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...

Matthew J Lennon1,2, Amelia Tan1,2, Claire Mok1,2, Matthew R. McGrail3,4, Joseph J Suttie1,2,5, and John Preddy1,2,5 1. Rural Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Wagga Wagga, NSW2. Wagga Wagga Base Hospital, Murrumbidgee Local Health District, New South Wales Department of Health, NSW3. Monash...

Sophia Macken1, Sally Nathan2, Michelle Jersky3, Katherine Boydell4, Alexandra Gibson5 1. Medicine, University of NSW, Sydney NSW, Australia2. School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of NSW, Sydney NSW, Australia3. Sydney Children’s Hospital Network, Randwick NSW, Australia4. Black Dog Institute, Sydney NSW, Australia5....

Emily Hancock, Dr Richard Chatoor, Dr Michael Davoren, Gillian Ophel, Dr John Preddy, Dr Syed Omar Harris Background Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has become an essential piece of diagnostic equipment in emergency departments around the world. However, concerns have been raised as to whether POCUS...

Muhammad Azaan Khan,1 Gizem Hasimoglu,2 Hamza Ashraf,2, Geoff Wilcsek,1,3,4  1. University of New South Wales, Australia2. Monash University, Australia3. Prince of Wales Hospital, Australia4. Macquarie University Hospital Purpose To evaluate the efficacy of patient-sided breath shields in preventing oronasal droplet transmission during slit-lamp examination....