2024 RCPA AACB
Chemical Pathology Course
5-9 February 2024 | Rydges Melbourne | Melbourne VIC
Program
Times are based on Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time, AEDT.
| Monday 5 February 2024 | |||
| 8.50am - 9.00am | Welcome | CPC Committee | |
| 9.00am - 9.30am | The bone remodelling cycle and clinical utility of bone turnover markers in adults | 2O | Dr Paul Glendenning |
| 9.30am - 10.00am | Quality indicators in laboratory medicine: principles and practice | 5E | Mr Robert Flatman |
| 10.00am - 10.30am | Spurious electrolyte and acid-base disorders in the patient with cancer | 2C | Mr Peter Ward |
| 10.30am - 11.00am | Morning tea | ||
| 11.00am - 11.30am | Laboratory investigations of heavy metal poisoning | 4H | Dr Khin Moe Sam |
| 11.30am - 12.00pm | The investigation of interferences in immunoassay | 1N | Mr Leo Luk |
| 12.00pm - 12.30pm | Demand management strategies | 5I | A/Prof Ken Sikaris |
| 12.30pm - 12.40pm | Method moments (ketones) | 2E | Mr Peter Ward |
| 12.40pm - 1.30pm | Lunch | ||
| 1.30pm - 2.00pm | Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy | 1S | Ms Jane Kerridge |
| 2.00pm - 2.30pm | Screening and diagnosis of X-linked hypophosphataemia | 2D | Dr Michael Theophilos |
| 2.30pm - 3.00pm | Lipid therapies | 2H | A/Prof Damon Bell |
| 3.00pm - 3.30pm | Afternoon tea | ||
| 3.30pm - 4.00pm | The present and future of lipid testing in cardiovascular risk assessment | 2K | A/Prof Damon Bell |
| 4.00pm - 4.15pm | Quiz | ||
| 4.15pm - 5.00pm | Meet the examiners | Examiners | |
| 5.00pm-6.00pm | Welcome Drinks | ||
| Tuesday 6 February 2024 | |||
| 9.00am - 9.30am | Laboratory investigations of gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumours | 2DD | Dr Ailie Connell |
| 9.30am - 10.00am | Setting analytical performance specifications | 5F | Dr Chris Farrell |
| 10.00am - 10.30am | Laboratory investigations of heart failure | 2N | Dr Christina Trambas |
| 10.30am - 11.00am | Morning tea | ||
| 11.00am - 11.30am | Laboratory investigations of hypoglycaemia in childhood | 2W | Dr Karen Rankin |
| 11.30am - 12.00pm | Pseudo-monoclonal gammopathy | 2H | Dr Anfernee Tseng |
| 12.00pm - 12.30pm | Point-of-care glucose testing in the acute hospital settings | 5L | Dr Elizabeth Byrnes |
| 12.30pm - 12.40pm | Method moments (chromogranin A) | 2H | Ms Jane Kerridge |
| 12.40pm - 1.30pm | Lunch | ||
| 1.30pm - 2.00pm | Assessing the quality of diagnostic accuracy studies | 5F | Miss Judy Lai |
| 2.00pm - 2.30pm | Lot-to-lot reagent verification | 5K | Dr Chris Farrell |
| 2.30pm - 3.00pm | Laboratory investigations of bone disorders in childhood | 2W | Dr Candy Ng |
| 3.00pm - 3.30pm | Afternoon tea | ||
| 3.30pm - 4.00pm | Commutability of EQA materials | 5E | Mr Abrar Taif |
| 4.00pm - 4.45pm | Cases (paediatric) | 2W | Dr Joel Smith |
| 4.45pm - 5.00pm | Quiz | ||
| Wednesday 7 February 2024 | |||
| 9.00am - 9.30am | Malnutrition: laboratory markers and nutritional assessment | 2V | Mr David Hughes |
| 9.30am - 10.00am | Serum free light chains in clinical laboratory diagnostics | 2H | Dr Nilika Wijeratne |
| 10.00am - 10.30am | Geoffrey Kellerman Award & Presentation | ||
| 10.30am - 11.00am | Morning tea | ||
| 11.00am - 11.30am | Urine toxicology screening by liquid chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry | 4E | Dr Jeff Pope |
| 11.30am - 12.00pm | Cases (non-standard body fluids) | 2BB/2CC | Dr Que Lam |
| 12.00pm - 12.30pm | Evaluating the clinical utility of medical tests | 5I | Dr Andrew Carter |
| 12.30pm - 12.40pm | Method moments (1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D) | 2D | Mr David Hughes |
| 12.40pm – 1.00pm | Quiz | ||
| 1.00pm - 2.00pm | Lunch | ||
| Free Afternoon | |||
| Thursday 8 February 2024 | |||
| 9.00am - 9.30am | Faecal analysis in clinical chemistry | 2I | Dr Marie van Drimmelen |
| 9.30am - 10.00am | Laboratory investigations of thyroid conditions | 2R | Mr Craig Baker |
| 10.00am - 10.30am | Age-related changes in the endocrine systems | 2Q | Dr Louise Prentice |
| 10.30am - 11.00am | Morning tea | ||
| 11.00am - 11.30am | Changes in laboratory results in transgender individuals on hormone therapy | 5H | A/Prof Cherie Chiang |
| 11.30am - 12.00pm | Laboratory investigations of acute kidney injury | 2D | Dr Wayne Rankin |
| 12.00pm - 12.30pm | Clinical laboratory testing for monoclonal antibody therapeutics | 4C | Dr Marcela Nascimento |
| 12.30pm - 12.40pm | Method moments (cystatin C) | 2O | Mr Craig Baker |
| 12.40pm - 1.30pm | Lunch | ||
| 1.30pm - 2.00pm | Clinical applications of pharmacogenomics | 4B | Dr Abhijit Kulkarni |
| 2.00pm - 2.30pm | Laboratory investigations of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in children | 2W | Dr Sandhya Ramakrishna |
| 2.30pm - 3.00pm | Point-of-care testing with high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays | 2M | Prof Hans Schneider |
| 3.00pm - 3.30pm | Afternoon tea | ||
| 3.30pm - 4.00pm | Clinical applications of cell-free DNA analysis | 3B | A/Prof Mirette Saad |
| 4.00pm - 4.45pm | Cases (cardiovascular and kidney diseases) | 2D/2L | Dr David Deam |
| 4.45pm - 5.00pm | Quiz | ||
| 6.30pm | Optional Dinner | ||
| Friday 9 February 2024 | |||
| 9.00am - 9.30am | Challenges in paediatric reference intervals | 2W | A/Prof Zhong Lu |
| 9.30am - 10.00am | Laboratory investigations of children with short stature | 2X | Dr James Doery |
| 10.00am - 10.30am | Dried blood spot analysis by mass spectrometry | 1R | Dr Rosita Zakaria |
| 10.30am - 11.00am | Morning tea | ||
| 11.00am - 11.30am | Newborn screening for congenital hypothyroidism | 2W | A/Prof Ronda Greaves |
| 11.30am - 12.00pm | Current and emerging technologies for the screening and diagnosis of neonatal jaundice | 2W | Ms Mercy Thomas |
| 12.00pm - 12.45pm | Cases (inborn errors of metabolism) | 2X | Dr Joy Lee |
| 12.45pm - 1.00pm | Quiz | ||
| 1.00pm - 2.00pm | Closing Lunch |
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