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SUMMARY:QMWS & AFMW Open Forum 19 Aug - "Time for Reform of the Mental Health System?"
DESCRIPTION:Please join the QMWS for our August Meeting on “Time for Reform of the Mental Health System in Australia?”. \nAbout\nKeynote speaker at the event is Dr Christel Middeldorp\, Professor of Child and Youth Psychiatry and co-chair of the Strategy expert group. She will update us on the brand-new National Children’s Mental Health and Wellbeing strategy. This has become even more important with the added stressors of the Covid pandemic. \nUnfortunately\, given recent and ongoing COVID-19 spread in Qld\, and consistent with advice regarding current COVID-restrictions\, we have made the decision to move our August dinner meeting to an online platform.   \nThe event is generously sponsored by Eve Health\, providers of excellence in women’s healthcare since 2007. \n\nProfessor Christel Middeldorp\nDr Christel Middeldorp is Professor of Child & Youth Psychiatry\, a conjoint position with the University of Queensland and Children’s Health Queensland. Her research focuses on improving the identification of children that are at risk for a chronic course of their mental disorder and to develop treatment targeted at these groups to prevent an unfavourable course. \nIn 2019\, she was appointed by minister Greg Hunt to co-chair the expert group for the National Children’s Mental Health and Wellbeing strategy. In 2017 she received the international scholar award from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. \n  \n \n\nDetails\nDate/Time: Thursday\, August 19\, 6.30 for 7pm start.\nLocation: Zoom online \n  \nRegister\nTickets available via Humantix \nBookings by AFMW members and network are welcome. \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n Associate Professor Magdalena Simonis AM\, AFMW Immediate Past PresidentAssociate Professor Magdalena Simonis AM is a Past President of the AFMW (2020-2023)\, former President of VMWS (2013 & 2017-2020) and current AFMW National Coordinator (2024-2026). She is a full time clinician who also holds positions on several not for profit organisations\, driven by her passion for bridging gaps across the health sector. She is a leading women’s health expert\, keynote speaker\, climate change and gender equity advocate and government advisor. Magda is member of The Australian Health Team contributing monthly articles. \nMagdalena was awarded a lifetime membership of the RACGP for her contributions which include past chair of Women in General Practice\, longstanding contribution to the RACGP Expert Committee Quality Care\, the RACGP eHealth Expert Committee. She is regularly invited to comment on primary care research though mainstream and medical media and contributes articles on various health issues through newsGP and other publications. \nMagdalena has represented the RACGP at senate enquiries and has worked on several National Health Framework reviews. She is author of the RACGP Guide on Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery and co-reviewer of the RACGP Red Book Women’s Health Chapter\, and reviewer of the RACGP White book \nBoth an RACGP examiner and University examiner\, she undertakes general practice research and is a GP Educator with the Safer Families Centre of Research Excellence\, which develops education tools to assist the primary care sector identify\, respond to and manage family violence . Roles outside of RACGP include the Strategy and Policy Committee for Breast Cancer Network Australia\, Board Director of the Melbourne University Teaching Health Clinics and the elected GP representative to the AMA Federal Council. In 2022. she was award the AMA (Vic) Patrick Pritzwald-Steggman Award 2022\, which celebrates a doctor who has made an exceptional contribution to the wellbeing of their colleagues and the community and was listed as Women’s Agenda 2022 finalist for Emerging Leader in Health. \nMagdalena has presented at the United Nations as part of the Australian Assembly and was appointed the Australian representative to the World Health Organisation\, World Assembly on COVID 19\, by the Medical Women’s International Association (MWIA) in 2021. In 2023\, A/Professor Simonis was included on the King’s COVID-19 Champion’s list and was also awarded a Member (AM) in the General Division for significant service to medicine through a range of roles and to women’s health.
URL:https://afmw.org.au/event/qmws-time-for-reform-of-the-mental-health-system/
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