Wednesday, 27 August - Provisional Program


Wednesday, 27 August 2025 | Provisional Program


7:30amREGISTRATION OPEN
8:30am Welcome
Bernard Carney - RACS SA State Chair

Welcome to Country
Uncle Mickey

8:45amSession 1 - Why History Matters
Chair: 
8:45amChris Picton, SA Health Minister
Stephanie Clota, CEO RACS - College Update
9:05amAssociate Professor Diego Garcia-Bellido, Adelaide University - 
9:25am
9:45am
10:05amPanel Discussion
10:15am7 x Sponsor Presentations
10:30amMORNING TEA WITH INDUSTRY
11:00amSession 2 - Scholar to Scalpel - Training & the History of Medicals Schools in South Australia 
Chair: 
11:00am
11:20amProfessor Michal Wozniak, Director Medical Program, Flinders University 
Professor Karen Lower, Dean of Education, College of Medicine & Public Health, Flinders University

Regional training hubs, expansion of MD into rural SA and what's new in medical education
11:35amProfessor Martin Bruening, Programme  Director Medicine, Adelaide University - History of medicine at Adelaide University & the merger
11:50amMarjorie Hooper Recipients
  • Dr Vikram Padhye 2023 recipient
  • Dr Charles Coventry 2024 recipient
12:15pmPanel Discussion
12:25pm7 x Sponsor Presentations
12:40pmLUNCH WITH INDUSTRY
1:20pmSession 3 - Raising the Bat and Why Milestones Matter
Chair: 
1:30pm
1:45pm
2:00pmDr Owen Ung, RACS President - The College Centenary 2027
2:15pmJonathon Pollock - History of Neurosurgery and the SA link (Pre-recorded)
Associate Professor Peter Cundy - Celebrating a century of the MG and my sabbatical year driving around the UK
3:00pmPanel Discussion
3:10pm6 x Sponsor Presentations
3:20pmAFTERNOON TEA WITH INDUSTRY
3:40pmSession 4 - Surgeon Health and Women in Training
Chair: 
3:40pmDr Ben Teague - Mental Health in Surgeons
3:55pmDr Dan Short - psychiatrist. Moral injury and PTSD
4:10pm
4:25pmDr Christine Lai - Current statistics of women in surgery and the changes in training
4:40pmPanel Q&A
4:50pmEND OF DAY ONE
6:30pmASM Dinner
John Halbert Room, Adelaide Oval
6:30pm - 10:30pm

Anstey Giles Lecture
Sir Henry Newland Award