DRAFT

Improving Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Patients (ICAP) State-wide Conference:

Talkin’ it up! Showcasing Aboriginal health care

25th-26th November 2009

Darebin Arts and Entertainment Centre

PROGRAM: DAY 1 – WEDNESDAY 25th NOVEMBER 2009

9.00am / Arrival & registration (tea & coffee in the foyer)
9.30am
9.40am
10.00am
10.20am / Main theatre
Welcome and introduction
- Karen Milward, Master of Ceremonies (MC)
Welcome to Country
- Traditional owner
- Entertainment – Koori Youth Will Shake Spears
Opening address
- Hon. Daniel Andrews MP
Victorian Minister for Health
Key note speaker
- Traven Lea
National Manager, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Program, National Heart Foundation
“National report card on hospital care provided to Indigenous patients with Coronary Heart Disease in Australia”
10.40am /

Morning tea (foyer)

11.00am
11.45am / Concurrent sessions
Grevillia room Jacaranda room
1A-Sonia Posenelli, Michelle Winters & Joyce Tullock-Taylor 1B– Rod Jackson
Chief Social Worker/AHLO Program Supervisor & AHLOs Chief Executive Officer
St Vincent’s Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (VAHS)
“ An AHLO and Social Work dialogue based model of “Making Hospital Discharge Plans work for
Practice” Aboriginal People”
Chair: Karen Milward, MC Chair: Raelene Lesniowska, ICAP
2A -Alan Brown 2B - John Willis
Executive Program Manager, ASK Project Manager, Improving the Culture of Hospitals
“Access Services for Koories (ASK)” Australian Institute of Primary Care, Latrobe University
“ Exploring some success stories within a quality improvement
E Chair: Raelene Lesniowska, ICAP framework”
Chair: Nicole Cassar, VACCHO
12.30pm
1.00pm /

Lunchand poster displays (foyer)

Lunch time DVD screening: “Lateral Violence”- 20 mins, plus discussion – Peter Waples-Crowe, VACCHO (Grevillia Room)
1.30pm
2.15pm / Concurrent sessions
Grevillia room
3A–Marika Kalargyros, Helen Makregiorgos & Helena Maher
Senior Aboriginal Education and support Worker,
Manager WSSS (Social Work),Aboriginal Women’s Health Business Unit (AWHBU) and FARREP &
Coordinator Advocacy and Diversity
Royal Women’s Hospital
“Parallel Tracks – Reconciliation and improving Aboriginal health” *Highly commended, 2009 Victorian Public Healthcare Awards
Chair: Nicole Cassar, VACCHO
4A - Trevor Matheson
Director Clinical Services
Mildura Base Hospital
“Indigenous Access Framework”
Chair: Karen Milward, MC / Jacaranda room
3B - Judy Cue & Debbie Gleeson
Aboriginal Services Development Worker & Staff Development
Albury Wodonga Health – Wodonga Campus
“Working together -Cross cultural workshops for Albury Wodonga Health staff, students and volunteers”
Chair: Raelene Lesniowska, ICAP
4B – Jill Guthrie
Research Fellow
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
(AIATSIS)
“Hospital Aboriginal Liaison Officer (HALO) effects within an exploration of hospital and other health service experiences of Indigenous families in the Australian Capital Territory”
Chair: Raelene Lesniowska, ICAP
Afternoon tea (foyer)
Main theatre
3.15pm / Patient discussion panel: “Sharing our health care stories and needs”
- Chair: Karen Milward, MC
Participants: Donna Duncanson, AHLO, Melbourne Health; Ed Story, Indigenous Customer Service Officer, Centrelink
3.45pm
4.00pm
6.30pm / Closing comments
- Karen Milward, MC
Finish
AHLO reunion dinner