Live & Local Darwin I For Feet's Sake - High Risk Foot Advocacy & Networking

Live & Local Northern Territory: For Feet's Sake - High Risk Foot Advocacy & Networking

This is a unique opportunity to bring the Northern Territory Podiatry community together and discuss key issues affecting Podiatry in the Northern Territory today. You'll hear from key experts in each field presenting the issues and key points on their specialist topic. The topics covered will include best practice around vascular care, wounds care and healing, developing a culturally responsive framework for services, and discussing the workforce and models of care e.g. Telehealth.

The presenters will convene for a panel as they present summaries on their topic, with opportunities to ask questions and have your say.

From this session, APodA will develop a plan for future advocacy and education activities, with the view to present it as an options paper to the APodA Board for consideration.

The session will conclude with an hour of informal networking where you'll enjoy the finest finger food and beverages, while catching up with presenters and fellow Podiatrists.

Program

Presenters:

Frances Bunji Elcoate
Frances is a Podiatrist and Top End Diabetes Foot Program Coordinator at Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory (AMSANT).

The Top End Diabetes Foot Program is part of broader program called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Foot Complications Program coordinated by SAMRHI. Established in 2020 to improve foot health and reduce amputation rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with diabetes in South Australia, the Top End of the Northern Territory and Central Australia, the Kimberley region in Western Australia and Far North Queensland.

Frances has a background in community and cultural development, the arts and shoemaking! With passion for social justice she will share insights into the program and to her advocacy work to improve access to footwear for people in remote communities.

Prior to her role at AMSANT Frances worked as Podiatrist at East Grampians Health Service in regional Victoria.

Dr Peta Tehan
Dr Peta Tehan is a lecturer in the Master of Wound Care at Monash University and a Senior Podiatrist at the John Hunter Hospital High Risk Foot Clinic.

Peta has a passion for reducing the inequities in outcomes seen in diabetes-related foot disease and chronic limb threatening ischemia, particularly in rural areas.

She has published extensively in vascular assessment and wound care, and is currently leading research projects in new technologies to identify peripheral artery disease early, in order to improve timely management.

Peta will be with us in spirit as she will deliver a recording on Best Practice Around Vascular Assessment.

Anna Stybowski
Anna has worked in the public health sector for 20 years, spending most of this time in Melbourne’s Community Health Services and Tertiary Hospitals. Anna has enjoyed a variety of roles, both clinical and non clinical and has cherished the opportunity to work with a number of wonderful clinicians, friends, colleagues and students over the years. Anna has worked as a Senior Clinician, Manager, Project Co-ordinator, Patient Experience Improvement Coach and University lecturer. She has a Bachelor of Podiatry and Master in Bioethics, with a special interest in research ethics.

More recently, Anna moved with her family to beautiful tropical Darwin, and now works for Aboriginal Health Service, Danila Dilba, delivering Podiatry care to Biluru people – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in and visiting the Yilli Rreung Region, now known as Darwin. It is this role, that has reignited Anna’s passion for clinical podiatry. Anna feels privileged to be working in an organisation that is delivering health care and social services to people who represent the world’s oldest surviving culture. Anna has now lived in Darwin for almost 4 years, but has only been working at Danila Dilba Health Service for 18 months.

The insights and stories she will share are drawn from Anna’s relatively brief experience working in Darwin as a Podiatrist – something she would like to openly acknowledge. She would also like to acknowledge the stories and experiences of respected colleagues and clients alike, which will also be shared.

Dr Frances Henshaw
Podiatrist and researcher, Dr Frances Henshaw is currently the Clinical Manager for Australia and New Zealand with Smith and Nephew’s advanced wound management division where she manages a team of clinical educators.

Previous to this, Fran was a lecturer in podiatry in the school of Science and Health at Western Sydney with a research and teaching focus in the prevention and management of diabetes related foot disease.  Working in the Pacific Island of Kiribati sparked her interest in wound care in tropical climates.

Sharon Ritchey
Since graduating from QUT Bachelor of Health Science (Podiatry) with Honours, Sharon has found her passion in the High-Risk Foot specialty.

In 2016, she decided to become a locum podiatrist and has since, had the privileged of working in many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities in some amazing rural and remote areas. This includes her work in the Northern Territory in both at the Alice Springs Hospital and for Central Australia Aboriginal Congress (CAAC) as a clinician, where she also provides Telehealth Services to remote satellite clinics.

Sharon is a member of the Podiatrist Panel of Assessors to the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) and was recently appointed the Clinical Supervisor for fourth year students at the High-Risk Foot Clinic at Queensland University of Technology (QUT).

When she finds some down time, Sharon loves engaging in all forms of craft, especially painting.

Sally Lamond
Sally is a Podiatrist with over 20 years of clinical experience and expertise in high risk foot management.

Sally is passionate about improving foot health outcomes in the Northern Territory, where rates of diabetes -related foot complications and amputations, particularly amongst Aboriginal people, are the highest in the country. Originally from Victoria, Sally moved to Kununurra in 2009, and has spent the last 15 years working in remote and regional health settings, including remote primary health care in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. She was the senior podiatrist in the High Risk Foot Service and Professional Lead of Podiatry at Royal Darwin Hospital for six years. In 2014 Sally worked as a project officer for the Fijian Ministry of Health, responsible for a primary care foot health training project and ongoing consultancy.

Sally has completed a Masters of Public Health at Flinders University and has been a valuable member of the SAHMRI- led Top End diabetes foot complications project. Her most recent role is Podiatry Program Advisor at Charles Darwin University.

When: Friday 6 September, 2024
Where: Novotel Darwin CBD
100 Esplanade, Darwin City NT 0800
Time: 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Cost: APodA Members - Free | Student Members - Free I Non-Members - $25 I AMSANT Members - Free
AMSANT Members are free - to register for your free registration, email your name, email, mobile no and dietary requirements to events@podiatry.org.au
CPD Hours: 5 hours Category 1 Professional Development

Accommodation in Darwin
The Novotel Darwin CBD are offering discounted accommodation to delegates and their guests.
Click here to check out and book discounted accommodation on the Novotel Darwin website. If you have any questions regarding accommodation, please contact Novotel Darwin Reservations on ph 08 8963 5000.


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