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28 NHAA CPE points
7 COCA CE points
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H O S T S
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S P O N S O R S
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Proposed Programme
Main sessions will be held in Lazenby Hall, UNE, Armidale.
| 2.30 pm | Registration |
| 3.30 pm | Welcome and official opening
Senator The Hon. Jan McLucas the Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing |
| 4.00 pm | Opening Address:
Evidence and complementary medicine: A double-edged sword
Professor Kerryn Phelps, first woman president of the AMA |
| 4.30 pm | Assessing efficacy of Chinese herbal formulations in a western context
Professor Alan Bensoussan, Professor of Chinese Medicine, University of Western Sydney and Executive Director, National Institute of Complementary Medicine |
| 5.15 pm | Evidence-based effects of plant adaptogens in fatigue and mechanisms of action
Professor Alexander Panossian, Director of Scientific Projects, Swedish Herbal Institute in Gothenburg. |
| 6.00 pm | Cocktail Reception |
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| 9.00 am | Breakout 30 minute short lectures
(9 lectures as 3 concurrent sessions) |
| 10.30 am | Morning Tea |
| 11.00 am | Symptom management in critical care: A role for essential oils?
Professor Margo Halm, Director of Nursing Research/Quality at United Hospital in St Paul, Minnesota, USA. |
| 11.45 am | Complementary medicine in cardiac surgery and cardiology
Professor Frank Rosenfeldt, Cardiac Surgical Research Unit, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne. |
| 12.30 pm | Lunch |
| 1.30 pm | Breakout short lectures (9 lectures as 3 concurrent sessions) |
| 3.00 pm | Afternoon Tea |
| 3.30 pm | Drug interactions with complementary medicines: The evidence and the mythology
Dr Lesley Braun, Research Fellow, Department of Surgery, Monash University |
| 4.10 pm | Differential clinical applications of DHA and EPA concentrates
Paul Mannion, Technical Director, Health World |
| 4.50 pm | Complementary medicines in the treatment of cancer
Associate Professor Kerry Bone, School of Health, University of New England and Director of Research at MediHerb. |
| 5.30 pm | Poster session |
| 7.00 pm | Conference Dinner with musical entertainment
Dr Ross Walker will deliver an entertaining address. He is an eminent practising cardiologist with a passion for people and author of books on complementary medicine. Dr Walker is regarded as one of the world’s best keynote speakers. |
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| 9.30 am | Breakout short lectures
(9 lectures as 3 concurrent sessions) |
| 11.00 am | Morning Tea |
| 11.30 am | Efficacy of complementary medicines in simple and complex interventions
Dr Anne Walker, formerly at the University of Reading, UK, |
| 12.15 pm | Health effects of probiotics: Rationale and the weight of evidence
Professor Harsharn Gill, Principal Scientist, Food and Health, Department of Primary Industry, Victoria. |
| 1.00 pm | Lunch |
| 2.00 pm | The role of probiotics in maintaining metabolic balance
Associate Professor Luis Vitetta, Principal Research Fellow, School of Medicine, University of Queensland |
| 2.45 pm | The evidence of experience: Rethinking complementary medicine research
Simon Mills, eminent, pioneering practising herbalist and author. |
| 3.30 pm | Official close – Associate Professor Kerry Bone |
(Note this program is subject to minor changes).
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