ADVANCE NOTIFICATION - CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Quality Use of Medicines:
Challenges for GP, Hospital and Community
27 June, 2003
Stamford Plaza Hotel, Adelaide SA

ARCHI invites participation in our next Toolkit Seminar, Quality Use of Medicines: Challenges for GP, Hospital and Community by submitting an abstract to present at the seminar.

Aims of Seminar
· To showcase innovations projects with demonstrated outcomes where integration issues for GP, hospital and community have been addressed to optimise quality use of medicines
· To facilitate information sharing among health professionals with a focus on quality use of medicines
· To provide information about strategic directions in relation to innovations in integration and quality use of medicines.

Audience

· Allied health professionals
· Clinicians and clinical managers
· Consumers
· Divisions of General Practice
· Health consultants
· Health service executives
· Health recruitment organizations
· Hospital and community pharmacists
· Information technology professionals
· Pharmaceutical industry
· Project managers involved in initiatives related to integration and/or quality use of medicines
· Management consultants
· Policy makers
· Risk and quality managers

Call for Papers
Submissions for abstracts that relate to innovative projects that focus on quality use of medicines and integration challenges are invited. Key themes include community awareness, impact on consumer, integration, discharge planning, hospital pharmacy, patient safety, risk management, communication between specialist physicians and GPs/communication between hospital, GP, consumer and pharmacist, medication review (including within the home) appropriate prescribing, evaluation, signals for outcomes/outcomes, clinical indicators, quality of life, compliance, concordance, adherence, community nursing, outreach services.

Guidelines for Abstracts
Abstracts should:
· Be presented in Microsoft Word format
· Include the title of the proposed paper, each author's name with the name of the presenting author underlined
· Focus on the practical implementation of a project/case study where the outcomes/results have led to changes
· Be no more than 250 words in length.

Presentation Format
Abstracts accepted will be presented at the seminar as a PowerPoint presentation. In addition to the presentation, papers for accepted abstracts will also be welcomed. Presenters will be allocated a 20-minute timeslot, plus 5 minutes for discussion

Important Dates
15 April 2003 - submission of abstracts
25 April 2003 - notification of acceptance
15 June 2003 - submission of PowerPoint presentation

Presenting authors at the seminar will receive complementary registration and one night's accommodation with breakfast. Please note that flights/travel expenses to the seminar will be at the presenter's cost.

For further information:Telephone Elizabeth Sturgeon at the ARCHI National Office on
02 4985 3371 or email: elizabeth.sturgeon@hunter.health.nsw.gov.au
To find out more about ARCHI visit the website at www.archi.net.au