Thank You

The RACP 2007 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, 29 exhibiting organisations and three highly received programs – Professional Skills, Adult Medicine 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. The results of the evaluation will be available on the website in June 2007. The lucky winner of the beautiful gourmet hamper is Dr Adil Al Amry of NSW.

If you wish to review some of the media exposure the Congress experienced, please visit the following site;
http://www.racp.edu.au/index.cfm?objectid=49E7ACD3-2A57-5487-DA3CCE371B4ACBBA

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

We look forward to welcoming you to Adelaide in May 2008 for next year’s Congress.

The Congress Steering Committee

Congress Awards and Prizes

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

We wish to thank all our Awards and Prizes 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)
Patrick Gladding, representing New Zealand
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs antagonise the irreversible antiplatelet effect of aspirin

RACP Trainee Research Award (Paediatrics & Child Health)
Alexia Pena, representing South Australia
Folic acid does not improve endothelia function in obese non diabetic children and adolescents

Blackwell Publishing Quality Assurance Prize
David Herd (New Zealand)
Intravenous cannulation in Children’s Emergency Department: A continuous quality assurance project

Adult Medicine Meeting
Blackwell Publishing Clinical Excellence Award
James Daveson (Queensland)
Isolated gastric variceal bleed secondary to a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour

Paediatrics & Child Health Meeting
Rue Wright Memorial Award
Elizabeth Elliott (New South Wales)
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in Australia

PRSANZ Research Award
Adam Buckmaster (New South Wales)
The use of CPAP to reduce up-transfer of infants with respiratory distress in non-tertiary care centres: A randomised controlled trial

Blackwell Publishing New Investigator Award
Eppie Yiu (Victoria)
Acute transverse myelitis in childhood: Clinical and radiologic features

Best Poster in Paediatrics & Child Health
David Krieser (Victoria)
Comparison of methods used to estimate children’s weight in the emergency department

Invitation

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians Congress offers the opportunity for delegates to update their professional skills and clinical knowledge in their field of practice.  Delegates can also contribute to a program which will highlight developments in Adult Medicine, Paediatrics & Child Health and Adolescent Health Following a Professional Skills Day, the scientific programs will be held over three days and feature local, national and international speakers.  The social program will allow delegates, sponsors and exhibitors the opportunity to mix in both a professional and social exchange.

Steering Committee

Chairman Board of CPD (Paediatrics) Board of CPD (Adult)	Cameron Bennett Peter Procopis Justin LaBrooy
IMSANZ Paediatrics & Child Health Division Adult Medicine Division AFOM AFPHM AFRM New Zealand Representative	Phillippa Poole Rachel Skinner Michael Hooper Tim Stewart Michael Baker Lyn Lee Pam Jackson

College Staff

Director, Policy & Communications Manager, Communications & Publications Congress Co-ordinator, Communications & Publications Adult Medicine Division Paediatrics & Child Health Division AFOM AFPHM AFRM

Gary Disher Rosemary Penman Anne Chang Fairlie Clifton Colin Borg Vivien Haslam Yvonne Luxford Sybil Cumming

Congress Managers:
Tour Hosts Pty Limited
ABN 28 000 386 676

Sponsors

The Royal Australiasian College of Physicians extends its appreciation to the following sponsors for their support:

Silver Sponsor

     

Professional Skills Day Sponsor

Address For Communications

RACP 2007 Congress Managers
GPO Box 128
Sydney NSW 2001 Australia
Telephone: +61 2 9265 0700
Fax: +61 2 9267 5443
Email: racp@tourhosts.com.au

RACP 2006 Congress Exhibition