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.
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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
12:00pm – 12:40pm
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…
1:55pm – 2:10pm
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





























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
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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
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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.
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· Minimum night stays may apply
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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
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