Thank You

The RACP 2008 Congress Steering Committee would like to thank all participants involved in this year’s Congress, for helping to contribute to such a successful event. The Congress saw over 900 attendees, 62 exhibiting organisations and three highly received programs – Professional Skills, Adult Medicine/IMSANZ and Paediatrics & Child Health.

We would also like to thank all the delegates that took the time to complete the Congress evaluation form. We very much appreciate your comments.

If you wish to review some of the media exposure the Congress experienced, please click here.

Please click here to view the Speaker Presentations from the Congress.

We look forward to welcoming you to Sydney in May 2009 for the newly rebranded, Physicians Week.

The Congress Steering Committee

RACP Congress Awards

The following awards were presented and judged at the RACP Congress; congratulations to all the winners below. 

We wish to thank all our award sponsors for their support and special thanks to the judges involved in the review and judging processes. 

Professional Skills Day

RACP Trainee Research Award (Adult Medicine)
Daniel Thomas (South Australia) – Joint Winner
Serine 585 of the GM-CSF receptor is constitutively phosphorylated in acute myeloid leukaemia and activates a specific transcriptional program

Alan Moss (Victoria) – Joint Winner
Quality, clinical impact and tolerance of CT Enteroclysis in patients with suspected small bowel disease

RACP Trainee Research Award (Paediatrics & Child Health)
Lee Hudson (Northern Territory)
Tobacco smoke exposure and regular cough in hospitalised children in Central Australia

Adult Medicine Meeting – The Best of Grand Rounds

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Award for Clinical Excellence
Paul Lee (New South Wales)
Organ transplant recipients on the edge of the hypocalcaemia abyss – 3 cases of severe unrecognised Vitamin D deficiency

IMSANZ  Meeting

Young Investigator Award
Paul Lee (New South Wales)
Vitamin 2 as an analgesic for patients with Type 2 Diabetes and neuropathic pain

Paediatrics & Child Health Meeting

Rue Wright Memorial Award
Nicholas Wood (New South Wales)
Predictors of Hepatitis B immunity in Aboriginal children: the Australian Aboriginal birth cohort study

PRSANZ Research Award
Jenny Couper (South Australia)
Weight gain in early life predicts risk of islet autoimmunity in children with a first degree relative with Type 1 Diabetes
 
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing New Investigator Award
Peter Vuillermin (Victoria)
A cross-sectional comparison of anxiety symptoms among primary school children with and without asthma

Best Poster in Paediatrics & Child Health
Bronwyn Chan (New South Wales)
Hypertension with Prednisone Treatment of Haemangiomas in Infants: Prevalence and Analysis of Risk Factors

RACP Excellence in Mentoring Awards

The RACP Excellence in Mentoring Awards were established last year to raise the profile of mentoring, encourage Fellows to volunteer to mentor their junior colleagues and demonstrate that mentoring is an activity the profession values. 

There were four categories of Mentoring Awards:  Academic and Research, Rural, Clinical and Professional Practice, and Humanitarian.  Fellows in all Divisions, Faculties and Chapters in both Australia and New Zealand were all eligible for the Awards. 

The prize for each category consists of an RACP Congress package and award plaque.  Winners were invited to attend the Congress to receive their plaques.

The winners for 2007 were:
Fary Khan - Academic and Research
Peter Eastaugh – Rural
Laila Rotstein - Clinical and Professional Practice
Vasikaran Naganathan - Humanitarian

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Invitation

On behalf of the Congress Steering Committee, it is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the 2008 RACP Congress in the beautiful city of Adelaide.

Once more, the Congress is providing a rich variety of educational sessions which we believe will be of interest and value to all physicians and paediatricians. The sessions will be delivered by national and international speakers with considerable expertise in their fields. There will be time within each session for Fellows and Trainees to engage with these experts so that you can get the best out of each session. We are again also providing the opportunity for delegates to meet speakers face-to-face in an informal atmosphere at Speakers' Corner, to be held within the Trade Exhibition. We are delighted that IMSANZ is holding their Annual Scientific Meeting as part of the RACP Congress.

The popular Professional Skills Day will again be held on the Monday and the program promises to be a stimulating experience. The Adult Medicine scientific program will run from Tuesday to Wednesday and the Paediatrics & Child Health scientific program will run from Tuesday to Thursday. On Sunday the 11 May there will be several workshops on various education and other topics which will be of interest to many Fellows and trainees of the College and other medical colleges.

I do hope that all attendees will also have time to visit the Trade Exhibition, and to enjoy interacting with colleagues. Please also take the opportunity to enjoy Adelaide itself.

One of the highlights of the Congress will be the Congress Dinner on the Monday evening at which we will be celebrating the 70th Birthday of the College.

I would like to thank the Congress Steering Committee and its organising committees who have put together a great program, the many speakers who have agreed to participate, the supporters, sponsors and trade exhibitors for their very generous contributions to the meeting, and of course I thank you all as delegates for your participation.

Nip Thomson PRACP President

About the Congress

The RACP Congress is an annual event of the College that brings together the largest gathering of physicians, paediatricians, trainees, affiliated organisations and service providers under the one roof.
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Schedule of Events

Sunday 11 May	College Ceremony & Reception Sunday 11 May 2008 College Ceremony Time:  4.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. Location:  Adelaide Convention Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia All attendees at the College Ceremony are asked to be seated by 3.45 p.m. College Reception Time:  6.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. Location:  Adelaide Convention Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia An invitation is extended to all delegates, Graduating Fellows and their guests to attend the College Ceremony and Reception.
	Pre-Congress Workshops *
Monday 12 May	Professional Skills Day, incorporating Trainee stream
	Congress Welcome Reception
Tuesday 13 May – Wednesday 14 May	Adult Medicine Division Meeting
	Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand (IMSANZ) Annual Meeting
Tuesday 13 May – Thursday 15 May	Paediatrics & Child Health Annual Meeting

* Separate registration fees may apply

Additional College Meetings

Wednesday 7 May - Friday 9 May

Joint AFRM/AFOEM Annual Scientific Meeting The Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine (AFRM) and the Australasian Faculty of Occupational & Environmental Medicine (AFOEM) are holding a joint meeting immediately before the RACP Congress in Adelaide. The joint conference, 'People at Work: Managing Complexity' will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Adelaide Saturday 10 May - Sunday 11 May 2008 AFRM and AFOEM Post Conference Workshops Website: http://dcconferences.com.au/afrmafoem

Sunday 6 July - Wednesday 9 July 2008

AFPHM Meeting with Public Health Association of Australia/Australian Health Promotion Association and Australian Epidemiological Association The Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (AFPHM) will meet with the Public Health Association of Australia/Australian Health Promotion Association and Australian Epidemiological Association. the joint conference, 'A Global World - Practical Action for Health and Well Being' will be held at the Brisbane Exhibition & Convention Centre Website: http://www.populationhealthcongress.org.au

Five reasons to attend the RACP Congress 2008
1. Learn the latest specialty clinical updates
2. Experience cutting edge clinical and research sessions
3. Gain valuable CPD points
4. Benefit from networking opportunities with the best in the field
5. Enjoy the elegant city of Adelaide

Hosts

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians’ Annual Congress is its most important meeting. The Congress takes a central position in the College’s mission of bringing about quality improvement and professional development in health care for all.

The Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand (IMSANZ), following on our highly successful 2007 meeting with the Geriatricians is joining with the RACP in 2008 for our Annual Scientific Meeting. This promises again to be an exciting blend of original research papers, topics designed for the generalist and specific clinical updates.

Steering Committee

Chairman Board of CPD (Paediatrics) Board of CPD (Adult) Adult Medicine Division	Cameron Bennett Peter Procopis Justin LaBrooy Michael Hooper
IMSANZ Paediatrics & Child Health Division	Phillippa Poole Rachel Skinner

College Staff

Director of Policy, Advocacy & Communications Congress Co-ordinator Adult Medicine Division IMSANZ Paediatrics & Child Health Division

Gary Disher Anne Chang Fairlie Clifton Mary Fitzgerald Colin Borg