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Prof Alison McMillan1 1Australian Government’s Chief Nursing and Midwifery Abstract: Exploring person-centred care, how will nurses and midwives and leaders safeguard the values of compassionate, relationship-based care in an era of rapid technological and societal change. As health systems grapple...

Dr Kim O’Donnell1 1Senior Research Fellow, Aboriginal Health Research Leader, University of Adelaide Abstract: Did you know that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are world leaders in providing culturally safe Primary Health Care (PHC)? The Aboriginal Medical Services Redfern...

Professor Odette Best1 1Wakgun clan member of the Gorreng Gorreng Nation Abstract: Many people know Florence Nightingale as the “mother of modern nursing,” but fewer are aware of her research on Indigenous Australians in South and Western Australia. Florence Nightingale–trained...

Martin Jones1 1Rural Health Academic and Clinical Research Leader Abstract: Introduction Farmers in Australia face barriers in accessing psychological treatments for depression which may partly explain the elevated risk of suicide in this population. Behavioural Activation (BA) is a simple, evidence-based intervention to...

Fiona Hildebrand1 1Nurse Education and Research Consultant in Remote Health Abstract: Remote Area Nurses (RANs) work in the most isolated locations in Australia with people that require high quality of care, however RANs feel like they are unsupported. The BRANCHES...

Professor Timothy Carey1 1CQUniversity Abstract: While the importance of control in areas such as the social determinants of health is widely acknowledged, the science explaining and describing control is less well known. The science of control provides a refreshing approach to understanding behaviour...

Prof. Jill Klein1 1Medical Education, Melbourne Medical School. Professor of Marketing at Melbourne Business School Abstract: While humans possess remarkable capabilities, we are also deeply fallible. Perfection is an illusion; biases that shape our judgments and the limits of our cognitive capacity...

Ms Alison Lemoh1, Professor Karin Thursky1, Professor Mei Krishnasamy1, Ms Jenny Motiani1 , Doctor Lisa  Guccione1 1Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre | National Centre for Infections in Cancer (PhD) University Of Melbourne Abstract: Background Sepsis causes one in five global deaths. In...

Mrs Sarah Mills1, Mr David Fisher1 1Charles Darwin University, Brisbane, Australia Biography: Sarah Mills is a Senior Lecturer in Nursing at Charles Darwin University, with extensive experience in teaching, curriculum innovation, and simulation-based education. She is currently completing a PhD...

Miss Rachel Bakker1, Miss Breanna Appleby1, Mr Zeleke Fisher1, Mr George Morseau1 1Torres And Cape Hospital And Health Service, Thursday Island, Australia Biography: Zeleke Fisher is an Aboriginal Man with connection to the Kubi Kubi and Waanyi Nations. He is...