2022 National Advance Care Planning (ACP) Week Virtual Forum

The 2022 National ACP Week Virtual Forum supports upskilling of health care professionals by sharing ACP updates and initiatives from across Queensland. Take this opportunity to hear first-hand from quality speakers who are experts in their field.

The 2022 Forum will run as daily, hour-long virtual lunchbox sessions on Monday to Thursday.

On Friday, from 12:00pm – 1:30pm, a special expert panel will discuss a case study: ACP and COVID: from the big smoke to the bush.

All sessions will be live-streamed via Microsoft Teams.

Monday, 21 March 2022

• Lunchbox session 1 – 12:00-12:30pm – Keynote address – Dr Denise Hobson, general physician and geriatrician, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
• Lunchbox session 2 – 12:30-1:00pm – Statewide Office of ACP update – Leanne Clemesha, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Statewide Office of ACP, Queensland Health

Tuesday, 22 March 2022

• Lunchbox session 1 – 12:00-12:30pm – Understanding Enduring Powers of Attorney and Advance Health Directives, Tips and Tricks – Loan Chow, YHC Lawyers
• Lunchbox session 2 – 12:30-1:00pm – Voluntary Assisted Dying in Queensland – Dr Bav Manoharan, Vice President AMA Queensland and Hayley McNamara, Voluntary Assisted Dying Clinical Policy Manager, Queensland Health

Wednesday, 23 March 2022

• Lunchbox session 1 – 12:00-12:30pm – Consumer viewpoint on ACP – Helen Mees, Consumer representative
• Lunchbox session 2 – 12:30-1:00pm – Facilitating ACP – Ros Holloway and Clarita Lauron, Advance Care Planning Clinical Nurses, West Moreton Health

Thursday, 24 March 2022

• Lunchbox session 1 – 12:00-12:30pm – ACP: Advocating for Consumer Power. Denise Craig OAM. Psychologist, PhD Candidate, Advance Care Planner
• Lunchbox session 2 – 12:30-1:00pm – Models of ACP – Kevin Heisner, Clinical Nurse Consultant Advance Care Planning, Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service

Friday, 25 March 2022

• Expert panel discussion – 12:00pm – 1:30pm

ACP and COVID: from the big smoke to the bush. A case study panel discussion on advance care planning, capacity and end-of-life care decision making across care environments.

Panel members:

• ​Dr Prem Ram, Palliative Care Medical Specialist, Sunshine Coast Specialist Palliative Care Rural Telehealth Service
• Lesley McLeod, Nurse Practitioner and Project Manager, PallConsult
• Older Persons Advocacy and Legal Services Representative (TBC)
• Angel Bogicevic – Multicultural Clinical Support Officer, Metro South Health
• Kate Andersen – Consumer representative.