ASM Program Day 3 – Sunday 20 October
- 09:00 – 15:30
- Adelaide Convention Centre
Session One – More Real-Life Experiences
09:00 Plastic surgery burns
09:15 Surgical response to disaster: Real life
09:30 Military deployment
09:45 Neurosurgery
10:00 Trauma surgery in low resource environment
10:15 Audience and Panel discussion
10:30 – 11:00 MORNING TEA WITH INDUSTRY
Session Two – Sustainable Surgery – Is it Achievable?
11:00 Waste management and recycling
11:15 How to design a carbon neutral hospital
11:30 Nationwide approach
11:45 How bad is it really? The impact of medicine/surgery on global warming
12:00 Audience and Panel discussion
12:15 Keynote address
12:45 Research podium presentations
13:05 – 14:00 – LUNCH WITH INDUSTRY
Session Three – The Workforce Crisis in General Surgery
14:00 Workforce crisis in General Surgery: Struggles in rural recruitment
14:15 Workforce crisis in General Surgery: Struggles in metropolitan recruitment
14:30 TBA
14:45 Workforce crisis in General Surgery: Trainee’s perspective
15:00 Burnout and workplace environment
15:15 Audience and Panel discussion
15:30 Awards and program conclusion
15:45 2024 GSA ASM Program Close
*This is an in-person event – attending virtually is not an option. However, the program will be recorded, and provided speaker-consent is given, securely stored on the members-only area of the GSA website for on-demand viewing. Please note that it can take up to six weeks before recordings become available.
