Rendezvous Hotel Melbourne
Sunday 15th September
9:30am - 5:00pm
SPEAKERS & CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Meet Your Speakers
Dr Virginia Hagger
When healthy choices are not easy choices – understanding social determinants of health
Virginia is a credentialled diabetes educator and senior lecturer in nursing and course director for the Graduate Certificate of Diabetes Education in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Deakin University. She has over 35 years’ experience in clinical care, management and research related to the education and care of people with diabetes, including as Director of Education at the International Diabetes Institute and, Manager of Diabetes Education at Diabetes Victoria.
Virginia was awarded her PhD (Psychology) in 2019 investigating emotional health in adolescents with type 1 diabetes. She has collaborated with national and international investigators to develop and evaluate structured self-management education and behaviour change interventions among people with diabetes and pre-diabetes, including adults with type 2 diabetes, women with previous gestational diabetes, adults and adolescents living with type 1 diabetes.
About the session
Many factors influence our health including biomedical, environmental, and socioeconomic factors. Lifestyle is often blamed as the cause of poor health, yet for many, their lifestyle is determined by circumstances rather than choice. Health disparities are largely the result of social determinants of health. Social determinants are social factors that influence our health literacy, health behaviours and outcomes, and include where we live, and the conditions under which we live, work and grow. Optimal health literacy requires environments that support healthy choices.
This session will provide an overview of the impact of the social determinants of health on people living with diabetes, and their ability to optimally manage their condition.
The panel discussion will explore practical solutions for supporting people living with diabetes who experience socioeconomic disadvantage or low health literacy.
Dr Daniel Fineberg
What you need to know about newer medications for optimising diabetes management
Dr Fineberg is the Deputy Director General Medicine Alfred Health. He is an Endocrinologist with an interest in acute inpatient general medicine, endocrinology, diabetes, body composition and metabolic disorder.
About the session
Daniel will explore the cardiometabolic drugs that make a real difference and the emerging role of PCSK9 inhibitors and SGLT2i in diabetes complication management. He will also discuss the management of fatty liver disease – what is the issue, who to screen, how to screen and what to do about it. He will also be leading an interactive panel disucsssion addressing how this medication knowledge can influence your practice
Liz Kinnersly
How to do multidisciplinary team care in the real world
Liz Kinnersly is a Nurse Practitioner /Credentialled Diabetes Educator. With a background in practice nursing as well as tertiary hospital diabetes education, she became a CDE in 2013 and gained nurse practitioner endorsement in 2018. She also has qualifications in critical care, nursing management and IT (business programming).
Liz regularly gives presentations online and is a sessional presenter at Mayfield Education, provides mentorship for diabetes educators and has presented on pathways to gaining nurse practitioner endorsement from primary care settings. Her interest in technology and systems has resulted in an active embracing of remote delivery of diabetes care. She lives in regional Victoria and works via telehealth in Tasmania part-time and in primary care in Ballarat.
About the session
Liz and Neeta will discuss how this multidisciplinary model has evolved and how a strong team care approach has enhanced client outcomes & enhanced team satisfaction. This presentation will then discuss how to pro-actively build yourself into a wider primary care team (even if you are not in the same organisation). It will offer insights through case studies and share practical strategies to enhance collaboration with other primary care diabetes professionals and technologies. Following the presentation, participants can apply their new learning immediately in their next patient consults.
Neeta Oakley
How to do multidisciplinary team care in the real world
Neeta holds a Masters of Social Work and a Graduate certificate in health and human services and is the senior social worker at Diabetes Australia, and is a member of the primary diabetes care team that delivers clinical service across Tasmania.
Neeta is a subject matter expert on mental health for Diabetes Australia and for their Keepsight program. She writes extensively for diabetes publications and presents regularly to health practitioners and organisations about how they can support the psychosocial needs of people with diabetes. Neeta’s social work has been strongly informed by her 5 years in an acute palliative care hospital ward and by her experience as a cancer care coordinator.
Her most recent academic contribution was as a published author with the physical activity research team at Menzies Institute for Medical Research (MENZIES).
About the session
Diabetes Australia is fortunate to have a fully funded primary health care team servicing the whole of Tasmania. Liz and Neeta will discuss how this multidisciplinary model has evolved and how a strong team care approach has enhanced client outcomes & enhanced team satisfaction. This presentation will then discuss how to pro-actively build yourself into a wider primary care team (even if you are not in the same organisation). It will offer insights through case studies and share practical strategies to enhance collaboration with other primary care diabetes professionals and technologies. Following the presentation, participants can apply their new learning immediately in their next patient consults.
Professor Tina Brock
Primary Care Teams: What is needed, what is the evidence to support it and can work in the Australian context
Professor Tina Brock is a pharmacist and the Director of the Collaborative Practice Centre in
the University of Melbourne's Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences. She is an
educational activist with a fervent commitment to harnessing the transformative power of
collaboration to advance health globally.
Tina has been part of the leadership teams at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
University College London, University of California San Francisco, Monash University, and
the University of Colorado. She has also worked across all six World Health Organization
(WHO) regions via the nongovernmental organisation, Management Sciences for Health. Tina currently serves on the WHO Academy Advisory Group of Lifelong Learning in Health.
As a passionate advocate for teamwork, belonging, equity, climate care, and open access education, Tina embodies a commitment to systems improvement in health professions education. With this in mind, Tina will be assisted in her session by health care professionals from a variety of disciplines who work together on this task.
Tina also makes time for her passion projects - RxforClimate.org, a grassroots organisation dedicated to climate-smart pharmacy practice, and PharmacyFika, a monthly podcast for pharmacy educators. Tina’s elderly father has diabetes and despite individual health professionals who are very good, his care has often fallen through the gaps in the system. She wants to make that better.
Ms Amanda Cattermole PSM
Going together - Empowering multidisciplinary and allied health care through digital innovation
Ms Amanda Cattermole PSM is the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Digital Health Agency, a role she commenced in September 2020. The Agency is auspiced by all the governments of Australia to lead digital health strategy for Australians and to drive digital innovation. It also builds national health infrastructure and delivers national digital health products and services to support Australia’s progress towards a safer and more efficient health system.
Prior to this Amanda was the Chief Operating Officer at Services Australia and served as interim Chief Executive Officer during its transition from a department of state to an agency. Amanda held several other senior roles at Services Australia, including an extended period as Deputy Secretary, Health and Aged Care Group, where she was responsible for the delivery of payments and services to Australians under Medicare, the Pharmaceutical Benefits scheme and in the aged care sector.
Amanda has previously held senior roles in the Commonwealth Departments of Treasury, Prime Minister and Cabinet and Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services and the Western Australian Department of Indigenous Affairs. In her earlier career Amanda worked as a lawyer in Victoria, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
Amanda holds a Bachelor of Laws, a Bachelor of Commerce, a Master of Laws and a Master of Business Administration. In 2013, she received the Public Service Medal for outstanding public service leading reform in providing housing for Indigenous people in remote communities and the National Gambling Reform laws.
Dr Emanuala Araia
“It’s too hard, I’ve had enough!” - How to keep things rolling in the right direction
Emanuala supports people with diabetes, especially those with eating and body image problems.
Emanuala is a health psychologist. She completed her doctorate at Deakin University. With the ACBRD, her research focused on teens with type 1 diabetes, and their experiences with disordered eating and body image. To read more about her research, click here.
Emanuala received the ‘Diabulimia Helpline 2018 Innovation Award’ for her research. Her award recognised her focus on young men and social media.
Emanuala has worked across public and private hospitals, community public health, inpatient services, and specialist diabetes clinics. Emanuala supports people with chronic health issues, such as pain and cancer. She is aware that people with diabetes experience added mental health challenges, and may need extra support.
Emanuala now offers telehealth services across Australia. She supports young people and adults with diabetes with:
- Disordered eating and eating disorders
- Diabetes-related distress
- Depression
- Anxiety and health anxieties
- Fears and phobias
- Issues adjusting to life with diabetes
- Trauma and post-traumatic stress
Emanuala values working together and supporting people to improve their self-care and well-being. In her practice, she uses a range of therapies to suit the needs of the person with diabetes.
Dr Hirruthyaa Manivasagan
Teams, scope of practice and risk aversion: what are the medicolegal risks and considerations
Dr Hirruthyaa Manivasagan is a Medical Advisor for Avant –the largest Australian Medical Defence Organisation that provides medicolegal support to health professionals.
She is also a practising GP in Melbourne and has a background of medical education.