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Program


Monday, February 3, 2020

7:30 - 17:00
Registration Open
8:55 - 9:00 Welcome - Dr John Burnett
LIPIDS
9:00 - 9:30 Lipoprotein physiology - Dr John Burnett
9:30 - 10:00 ApoB, Lp(a), PCSK9 - Dr Damon Bell
10:00 - 10:30 Lipid reporting guidelines - Dr Michael Page
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea (Mon)
PHARMACOLOGY/TOXICOLOGY
11:00 - 11:30 LCMS methodology - Dr Chris Cruickshank
11:30 - 12:00 Synthetic drug identification - Dr Sean O'Halloran
12:00 - 12:30 TPMT - Dr Rhonda Maguire
12:30 - 12:40 Method Moments
12:40 - 13:30 Lunch (Mon)
POCT
13:30 - 14:00 Arterial Blood Gases - Dr Michael Page
14:00 - 14:30 Blood gas testing and beyond - Ms Christine Mandelt
14:30 - 15:00 Point of Care Testing - Mr Rob White
15:00 - 15:15 Quiz
15:15 - 15:45 Afternoon Tea (Mon)
15:45 - 16:15 Cases - Dr Chris Florkowski
16:15 - 16:45 Cases - Dr Chanika Ariyawansa
16:45 - 17:15 Meet the Examiners
17:15 - 18:15
Welcome Drinks
Day 1 Closes
7:30 - 17:00
Registration Open
8:55 - 9:00 Welcome - Dr John Burnett
LIPIDS
9:00 - 9:30 Lipoprotein physiology - Dr John Burnett
9:30 - 10:00 ApoB, Lp(a), PCSK9 - Dr Damon Bell
10:00 - 10:30 Lipid reporting guidelines - Dr Michael Page
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea (Mon)
PHARMACOLOGY/TOXICOLOGY
11:00 - 11:30 LCMS methodology - Dr Chris Cruickshank
11:30 - 12:00 Synthetic drug identification - Dr Sean O'Halloran
12:00 - 12:30 TPMT - Dr Rhonda Maguire
12:30 - 12:40 Method Moments
12:40 - 13:30 Lunch (Mon)
POCT
13:30 - 14:00 Arterial Blood Gases - Dr Michael Page
14:00 - 14:30 Blood gas testing and beyond - Ms Christine Mandelt
14:30 - 15:00 Point of Care Testing - Mr Rob White
15:00 - 15:15 Quiz
15:15 - 15:45 Afternoon Tea (Mon)
15:45 - 16:15 Cases - Dr Chris Florkowski
16:15 - 16:45 Cases - Dr Chanika Ariyawansa
16:45 - 17:15 Meet the Examiners
17:15 - 18:15
Welcome Drinks
Day 1 Closes

7:30 - 17:00
Registration Open
8:55 - 9:00 Welcome - Dr John Burnett
LIPIDS
9:00 - 9:30 Lipoprotein physiology - Dr John Burnett
9:30 - 10:00 ApoB, Lp(a), PCSK9 - Dr Damon Bell
10:00 - 10:30 Lipid reporting guidelines - Dr Michael Page
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea (Mon)
PHARMACOLOGY/TOXICOLOGY
11:00 - 11:30 LCMS methodology - Dr Chris Cruickshank
11:30 - 12:00 Synthetic drug identification - Dr Sean O'Halloran
12:00 - 12:30 TPMT - Dr Rhonda Maguire
12:30 - 12:40 Method Moments
12:40 - 13:30 Lunch (Mon)
POCT
13:30 - 14:00 Arterial Blood Gases - Dr Michael Page
14:00 - 14:30 Blood gas testing and beyond - Ms Christine Mandelt
14:30 - 15:00 Point of Care Testing - Mr Rob White
15:00 - 15:15 Quiz
15:15 - 15:45 Afternoon Tea (Mon)
15:45 - 16:15 Cases - Dr Chris Florkowski
16:15 - 16:45 Cases - Dr Chanika Ariyawansa
16:45 - 17:15 Meet the Examiners
17:15 - 18:15
Welcome Drinks
Day 1 Closes

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

8:30 - 17:00
Registration Open (Tues)
NEONATES
9:00 - 9:30 Neonatal biochemical emergencies - Dr Barry Lewis
9:30 - 10:00 Newborn Screening - Mr Lawrence Greed
10:00 - 10:30 Mitochondrial disease - Dr Jonathan Grasko
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea (Tues)
GENETICS/INBORN ERRORS
11:00 - 11:30 Genomics and precision medicine - Dr John Beilby
11:30 - 12:00 NGS - Dr Richard Allcock
12:00 - 12:30 Ethics and genetic testing - Dr Peter O'Leary
12:30 - 12:40 Method Moments (Tues)
12:40 - 13:30 Lunch (Tues)
AUTOMATION/LIS/LAB MANAGEMENT
13:30 - 14:00 Lab Management - Dr Johan Conradie
14:00 - 14:30 Implementing a new LIS - Mr Robin Williams
14:30 - 15:00 GLP build - Mr Bill McConnell
15:00 - 15:30 Afternoon Tea (Tues)
PREANALYTICAL/ PHYSIOLOGY
15:30 - 16:00 Analytical interferences - Mr Ramon Lambert
16:00 - 16:30 Serum indices RCPAQAP - Mr Craig Baker
16:30 - 17:00 Xanthochromia - Ms Nicola Sawyer
17:00 - 17:15 Crossword
Day 2 Closes
8:30 - 17:00
Registration Open (Tues)
NEONATES
9:00 - 9:30 Neonatal biochemical emergencies - Dr Barry Lewis
9:30 - 10:00 Newborn Screening - Mr Lawrence Greed
10:00 - 10:30 Mitochondrial disease - Dr Jonathan Grasko
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea (Tues)
GENETICS/INBORN ERRORS
11:00 - 11:30 Genomics and precision medicine - Dr John Beilby
11:30 - 12:00 NGS - Dr Richard Allcock
12:00 - 12:30 Ethics and genetic testing - Dr Peter O'Leary
12:30 - 12:40 Method Moments (Tues)
12:40 - 13:30 Lunch (Tues)
AUTOMATION/LIS/LAB MANAGEMENT
13:30 - 14:00 Lab Management - Dr Johan Conradie
14:00 - 14:30 Implementing a new LIS - Mr Robin Williams
14:30 - 15:00 GLP build - Mr Bill McConnell
15:00 - 15:30 Afternoon Tea (Tues)
PREANALYTICAL/ PHYSIOLOGY
15:30 - 16:00 Analytical interferences - Mr Ramon Lambert
16:00 - 16:30 Serum indices RCPAQAP - Mr Craig Baker
16:30 - 17:00 Xanthochromia - Ms Nicola Sawyer
17:00 - 17:15 Crossword
Day 2 Closes

8:30 - 17:00
Registration Open (Tues)
NEONATES
9:00 - 9:30 Neonatal biochemical emergencies - Dr Barry Lewis
9:30 - 10:00 Newborn Screening - Mr Lawrence Greed
10:00 - 10:30 Mitochondrial disease - Dr Jonathan Grasko
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea (Tues)
GENETICS/INBORN ERRORS
11:00 - 11:30 Genomics and precision medicine - Dr John Beilby
11:30 - 12:00 NGS - Dr Richard Allcock
12:00 - 12:30 Ethics and genetic testing - Dr Peter O'Leary
12:30 - 12:40 Method Moments (Tues)
12:40 - 13:30 Lunch (Tues)
AUTOMATION/LIS/LAB MANAGEMENT
13:30 - 14:00 Lab Management - Dr Johan Conradie
14:00 - 14:30 Implementing a new LIS - Mr Robin Williams
14:30 - 15:00 GLP build - Mr Bill McConnell
15:00 - 15:30 Afternoon Tea (Tues)
PREANALYTICAL/ PHYSIOLOGY
15:30 - 16:00 Analytical interferences - Mr Ramon Lambert
16:00 - 16:30 Serum indices RCPAQAP - Mr Craig Baker
16:30 - 17:00 Xanthochromia - Ms Nicola Sawyer
17:00 - 17:15 Crossword
Day 2 Closes

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

8:00 - 12:30
Registration Open (Wed)
CALCIUM/BONE
8:30 - 9:00 Standardisation of PTH and vitamin D assays - Dr Sam Vasikaran
9:00 - 9:30 Primary hyperparathyroidism: new approaches to diagnosis - Dr Paul Glendenning
9:30 - 10:00 Bone markers - Dr Paul Chubb
10:00 - 10:30 Geoffrey Kellerman Award Presentation
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea (Wed)
LIVER/VITAMINS
11:00 - 11:30 Liver fibrosis markers - Mr John Joseph
11:30 - 12:00 Iron overload and hereditary haemochromatosis - Dr Cyril Mamotte
12:00 - 12:30 Vitamin B12 and folate - Dr Christina Trambas
12:30 - 12:40 Method Moments (Wed)
12:40 - 13:00 Quiz (Wed)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch (Wed)
Day 3 Closes - Free Afternoon
8:00 - 12:30
Registration Open (Wed)
CALCIUM/BONE
8:30 - 9:00 Standardisation of PTH and vitamin D assays - Dr Sam Vasikaran
9:00 - 9:30 Primary hyperparathyroidism: new approaches to diagnosis - Dr Paul Glendenning
9:30 - 10:00 Bone markers - Dr Paul Chubb
10:00 - 10:30 Geoffrey Kellerman Award Presentation
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea (Wed)
LIVER/VITAMINS
11:00 - 11:30 Liver fibrosis markers - Mr John Joseph
11:30 - 12:00 Iron overload and hereditary haemochromatosis - Dr Cyril Mamotte
12:00 - 12:30 Vitamin B12 and folate - Dr Christina Trambas
12:30 - 12:40 Method Moments (Wed)
12:40 - 13:00 Quiz (Wed)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch (Wed)
Day 3 Closes - Free Afternoon

8:00 - 12:30
Registration Open (Wed)
CALCIUM/BONE
8:30 - 9:00 Standardisation of PTH and vitamin D assays - Dr Sam Vasikaran
9:00 - 9:30 Primary hyperparathyroidism: new approaches to diagnosis - Dr Paul Glendenning
9:30 - 10:00 Bone markers - Dr Paul Chubb
10:00 - 10:30 Geoffrey Kellerman Award Presentation
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea (Wed)
LIVER/VITAMINS
11:00 - 11:30 Liver fibrosis markers - Mr John Joseph
11:30 - 12:00 Iron overload and hereditary haemochromatosis - Dr Cyril Mamotte
12:00 - 12:30 Vitamin B12 and folate - Dr Christina Trambas
12:30 - 12:40 Method Moments (Wed)
12:40 - 13:00 Quiz (Wed)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch (Wed)
Day 3 Closes - Free Afternoon

Thursday, February 6, 2020

8:30 - 17:00
Registration Open (Thurs)
REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY
9:00 - 9:30 PCOS - Dr Ee Mun Lim
9:30 - 10:00 Female hypogonadism - Dr Kalani Kahapola Arachchige
10:00 - 10:30 Steroid profiling - Ms Conchita Boyder
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea (Thurs)
ENDOCRINE - HYPERTENSION
11:00 - 11:30 Primary aldosteronism - Dr Aaron Simpson
11:30 - 12:00 Endocrine hypertension - Dr Simon Carrivick
12:00 - 12:30 Dynamic Testing - Dr Wayne Rankin
12:30 - 12:40 Method Moments (Thurs)
12:40 - 13:30 Lunch (Thurs)
QC/QAP
13:30 - 14:00 Statistics in QC - Ms Elizabeth Byrnes
14:00 - 14:30 RCPAQAP Body Fluids program - Ms Rizzi De Leon
14:30 - 15:00 RCPAQAP Z scores and other performance measures - Mr Peter Graham
15:00 - 15:30 Afternoon Tea (Thurs)
GENERAL ENDOCRINOLOGY
15:30 - 16:00 Streptavidin antibody interference in immunoassays - Ms Holly Pawson
16:00 - 16:30 Gender affirming hormonal therapy: Case studies - Dr David Henley
16:30 - 17:00 Gender identity and the laboratory - Dr Melissa Gillett
17:00 - 17:15 Crossword (Thurs)
Day 4 Closes
19:00 - 22:00 Optional Dinner
8:30 - 17:00
Registration Open (Thurs)
REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY
9:00 - 9:30 PCOS - Dr Ee Mun Lim
9:30 - 10:00 Female hypogonadism - Dr Kalani Kahapola Arachchige
10:00 - 10:30 Steroid profiling - Ms Conchita Boyder
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea (Thurs)
ENDOCRINE - HYPERTENSION
11:00 - 11:30 Primary aldosteronism - Dr Aaron Simpson
11:30 - 12:00 Endocrine hypertension - Dr Simon Carrivick
12:00 - 12:30 Dynamic Testing - Dr Wayne Rankin
12:30 - 12:40 Method Moments (Thurs)
12:40 - 13:30 Lunch (Thurs)
QC/QAP
13:30 - 14:00 Statistics in QC - Ms Elizabeth Byrnes
14:00 - 14:30 RCPAQAP Body Fluids program - Ms Rizzi De Leon
14:30 - 15:00 RCPAQAP Z scores and other performance measures - Mr Peter Graham
15:00 - 15:30 Afternoon Tea (Thurs)
GENERAL ENDOCRINOLOGY
15:30 - 16:00 Streptavidin antibody interference in immunoassays - Ms Holly Pawson
16:00 - 16:30 Gender affirming hormonal therapy: Case studies - Dr David Henley
16:30 - 17:00 Gender identity and the laboratory - Dr Melissa Gillett
17:00 - 17:15 Crossword (Thurs)
Day 4 Closes
19:00 - 22:00 Optional Dinner

8:30 - 17:00
Registration Open (Thurs)
REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY
9:00 - 9:30 PCOS - Dr Ee Mun Lim
9:30 - 10:00 Female hypogonadism - Dr Kalani Kahapola Arachchige
10:00 - 10:30 Steroid profiling - Ms Conchita Boyder
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea (Thurs)
ENDOCRINE - HYPERTENSION
11:00 - 11:30 Primary aldosteronism - Dr Aaron Simpson
11:30 - 12:00 Endocrine hypertension - Dr Simon Carrivick
12:00 - 12:30 Dynamic Testing - Dr Wayne Rankin
12:30 - 12:40 Method Moments (Thurs)
12:40 - 13:30 Lunch (Thurs)
QC/QAP
13:30 - 14:00 Statistics in QC - Ms Elizabeth Byrnes
14:00 - 14:30 RCPAQAP Body Fluids program - Ms Rizzi De Leon
14:30 - 15:00 RCPAQAP Z scores and other performance measures - Mr Peter Graham
15:00 - 15:30 Afternoon Tea (Thurs)
GENERAL ENDOCRINOLOGY
15:30 - 16:00 Streptavidin antibody interference in immunoassays - Ms Holly Pawson
16:00 - 16:30 Gender affirming hormonal therapy: Case studies - Dr David Henley
16:30 - 17:00 Gender identity and the laboratory - Dr Melissa Gillett
17:00 - 17:15 Crossword (Thurs)
Day 4 Closes
19:00 - 22:00 Optional Dinner

Friday, February 7, 2020

8:30 - 12:30
Registration Open (Fri)
GLUCOSE/DIABETES
9:00 - 9:30 Glucose measurement - Mr Greg Ward
9:30 - 10:00 HbA1c measurement and interpretation - Dr Chris Farrell
10:00 - 10:30 Gestational diabetes - Dr Tina Yen
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea (Fri)
NATA/IN-HOUSE IVD/QUALITY
11:00 - 11:30 How to prepare for a NATA visit - Mrs Katherine Smith
11:30 - 12:00 Developing an in-house IVD - Dr Brian Cooke
12:00 - 12:30 Quality systems/management - Mr David Hughes
12:30 - 12:40 Method Moments (Fri)
12:40 - 13:00 Quiz (Fri)
13:00 - 14:00 Closing Lunch
Course Closes
8:30 - 12:30
Registration Open (Fri)
GLUCOSE/DIABETES
9:00 - 9:30 Glucose measurement - Mr Greg Ward
9:30 - 10:00 HbA1c measurement and interpretation - Dr Chris Farrell
10:00 - 10:30 Gestational diabetes - Dr Tina Yen
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea (Fri)
NATA/IN-HOUSE IVD/QUALITY
11:00 - 11:30 How to prepare for a NATA visit - Mrs Katherine Smith
11:30 - 12:00 Developing an in-house IVD - Dr Brian Cooke
12:00 - 12:30 Quality systems/management - Mr David Hughes
12:30 - 12:40 Method Moments (Fri)
12:40 - 13:00 Quiz (Fri)
13:00 - 14:00 Closing Lunch
Course Closes

8:30 - 12:30
Registration Open (Fri)
GLUCOSE/DIABETES
9:00 - 9:30 Glucose measurement - Mr Greg Ward
9:30 - 10:00 HbA1c measurement and interpretation - Dr Chris Farrell
10:00 - 10:30 Gestational diabetes - Dr Tina Yen
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea (Fri)
NATA/IN-HOUSE IVD/QUALITY
11:00 - 11:30 How to prepare for a NATA visit - Mrs Katherine Smith
11:30 - 12:00 Developing an in-house IVD - Dr Brian Cooke
12:00 - 12:30 Quality systems/management - Mr David Hughes
12:30 - 12:40 Method Moments (Fri)
12:40 - 13:00 Quiz (Fri)
13:00 - 14:00 Closing Lunch
Course Closes


Course Secretariat Contact:
Lisa King, Event Manager
AACB, PO Box 7336, Alexandria NSW 2015
P: 02 9669 6600 | E: lisa@aacb.asn.au 

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