Example schedule
November 13-15th
Friday
8.30 Registration & CPD activities
9.00 Workshop 1
12.30 Degustation Winery Conference lunch
Saturday
8.30 CPD activities
9.00 Workshop 2
12.30 Fine dining Conference lunch
Sunday
9.00 CPD activities
9.30 Workshop 3
1.00 Conference end
Dr. Nicholas J.W. Mills
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Paediatrician and Palliative Care Physician at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital (WCH) in Adelaide, South Australia.
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Developed workshops in practical patient-centred care models. Strategies applicable to patients of all ages.
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Extensive experience in teaching communication skills to multidisciplinary professionals and is a member of the International Association for Communication in Healthcare
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Employs Clinical Hypnotherapy skills in teaching
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Clinician and researcher: Current focus on innovative and patient-centred approaches for serious illness communication with children and familie
Past Workshops
The Reseilience Sheild
Dr Dan Pronk, Co-developed training platform for building resilience in high stress environments, best selling author 3 books, Acute care physician, former frontline special operations doctor in the SAS​
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​Advanced Communication Skills (with actors)
Dr Mary Cossich, Head of Unit, South Australian Paediatric Palliative Care Service, Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Dr Nic Mills, Chronic Pain Specialist and Clinical Communications Researcher
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Exceeding patient expectations - using the latest strategies from the customer service and sales industry in clinical situations
Organisational Psychologist Megan Brice, Australasian Managing Director of Integrity Solutions Centre
Motivational Interviewing in different clinical scenarios
Clinical Psychologist Dr Quentin Black, CEO PsychMed (SA's largest psychology group)
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Implimenting environmental sustainability into your health workplace
Dr Kate Wylie, Executive Director of Doctors for the Environment Australia; Chair, RACGPs Climate and Environmental Medicine Specific Interest Group (CEMSIG)
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Creating automated feedback forms with AI to use with your patients and colleagues
Daniel Brown, CEO Archon Gnosis, IT Specialist, Microsoft business integration guru
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Cultural Safety
Dr Mel Turner, Deputy Chief Psychiatrist, South Australia
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Structured models of clinical feedback: pairing difficult personality types with models of critical feedback
Chris Reynolds, CHG (SA longest running health workplace training company)​
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Education workshop - Creating an environment to foster learning
Dr Venu Kochiyil, Pain & Rehab Specialist & SA RACP Committee
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Latest evidence-based communication strategies for experienced clinicians
Dr Nic Mills, Chronic Pain Specialist and Clinical Communications Researcher
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AGRO Model of de-escalation with agressive patients (with actors)
Dr Adrian Rozario, Emergency Physician
Dr Abdul Musa, Emergency Physician, Founder of International Resuscitation Group, Founder and faculty chair of the International Paediatric Life Support IPLS