Burning GP 2.0


The Essential Generalist 2033

What you might be able to do today to enjoy your GP life more tomorrow.

One day (and one night) deep diving (then dancing) into how technology, society, politics and economics are shaping the future of general practice.

Saturday September 26, Noosa Resorts and Villas, Noosa Heads Queensland

A one day summit followed by a gala dinner, great debate, and dancing

Brought to you by The Medical Republic, Health Services Daily, GPDU and the RACGP

MC’d by comedian Tom Cashman

NOTE: September is a very popular time in Noosa. We highly recommend you book your travel and accommodation now. See the ‘Venue’ tab for options and suggestions.

FLASH SALE ON NOW UNTIL AUGUST 19TH – 20% OFF WHEN YOU BOOK VIA THE BUTTON BELOW.


Saturday 26th september

FULL-DAY summit


MediRecords Breakfast: How many hats does the modern GP need to wear?

7:00am – 8:00am

What you need to know about GP workflow software in the time of AI.

  • What do AI scribes, evidence, the AI agentic mean for the working day of a GP
  • Why is the relationship between AI and your EMR so important now
  • How you work may inform what workflow technology stack you need: bricks & mortar vs virtual and mobile
  • How the cloud is now important to you in deciding on how you build on your daily workflow technology stack

Panelists:

  • Dr Maria Boulton, GP and AMA Queensland Board Chair
  • Associate Professor Alam Yoosuff, Rural GP, Chair Murrumbidgee PHN
  • Jayne Thompson, Product Director MediRecords

Moderated by Dr Max Mollenkopf, Practice Owner, Whitebridge Medical Centre.

Sponsored by MediRecords.


Registration

8:00am – 8:30am


Welcome

8:30am – 8:40am

Acknowledgement of Country

Welcome

Your MC for today and tonight: Tom Cashman

What would Dr Kerri Parnell might make of ChatGPT Health, Eucalyptus, 1800Medicare, GLP-1s on the PBS, Sharing by Default, Scope of Practice and Instant Scripts, if she were alive today.


Keynote: Survival of the Fittest: The Future of Generalism in Medicine

8:40am – 9:10am

Presented by:

  • Adjunct Professor Karen Price, Director HCF, Chair HCF Research Foundation, Chair of the Council of General Practice AMA
  • Professor Claire Jackson, Director, Centre for Health System Reform and Integration, University of Qld
  • Dr Maria Boulton, GP and AMA Queensland Board Chair

Panel: 2033…How Did I Get Here?

9:10am – 9:45am

Setting the scene: Our demographic train crash by numbers (Simon Kuestenmacher, The demographics Group)

Topics:

  • The evolving determinants of GP culture: AI, innovation, part timers, split timers, et al
  • Where will GPs work and how?
  • How will GPs be paid, and how much?
  • AI, data, sharing by default and general practice in 2033
  • Working on prevention or not?
  • Corporates vs aged care vs hospitals vs virtual, non medicare medical platforms vs private health insurers vs the rest

Speakers:

  • Dr Michael Wright, RACGP President
  • Dr Tim Senior, GP, Churchill Fellow and Chair of the RACGP Specific Interest Network in Poverty and Health
  • Danielle Bancroft, Head of Product – Integrations and Interoperability, Telstra Health
  • Dr Katrina Sanders, Chief Medical Officer, Aspen Medical

Moderated by Jeremy Knibbs, Publisher at TMR and HSD


Tales of Technology 1: Clinics of the Future

9:45am – 9:55am

Fireside chat with Andrew Cohen, CEO of ForHealth, and Jeremy Knibbs, Publisher of TMR and HSD.


This Is Not My Beautiful College?

9:55am – 10:30am

Topics:

  • Four views: the future of generalism in Australia
  • Key considerations of each institution in meeting that future
  • GP education and training
  • Selling general practice as a profession to patients and government
  • Other opportunities and threats

Speakers:

  • Dr Michael Wright, President RACGP
  • Dr RT Lewandowski, Immediate Past President RDAA 
  • Dr Rod Martin, President ACRRM
  • Dr Michael Bonning, Chair of Public Health, AMA and Director, AMA (NSW)

Moderated by Adj Prof Karen Price, Director HCF, Chair HCF Research Foundation, Chair of the Council of General Practice AMA


Morning Tea

10:30am – 11:00am


Research Respite 1

11:00am – 11:15am

Why understanding the complexity of a consult matters.

Professor Louise Stone, GP, University of Adelaide


Panel: Different Pivot, Same Problem: Portfolio Careers

11:15am – 11:45am

On the ‘Portfolio Career’ and how that can integrate with a generalist career.

Speakers:

  • Professor John Adie, Associate Professor, Urgent Care at University of the Sunshine Coast | Urgent Care Education and Training Lead at ForHealth
  • Dr Jasmine Davis, General Practice Registrar and Doctors in Training Representative to the Federal AMA Ltd Board
  • Dr Rob Park, Associate Professor at Griffith University, GP and Pain Specialist

Moderated by Dr Michael Bonning, Chair of Public Health, AMA and Director, AMA (NSW


Research Respite 2

11:45am – 12:00pm

Menopause myths and management.

Presented by Dr Karen Magraith, GP, University of Tasmania, and former president of the Australasian Menopause Society


Panel: Learning about Earning; Remuneration 2033

12:00pm12:40pm

Topics:

  • How will GPs be making their money in 2033
  • Our shifting funding envelope: towards value based care funding, how we get there, what it means for MyMedicare
  • The rise and rise of the salaried GP in the mix
  • The rest: landlords, tenants, employees, and the rest
  • Tax 2033 in a transitioning funding paradigm
  • The gender pay gap in 2033
  • AI, workflow and GP and remuneration

Speakers:

  • Professor Louise Stone, GP, University of Adelaide
  • Lukasz Wyszynski, Principal Solicitor, Hamilton Bailey Lawyers
  • Dr Alison Green, GP, AMA Queensland Board Director & Councilor
  • DOHDA

Moderated by Jeremy Knibbs, Publisher at TMR and HSD


Lunch

12:40pm – 1:40pm


Entrepreneur GP 1

1:40pm – 1:55pm

Lessons from building a boutique GP business – Skin Clinics.

Presented by Dr Vinodh Rajeswaran, Director and Founder, DermEX Skin Institute


Sim 1: In The Life Of…

1:55pm2:10pm

A typical C practice consult…2033.

Starring:

  • Dr Paul Grinzi, GP, and Lecturer at the University of Melbourne
  • Dr Michael Rice, Specialist GP, and Rural Medicine

Panel: GLP1’s, the PBS, society and generalism…a study in economics, equity, culture, access and chronic care ROI economics

2:10pm – 2:45pm

Topics:

  • The expanding clinical opportunity of GLP1s
  • GPs vs the platforms in continuity and management
  • Access and equity – the PBS
  • Telehealth vs GP continuity
  • Society, culture and GLPs

Speakers TBC


Sim 2: In the Life of…

2:45pm – 3:00pm

A typical mental health virtual platform mental health consult in 2033…

Starring:

  • Dr Justin Coleman, GP, Medical Writer, Editor and Blogger
  • Professor Louise Stone, GP, University of Adelaide

Afternoon Tea

3:00pm – 3:30pm


Tales of Technology 2: The Future of CPD and Decision Support

3:30pm – 3:50pm

Our major independent CPD providers, who have traditionally used face to face and direct online channels, are transitioning to AI integrated delivery during practice. Here we talk to our two largest independent educators about what the future holds for CPD and GPs Dr Stephen Barnett (founder of Medcast) and Dr Ramesh Manocha (founder of HealthEd) in conversation with Jeremy Knibbs, publisher, The Medical Republic


The AI GP 2033

3:40pm – 4:20pm

Patient Side AI

  • Digital health upside down
  • Data, complexity and AI
  • Patient’s with a little bit more knowledge are dangerous, interesting, helpful, time wasting
  • The AI gender difference

Provider Side AI

  • More or less GPs?
  • GP work uplifted
  • Funding or not
  • Prevention opportunity
  • Overseas experience

Speakers:

  • Professor Matt Sabin, Chief Clinical and Consumer Officer, Healthdirect Australia
  • Professor Claire Jackson, Director, Centre for Health System Reform and Integration, University of Qld
  • Dr Gihan R. de Mel, Specialist GP, Founder & CEO of Swiftio
  • Kai Van Lieshout, Founder, Lyrebird

Moderated by Jeremy Knibbs, Publisher at TMR and HSD


Entrepreneurial GP 2

4:20pm – 4:35pm

Build your own vertically integrated rural country care network.

Presented by Associate Professor Alam Yoosuff, Rural GP, Chair Murrumbidgee PHN


Armchair Expert Fight Club

4:35pm – 4:55pm

Patient side AI such as Chat GPT Health is going to improve both patient experience and outcomes more than provider side AI such as scribes, receptions and even decision support?

Positive Armchair: Dr Loumin Heng, AMA QLD Committee of General Practice

Negative Armchair: Dr Max Mollenkopf, Practice Owner, Whitebridge Medical Centre


Wrap – The Highs, The Lows, and The Buffalos

4:55pm – 5:10pm


Saturday 26th september

Gala Dinner

Dinner, Great Debate, Dancing

7pm – late


An evening of dinner, debating and dancing, MC’d by comedian Tom Cashman

6pm – 7pm: Drinks are served

7pm – 7:30pm: A word from our partners

7:30pm – 8:15pm: The Great Debate:

AI is going to be great for the GP profession.

Affirmative: Claude Health, Dr Max Mollenkopf, Prof Louise Stone (captain)

Negative: ChatGPT Health, Adj Prof Karen Price, Dr Michael Wright (captain)

8:15pm – 8:30pm: Dessert and Coffee

8:30pm – 10pm: Band and Dancefloor


Adjunct Professor Karen PriceDirector HCF, Chair HCF Research Foundation, Chair of the Council of General Practice AMA
Dr Tim SeniorGP, Churchill Fellow and Chair of the RACGP Specific Interest Network in Poverty and Health
Associate Professor Alam YoosuffRural GP, Chair Murrumbidgee PHN
Luke SlawomirskiHealth Economist
Dr Vinodh RajeswaranDirector and Founder, DermEX Skin Institute
Professor Claire JacksonDirector, Centre for Health System Reform and Integration, University of Qld
Prof Matt SabinChief Clinical and Consumer Officer, Healthdirect Australia
Dr Michael WrightPresident, RACGP
Jessica WhiteChief Technology Officer, Best Practice
Associate Professor Louise StoneGP, Medical Educator, University of Adelaide
Dr Max MollenkopfGP and Practice Owner, Whitebridge Medical Centre
Dr Karen MagraithGP, General Practice Plus
A/Prof Ramesh ManochaCEO and Founder, Healthed
Dr Rod MartinPresident, ACRRM
Dr RT LewandowskiImmediate Past President, RDAA
Lukasz WyszynskiPrincipal Solicitor, Hamilton Bailey Lawyers
Dr Jasmine DavisGeneral Practice Registrar and Doctors in Training Representative to the Federal AMA Ltd Board
Dr Paul GrinziGP, Medical Educator, Clean Slate Clinic, University of Melbourne
Dr Michael Rice Specialist GP, Rural Doctor’s Foundation
Dr Maria BoultonGP, AMA Queensland Board Chair
Dr Justin Coleman GP, Medical Writer, Editor and Blogger, AMWA
Andrew CohenCEO, ForHealth
Dr Gihan R. de MelSpecialist GP, Founder & CEO of Swiftio
Dr Rob ParkAssociate Professor at Griffith University, GP and Pain Specialist
Seniru MudannayakePresident, AMSA
Professor John AdieProfessor, Urgent Care at University of the Sunshine Coast | Urgent Care Education and Training Lead at ForHealth
Dr Alison GreenGP, AMA Queensland Board Director & Councilor
Dr Loumin Heng RACGP Fellow, AMA QLD Committee of General Practice
Dr Michael BonningChair of Public Health, AMA and Director, AMA (NSW)

Program, Content and Panelist Enquiries
Talia Meyerowitz-Katz: talia@medicalrepublic.com.au

Peppers Noosa Resort & Villas

Location

33A Viewland Drive
Noosa Heads, QLD 4567

https://www.peppersnoosa.com.au/

Getting Here

A 90 minute drive, 150km north of Brisbane International Airport. Bus transport is available.

A 30 minute drive from the Sunshine Coast domestic airport at Maroochydore, 45km south of Noosa.

OVERNIGHT STAYS

It has come to our attention that Peppers is booked out of single rooms, and only has double rooms available.

We have compiled a list of other options here. Please let us know if you have any issues.

Delegates get a 10% discount (subject to availability) to rooms at Peppers Resort Noosa.

Overnight Stay Booking Information for Peppers Noosa
Delegates are offered a special 10% discount off best available rates at time of booking. Rooms are not being held for delegates so are subject to availability. You will need to call the venue directly on +61 7 5455 2200 and quote the code ‘Medical Republic’ to redeem this.

Guest will be offered 10% off the advertised Flexible Daily Rate (RA1) or Flexible Daily Rate with Breakfast (RB1) at time of booking. Please note Room types will be subject to availability at time of booking.

Accommodation T&C’s for Booking Offer:
· 10% off Flexible Daily Advertised Rate
· Excludes already Discounted or Sales Rates
· Contact Hotel Reservations Team on +61 7 5455 2200 and quote promo code ‘Medical Republic’ to make your reservation
· Promo code discount valid for 3 days pre & post conference
· Minimum night stays may apply
· Cancellation & Payment terms applicable to rate booked
· A credit card will be required at the time of booking to secure the reservation
· All bookings are subject to best available rates and availability at time of booking

Driving Directions

Please note when driving council restricts access during different hours:

From 7am to 7pm access via Viewland Drive

From 7pm to 7am access via Little Hastings Street.

Parking Details

Complimentary parking at the resort.

Reception Hours

Monday – Sunday 24 hrs

Contact

P: (07) 5455 2200
E: noosa@peppers.com.au

Getting Here

Registration Enquiries
Talia Meyerowitz-Katz: talia@medicalrepublic.com.au

Program, Content and Panelist Enquiries
Talia Meyerowitz-Katz: talia@medicalrepublic.com.au

Partnership Opportunity Enquiries
Greta Reed: greta@healthservicesdaily.com.au