Emily Neville Abstract Twenty-nine percent of the Australian population live in regional, rural and remote areas and of this 30.1% are female (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2016, 2017). Australian rural women are not a homogenous group and they all have different needs...

Ramandeep Kaur Background The growing popularity of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has shown safe and efficacious results in bariatric populations, but it’s safety and effectiveness in the elderly is uncertain.  Methods A retrospective review will be performed of all patients aged >60 years who...

Erica Dean, Nina-Marie King, Jeff Donlon*, Andrew Thompson Case Report A 40-year-old lady presented with a fluctuating level of consciousness, severe hypercalcaemia, hyperglycaemia, pancreatitis and a right ankle fracture. With a provisional diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism, ultrasound and parathyroid-protocol CT were performed, but both...

Erica Dean, Sarah Ritchie, Stacey Casley, Henry Hicks Abstract In 1995, a classification system for horse falls was created, based on presentations to a rural emergency department (ED)1. Other studies have since looked at the pattern of injuries2, however there is still no recognised...

Kelly Hawkes, Joseph Suttie Introduction Clopidogrel is a widely used anti-platelet agent used in the prevention and treatment of ischemic vascular disease. Given its popularity, it’s important to be aware of a rare but significant adverse reaction, clopidogrel-associated neutropenia. This is the case of...

C. De La Rosa Orjuela, C. Mok, A. Bhadelia, C. Mumme, I. Lemech Background Over-prescription of opioids have triggered an opioid crisis in developed countries. In 2017 the US Department of Health and Human Services declared opioid misuse and opioid-related overdoses a public health...

Claire Mok, Camila De La Rosa, Aishah Bhadelia and Christopher Mumme  Objectives  The rise in use of prescription opioids is well described in Australia, with a five-fold increase seen in the past decade. Literature has described an association between a “trigger” event in opiate...

Jade Enoch1, Tayla Coles1 1. Wagga Wagga Base Hospital, Colorectal Surgery Unit Aim Social media (SM) has, quite literally, filtered into medical practice. Platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and ResearchGate have been adopted by individual medical practitioners, group practices, conferences and professional...

T. Coles, C. De La Rosa Orjuela, M. Payne Introduction Preoperative pain and opioid use have been linked to increased postoperative pain and longer recovery periods. Approximately 20% of Australians suffer from chronic pain and are often prescribed long-term opioids. In 2007, the cost...

Kirsten Dukes Supervisors: A/Prof Catherine Harding & A/Prof Joseph Suttie Aim This study will be looking at the factors that may encourage or deter students from applying to a medical school. Additional analysis will be taken to determine if these factors have a different...