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Thursday, June 25, 2026








Friday, June 26, 2026

Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM RDAQ Members Forum Breakfast
8:45 AM - 8:55 AM
Comfort break (Friday)
Friday morning plenary
8:55 AM - 8:59 AM Plenary welcome (Friday morning)
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM Spotlight: Paediatric asthma update
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM Spotlight: Melioidosis
9:50 AM - 10:20 AM Panel: Continuity, community and care: What the single employer model might teach us
10:25 AM - 10:55 AM
Morning Tea (Friday)
11:00 AM - 11:55 AM Concurrent 1 - Rural Maternity Services Peer Network Concurrent 2 - Old time medicine for old-timers: A pragmatic approach to rural aged care Concurrent 3 - Providing voluntary assisted dying in small communities Concurrent 4 - Agricultural Zoonoses: Leptospirosis and Q Fever
12:00 PM - 12:55 PM Concurrent 5 - Remote and Rural GP Network Concurrent 6 - Low oestrogen states: A masterclass in misery Concurrent 7 - Navigating the journey of a complaint or lawsuit Concurrent 8 - A practical approach to persistent pain: Getting better outcomes for our rural patients
12:55 PM - 1:50 PM
Lunch (Friday)
Friday afternoon plenary
1:55 PM - 2:15 PM Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway presentation
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM Plenary welcome (Friday afternoon)
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM Spotlight: Lung cancer screening update
2:40 PM - 2:55 PM Panel: Legacy Vs Logic: Can we draw a roadmap towards a sustainable medical workforce for rural hospitals?
2:55 PM - 3:25 PM Rural Health Policy Forum
3:25 PM - 3:55 PM
Afternoon Tea (Friday)
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Friday Night Social


Track 1
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM RDAQ Members Forum Breakfast
8:45 AM - 8:55 AM
Comfort break (Friday)
Friday morning plenary
8:55 AM - 8:59 AM Plenary welcome (Friday morning)
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM Spotlight: Paediatric asthma update
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM Spotlight: Melioidosis
9:50 AM - 10:20 AM Panel: Continuity, community and care: What the single employer model might teach us
10:25 AM - 10:55 AM
Morning Tea (Friday)
11:00 AM - 11:55 AM Concurrent 1 - Rural Maternity Services Peer Network
12:00 PM - 12:55 PM Concurrent 5 - Remote and Rural GP Network
12:55 PM - 1:50 PM
Lunch (Friday)
Friday afternoon plenary
1:55 PM - 2:15 PM Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway presentation
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM Plenary welcome (Friday afternoon)
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM Spotlight: Lung cancer screening update
2:40 PM - 2:55 PM Panel: Legacy Vs Logic: Can we draw a roadmap towards a sustainable medical workforce for rural hospitals?
2:55 PM - 3:25 PM Rural Health Policy Forum
3:25 PM - 3:55 PM
Afternoon Tea (Friday)
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Friday Night Social

Track 2
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM RDAQ Members Forum Breakfast
8:45 AM - 8:55 AM
Comfort break (Friday)
Friday morning plenary
8:55 AM - 8:59 AM Plenary welcome (Friday morning)
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM Spotlight: Paediatric asthma update
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM Spotlight: Melioidosis
9:50 AM - 10:20 AM Panel: Continuity, community and care: What the single employer model might teach us
10:25 AM - 10:55 AM
Morning Tea (Friday)
11:00 AM - 11:55 AM Concurrent 2 - Old time medicine for old-timers: A pragmatic approach to rural aged care
12:00 PM - 12:55 PM Concurrent 6 - Low oestrogen states: A masterclass in misery
12:55 PM - 1:50 PM
Lunch (Friday)
Friday afternoon plenary
1:55 PM - 2:15 PM Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway presentation
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM Plenary welcome (Friday afternoon)
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM Spotlight: Lung cancer screening update
2:40 PM - 2:55 PM Panel: Legacy Vs Logic: Can we draw a roadmap towards a sustainable medical workforce for rural hospitals?
2:55 PM - 3:25 PM Rural Health Policy Forum
3:25 PM - 3:55 PM
Afternoon Tea (Friday)
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Friday Night Social

Track 3
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM RDAQ Members Forum Breakfast
8:45 AM - 8:55 AM
Comfort break (Friday)
Friday morning plenary
8:55 AM - 8:59 AM Plenary welcome (Friday morning)
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM Spotlight: Paediatric asthma update
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM Spotlight: Melioidosis
9:50 AM - 10:20 AM Panel: Continuity, community and care: What the single employer model might teach us
10:25 AM - 10:55 AM
Morning Tea (Friday)
11:00 AM - 11:55 AM Concurrent 3 - Providing voluntary assisted dying in small communities
12:00 PM - 12:55 PM Concurrent 7 - Navigating the journey of a complaint or lawsuit
12:55 PM - 1:50 PM
Lunch (Friday)
Friday afternoon plenary
1:55 PM - 2:15 PM Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway presentation
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM Plenary welcome (Friday afternoon)
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM Spotlight: Lung cancer screening update
2:40 PM - 2:55 PM Panel: Legacy Vs Logic: Can we draw a roadmap towards a sustainable medical workforce for rural hospitals?
2:55 PM - 3:25 PM Rural Health Policy Forum
3:25 PM - 3:55 PM
Afternoon Tea (Friday)
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Friday Night Social

Track 4
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM RDAQ Members Forum Breakfast
8:45 AM - 8:55 AM
Comfort break (Friday)
Friday morning plenary
8:55 AM - 8:59 AM Plenary welcome (Friday morning)
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM Spotlight: Paediatric asthma update
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM Spotlight: Melioidosis
9:50 AM - 10:20 AM Panel: Continuity, community and care: What the single employer model might teach us
10:25 AM - 10:55 AM
Morning Tea (Friday)
11:00 AM - 11:55 AM Concurrent 4 - Agricultural Zoonoses: Leptospirosis and Q Fever
12:00 PM - 12:55 PM Concurrent 8 - A practical approach to persistent pain: Getting better outcomes for our rural patients
12:55 PM - 1:50 PM
Lunch (Friday)
Friday afternoon plenary
1:55 PM - 2:15 PM Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway presentation
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM Plenary welcome (Friday afternoon)
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM Spotlight: Lung cancer screening update
2:40 PM - 2:55 PM Panel: Legacy Vs Logic: Can we draw a roadmap towards a sustainable medical workforce for rural hospitals?
2:55 PM - 3:25 PM Rural Health Policy Forum
3:25 PM - 3:55 PM
Afternoon Tea (Friday)
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Friday Night Social


Saturday, June 27, 2026

Track 1
Track 2
7:55 AM - 9:10 AM RDAQ Drs in Rural Training Network with light breakfast (early career doctors and students)
Rural Workforce Forum with breakfast
9:10 AM - 9:30 AM
Comfort break (Saturday)
Saturday morning plenary
9:30 AM - 9:32 AM Plenary welcome (Saturday morning)
9:32 AM - 10:25 AM Trauma - the numbers and the people
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM Spotlight: “Knock Knock? Who’s there?” – Concussion, the invisible injury..
10:50 AM - 11:20 AM
Morning Tea (Saturday)
11:20 AM - 12:15 PM Concurrent 9A - Specialists and Advanced Skills Peer Network Concurrent 9B - Aus Drs Trained Overseas Peer Network
12:15 PM - 1:10 PM
Lunch (Saturday)
Saturday afternoon plenary
1:15 PM - 1:20 PM Plenary welcome (Saturday afternoon)
1:20 PM - 1:40 PM Spotlight: Occupational Lung Disease
1:40 PM - 1:45 PM Government address: Michael Healy MP
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM Keynote: The cost of ambition: a diptych
2:15 PM - 2:25 PM Close of conference
2:25 PM - 2:50 PM
Afternoon Tea (Saturday)
2:50 PM - 3:40 PM RDAQ AGM
6:30 PM - 11:30 PM RDAQ David Horn Memorial Gala Ball & Awards Dinner


Track 5
7:55 AM - 9:10 AM RDAQ Drs in Rural Training Network with light breakfast (early career doctors and students)
Rural Workforce Forum with breakfast
9:10 AM - 9:30 AM
Comfort break (Saturday)
Saturday morning plenary
9:30 AM - 9:32 AM Plenary welcome (Saturday morning)
9:32 AM - 10:25 AM Trauma - the numbers and the people
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM Spotlight: “Knock Knock? Who’s there?” – Concussion, the invisible injury..
10:50 AM - 11:20 AM
Morning Tea (Saturday)
11:20 AM - 12:15 PM Concurrent 12 - When the heart fights back: A modern approach to myocarditis and pericarditis
12:15 PM - 1:10 PM
Lunch (Saturday)
Saturday afternoon plenary
1:15 PM - 1:20 PM Plenary welcome (Saturday afternoon)
1:20 PM - 1:40 PM Spotlight: Occupational Lung Disease
1:40 PM - 1:45 PM Government address: Michael Healy MP
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM Keynote: The cost of ambition: a diptych
2:15 PM - 2:25 PM Close of conference
2:25 PM - 2:50 PM
Afternoon Tea (Saturday)
2:50 PM - 3:40 PM
Free time
6:30 PM - 11:30 PM RDAQ David Horn Memorial Gala Ball & Awards Dinner

Track 1
7:55 AM - 9:10 AM RDAQ Drs in Rural Training Network with light breakfast (early career doctors and students)
Rural Workforce Forum with breakfast
9:10 AM - 9:30 AM
Comfort break (Saturday)
Saturday morning plenary
9:30 AM - 9:32 AM Plenary welcome (Saturday morning)
9:32 AM - 10:25 AM Trauma - the numbers and the people
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM Spotlight: “Knock Knock? Who’s there?” – Concussion, the invisible injury..
10:50 AM - 11:20 AM
Morning Tea (Saturday)
11:20 AM - 12:15 PM Concurrent 9A - Specialists and Advanced Skills Peer Network
12:15 PM - 1:10 PM
Lunch (Saturday)
Saturday afternoon plenary
1:15 PM - 1:20 PM Plenary welcome (Saturday afternoon)
1:20 PM - 1:40 PM Spotlight: Occupational Lung Disease
1:40 PM - 1:45 PM Government address: Michael Healy MP
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM Keynote: The cost of ambition: a diptych
2:15 PM - 2:25 PM Close of conference
2:25 PM - 2:50 PM
Afternoon Tea (Saturday)
2:50 PM - 3:40 PM RDAQ AGM
6:30 PM - 11:30 PM RDAQ David Horn Memorial Gala Ball & Awards Dinner

Track 2
7:55 AM - 9:10 AM RDAQ Drs in Rural Training Network with light breakfast (early career doctors and students)
Rural Workforce Forum with breakfast
9:10 AM - 9:30 AM
Comfort break (Saturday)
Saturday morning plenary
9:30 AM - 9:32 AM Plenary welcome (Saturday morning)
9:32 AM - 10:25 AM Trauma - the numbers and the people
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM Spotlight: “Knock Knock? Who’s there?” – Concussion, the invisible injury..
10:50 AM - 11:20 AM
Morning Tea (Saturday)
11:20 AM - 12:15 PM Concurrent 9B - Aus Drs Trained Overseas Peer Network
12:15 PM - 1:10 PM
Lunch (Saturday)
Saturday afternoon plenary
1:15 PM - 1:20 PM Plenary welcome (Saturday afternoon)
1:20 PM - 1:40 PM Spotlight: Occupational Lung Disease
1:40 PM - 1:45 PM Government address: Michael Healy MP
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM Keynote: The cost of ambition: a diptych
2:15 PM - 2:25 PM Close of conference
2:25 PM - 2:50 PM
Afternoon Tea (Saturday)
2:50 PM - 3:40 PM RDAQ AGM
6:30 PM - 11:30 PM RDAQ David Horn Memorial Gala Ball & Awards Dinner


Track 4
7:55 AM - 9:10 AM RDAQ Drs in Rural Training Network with light breakfast (early career doctors and students)
Rural Workforce Forum with breakfast
9:10 AM - 9:30 AM
Comfort break (Saturday)
Saturday morning plenary
9:30 AM - 9:32 AM Plenary welcome (Saturday morning)
9:32 AM - 10:25 AM Trauma - the numbers and the people
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM Spotlight: “Knock Knock? Who’s there?” – Concussion, the invisible injury..
10:50 AM - 11:20 AM
Morning Tea (Saturday)
11:20 AM - 12:15 PM Concurrent 11 - Vicarious trauma
12:15 PM - 1:10 PM
Lunch (Saturday)
Saturday afternoon plenary
1:15 PM - 1:20 PM Plenary welcome (Saturday afternoon)
1:20 PM - 1:40 PM Spotlight: Occupational Lung Disease
1:40 PM - 1:45 PM Government address: Michael Healy MP
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM Keynote: The cost of ambition: a diptych
2:15 PM - 2:25 PM Close of conference
2:25 PM - 2:50 PM
Afternoon Tea (Saturday)
2:50 PM - 3:40 PM Clinical extension concurrent - Weight loss management and integration of GLP1RA’s into your practice
6:30 PM - 11:30 PM RDAQ David Horn Memorial Gala Ball & Awards Dinner

Track 5
7:55 AM - 9:10 AM RDAQ Drs in Rural Training Network with light breakfast (early career doctors and students)
Rural Workforce Forum with breakfast
9:10 AM - 9:30 AM
Comfort break (Saturday)
Saturday morning plenary
9:30 AM - 9:32 AM Plenary welcome (Saturday morning)
9:32 AM - 10:25 AM Trauma - the numbers and the people
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM Spotlight: “Knock Knock? Who’s there?” – Concussion, the invisible injury..
10:50 AM - 11:20 AM
Morning Tea (Saturday)
11:20 AM - 12:15 PM Concurrent 12 - When the heart fights back: A modern approach to myocarditis and pericarditis
12:15 PM - 1:10 PM
Lunch (Saturday)
Saturday afternoon plenary
1:15 PM - 1:20 PM Plenary welcome (Saturday afternoon)
1:20 PM - 1:40 PM Spotlight: Occupational Lung Disease
1:40 PM - 1:45 PM Government address: Michael Healy MP
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM Keynote: The cost of ambition: a diptych
2:15 PM - 2:25 PM Close of conference
2:25 PM - 2:50 PM
Afternoon Tea (Saturday)
2:50 PM - 3:40 PM
Free time
6:30 PM - 11:30 PM RDAQ David Horn Memorial Gala Ball & Awards Dinner


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