Events

 

Chief Health Officer Seminar Series

The Chief Health Officer Seminars were organised as a “Town and Gown” event to generate debate among health professionals, public servants, academics and researchers in the ACT about strategic developments in public health.

Chief Health Officer Seminar Series 2007 Seminars

Chief Health Office Seminar Series Program [.pdf]

Seminar One ( 2nd May 2007) Future Directions for Health in the ACT
Title: Future Directions for Health in the ACT 
Presenter: Mr Mark Cormack, Chief Executive, ACT Health

Title: Population Health and Chronic Disease
Presenter: Dr Paul Dugdale, Chief Health Officer, ACT Health
Population health and Chronic disease [Slides .pdf]
Population health and Chronic disease [Transcript .pdf]

Seminar Two (13th June 2007) Public Health: what do we want and how do we get it?

Title: Directions for Public Health
Presenter: George Rubin, President, Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine

Title: Lobbying for Public Health
Presenter: David Brand, Director, Brand Consultants
Lobbying for public health [Slides .pdf]

Seminar Three (4th July 2007) Evidence, Practice and Institutions

Title: From Evidence to Practice: New Strategies
Presenter: Dr Brian Richards, Visiting Fellow, Centre for Health Stewardship, Australian National University
From Evidence to Practice: New Strategies [Slides .pdf]

Title: From Practice to Institution: Role of Institutions in Promoting Evidence Based Practice
Presenter: Dr Bruce Barraclough, President Elect, The International Society for Quality in Health Care
Role of Institutions in Promoting Evidence Based Practice [Slides .pdf]
Institutions in Promoting Evidence Based Practice [Transcript .pdf]

Seminar Four (1st August 2007) Urbanisation and Planning

Title: Planning and Health
Presenter: Jacqui Lavis , Deputy Chief Planning Executive and Director Planning Services Branch, ACT Planning and Land Authority
Planning and Health [Slides .pdf]

Title: Urbanisation and Health
Presenter: Allen Kearns, Deputy Chief, Business Integration, CSIRO Sustainable Systems
Urbanisation and Health [Slides .pdf]
Urbanisation and Health [Transcript .pdf]

Seminar Five (5th September 2007) Research and Training for Public Health

Title: Financing Australian Universities - implications for health workforce
Presenter: Ms Angela Magarry, Director, Policy, Universities Australia
Financing Australian Universities - implications for health workforce [Slides .pdf]
Financing Australian Universities - implications for health workforce [Transcript .pdf]

Title: The New NHMRC
Presenter: Prof Warwick Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, National Health and Medical Research Council
The New NHMRC [Slides .pdf]
The New NHMRC [Transcript .pdf]

Seminar Six (3rd October 2007) A Population Perspective on Chronic Disease

Title: Recent trends in the prevalence of child asthma and allergic disease at school entry in the Australian Capital Territory with a consideration of country of birth
Presenter: Professor Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne Menzies Research Institute, Hobart ANU Medical School, Canberra
Recent trends in the prevalence of child asthma and allergic disease at school entry in the Australian Capital Territory with a consideration of country of birth [Slides .pdf]
Recent trends in the prevalence of child asthma and allergic disease at school entry in the Australian Capital Territory with a consideration of country of birth [Transcript .pdf]

Title: Health Improvement for people with Chronic Disease
Presenter: Mr Ross O’Donoughue, Director, Health Improvement Branch, ACT Health
Health Improvement for people with Chronic Disease [Slides .pdf]
Health Improvement for people with Chronic Disease [Transcript .pdf]

 

Chief Health Officer Seminar Series 2006 Seminars

Title: Sustainable, Healthy Development - the ACT way
Speakers: Paul Dugdale, Chief Health Officer, ACT Health; Mr Johnathan Efkarpedis, Director, Efkarpedis Group; Mr Michael Costello, Chief Executive ACTEW; Mrs Anne O'Donnell, Australian Ethical Investments; Dr Matthew Beaty, researcher from the Division of Sustainable Ecosystems, CSIRO.

 

Chief Health Officer Seminar Series 2005 Seminars

Chief Health Office Seminar Series Program [.pdf]

Seminar One (4th May 2005) Directions for medicine and nursing in the ACT

Title: Directions for medicine and nursing in the ACT
Dr Paul Dugdale, Chief Health Officer, ACT Health and
Director, ANU Centre for Health Stewardship
Directions for medicine and nursing in the ACT [Transcript .pdf]
Directions for medicine and nursing in the ACT [Slides .pdf]

Title: Our Journey to Excellence in Practice & Innovation
Presenter: Adjunct Professor Jenny Beutel, ACT Chief Nurse
Our Journey to Excellence in Practice & Innovation [Slides .pdf]

Seminar Two (16th June 2005) The dilemmas of managing the performance of clinicians

Title: The dilemmas of managing the performance of clinicians
Presenter: Associate Professor Mark Bassett, Deputy General Manager (Clinical), The Canberra Hospital
The dilemmas of managing the performance of clinicians [Transcript .pdf]

Presenter: Associate Professor Wayne Ramsey Senior Fellow, Clinical Governance, ACT Health
The dilemmas of managing the performance of clinicians [Transcript .pdf]
The dilemmas of managing the performance of clinicians [Slides .pdf]

Seminar Three (7th July 2005) Developments in Primary Care

Title: General Practice – Why Bother?
Presenter: Professor Marjan Kljakovic, Professor of General Practice, Academic Unit of General Practice and Community Health,  ANU Medical School, ANU
General Practice – why bother? [Transcript .pdf]
General Practice – why bother? [Slides .pdf]

Title: General Practice – So What
Presenter: Dr Clare Willington, GP Advisor to ACT Health
General Practice - So what? [Slides .pdf]

Seminar Four (9th August 2005) Health and Information and Communication Technology

Title: Governance of health information in a digital age
Presenter: Dr Anni Dugdale, Lecturer, Sociology; School of Business and Government, University of Canberra
Governance of health information in a digital age [Abstract .pdf]

Title: Sharing information for better health care
Presenter: Dr Brian Richards, National Director, e-Health Implementation, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Sharing Information for Better Health Care [Transcript .pdf]

Seminar Five (13th September 2005) Health Policy Journalism and a novel view of the bureaucracy
Health Policy Journalism and A Novel View of the Bureaucracy [Flyer .pdf]

Seminar Six (11th October 2005) Development in drug regulations

Title: Development in drug regulations
Presenter: Professor Peter Drahos, Director of the Australian National University Centre for Governance of Knowledge and Development
Development in drug regulations [Transcript .pdf]

Presenter: Dr David Graham, National Manager of the Therapeutic Goods Administration
Development in drug regulations [Transcript .pdf]

 

Chief Health Officer Seminar Series 2004

Seminar One (24th May 2004) Current issues in health system design and management

Title: Current issues in health system design and management
Presenter: Dr Tony Sherbon Chief Executive, ACT Health
Current issues in health system design and management transcript [Transcript pdf]
Current issues in health system design and management [Slides pdf]

Title: Recent history of health stewardship in the ACT: From contract control to collegial culture
Presenter: Dr Paul Dugdale ACT Chief Health Officer, Director ANU Center for Health Stewardship
Recent history of health stewardship in the ACT: From contract control to collegial culture [Transcript pdf]
Recent history of health stewardship in the ACT: From contract control to collegial culture [Slides pdf]

Seminar Two (23rd July 2004) Health system regulations and governance

Title: Health system regulation and governance
Presenter: Prof John Braithwaite ARC Federation Fellow and Chair of RegNeT, Australian National University
Health System Regulation and Governance [Transcript pdf]

Title: Clinical governance and ACT Health
Presenter: Assoc Prof Wayne Ramsey Senior Fellow in Clinical Governance ACT Health/ANUMS
Clinical Governance and ACT Health [Transcript pdf]
Clinical Governance and ACT Health [Slides pdf]

Seminar Three (15th July 2004) Audit and Quality Practice Issues – The Reality in a Surgeon’s Life

Title: Audit and Quality Practice Issues – The Reality in a Surgeon’s Life
Presenter: Assoc Prof Noel Tait Clinical Director of General Surgery, TCH and Chairman of the Section of General Surgery
Audit and Quality Practice Issues – The Reality in a Surgeon’s Life [Abstract pdf]

Title: Use of Portable Digital Technology to Enhance Professionalism and Quality and Safety Training in Medical Students
Presenter: Thomas Alured Faunce Senior Lecturer in Health Law, Ethics and Human Rights Faculty of Medicine and Lecturer Faculty of Law, Australian National University
Use of Portable Digital Technology to Enhance Professionalism and
Quality and Safety Training in Medical Students [Transcript pdf]
Use of Portable Digital Technology to Enhance Professionalism and
Quality and Safety Training in Medical Students [Slides pdf]

Seminar Four (13th August 2004)

Title: Good news on ageing
Presenter: Dr Judith Healy RegNeT, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University
Good News on Ageing [Transcript pdf]
Good News on Ageing [Slides pdf]

Title: Why is prevention so difficult?
Presenter: Mr Philip Davies Deputy Secretary Department of Health and Ageing
Why is prevention so difficult? [Abstract pdf]

Seminar Five (15th September 2004)

Title: Current Issues in Health Economics
Presenter:  Professor Alison Booth, Research School of Social Sciences Australian National University
Current Issues in Health Economics [Transcript pdf]
Current Issues in Health Economics [Slides pdf]

Title: Australian Health Expenditure: of course it still matters
Presenter: Dr Richard Madden Director, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Health Expenditure: of course it still matters [Transcript pdf ]
Australian Health Expenditure: of course it still matters [Slides pdf ]

Seminar Six (9th November 2004)

Title: Current Issues in Health Protection
Presenter: Dr Stephen Dovers Senior Fellow, Centre for Resources and Environmental Studies Australian National University
Current Issues in Health Protection [Transcript pdf]
Current Issues in Health Protection [Slides pdf]

Title: Current Issues in Health Protection
Presenter: Charles Guest Deputy Chief Health Officer ACT Health
Current Issues in Health Protection [Slides pdf]
Current Issues in Health Protection [Transcript pdf]