Program

The Main Program will be held on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 June 2026
• CPD hours = 8.5 Educational Activities hours
• Program level requirements: Addressing Health Inequities = 3 hours and Ethical Practice = 5 hours

Saturday 27 June


08.40-09.00Opening of Symposium (ACT-NSW)
08.40-08.50Welcome to Country
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08.50-09.00Welcome from Board/Council/State Committees
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09.00-10.30Obstetrics
09.00-09.20Breastfeeding Medicine Exposure - Practical, Evidence-Based Strategies 
Sarah Bombell
09.20-09.40
CMV Patient and Clinician Experience
Phoebe Swan  
09.40-10.00Caring for Complex Maternal Conditions in Labour (Structural Cardiac Disease, Coagulopathies and Thrombocytopenia)*
Farah Sethna
10.00-10.20Updates in Pre-Term Birth
Roberto Orefice
10.20-10.30Free Communications One
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10.30-11.00Morning Tea
11.10-12.20Gynaecology
11.00-11.20Practical Approaches to Prescribing Menopause Hormone Therapy
Vijay Roach
11.20-11.40Updates in Fertility
Tween Low
11.40-12.00Vulvovaginal Conditions and Management
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12.00-12.10
Free Communications Two
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12.10-12.20Free Communications Three
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12.20-13.20Lunch
13.20-14.40Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain
13.20-13.40How to Translate Clinical Guidelines into Practice
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13.40-14.00Multidisciplinary Management of Pelvic Pain
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14.00-14.20     How Lifestyle, Diet and Other Factors Contribute to Pelvic Pain Management
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14.20-14.40Using Ultrasound to Diagnose Endometriosis
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14.40-14.50Free Communications Four
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14.50-15.00Free Communications Five
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15.00-15.30
Afternoon Tea
15.30-16.30Patient Centric Care
15.30-15.50Success and Barriers to Self-Collected Cervical Screening Test in Public Antenatal Care
Therese McGee
15.50-16.10Communication in Ultrasound
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16.10-16.30Patient Centric Care in Urogynaecology
Elizabeth Gallagher

Sunday 28 June

        

09.00-10.45Birth Trauma
09.00-09.05Introduction: Impacts of Birth Trauma: Somatic, Psychological, and How We Can Move Forward
Nisha Khot
9.05-09.25Consent in Vaginal Birth: How to Ensure Women Are Fully Aware of Risks and Benefits
Harsha Ananthram
09.25-09.45Psychological Impact of Birth Trauma: Patient Experience
Amy Dawes
09.45-10.05Navigating Legal Challenges Relation to Birth Trauma
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10.05-10.25Immediate Vs Dealyed Repair of the Perineum
Harpeet Arora
10.25-10.45Predicting Birth Trauma
Gil Burton
10.45-11.15Morning Tea
11.15-12.35Gynaecology Deep Dive
11.15-11.35Adolescent Gynaecology Update
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11.35-11.55How to Work Up a Pelvic Mass
Leon Foster
11.55-12.15
Heavy Menstrual Bleeding 
Talat Uppal
12.15.-12.35Robotics in Gynaecology
Dan Krishnan 
12.35-12.45Close of Symposium
12.35-12.45Final Remarks and Prizes
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12.45-13.45Lunch