NORTHERN TERRITORY DERMATOLOGY NURSES EDUCATION DAY
Saturday 6TH APRIL 2024
ADNA Northern Teritory Education Day Learning Objectives
Objective 1
Objective 2
Inflammatory diseases are more common than we think. Understand aetiology of psoriasis, eczema, hidradenitis suppurativa and even acne as inflammatory diseases, some treatment options—heliotherapy and mechanical phototherapy, topical steroids—when and where, and the immune response.
Objective 3
Autoimmunity in the elderly and blistering disease. Differentiate between blistering diseases—triaging them for Primary and Tertiary healthcare interventions.
Objective 4
Understand the impact of hidradenitis suppurative—what it is, who is affected and need for surgical intervention; deroofing and repair with plastics and dermatological interventions for the Northern Territory. What are ways are these skills implemented in the Top End?
Objective 5
Wounds, healing and the meaning of health and skin from Western and Indigenous perspectives. Return to your practice with holistic approaches to skin; better equipped, evidence informed.
2024 ADNA NT Education Day Program Topics
0800 Registration | Welcome | Coffee
Guest Speakers
0815 Dr Ravi Mahajani – Plastic Surgeon
0845 Prof Bart Currie – Infectious Diseases
0915 Dr Dev Tilakaratne – Phototherapy
0945 Sandra Nelson – AH sKIN
1015-1030 Morning Tea
Guest Speakers
1030 Dr Tayler Cosentino – Psoriasis
1100 Dr Victoria Rudolph-Stringer – Blistering Conditions
1130 Dr Eliza Walker – Eczema and 1st Line Treatment
1200 Q&A
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
Guest Speakers
1330 Jennifer Byrnes NP – Wounds and Treatement
1400 Danny Metin NP – Hidradenitis Suppurativa
1430 Noriko Ogo – NT and NP Pathway
1500 Travel Raffle Award & Finish