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GENCA 2024 National Conference - Program

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Friday, May 17, 2024

Registration Open and Welcome Reception
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Registration Desk open
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Welcome Reception
Registration Open and Welcome Reception
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Registration Desk open
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Welcome Reception

Registration Open and Welcome Reception
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Registration Desk open
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Welcome Reception


Saturday, May 18, 2024

Concurrent Stream One
Concurrent Stream Two
Concurrent Stream Three
Concurrent Stream Four
6:45 AM - 6:45 AM Registration Desk and Exhibition open- Day 1
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Nanosonics Breakfast Session: Manual cleaning of endoscopes: today’s gold standard to the next
Kindly sponsored by Nanosonics
Chiesi Breakfast Session: IBD and Liver Disease
Kindly Sponsored by Chiese
8:15 AM - 8:15 AM
Opening Session
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM Conference Opening Ceremony and Welcome to Country
Daniel Lightowler - GENCA President
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Welcome - QLD Director of Nursing, Practice Innovation
Sally Jones
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM Training the whole workforce
Sarah Harnden - International Keynote Speaker
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM Trans-Tasman Lecture - Hepatology
Susan Gale - NZNO Gastroenterology Nurses' College
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM Opening Session - Panel Discussion
Sally Jones, Sarah Harnden and Susan Gale
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day one
Plenary Session
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Digital health and IBD nursing
Associate Professor Palle Bager - International Keynote Speaker
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Advance Practice Nursing Roles
This session will feature six leading nurse practitioners, who will talk about their roles within their chose field. Featuring presentations from Annalise Stanley (IBS), Palle Bager (IBD), Katie Zajac (Clinical Nutrition), Vera Meeusen (Nurse Anaesthetist), Burglind Liddle (Hepatology) and Sarah Harnden (Nurse Endoscopist), and a panel discussion with all speakers.
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM GENCA Annual General Meeting
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day one
Concurrent Session One: Fundamentals of Unit Management
Concurrent Session Two: Clinical Nutrition
Concurrent Session Three: Upper GI
Concurrent Session Four: Hepatology
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Beyond Blue - mental health and wellbeing
Kim Garthwaite
When enteral feeding tubes go wrong
Michelle Ebzery
Oh My G.O.R.D.
Bronagh Costello
Moving away from a siloed diseased centred model: integrated care in alcohol related liver disease
Dr Andrew Palmer
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Change management in green endoscopy
Kylee Bullivant and Vera Meeusen
Blended feeding - enteral and parental nutrition
Julia Fox
Manometry and Ph studies
Debra Whittaker
Portal HTN and complications
Dr Adrian Maher
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Keeping staff engaged - tips and tricks for better teams
Merrilee Williams
Intermittent fasting and impacts in gastrointestinal disease
Dr Elena George
Trans-nasal endoscopy
Lea Wiggins
Variceal Bleeding, Banding and Beyond - Case Study and Panel Discussion.
Dr Ellie Vanderlist, Dr Andrew Palmer and Dr Adrian Maher
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea - Day one
Concurrent Session Five: Interventional
Concurrent Session Six: IBD
Concurrent Session Seven: Pre- and Post-Procedure Management
Concurrent Session Eight: Hepatology
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Polyps - quality assessment and management
Sarah Harnden
IBS – Assessment and management
Annalise Stanley
Delirium in the Ambulatory Endoscopy Setting
Associate Professor Vera Meeusen
Hepatology - nutrition
Dr Elena George
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM Bleed management
Dr Florian Grimpen
Hepatology advanced practice nurse
Associate Professor Palle Bager
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM The hidden complications of IBD
Marian O'Connor
Pre-procedure assessments and managements, medications
Dr Katherine Steele
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM Combined EUS & ERCP
Dr Christopher Kia
Nurse-led paracentesis / advanced liver disease
Phoebe Van Lambaart
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM The weird and wonderful colitis
Daniel Lightowler
Informed consent - tips and pitfalls
Dr Sean Szetoo
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM Bronchoscopy in the Ice Age
Dr Alan Carew
Panel discussion / networking
5:00 PM - 5:00 PM End of Day one and Registration Desk close
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Conference Dinner - 'Disco Inferno'
Concurrent Stream One
Concurrent Stream Two
6:45 AM - 6:45 AM Registration Desk and Exhibition open- Day 1
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Nanosonics Breakfast Session: Manual cleaning of endoscopes: today’s gold standard to the next
Kindly sponsored by Nanosonics
8:15 AM - 8:15 AM
Opening Session
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM Conference Opening Ceremony and Welcome to Country
Daniel Lightowler - GENCA President
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Welcome - QLD Director of Nursing, Practice Innovation
Sally Jones
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM Training the whole workforce
Sarah Harnden - International Keynote Speaker
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM Trans-Tasman Lecture - Hepatology
Susan Gale - NZNO Gastroenterology Nurses' College
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM Opening Session - Panel Discussion
Sally Jones, Sarah Harnden and Susan Gale
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day one
Plenary Session
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Digital health and IBD nursing
Associate Professor Palle Bager - International Keynote Speaker
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Advance Practice Nursing Roles
This session will feature six leading nurse practitioners, who will talk about their roles within their chose field. Featuring presentations from Annalise Stanley (IBS), Palle Bager (IBD), Katie Zajac (Clinical Nutrition), Vera Meeusen (Nurse Anaesthetist), Burglind Liddle (Hepatology) and Sarah Harnden (Nurse Endoscopist), and a panel discussion with all speakers.
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM GENCA Annual General Meeting
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day one
Concurrent Session One: Fundamentals of Unit Management
Concurrent Session Two: Clinical Nutrition
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Beyond Blue - mental health and wellbeing
Kim Garthwaite
When enteral feeding tubes go wrong
Michelle Ebzery
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Change management in green endoscopy
Kylee Bullivant and Vera Meeusen
Blended feeding - enteral and parental nutrition
Julia Fox
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Keeping staff engaged - tips and tricks for better teams
Merrilee Williams
Intermittent fasting and impacts in gastrointestinal disease
Dr Elena George
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea - Day one
Concurrent Session Five: Interventional
Concurrent Session Six: IBD
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Polyps - quality assessment and management
Sarah Harnden
IBS – Assessment and management
Annalise Stanley
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM Bleed management
Dr Florian Grimpen
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM The hidden complications of IBD
Marian O'Connor
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM Combined EUS & ERCP
Dr Christopher Kia
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM The weird and wonderful colitis
Daniel Lightowler
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM Bronchoscopy in the Ice Age
Dr Alan Carew
5:00 PM - 5:00 PM End of Day one and Registration Desk close
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Conference Dinner - 'Disco Inferno'

Concurrent Stream Three
Concurrent Stream Four
6:45 AM - 6:45 AM Registration Desk and Exhibition open- Day 1
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Chiesi Breakfast Session: IBD and Liver Disease
Kindly Sponsored by Chiese
8:15 AM - 8:15 AM
Opening Session
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM Conference Opening Ceremony and Welcome to Country
Daniel Lightowler - GENCA President
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Welcome - QLD Director of Nursing, Practice Innovation
Sally Jones
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM Training the whole workforce
Sarah Harnden - International Keynote Speaker
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM Trans-Tasman Lecture - Hepatology
Susan Gale - NZNO Gastroenterology Nurses' College
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM Opening Session - Panel Discussion
Sally Jones, Sarah Harnden and Susan Gale
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day one
Plenary Session
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Digital health and IBD nursing
Associate Professor Palle Bager - International Keynote Speaker
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Advance Practice Nursing Roles
This session will feature six leading nurse practitioners, who will talk about their roles within their chose field. Featuring presentations from Annalise Stanley (IBS), Palle Bager (IBD), Katie Zajac (Clinical Nutrition), Vera Meeusen (Nurse Anaesthetist), Burglind Liddle (Hepatology) and Sarah Harnden (Nurse Endoscopist), and a panel discussion with all speakers.
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM GENCA Annual General Meeting
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day one
Concurrent Session Three: Upper GI
Concurrent Session Four: Hepatology
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Oh My G.O.R.D.
Bronagh Costello
Moving away from a siloed diseased centred model: integrated care in alcohol related liver disease
Dr Andrew Palmer
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Manometry and Ph studies
Debra Whittaker
Portal HTN and complications
Dr Adrian Maher
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Trans-nasal endoscopy
Lea Wiggins
Variceal Bleeding, Banding and Beyond - Case Study and Panel Discussion.
Dr Ellie Vanderlist, Dr Andrew Palmer and Dr Adrian Maher
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea - Day one
Concurrent Session Seven: Pre- and Post-Procedure Management
Concurrent Session Eight: Hepatology
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Delirium in the Ambulatory Endoscopy Setting
Associate Professor Vera Meeusen
Hepatology - nutrition
Dr Elena George
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM Hepatology advanced practice nurse
Associate Professor Palle Bager
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Pre-procedure assessments and managements, medications
Dr Katherine Steele
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM Nurse-led paracentesis / advanced liver disease
Phoebe Van Lambaart
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Informed consent - tips and pitfalls
Dr Sean Szetoo
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM Panel discussion / networking
5:00 PM - 5:00 PM End of Day one and Registration Desk close
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Conference Dinner - 'Disco Inferno'

Concurrent Stream One
6:45 AM - 6:45 AM Registration Desk and Exhibition open- Day 1
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Nanosonics Breakfast Session: Manual cleaning of endoscopes: today’s gold standard to the next
Kindly sponsored by Nanosonics
8:15 AM - 8:15 AM
Opening Session
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM Conference Opening Ceremony and Welcome to Country
Daniel Lightowler - GENCA President
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Welcome - QLD Director of Nursing, Practice Innovation
Sally Jones
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM Training the whole workforce
Sarah Harnden - International Keynote Speaker
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM Trans-Tasman Lecture - Hepatology
Susan Gale - NZNO Gastroenterology Nurses' College
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM Opening Session - Panel Discussion
Sally Jones, Sarah Harnden and Susan Gale
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day one
Plenary Session
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Digital health and IBD nursing
Associate Professor Palle Bager - International Keynote Speaker
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Advance Practice Nursing Roles
This session will feature six leading nurse practitioners, who will talk about their roles within their chose field. Featuring presentations from Annalise Stanley (IBS), Palle Bager (IBD), Katie Zajac (Clinical Nutrition), Vera Meeusen (Nurse Anaesthetist), Burglind Liddle (Hepatology) and Sarah Harnden (Nurse Endoscopist), and a panel discussion with all speakers.
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM GENCA Annual General Meeting
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day one
Concurrent Session One: Fundamentals of Unit Management
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Beyond Blue - mental health and wellbeing
Kim Garthwaite
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Change management in green endoscopy
Kylee Bullivant and Vera Meeusen
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Keeping staff engaged - tips and tricks for better teams
Merrilee Williams
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea - Day one
Concurrent Session Five: Interventional
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Polyps - quality assessment and management
Sarah Harnden
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM Bleed management
Dr Florian Grimpen
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM Combined EUS & ERCP
Dr Christopher Kia
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM Bronchoscopy in the Ice Age
Dr Alan Carew
5:00 PM - 5:00 PM End of Day one and Registration Desk close
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Conference Dinner - 'Disco Inferno'

Concurrent Stream Two
6:45 AM - 6:45 AM Registration Desk and Exhibition open- Day 1
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Nanosonics Breakfast Session: Manual cleaning of endoscopes: today’s gold standard to the next
Kindly sponsored by Nanosonics
8:15 AM - 8:15 AM
Opening Session
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM Conference Opening Ceremony and Welcome to Country
Daniel Lightowler - GENCA President
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Welcome - QLD Director of Nursing, Practice Innovation
Sally Jones
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM Training the whole workforce
Sarah Harnden - International Keynote Speaker
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM Trans-Tasman Lecture - Hepatology
Susan Gale - NZNO Gastroenterology Nurses' College
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM Opening Session - Panel Discussion
Sally Jones, Sarah Harnden and Susan Gale
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day one
Plenary Session
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Digital health and IBD nursing
Associate Professor Palle Bager - International Keynote Speaker
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Advance Practice Nursing Roles
This session will feature six leading nurse practitioners, who will talk about their roles within their chose field. Featuring presentations from Annalise Stanley (IBS), Palle Bager (IBD), Katie Zajac (Clinical Nutrition), Vera Meeusen (Nurse Anaesthetist), Burglind Liddle (Hepatology) and Sarah Harnden (Nurse Endoscopist), and a panel discussion with all speakers.
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM GENCA Annual General Meeting
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day one
Concurrent Session Two: Clinical Nutrition
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM When enteral feeding tubes go wrong
Michelle Ebzery
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Blended feeding - enteral and parental nutrition
Julia Fox
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Intermittent fasting and impacts in gastrointestinal disease
Dr Elena George
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea - Day one
Concurrent Session Six: IBD
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM IBS – Assessment and management
Annalise Stanley
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM The hidden complications of IBD
Marian O'Connor
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM The weird and wonderful colitis
Daniel Lightowler
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 5:00 PM End of Day one and Registration Desk close
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Conference Dinner - 'Disco Inferno'

Concurrent Stream Three
6:45 AM - 6:45 AM Registration Desk and Exhibition open- Day 1
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Chiesi Breakfast Session: IBD and Liver Disease
Kindly Sponsored by Chiese
8:15 AM - 8:15 AM
Opening Session
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM Conference Opening Ceremony and Welcome to Country
Daniel Lightowler - GENCA President
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Welcome - QLD Director of Nursing, Practice Innovation
Sally Jones
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM Training the whole workforce
Sarah Harnden - International Keynote Speaker
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM Trans-Tasman Lecture - Hepatology
Susan Gale - NZNO Gastroenterology Nurses' College
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM Opening Session - Panel Discussion
Sally Jones, Sarah Harnden and Susan Gale
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day one
Plenary Session
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Digital health and IBD nursing
Associate Professor Palle Bager - International Keynote Speaker
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Advance Practice Nursing Roles
This session will feature six leading nurse practitioners, who will talk about their roles within their chose field. Featuring presentations from Annalise Stanley (IBS), Palle Bager (IBD), Katie Zajac (Clinical Nutrition), Vera Meeusen (Nurse Anaesthetist), Burglind Liddle (Hepatology) and Sarah Harnden (Nurse Endoscopist), and a panel discussion with all speakers.
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM GENCA Annual General Meeting
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day one
Concurrent Session Three: Upper GI
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Oh My G.O.R.D.
Bronagh Costello
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Manometry and Ph studies
Debra Whittaker
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Trans-nasal endoscopy
Lea Wiggins
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea - Day one
Concurrent Session Seven: Pre- and Post-Procedure Management
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Delirium in the Ambulatory Endoscopy Setting
Associate Professor Vera Meeusen
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Pre-procedure assessments and managements, medications
Dr Katherine Steele
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Informed consent - tips and pitfalls
Dr Sean Szetoo
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 5:00 PM End of Day one and Registration Desk close
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Conference Dinner - 'Disco Inferno'

Concurrent Stream Four
6:45 AM - 6:45 AM Registration Desk and Exhibition open- Day 1
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Chiesi Breakfast Session: IBD and Liver Disease
Kindly Sponsored by Chiese
8:15 AM - 8:15 AM
Opening Session
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM Conference Opening Ceremony and Welcome to Country
Daniel Lightowler - GENCA President
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Welcome - QLD Director of Nursing, Practice Innovation
Sally Jones
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM Training the whole workforce
Sarah Harnden - International Keynote Speaker
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM Trans-Tasman Lecture - Hepatology
Susan Gale - NZNO Gastroenterology Nurses' College
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM Opening Session - Panel Discussion
Sally Jones, Sarah Harnden and Susan Gale
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day one
Plenary Session
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Digital health and IBD nursing
Associate Professor Palle Bager - International Keynote Speaker
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Advance Practice Nursing Roles
This session will feature six leading nurse practitioners, who will talk about their roles within their chose field. Featuring presentations from Annalise Stanley (IBS), Palle Bager (IBD), Katie Zajac (Clinical Nutrition), Vera Meeusen (Nurse Anaesthetist), Burglind Liddle (Hepatology) and Sarah Harnden (Nurse Endoscopist), and a panel discussion with all speakers.
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM GENCA Annual General Meeting
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day one
Concurrent Session Four: Hepatology
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Moving away from a siloed diseased centred model: integrated care in alcohol related liver disease
Dr Andrew Palmer
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Portal HTN and complications
Dr Adrian Maher
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Variceal Bleeding, Banding and Beyond - Case Study and Panel Discussion.
Dr Ellie Vanderlist, Dr Andrew Palmer and Dr Adrian Maher
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea - Day one
Concurrent Session Eight: Hepatology
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Hepatology - nutrition
Dr Elena George
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM Hepatology advanced practice nurse
Associate Professor Palle Bager
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM Nurse-led paracentesis / advanced liver disease
Phoebe Van Lambaart
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM Panel discussion / networking
5:00 PM - 5:00 PM End of Day one and Registration Desk close
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Conference Dinner - 'Disco Inferno'


Sunday, May 19, 2024

Plenary Session
8:30 AM - 8:30 AM Registration Desk and Exhibition open - Day 2
9:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Session Five: Plenary Session
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Invited Keynote Presentation
Ben Bravery
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day two
10:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Session Six: Plenary Session - Infection Control and Free Papers
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDNAPS
Associate Professor Vera Meeusen
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Infection Control
Di Jones
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM Novel cleaning method for flexible GI endoscopes
Dr Karen Vickery
11:40 AM - 11:50 AM Managing an ever-changing busy tertiary endoscopy unit post workforce burn out and personal illness
Catherine Clifford
11:50 AM - 12:00 PM Catching the Flame: working together to develop gastroenterology nurses
Michele Wyland and Jodie Sisson
12:00 PM - 12:10 PM Endoscopy nursing in the pacific - ANZGITA contributing to endoscopy nurse education and expertise through the Fiji Endoscopy Training Program
Karen Kempin
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM Exploration of medication non-adherence in Inflammatory Bowel Disease patients: a systematic review
Kathryn King
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM Panel discussion
Associate Professor Vera Meeusen, Di Jones, Dr Karen Vickery, Catherine Clifford, Karen Kempin and Kathryn King
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day Two
1:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Session Seven: Closing Session
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Innovation in advanced practice nursing roles including nurse endoscopy
Sarah Harnden
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Gender differences in IBD
Associate Professor Palle Bager
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM Keynote Panel Discussion
Sarah Harnden, Associate Professor Palle Bager, Associate Professor Vera Meeusen and Susan Gale
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM Closing address | Delegate Passport Prize | 2025 Conference Launch
Daniel Lightowler - GENCA President
3:00 PM - 3:00 PM Conference Concludes - Afternoon tea
Plenary Session
8:30 AM - 8:30 AM Registration Desk and Exhibition open - Day 2
9:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Session Five: Plenary Session
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Invited Keynote Presentation
Ben Bravery
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day two
10:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Session Six: Plenary Session - Infection Control and Free Papers
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDNAPS
Associate Professor Vera Meeusen
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Infection Control
Di Jones
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM Novel cleaning method for flexible GI endoscopes
Dr Karen Vickery
11:40 AM - 11:50 AM Managing an ever-changing busy tertiary endoscopy unit post workforce burn out and personal illness
Catherine Clifford
11:50 AM - 12:00 PM Catching the Flame: working together to develop gastroenterology nurses
Michele Wyland and Jodie Sisson
12:00 PM - 12:10 PM Endoscopy nursing in the pacific - ANZGITA contributing to endoscopy nurse education and expertise through the Fiji Endoscopy Training Program
Karen Kempin
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM Exploration of medication non-adherence in Inflammatory Bowel Disease patients: a systematic review
Kathryn King
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM Panel discussion
Associate Professor Vera Meeusen, Di Jones, Dr Karen Vickery, Catherine Clifford, Karen Kempin and Kathryn King
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day Two
1:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Session Seven: Closing Session
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Innovation in advanced practice nursing roles including nurse endoscopy
Sarah Harnden
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Gender differences in IBD
Associate Professor Palle Bager
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM Keynote Panel Discussion
Sarah Harnden, Associate Professor Palle Bager, Associate Professor Vera Meeusen and Susan Gale
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM Closing address | Delegate Passport Prize | 2025 Conference Launch
Daniel Lightowler - GENCA President
3:00 PM - 3:00 PM Conference Concludes - Afternoon tea

Plenary Session
8:30 AM - 8:30 AM Registration Desk and Exhibition open - Day 2
9:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Session Five: Plenary Session
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Invited Keynote Presentation
Ben Bravery
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day two
10:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Session Six: Plenary Session - Infection Control and Free Papers
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDNAPS
Associate Professor Vera Meeusen
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Infection Control
Di Jones
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM Novel cleaning method for flexible GI endoscopes
Dr Karen Vickery
11:40 AM - 11:50 AM Managing an ever-changing busy tertiary endoscopy unit post workforce burn out and personal illness
Catherine Clifford
11:50 AM - 12:00 PM Catching the Flame: working together to develop gastroenterology nurses
Michele Wyland and Jodie Sisson
12:00 PM - 12:10 PM Endoscopy nursing in the pacific - ANZGITA contributing to endoscopy nurse education and expertise through the Fiji Endoscopy Training Program
Karen Kempin
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM Exploration of medication non-adherence in Inflammatory Bowel Disease patients: a systematic review
Kathryn King
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM Panel discussion
Associate Professor Vera Meeusen, Di Jones, Dr Karen Vickery, Catherine Clifford, Karen Kempin and Kathryn King
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day Two
1:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Session Seven: Closing Session
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Innovation in advanced practice nursing roles including nurse endoscopy
Sarah Harnden
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Gender differences in IBD
Associate Professor Palle Bager
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM Keynote Panel Discussion
Sarah Harnden, Associate Professor Palle Bager, Associate Professor Vera Meeusen and Susan Gale
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM Closing address | Delegate Passport Prize | 2025 Conference Launch
Daniel Lightowler - GENCA President
3:00 PM - 3:00 PM Conference Concludes - Afternoon tea


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