will be streamed live on the link https://livestream.com/BLive/NewcastleHealthHeritageSymposium

Download the event program and registration form  

For more information contact Tracy Hicks
tracy.hicks@newcastle.edu.au
(02) 4913 8163