RGEN24: Your Career Your Canvas: Embrace the Possibilities
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- Event Categories: Communication and Relationships; Medical; Rural & Remote
HETI and the NSW Rural Generalist Medical Training Program team are pleased to present the second Rural Generalist Engagement and Networking (RGEN24) Conference, to be held on Friday 24 – Saturday 25 May 2024 in Orange NSW with the overarching theme ‘Your Career Your Canvas: Embrace the Possibilities’.
This interactive event will bring together RGTP trainees - Foundation Year, Advanced Skills Training year, transition and beyond, providing a great opportunity to connect, network and learn with your colleagues.
DAY ONE: Friday 24 May 2024
| Time | Session | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 9.30am | BUSES DEPART MERCURE ORANGE | |
| From 10.00am | CONFERENCE REGISTRATIONS, ARRIVAL TEA & COFFEE CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY, BLOOMFIELD CAMPUS, LEVEL 1, ORANGE | |
| 10.15am – 10.25am | WELCOME TO COUNTRY & DANCE TROUPE | Neil Ingram, Wiradjuri Elder |
| 10.25am – 10.40am | MC WELCOME & HOUSEKEEPING ANNOUNCEMENTS | Rod Peadon, Senior Program Manager, Strategic Partnerships, HETI |
| 10.40am – 10.50am | RGEN24 WELCOME | Adjunct Professor, Annette Solman, Chief Executive, HETI |
| 10.50am – 11.30am | YOUR CAREER YOUR CANVAS: SETTING THE SCENE A Showcase & Celebration of Different RR Careers | Associate Professor Kerrie Stewart, Regional Director of Training Western NSW & ACT, RACGP Sonia Jones, RGA, Bathurst Dr John Cherry |
| 11.30am – 12.00pm | KEYNOTE ADDRESS: THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED | Dr Louise Stone, GP & Associate Professor in Social Foundations of Medicine, Australian National University Medical School |
| 12.00pm – 1.00pm | LUNCH & TRADE DISPLAY | |
| 1.00pm – 2.30pm | CONCURRENT SESSION STREAM 1: TRANSITION TO RG INDEPENDENT PRACTICE STREAM 2: FUTURE RG’S & EARLY CAREER ADVICE STREAM 3: RDN CADETS TOUR OF ORANGE BASE HOSPITAL | |
| 2.30pm – 3.00pm | AFTERNOON TEA BREAK | |
| 3.00pm - 4.00pm | ADVANCED SKILL SPECIALTY PANEL Facilitated by Rod Peadon, Senior Program Manager, Strategic Partnerships, HETI
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| 4.00pm - 4;15pm | EVENT WRAP-UP & CLOSE DAY ONE | Rod Peadon, Senior Program Manager, Strategic Partnerships, HETI |
| 4.15pm | DAY ONE CLOSE | |
| 4.15pm | BUSES RETURN TO MERCURE HOTEL | |
| 6.00pm - 9.00pm | CONFERENCE DINNER GROUNDSTONE, 151A BYNG ST NETWORKING DINNER WITH DRINKS & FOOD PROVIDED | |
DAY TWO: Saturday 25 May 2024
| Time | Session | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 9.00am | BUSES DEPART MERCURE ORANGE | |
| From 9.15am | CONFERENCE REGISTRATIONS, ARRIVAL TEA AND COFFEE CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY, BLOOMFIELD CAMPUS, LEVEL 1, ORANGE | |
| 9.30am - 9.45am | WELCOME & REFLECTION DAY TWO | Maggie Crowley, Director, Professional Practice and Interprofessional Collaboration & Rural Health Programs, HETI |
| 9.45am - 10.45am | KEYNOTE: THE ABILITY TO BE VULNERABLE | Dr Deborah Simmons, Anaesthetist and Rural Generalist, MBBS FANZCA FACRRM |
| 10.45am - 11.00am | CELEBRATING WHAT THE RGTP HAVE ACHIEVED | Karen Beattie, Senior Program Manager, Training & Support Services, HETI |
| 11.00am - 11.15am | MORNING TEA | |
| 11.15am - 12.00pm | SINGLE EMPLOYER PROGRAM IN NSW 2024 | Courtney Challinor, Principal Project Officer, Regional Health Division Dr Ariah Steel, RGTP Obstetrics Trainee, Wagga Wagga, Palliative Care Senior Medical Officer, WNSWLHD |
| 12.00pm - 12.05pm | THANK YOU FROM CSU MEDICAL SCHOOL, BLOOMFIELD CAMPUS | Professor Damien Limberger, Deputy Dean, School of Rural Medicine, CSU |
| 12.05pm - 12.10pm | NETWORKING PROJECTIONS | Rod Peadon, Senior Program Manager, Strategic Partnerships, HETI |
| 12.10pm | BUSES DEPART FOR ROWLEE WINES | |
| 12.30pm - 3.00pm | THE RGEN24 LONG LUNCH Lunch Provided at Rowlee Wines Networking Opportunities, Families Invited | |
| 2.50pm | CLOSING REMARKS | Dr Angus Brown, GP Surgery, Rural Director of Training, NSW Rural Generalist Program, HETI Dr Rachel James, GP Obstetrician, Rural Director of Training, HETI |
| 3.00pm | BUSES RETURN TO MERCURE ORANGE & CONFERENCE VENUE | |
*Program subject to change without notice