When
- Tuesday 28 April 2026
- 3:00pm to 4:30pm AEST
- 5:00pm to 6.30pm NZST
- 1:00pm to 2:30pm AWST
This activity will meet 1.5 ACEM CPD hours.
Current state of telehealth in the Pacific
Several Pacific Islands clinicians will share their context and challenges working in low resource settings across large distances and diverse island chains. Learn about current attempts to establish emergency telehealth services and any approaches that have shown promise, as well as the constraints that have made attempts fail.
Lessons from Australia applicable to the Pacific
Developing a framework for translation of the Western Australia Country Health Service (WACHS) Emergency Telehealth Service (ETS) experience to the Pacific and beyond. The WACHS is the largest and most isolated health jurisdiction in the world by landmass, spanning an area of 2.55 million square kilometers and serving a diverse population of 550,000. Find out about current research into how the experience of WACHS ETS may be articulated into a framework to guide the development of similar emergency virtual care services in remote, resource-constrained settings in the Pacific region and beyond.
Clinicians who work in or have set up telehealth services will also speak about key lessons identified that may be applicable to colleagues in the Pacific.
Speakers
Dr Ian Norton, FACEM, Managing Director of Respond Global. Previously manager of the EMT initiative in WHO, Geneva.
Dr Basil Leodoro, General Surgeon, Country Director of HELPR-1 Humanitarian vessel in Vanuatu.
Dr Trina Sale, Director of Emergency Department, National Referral Hospital, Honiara, Solomon Islands.
Dr Katie Perram, FACEM, Emergency Physician with WACHS Emergency Telehealth Service, Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine at Fiji National University, Emergency Specialist, Colonial War Memorial Hospital Fiji, Co-chair of Pacific Islands Continuing Health Professional Education Group.
Dr Aled Williams, FACEM, Head of Department, WA Country Health Service Emergency Telehealth Service.
Dr Vera Sistenich, FACEM, WACHS Emergency Telehealth Service, St George Hospital NSW. Former Health Policy Advisor, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva. Project Leader for Building a Health Congo initiative, NGO HandUp Congo. Oceania Coordinator, NGO Techies Without Borders.
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