Upcoming Medical Conferences in Bowen Hills

Windows to the Heart: Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Workshop is organized by Cardiac Skills Australia and will be held from Aug 24 - 25, 2019 at Rydges Fortitude Valley, Bowen Hills, Queensland, Australia. The target audience for this medical event is intensivists, emergency physicians, anaesthetics, rural GPs & cardiology trainees. Description: The aim of the course is to provide physicians with all the necessary skills to become proficient in the performance and diagnosis of the focused echo exam. Our experienced echocardiography educators will simplify the echo exam through our proven step-by-step approach and comprehensive hands-on component. Topics Covered: Echo Applications - Echo Acoustic Windows & Image Orientation • Valvular Assessment • LV/RV Function & Filling Status • Haemodynamic Assessment & Calculations • Basic Echo in Life Support • Rapid Cardiac Echo ​Echo Features of Cardiac Pathologies - Pericardial Disease • Cardiac Tamponade • AMI • Aortic Dissection • Shock • Pulmonary Embolus • Pneumothorax Learning Outcomes: • To appreciate heart anatomy • Understand acoustic windows and imaging planes used in echo • Outline common pathologies associated with the heart • Describe how echo is used to measure cardiac output, stoke volume, ejection fraction, aortic valve area etc. • Appreciate echo as a tool to assess left and right systolic function • Understand echo image orientation • Understand the basic principles of Doppler haemodynamics • Provide delegates with tutor assisted 'hands-on' echo practice • Appreciate normal values in an echo examination • Understand the limitations of the Doppler technique • Understand the components of a focused echo examination • Outline the role of echo in life support • Appreciate the use of rapid cardiac echo in the critically ill • Identify common ultrasound artifacts Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Extra-Oral Radiography & Cone Beam Pre-licensing Course is organized by Australian Dental Association Queensland Branch (ADAQ) and will be held on Oct 26, 2019 at ADAQ CPD & Training Centre, Bowen Hills, Queensland, Australia. Description: These courses are open to registered Dentists, Oral Health Therapists and Hygienists as well as Dental Assistants with Certificate IV in Dental Assisting (Radiography) Extra-Oral Radiography Course Objectives: • Production of X-rays, biological effects of ionizing radiation and radiation protection. • Theory of Panoramic and cephalometric radiography • Extra-oral technique and positioning errors • Radiation Safety Act (Qld) and the regulations relating to the use of irradiating apparatus in Qld. Extra-oral radiography examination (for those wanting an extra-oral license). Cone Beam Course Objectives: • Production of X-rays, biological effects of ionizing radiation and radiation protection. • Radiation Safety Act (Qld) and the regulations relating to the use of irradiating apparatus in Qld. • Theory of Cone beam imaging • Limitations of cone beam imaging • Cone beam imaging versus multi-slice CT • Applications of cone beam imaging • Viewing and assessing Cone Beam data sets • Cone beam examination Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Recent Developments in Infection Control is organized by Australian Dental Association Queensland Branch (ADAQ) and will be held on Oct 30, 2019 at ADAQ Function Centre, Bowen Hills, Queensland, Australia. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 6.0 CPD Hours. Description: This course will discuss recent developments in infection control and their practical implementation in the dental practice. ADAQ recommends members regularly attend CPD sessions for Infection Control to ensure they remain up-to-date and compliant with any new guidelines. Topics: • The latest on developments in key national documents including the Australian Standards, NHMRC Guidelines, CDNA guidelines, Immunize Australia guidelines, and the ACSQHC National Health Safety Standards.  • How to best use the 2015 ADA Guidelines and associated resources (the Self-Assessment Tool and the Infection Control Practical Guide).  • Structuring your practice infection control protocol to meet the Qld requirements for an Infection Control Management Plan.  • Implementing Hand Hygiene for maximal effectiveness and efficiency.  • Implementing transmission-based precautions: the when and how.  • Water quality for dental practice: what is needed where. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.  

Restoration and Preservation of the Compromised Tooth is organized by Australian Dental Association Queensland Branch (ADAQ) and will be held on Nov 22, 2019 at ADAQ CPD & Training Centre, Bowen Hills, Queensland, Australia. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 6.5 CPD Hours Description: Over the patient’s lifetime their dentition is subject to a range of destructive forces which may decrease the longevity of individual teeth and ultimately the entire dentition. Caries, tooth wear, cracks, fractures, and previous restorative treatments can all result in severely compromised teeth with limited, and often weakened, remaining tooth structure. While complex restorative options involving fixed prosthodontics will provide suitable solutions in many cases, they may in some circumstances further weaken the tooth by removing sound tooth structure. There are situations when more conservative and less costly alternatives need to be considered for patients. Objectives: This lecture and hands-on workshop will look at a range of clinical situations involving weakened and functionally fatigued teeth and discuss the conservative restorative management of these teeth to preserve the remaining tooth structure and maintain the patient’s dentition. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.