5th International Conference on Safety, Quality, Audit & Outcomes Research in Intensive Care
1st - 3rd August 2011
Crowne Plaza, Hunter Valley, NSW

Hosted by: ANZICS – Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society

The Conference

The 5th International Conference on Safety, Quality, Audit & Outcomes Research in Intensive Care 2011 (SQAO Conference) is being held at the Crowne Plaza, Hunter Valley from Monday 1st – Wednesday 3rd August 2011.

The Conference will continue to explore the four domains of Quality – Structure, Process, Outcomes and Culture.

The conference is suitable for both clinicians and researchers and will feature interactive sessions and open discussion with an emphasis on everyday care.  The Conference will aim to:

• Promote patient safety through research into intensive care safety, quality, audit and outcomes assessment methodology.
• Continue the cycle of project planning and implementation related to intensive care safety, quality, audit and outcomes by rigorous assessment of priorities, appropriate method design, efficacy assessment and large scale roll-out of successful programs
• Assess, develop and teach management strategies for effective implementation of proven programs especially where Australasian research has shown beneficial outcomes
• Engage the research community in high quality intensive care safety, quality, audit and outcomes initiatives in order to reduce the “friction between research and quality”
• Continue a process of rigorous assessment of local and international safety and quality initiatives in the Australasian context
• Further develop cross-specialty and cross-discipline dialogue and learning in areas of statistics and epidemiology, human behaviour, organisation and change management, qualitative and quantitative research, industrial monitoring techniques and economics.

The Conference will attract the following MOPS (CICM) points:

• Local Continuing Education Meeting, 3 CME points per hour.

About ANZICS

The Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) is the peak professional and advocacy body for medical practitioners specialising in the treatment and management of critically ill patients in public and private hospitals. ANZICS leads the world in intensive care research through its Clinical Trials Group and patient databases, including the Adult Patient Database, the Paediatric Intensive Care Registry and the Critical Care Resources Survey. The Society is devoted to all aspects of intensive care medical practice through ongoing professional education, the provision of leadership in medical settings, clinical research and analysis of critical care resources.

Visit our website for further information: www.anzics.com.au

CTG Winter Research Forum 2011

The CTG Winter Research Forum 2011 immediately follows SQAO from Thursday 4 August - Friday 5 August, also at the Crowne Plaza, Hunter Valley. The SQAO Program Committee strongly supports the ANZICS CTG and encourages all delegates to consider attending this important meeting. Information regarding the Winter Research Forum can be found at www.anzicsctg.org