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Hip Fests 2024

Binational Hip Fest 2024: Rydges World Square, Sydney

Thank you to everyone who attended the 2024 Binational Hip Festival, held in Sydney on 14-15 November. It was a high energy few days and wonderful to see many of you in person, and online too.

A special thanks to our excellent guest speakers for their time and expertise.

We know it is always a juggle to take time out of your busy work and personal commitments to attend events like these, and do hope you found the event worthwhile. 

We look forward to seeing you in 2025!

 

Video recordings of the presentations are now available! 

Click on the links below or browse through the Hip Festival playlist on ANZHFR's Training and Education YouTube channel 

 

Thursday 14 November

Session 1: Consumer-centred care

Consumer story: Jebby Phillips, Consumer Representative, ANZHFR Steering Group

What do patient-reported outcomes tell us about hip fracture recovery: Dr Lara Harvey, Data Analyst and Senior Research Fellow, ANZHFR, Neuroscience Research Australia, NSW

Developing a pre-hospital care pathway for suspected hip fractures: Sarah Bold, Dr Elizabeth Marsden and Julie Oliver, Older Persons Emergency Network, Metro North Health Queensland

Registry commitment to consumer engagement: Narelle Payne, Consumer engagement lead, ANZHFR, Neuroscience Research Australia, NSW

Day 1 walking - achieving the goal: Dr Lara Kimmel, Physiotherapist, The Alfred, Victoria

Session 1 Q&A

 

Session 2: Improving hip fracture care

Registry as a tool to support quality improvement: Stewart Fleming, ANZHFR Database Manager

Pain management following hip fracture: Dr Ben Slater, Anaesthetist, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Victoria

Complications after hip fracture: Dr Hasanka Ratnayake, Geriatrician, Alfred Health, Victoria

Australian Golden Hip Awards
Presented by: A/Professor Kerin Fielding, Orthopaedic Surgeon, President Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and A/Professor Catherine McDougall, Orthopaedic Surgeon; Chief Medical Officer, Queensland Health

 

Friday 15 November

Session 1: Timing of surgery

Meeting the challenge of the 36-hour target: Quality improvement initiatives
A/Professor Chris Wall, Orthopaedic surgeon, Toowoomba Hospital, Queensland
Dr Andrew Ellis, Orthopaedic surgeon, HOD Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW

System-level approaches to improve access to operating theatres: A/Professor Catherine McDougall, Orthopaedic Surgeon; Chief Medical Officer, Queensland Health

Direct Oral Anticoagulants (DOACs)
International guidelines: Dr Hannah Seymour, Geriatrician, Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA
What is happening across ANZ? Preliminary results from the DOAC sprint audit: Professor Rebecca Mitchell, Injury Epidemiologist, Macquarie University

Case study with panel discussion and Q&A

A/Professor Chris Wall; Dr Ben Slater; Dr Hannah Seymour; Monica McCarron, CN, Geriatric Nursing Consultancy Service, Toowoomba Hospital, Queensland; Dr Andrew Ellis; Andrew Maxwell, Nursing Co-Director, Program of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW

 

Session 2: Nutrition care after hip fracture

Introducing The SIMPLER Pathway and Toolkit – Better nutrition, Better outcomes: Professor Jack Bell, Allied Health Principal Research Fellow and Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian, The Prince Charles Hospital, Queensland and Alita Rushton, Dietitian Assistant, Metro North Health and PhD candidate, Griffith University, Queensland

Panel discussion – Fuelling Recovery through SIMPLER Nutrition Care After Hip Fracture: Panel: Professor Jack Bell (Chair); Anita Taylor, Orthopaedic Nurse Practitioner, Royal Adelaide Hospital; Professor Jacqueline Close; Alita Rushton

 

Session 3: Managing osteoporosis

Evidence update and quality improvement at Western Health: Dr Lauren Nacey, Geriatrician and physician-lead for the orthogeriatric service, Western Health, Victoria

Quality Improvement at Concord Hospital: Dr Nargis Shaheen and Dr Susan Li, Geriatrician and Registrar, Geriatric Medicine, Concord Hospital, NSW

Quality Improvement at Whakatane Hospital, NZ: Ms Nicola Ward, ANZ Hip Fracture and Fragility Fracture Registry Coordinator, New Zealand

Session 3 Q&A

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