SAASM workshops & seminars

2024 SAASM Webinar on 18 March 2024, "Putting Evidence into Practice". 

2023 SAASM Webinar on 5 December 2023, "Postoperative Complications: Preventing, Recognising and Managing Them". Hybrid event.

Presentations for this seminar are as follows:

• A/Prof George Kiroff, Opening session.
• Prof Guy Ludbrook, The Hidden Pandemic of Postoperative Complications.
• A/Prof Martin Bruening, It can't be my fault - I am as sharp as I was 20 years ago! Does age matter?
• A/Prof Krishnaswamy Sundararajan, Gastrointestinal complications post-cardiac surgery.

2023 SAASM Webinar on 20 March 2023, "Multidisciplinary Care: Recognising complex complications early". Hybrid event.

2021 SAASM Seminar on 2 November 2021, "Site Volume and Surgical Outcomes", 7.00pm at SA Level 2 Training Rooms, 24 King William Street KENT TOWN, SA. Download program (PDF 421.87KB).

2019 SAASM Seminar on 5 September 2019, "Navigating safe patient transfer: What can go wrong?"  This event was followed the RACS SA, WA and NT Annual Scientific Meeting on 6 and 7 September at Port Lincoln Hotel, Port Lincoln. 

SAASM Seminar on 12 April 2018, "Nobody Told Me: Poor Communication Kills - A case series and panel discussion highlighting the importance of effective communication". Download program (PDF 545.98KB).

Presentations for this seminar can be downloaded below:

• Mr Glenn McCulloch, Introduction and opening remarks (PPT 329KB). video.
•  Associate Professor George Kiroff, Communication issues in General Surgery. video.
• Ms Dianne Callahan, Communication issues in nursing, video
• Dr Ewan Macaulay, Communication issues in Vascular Surgery (PPTX 306.61KB), video.
• Dr Santosh Verghese,Communication in Intensive Care using EHR (PPTX 69.78KB), video.
• Ms Cheryl McDonald,Communication - the medico-legal perspective (PPTX 13.51MB), video.
• Professor Guy Maddern and all speakers,Case studies and panel discussion (PPT 312.5KB), video.

SAASM Seminar on 25 October 2016, "End of life matters". Download the program (PDF 716.92KB).

Presentations for this seminar can be downloaded below:

        Mr Glenn McCulloch, Introduction and opening remarks (PDF 175.14KB) 
        Professor Ian Olver, Ethics of non-treatment (PDF 167.47KB) 
        Associate Professor Sarah Thompson, General Surgery (PDF 2.37MB)
        Mr Michael Berce, Vascular Surgery (PDF 265.53KB)
        Dr Greg Rice, Cardiothoracic Surgery (PDF 2.25MB) 
        Mr Stephen Santoreneos, Neurosurgery (PDF 605.77KB) 
        Dr Christopher Beare, Perioperative Physician's perspective (PDF 361.31KB)
        Associate Professor Mary White,Intensive Care perspective (PDF 2.09MB) 
        Dr Chris Moy, End of life care basics (PDF 4.57MB) 
        Dr Christine Drummond, Tales of a porcupine (PDF 397.57KB)
        Professor Ian Olver, Communication (PDF 167.47KB)

NT, SA, and WA Annual Scientific Meeting on 7-8 August 2015, "Extended scope of practice for surgeons and health care practitioners generalism in surgery: Its role with the specialists". Hilton Hotel, Darwin. 

SAASM Seminar  on 23 July 2015, "The decision to operate - or not". Download theprogram (PDF 669.35KB). Presentations for this seminar can be downloaded below:

Mr Glenn McCullochIntroduction and 10 years of SAAPM (PDF 358.47KB)
Dr Ivan WardPre-operative assessment (PDF 3.55MB), watchvideo
Dr Greg RiceRisk prediction in Cardiac Surgery (PDF 2.72MB), watchvideo
Mr David HillP-POSSUM exposed (PDF 147.4KB), watchvideo
Professor Robert FitridgePredicting outcomes in Vascular Surgery - when not to operate (PDF 1.72MB), watchvideo
Dr Katy GibbSaying 'No'- a physician's perspective (PDF 257.87KB), watchvideo
Dr Jennie LouiseFutility and the ethics of saying 'No' (PDF 220.03KB), watchvideo
Dr David EvansHigh risk procedures - an ICU perspective, (PDF 1.91MB)watchvideo

SAASM Seminaron 28  February 2012, "Recognising the deteriorating patient". Download theprogram (PDF 161.75KB).