ANZGITA Education Webinar Program 2020
View our education webinar program on the topic, conducted in conjunction with the Pacific Basin
Telehealth Resource Center, University of Hawaii by ANZGITA Director, Assoc Prof Chris Hair.
Please email Chris for further details.
WEBINAR #10 - Friday, 18 December 2020 View Vimeo Session
MODERATOR: Assoc Prof Chris Hair, MBBS, BSc, FRACP, & ANZGITA Director & South Pacific Programs Lead
TOPICS: "Ulcerative Colitis: Management and Monitoring in Resource Limited Countries"
Guest Faculty: Prof Michael Schultz, MD, PhD, Gastroenterologist and Head of Department of Medicine, Otago University, Dunedin, NZ
WEBINAR #9 - Friday, 20 November 2020 View Vimeo Session Here
MODERATOR: Assoc Prof Chris Hair, MBBS, BSc, FRACP, & ANZGITA Director & South Pacific Programs Lead
TOPICS: "Colitis: Approaching Endoscopic and Histology Diagnosis"
Guest Faculty: Dr. Kate Napthali, MBBS, HOSM, FRACP, DTMPH, Gastroenterologist at Calvary Mater Hospital & Conjoint Lecturer in Medicine at the University of Newcastle
WEBINAR #8 - Friday, 23 October 2020 View Vimeo Session here
MODERATOR: Assoc Prof Chris Hair, MBBS, BSc, FRACP, & ANZGITA Director & South Pacific Programs Lead
TOPICS: "Biliary Diseases in the Pacific & the Impact of ERCP at CWMH in Fiji"
Guest Faculty: Dr. Aminiasi Rokocakau, Fiji National University & Beauty Tebaa, Masters Public Health candidate
WEBINAR #7 - Friday, 25 September 2020 View Vimeo Session here
MODERATOR: Assoc Prof Chris Hair, MBBS, BSc, FRACP, & ANZGITA Director & South Pacific Programs Lead
TOPICS: "Colon Polyps: Approach to Small and Large Polyps in Resource Limited Countries"
Guest Faculty: Dr. John Ombiga, Cairns Gastroenterology, Gastroenterologist
WEBINAR #6 - Friday, 21 August 2020 View Vimeo Session here
MODERATOR: Assoc Prof Chris Hair, MBBS, BSc, FRACP, & ANZGITA Director & South Pacific Programs Lead
TOPICS: "Foreign Body Ingestion Cases" & "Approach to Removal of Foreign Body: Adult"
Guest Faculty: Professor Michael Schultz, Fiji National University, Department of Medicine
Telehealth Resource Center, University of Hawaii by ANZGITA Director, Assoc Prof Chris Hair.
Please email Chris for further details.
WEBINAR #10 - Friday, 18 December 2020 View Vimeo Session
MODERATOR: Assoc Prof Chris Hair, MBBS, BSc, FRACP, & ANZGITA Director & South Pacific Programs Lead
TOPICS: "Ulcerative Colitis: Management and Monitoring in Resource Limited Countries"
Guest Faculty: Prof Michael Schultz, MD, PhD, Gastroenterologist and Head of Department of Medicine, Otago University, Dunedin, NZ
WEBINAR #9 - Friday, 20 November 2020 View Vimeo Session Here
MODERATOR: Assoc Prof Chris Hair, MBBS, BSc, FRACP, & ANZGITA Director & South Pacific Programs Lead
TOPICS: "Colitis: Approaching Endoscopic and Histology Diagnosis"
Guest Faculty: Dr. Kate Napthali, MBBS, HOSM, FRACP, DTMPH, Gastroenterologist at Calvary Mater Hospital & Conjoint Lecturer in Medicine at the University of Newcastle
WEBINAR #8 - Friday, 23 October 2020 View Vimeo Session here
MODERATOR: Assoc Prof Chris Hair, MBBS, BSc, FRACP, & ANZGITA Director & South Pacific Programs Lead
TOPICS: "Biliary Diseases in the Pacific & the Impact of ERCP at CWMH in Fiji"
Guest Faculty: Dr. Aminiasi Rokocakau, Fiji National University & Beauty Tebaa, Masters Public Health candidate
WEBINAR #7 - Friday, 25 September 2020 View Vimeo Session here
MODERATOR: Assoc Prof Chris Hair, MBBS, BSc, FRACP, & ANZGITA Director & South Pacific Programs Lead
TOPICS: "Colon Polyps: Approach to Small and Large Polyps in Resource Limited Countries"
Guest Faculty: Dr. John Ombiga, Cairns Gastroenterology, Gastroenterologist
WEBINAR #6 - Friday, 21 August 2020 View Vimeo Session here
MODERATOR: Assoc Prof Chris Hair, MBBS, BSc, FRACP, & ANZGITA Director & South Pacific Programs Lead
TOPICS: "Foreign Body Ingestion Cases" & "Approach to Removal of Foreign Body: Adult"
Guest Faculty: Professor Michael Schultz, Fiji National University, Department of Medicine
WEBINAR #5 - Friday, 17 July 2020 View Vimeo Session here
TOPICS: 'Foreign Body Ingestion Cases' and 'Approach to Removal of Foreign Body; Children'
MODERATOR: Associate Professor Chris Hair, MBBS, BSc, FRACP, & ANZGITA Director & South Pacific Programs Lead
Case Presentations: Dr Mai Ling Perman, Fiji National University, CWMH, Suva, Fiji
Guest Faculty: Professor Michael Schultz, Fiji National University, Department of Medicine
All COVID sessions are by Invitation only. To request a session recording, email programs@anzgita.org.
WEBINAR #4 - Friday, 19 June 2020
TOPIC: 'COVID-19 Positive Patient Flow Through Hospital and Theatre'
MODERATOR: Associate Professor Chris Hair, MBBS, BSc, FRACP, & ANZGITA Director & South Pacific Programs Lead
Guest Faculty: Joji Malani, Associate Professor of Medicine, Fiji National University
WEBINAR #3 - Friday, May 22nd 1:00 PM
TOPIC: "Outbreak Management in Small Island Nations - Perspectives from Guam"
MODERATOR: Associate Professor Chris Hair, MBBS, BSc, FRACP, & ANZGITA Director & South Pacific Programs Lead
SPECIAL GUEST FACULTY
Stephanie Kern-Allely - Guam's Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologist's Applied Epidemiology Fellow
Thane Hancock MD MPH - LCDR U.S. Public Health Service, Career Epidemiology Field Officer: U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands, Field Services Branch, Division of State and Local Readiness Center for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Pacific Islands Health Officers Association
Dr Meru Sheel - Global health research and infectious diseases epidemiologist with interest in health emergencies, emerging infectious and vaccine-preventable diseases.
Friday, 17 April, 2020 - 1:00 PM
TOPIC: "COVID-19 - Approaching Challenges and Clinical Responses for Healthcare Workers in Pacific Island Nations"
MODERATOR: Associate Professor Chris Hair, MBBS, BSc, FRACP, & ANZGITA Director & South Pacific Programs Lead
Follow-up RESOURCES from Professor Maclntyre provided below:
Decontamination and Reuse of Filtering Facepiece Respirators
Covid-19: Should cloth masks be used by healthcare workers as a last resort?
COVID-19 key research papers and resources
SPECIAL GUEST FACULTY
Professor Raina Maclntyre - NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Professor of Global Biosecurity and PLuS Alliance Fellow. She heads the Biosecurity Program at the Kirby Institute, which conducts research in epidemiology, vaccinology, bioterrorism prevention, mathematical modelling, public health and clinical trials in infectious diseases. Her work falls under 4 areas: Personal Protective equipment, vaccinology, Epidemic response and emerging infectious diseases, biosecurity.
Dr Meru Sheel - Global health research and infectious diseases epidemiologist with interest in health emergencies, emerging infectious and vaccine-preventable diseases.
Dr Adam Jenney - Adjunct Professor Medicine, FNU; Infectious disease physician, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
Dr Colin Banks - Chair, ACEM Global Emergency Care Committee, Emergency Medicine Physician, Townsville, Queensland; collaboration with Pacific Island Nations Emergency response teams including host online PI nation forum for general support and coordinated response.
WEBINAR #1 - Friday, 20 March 2020
TOPIC: "COVID-19 and PI Nations: How and What Do We Need to Prepare For?"
In lieu of the Gastroenterology Training Session, this week was a lecture based on COVID-19. The session ended in a Q&A session with various participating Pacific Island nations in attendance.
TOPIC: "Outbreak Management in Small Island Nations - Perspectives from Guam"
MODERATOR: Associate Professor Chris Hair, MBBS, BSc, FRACP, & ANZGITA Director & South Pacific Programs Lead
SPECIAL GUEST FACULTY
Stephanie Kern-Allely - Guam's Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologist's Applied Epidemiology Fellow
Thane Hancock MD MPH - LCDR U.S. Public Health Service, Career Epidemiology Field Officer: U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands, Field Services Branch, Division of State and Local Readiness Center for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Pacific Islands Health Officers Association
Dr Meru Sheel - Global health research and infectious diseases epidemiologist with interest in health emergencies, emerging infectious and vaccine-preventable diseases.
Friday, 17 April, 2020 - 1:00 PM
TOPIC: "COVID-19 - Approaching Challenges and Clinical Responses for Healthcare Workers in Pacific Island Nations"
MODERATOR: Associate Professor Chris Hair, MBBS, BSc, FRACP, & ANZGITA Director & South Pacific Programs Lead
Follow-up RESOURCES from Professor Maclntyre provided below:
Decontamination and Reuse of Filtering Facepiece Respirators
Covid-19: Should cloth masks be used by healthcare workers as a last resort?
COVID-19 key research papers and resources
SPECIAL GUEST FACULTY
Professor Raina Maclntyre - NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Professor of Global Biosecurity and PLuS Alliance Fellow. She heads the Biosecurity Program at the Kirby Institute, which conducts research in epidemiology, vaccinology, bioterrorism prevention, mathematical modelling, public health and clinical trials in infectious diseases. Her work falls under 4 areas: Personal Protective equipment, vaccinology, Epidemic response and emerging infectious diseases, biosecurity.
Dr Meru Sheel - Global health research and infectious diseases epidemiologist with interest in health emergencies, emerging infectious and vaccine-preventable diseases.
Dr Adam Jenney - Adjunct Professor Medicine, FNU; Infectious disease physician, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
Dr Colin Banks - Chair, ACEM Global Emergency Care Committee, Emergency Medicine Physician, Townsville, Queensland; collaboration with Pacific Island Nations Emergency response teams including host online PI nation forum for general support and coordinated response.
WEBINAR #1 - Friday, 20 March 2020
TOPIC: "COVID-19 and PI Nations: How and What Do We Need to Prepare For?"
In lieu of the Gastroenterology Training Session, this week was a lecture based on COVID-19. The session ended in a Q&A session with various participating Pacific Island nations in attendance.