Presentations made available from the conference are listed below. 

Thursday 24th October 2007


Prof Reidar Tyssen - The Changing Culture of Health

Dr Erica Frank - Promoting healthy behaviours in medical students in the US

Ms Sarah Benson - Burnout & emotional intelligence in surgeons

Mr Peter Huggard - Compassion fatigue in New Zealand registrars

Dr Amanda Young - How registrars in a Melbourne hospital cope with stress

Dr Michael Williams - Cross cultural comparison of impaired ageing doctors in the US

Dr Erica Frank - Wellbeing in Canadian physicians and surgeons

Dr Margaret Kay - Barriers to health care for doctors

A/Prof Helen Fairnie - The emotional costs of being a veterinarian

Mr Qianyun Wang - Psychological stress among surgeons in China

Dr Hilton Koppe - Beyond the medical record - creative writing workshops for doctors

Dr Henry Ukpeh - Calm in the storm: managing chaos balance

Prof Jim Hawkins - How not become an impaired dentist

Dr Katrina Anderson - Doctors, depression and the Black Dog initiative

Prof John Edmonds - Music and medicine: links to wellbeing

Prof Lemaire & Dr Wallace - Physician wellbeing and quality of patient care in Canada

Friday 25th October 2007

Ms Michelle Bihary - A wellbeing program for doctors

Ms Annette Bongiorno - Success of GP peer groups in Victoria, Aust

Dr Gary Galambos - Patterns in doctors' mental health needs & treatment

Dr Liz Rushbrook - The Medical Benevolent Association in NSW

Mr Peter Huggard - Support needs of students and graduates 10 years on

Asst Prof Williams - Life phase matched to psychiatric need

Dr Alexandra Muthu - Fatigue, stress and the healthcare

Saturday 26th October 2007

Dr Louise Nash - Better Outcomes for patients, better health for doctors