This event is open to all AAG SECG members (current members in the Student or Early Career categories) in any state or territory

AAG Victorian Division SECG are excited to announce the continuation of the AAG VIC SECG monthly webinar series in 2025, building on the success and positive feedback they received. The 30-minute webinars (20-min talk followed by 10-min Q&A) will be held monthly from 12.00-12.30pm AEST/AEDT on the second Wednesday of each month.

The Rapid Fire Presentation is the final session to conclude the webinar series. Presenters have the opportunity to showcase their work in a 5min + 2min Q&A rapid-fire format, with an award up for grabs for the top presenter.

Judges this year are AAG Victoria members Danny Hills and Dr Claudia Meyer

• 8th October 12.00pm - 1.00pm AEDT Rapid Fire Presentation
  

The line up for rapid fire presentations is as follows:

Amy Lawton
Victoria University, RMIT University
Interprofessional falls prevention for community-dwelling older adults

Anoohya Gandham
ACU
Gut Feeling: Feeding Bones Through the Microbiome

Jennifer Boak
La Trobe University
Enhancing the clinician's detection of care complexity among older people living in the community

Yuxing (Joyce) Liu
Monash University
Building Safer Nights: Reducing Sedative Risks in Dementia

Kyungmin (Kirsten) Lee
Monash University
Establishing Evidence for Clinical Practice Guidelines on Ketamine and Esketamine for Major Depressive Disorder: Geriatric Focus

Rakiza Hussein
Griffith University
The Impact of AI Disruption on Professional Identity and Career Intentions Among Senior Doctors

Previously in this series:

• 12th March 12.00pm - 12.30pm AEDT
  Presenter - Debbie Pu - Topic - Resi-in-Reach in Rural and Regional Victoria
  Dr. Debbie Pu is an allied health academic who conducts public health and health service research in Victoria. She is currently the clinical trials coordinator for the DELIVER project, which aims to improve care for older adults in rural and regional Victoria, and strengthen research capacity and culture for rural and regional health service staff.
  Chair - Shin Liau
  
  

• 9th April 12.00pm - 12.30pm AEST
  Presenter - Alice Windle - Topic – Implementing innovations in aged care: Development of a readiness assessment tool
  Dr Windle is a Research Fellow in the Caring Futures Institute in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Flinders University. Her research focuses on implementation of innovation and evidence-based practice in aged care.
  Alice has qualitative research experience and is passionate about aged care and ageing well, primary health care, implementation science, evidence-informed health policy-making, social determinants of health and health equity.
  Chair – Jacqui Allen
  
  
• 14th May 12.00pm - 12.30pm AEST
  Presenter - Aisling McEvoy - Topic - Sleep enhancement preferences in older adults and people living with dementia
  Aisling McEvoy is a PhD Candidate with the Centre for Medicines Use and Safety. Her research focuses on deprescribing benzodiazepine receptor agonists in people living with dementia. She is excited to find non-pharmacological approaches to assist with sleep as a replacement for benzodiazepines and z-drugs. Before starting as a PhD student, Aisling completed her BPharm and MPharm with Monash University. She was awarded Best Poster Presentation at the Monash Intern Foundation Program Poster Night for her research in The Alfred Hospital’s psychiatric service. Aisling continues to work as a clinical pharmacist at The Alfred Hospital while completing her PhD.
  Chair – Jo Tropea
  
  

• 11th June 12.00pm - 12.30pm AEST
  Presenter - Pouya Molaei - Topic – Associations between the urban neighbourhood environment characteristics with physical functioning among mid- and older-aged adults
  This study examines the associations between urban neighbourhood environment characteristics and physical functioning among mid and older-aged adults. Through a systematic review, we assessed 25 studies written in English from 2018 and found significant associations in the expected direction for land use mix and destinations, walkability, crime safety, greenness and parks, social environment, and neighbourhood disadvantage with physical functioning. Then, using the longitudinal HABITAT dataset in Brisbane, we analysed factors such as walkability, land use mix, residential density, and neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantage. The findings highlight that supportive built and social environments are positively linked to better physical functioning among them.
  Chair: Alana Hewitt
  
  
• 9th July 12.00pm - 12.30pm AEST
  Presenter - Deb Magee - “The right to speak” – nursing power, culture and practice in rural & regional aged care settings: a critical discourse analysis
  Debbie is a registered nurse and academic in the School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences at Charles Sturt University. I am currently completing a PhD full time with an AGRPT scholarship. My PhD study explores the understanding and experiences of RNs employed in the aged care sector regarding organisational culture and cultures of care in rural and regional Australia. My research interests are in all things related to ageing well.
  Chair - Yaping Zhong
  

• 13th August 12.00pm - 12.30pm AEST
  Presenter - Celene Yap - Topic - Geriatric Care in the Emergency Department: A Realist Exploration to Build Program Theory
  Dr. Yap is a health services researcher with extensive experience in emergency and acute care research. She is interested in exploring complex systems through an implementation science lens to understand intervention feasibility and how they can be effectively implemented in different healthcare contexts. Her expertise in program evaluation complements this work, as she employs rigorous methodologies to assess why interventions succeed or fail, their impact, and their sustainability across various emergency and acute care settings. Passionate about improving healthcare for vulnerable patient populations, including older adults, Dr. Yap brings a nuanced perspective to the challenges and opportunities in this critical area of research.
  Chair – Steph Garratt

• 10th September 12.00pm - 12.30pm AEST
  Presenter - Kayla Lock - Topic - IMPART: Improving Palliative Care in Residential Aged Care using Telehealth – Process evaluation findings
  Kayla Lock is a Research Officer at the National Ageing Research Institute and PhD candidate with the University of Melbourne. Her PhD is evaluating the implementation of the NHMRC funded IMPART project (Improving palliative care in residential aged care using telehealth). Kayla previously worked in the community sector coordinating social support programs for older people and people living with a terminal illness from a migrant background.
  Chair – Aislinn Lalor

Please also note that these events have been designed for
live participants only and will be in the Zoom meeting
format with all attendees being able to open mic and camera
so that they can participate in the discussion at the conclusion
of each presentation.
The sessions will not be recorded.

PLEASE NOTE that this is a two stage registration process
once you have registered here you will receive a registration
confirmation email with a Zoom registration link.

You then need to follow that link and register in Zoom.

Zoom will then send you the final link to join and a calendar invite for the whole series.

Please note that this event registration page will run continuously throughout the series. You only need to register here once, complete the next step and register in Zoom, and then and you will automatically receive updates regarding the rest of the program. The Zoom link will remain the same throughout the entire series.

It is important that once you receive your registration confirmation email from us that you take the second step and then register in Zoom. As well as receiving your Zoom link to join you will receive a Zoom calendar invite for each of the above sessions and Zoom will send you a reminders in advance of each one.