Registrars Afternoon Session
Date: Friday 31 May 2025
Time: 13:00 – 17:00
Location: Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
Cost: Complimentary with registration
You must be an ACD registrar in order to access this session. If you are unsure, please visit the registration page for more information on registrar qualifications.
The Registrar Afternoon Session Preliminary Program is now available and is current as of 14 February 2025.
This program is subject to change at any time. For more information on the ACD ASM 2025 Program, please contact the Conference Office on 03 9417 1350 or acdasm@thinkbusinessevents.com.au.
Registration Now Open
Please register for the ASM and add the Registrar Session under the ‘Social Events and Workshop’ page of the form.
Speakers
Dr Esther Freeman
Dr David Burdon Jones
Dr Ira va der Streenstraten
Dr Patsy Tremayne
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Esther Freeman
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Dr David Burdon-Jones trained as a dermatologist in Adelaide and has held the position of Senior Clinical Lecturer in a number of teaching hospitals, both in Australia and the UK. He is currently in private practice in Melbourne. He was a former Chief Examiner for the Australasian College of Dermatologists and has wide experience in the teaching, assessment, and examination of Dermatology Trainees. His main clinical interest is in the diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory skin conditions in adults. His research interests include Quality-of-life issues and Patient Reported Outcome Measures in non-metastatic skin cancer.
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Dr Ira van der Steenstraten trained as a psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and systems therapist in The Netherlands and worked in a variety of medical and therapeutic settings as a consultant psychiatrist.
Currently working as a Professional Coach, Ira is the founder and director of Vitae Wellbeing Leadership and Breeze Life Coaching that specialise in personal & professional wellbeing and leadership. She is a founding member of the ‘Doctors who coach Doctors’ network.
The Australian Medical Association Queensland (AMAQ) commissioned her to develop and facilitate the award-winning “Resilience on the Run” and “Wellbeing at Work” programs which were supported by Queensland Health. These programs empowered over 4000 interns to take better care of themselves and others.
Ira has a special interest in doctors’ health and wellbeing. She is the immediate past President of the Queensland Medical Women’s Society (QMWS) and the Vice President of Doctors’ Health in Queensland (DHQ) management committee.
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Dr Patsy Tremayne is a performance psychologist who has a private practice specifically focusing on performance enhancement for accredited medical trainees who need to study and pass major exams under often difficult and stressful conditions. She works with doctors around Australia and New Zealand from all the major specialties. Her PhD in Psychophysiology from the University of NSW has been particularly useful in helping doctors to study smarter through the optimal use of the brain. The key is learning to practise under pressure to perform on demand. In 2021 she was awarded a Fellowship of the Australian Psychological Society because of the diversity of her work. Patsy wrote a book in 2019 called “Ace Your Medical Exams”. Since then she has written another book with her son Kell Tremayne, called “Study Less and Still Blitz Your Medical Exams”. This latest book was released in 2022. Both books give lots of hints for registrars sitting various College exams or attending interviews to get onto training schemes.
Contact Us
If you have queries regarding the ACD ASM 2025 meeting, please contact the Conference Office.
Think Business Events
Level 1, 4 Anderson Street
Port Melbourne VIC 3207
T: +61 (0)3 9417 1350
acdasm@thinkbusinessevents.com.au
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Acknowledgement of Country
The Australasian College of Dermatologists acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which BCEC now stands. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and recognise their enduring contribution to the culture and spirit of the land.