Aotearoa ASM 2023 programme
Novotel Rotorua Lakeside
Here's the programme for of the ASM (21 - 23 June) and the Post-ASM Workshops (24 June).
Please click on each Session Title to read more.
Day 1 | 21 June, 2023 | Full day is on site at Te Papaiouru marae hosted by He Hono Wāhine
| 11.00 am | Pōwhiri On site at Te Papaiouru marae (2 mins walk from Novotel) |
| 12.00 pm | Lunch |
| 12.45 pm | Te Arawa Health Strategy: Te Ara ki Tikitiki o Rangi An example of collaboration with mana whenua. Mapihi Raharuhi, Te Tai Urungi – Director Equity Outcomes – Te Aka Whai Ora, Lakes |
| 1.15 pm | The workshop will be presented by Dr Maira Patu from the MIHI team (Māori/Indigenous Health Innovation, The purpose of the Equity Toolkit is to highlight and address the differences in the quality of care that Māori patients receive This two part workshop will share how you can use the Equity Toolkit in your practice as a clinician, a leader and when |
| 2.45 pm | Afternoon Tea |
| 3.00 pm | MIHI Equity Toolkit workshop continues |
| 4.30 pm | RANZCOG's cultural safety journey. Reflections from a Pākehā perspective Dr Sue Fleming, Chair, Te Kāhui Oranga ō Nuku, Professional Standards Committee, Cultural Safety Steering Group, Board member, RANZCOG |
| 5.00 pm | Close of Day 1 |
Day 2 | 22 June, 2023 | Novotel Rotorua Lakeside
Please click on each Session Title to read blurbs and bios available to date.
| 8.00 am | Arrival morning tea in our exhibition space |
| 8.15 am | Opening of Day 2 |
| 8.45 am | Session 1 | Birth Trauma Pelvic health physiotherapist's insight and perspective: assessment and treatment for maternal birth injuries Dr Melissa Davidson, Specialist Physiotherapist in Pelvic Health Maternal birth injuries: ACC data on claim volumes, what’s being covered, and what cover looks like from an equity perspective Shaun Westhead, ACC How traditional practice heals and prevents birth trauma Tamara Karu Free communications: Implementation of a postpartum clinic: preventing birth trauma and more Dr Rachel Goodwin, Waikato Hospital Panel discussion and Q&A with the audience |
| 10.05 am | Morning Tea |
| 10.35 am | Session 2 | Let's talk about sex Free communications: A study of contributory factors to adverse events in the Auckland Gynaecology Department between January 2019 and December 2021 Dr Ahalya Sathiyaselvan, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Registrar, Te Toka Tumai Every breath you take: wide-ranging impacts of sexual trauma and violence Dr Jane Morgan, Sexual health physician A pelvic health physiotherapist's perspective of helping women with sexual dysfunctions Dr Melissa Davidson, Specialist Physiotherapist in Pelvic Health Libido in Post-Menopause Dr Linda Dear, GP, Menopause Practitioner Panel discussion and Q&A with the audience |
| 11.55 am 12.00 pm | Housekeeping and information about ASM dinner Lunch |
| 1.00 pm | Session 3 | Working with communities Smear Your Mea campaign, patient and whānau perspectives Te Ururoa Flavell, Campaign Leader, Smear Your Mea / Ride4Talei campaign Development and impact of our pregnancy information sessions for Indian women in the Counties Manukau District of Te Whatu Ora Shivani Shaw, Isabella Smart and Jenny Lester, Te Rito Ora Project Towards trans and non-binary inclusive perinatal care in Aotearoa: key insights from the Trans Pregnancy Care Project Dr George Parker, Lead investigator, Trans Pregnancy Care Project Pokapū o te Taiwhenua Network (supporting digital health equity and digital inclusion) Sue Westbrook, Pokapū o te Taiwhenua Coordinator, Rotorua Hospital Critical reflections from five years as a RANZCOG Community Representative Dr Karen Vaughan, RANZCOG Community Representative, Director - Hummingbird Effect Panel discussion and Q&A with the audience |
| 2.35 pm | Afternoon Tea |
| 3.05 pm | Session 4 | Complex pregnancies The rate of complications in neonates of Māori and Pacific Islander women with Diabetes in pregnancy attending the antenatal services at Te Whatu Ora - Lakes Dr Esther O'Sullivan, Consultant Endocrinologist, Rotorua Hospital Taonga Pūoro hai rongoā Libby Gray Weight stigma in pregnancy - what do we need to do about it? Professor Leonie Callaway, Director, Research Women's and Newborn Services - Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Brisbane (Doris Gordon Memorial Lecture - 30 mins) Panel discussion and Q&A with the audience |
| 4.30 pm | Session 5 | Physician wellbeing Why healthcare kaimahi wellbeing matters Dr Lucille Wilkinson, General & Obstetric Physician and Associate Chief Medical Officer Surgery: a pain in the neck? Dr Jessica Dunning, Fellow - Laparoscopic Gynae Surgery Intelligent kindness in healthcare Nicki Macklin, PhD candidate, University of Auckland’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Panel discussion and Q&A with the audience |
| 5.35 pm | Close of Day 2 |
| 6.30 pm | ASM Dinner (Pātaka Kai restaurant at Te Puia) |
Day 3 | 23 June, 2023
| 8.15 am | Arrival morning tea in our exhibition space |
| 8.30 am | Opening of Day 3 |
| 8.40 am | Session 6 | Beyond cancer Free communications: Heavy menstrual bleeding - current practice in New Zealand (TBC) Dr Magdalena Bofill, Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecologist Introducing new Aotearoa NZGCG guidelines: non-surgical management of early endometrial cancer and precursors Dr Sam Holford, Chief Resident, Middlemore Hospital Endometrial cancer and survivorship Dr Sathana Ponnampalam,Endometrial Cancer Equity Clinical Lead at Te Whatu Ora Northern Region Survivorship: what matters to women at the five year follow-up? Leena St Martin, Clinical Psychologist, Gynaecology Outpatients, Te Toka Tumai, Te Whatu Ora Panel discussion and Q&A with the audience |
| 10.00 am | Morning Tea |
| 10.30 am | Session 7 | Preterm birth Free communications: There is ethnic disparity in pre-pregnancy folic acid supplementation: a secondary Outpatient balloon vs inpatient prostaglandin for induction of labour (OBLIGE): a randomized controlled trial Casey Pauling Preterm birth in Aotearoa, why equity is an issue Claire MacDonald, Midwifery Advisor, Te Kāreti o ngā Kaiwhakawhānau ki Aotearoa | New Zealand College of Midwives The Carosika Collaborative and Taonga Tuku Iho, a national best practice guide for preterm birth Tina Allen-Mokaraka and Professor Katie Groom The latest preterm birth evidence informing our practice Professor Katie Groom, Professor of Maternal and Perinatal Health at the Liggins Institute, University of Auckland Panel discussion and Q&A with the audience |
| 12.05 pm 1.00 pm | Lunch Presentation of Harvey Carey award and best poster prizes |
| 1.05 pm | Session 8 | Tricky conversations Making a difference: bereaved whānau talk about their experiences Melanie Tarrant, Chairperson, Sands NZ The construct of hope in the cancer patient narrative Dr Cecile Bergzoll, Gynaecological Oncologist What matters to your patient in hospital - shared goals of care Dr Tammy Pegg, Clinical lead for shared goals of care and advance care planning, Health Quality & Safety Commission Managing disclosures of sexual harm Dr Melanie Johns, Tautoko Mai Panel discussion and Q&A with the audience |
| 2.40 pm | Afternoon Tea Your last opportunity to visit with our ASM exhibitors. |
| 3.10 pm | Session 9 | Ultrasound - shades of grey Free communications: Outcomes comparison for benign gynaecologic laparotomy before and after enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS®) implementation in a Philippine private tertiary hospital Dr Marianne Real, Obstetrician-Gynaecologist Junior Consultant, The Medical City TOA management – living in the grey zone Dr Sarah Corbett, Specialist Gynaecologist, Te Whatu Ora - Counties Manukau O-RADS: a new way forward for sonographers and gynaecologists to work together Martin Necas, Specialist Sonographer & Associate Clinical Director of ultrasound, Waikato Hospital Fringe medicine - imaging ectopics at the endometrial borders Dr David Perry Panel discussion and Q&A with the audience |
| 4.30 pm | Wrap up and poroporoaki |
| 4.45 pm | Close of ASM |
| 5.20 pm | Awards and Elevation Ceremony (Sir Howard Morrison Centre) |
Saturday 24th June | Post-ASM workshops
These all run on site at the Novotel Rotorua Lakeside, please click on the title of each below to read more:
Please provide your RANZCOG member ID as part of your registration information and your CPD points, for the ASM and any post-ASM workshops you register for, will be automatically uploaded to your online record.