Mildura hosts annual scientific meeting
The Mildura Clinical School played host to the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Provincial Fellows of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG).
The first day of the two day meeting in mid-April included four workshops using the school’s facilities.
The first was a training supervisors meeting, where those people who have volunteered to train both GP and specialist obstetricians are tutored in the mentoring and assessment of trainees.
The second was a workshop for Obstetric ultrasound, while the third was a workshop on the Fetal Electronic Surveillance Program.
The fourth was for GPs and HMOs who want to do the Certificate of Women’s Health.
Some 80 people were involved, including specialists, GPs, trainees and medical students.
The second day Friday 19 April comprised three workshops using the Sim Lab: resuscitation of the neo-nate, resuscitation of the pregnant female, and breech delivery.
The workshops were for 50 GP obstetricians and some Year 4 medical students from both the Mildura regional hub and several rural hubs. Local paediatrician Dr Suri Hariprakash ran the simulation sessions throughout Friday morning with the assistance of Howard Cook and Jenny Timmis.
The general feeling was that the school facility was great, particularly the SIM lab. There was a small logistical problem as there were additional workshops held in another site which required some transport, however this was a minor inconvenience.
The meeting was covered by WIN TV with scenes from the SIM lab.