Solidarity! Conference 2024
Assisting health care students and workers to promote a culture of life.
“Tomorrow's Health Care Worker – Robot or Person? The importance of conscience”
Saturday October 12, 2024, 1:30pm-5:30pm.
You will find out what a health care worker needs to know and do in order to survive and thrive within the new health environment that has been significantly reshaped by new state laws in regards to life.
The first half of the conference will be a series of formal lectures about the topic of the health care worker of the future. The faculty will address the fundamentals of conscience; the recent experience of others in dealing professionally with life issues like abortion and euthanasia; and an update on the current state laws in NSW.
The second half will turn to practical and legal tips about how to proceed in one’s own future practice for those who want to deliver high quality holistic care. There will also be opportunities to meet and network with like-minded people so we can support each other into the future.
Speakers and topics include:
Dr Xavier Symons. PhD (ACU), BA Advanced Hons (USyd), MA (USyd), MSt Practical Ethics (Oxford).
Ethicist. Director Plunkett Centre for Ethics, Australian Catholic University, Saint Vincent's Hospital, Sydney.
“The human person at work and importance of conscience”
Prof David Kissane, AC, MB BS, MPM, MD, FRANZCP, FAChPM, FACLP
Chair of Palliative Medicine Research, School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame Australia; Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Monash University. Formerly Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, in conjunction with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
“Health care worker as robot or person: how do we deliver ethical care in Australia?”
Dr Anna Walsh. PhD (UNDA), M Bioethics (Harvard), LLM (res) (Syd), LLB (Hon), BNurs (Hons), Dip. Leg. Prac.
Lawyer and Bioethicist. Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Notre Dame Australia.
“The experiences of healthcare workers in regards to conscientious objection in the NSW health system”
Senior high school and university students considering a course and career in health are particularly welcome. This event is free. Please direct all enquires to: solidarityau.info@gmail.com
Venue: Warrane College, UNSW, cnr Anzac Pde and Barker St, Kensington, NSW, 2033. Pedestrian entrance to the College is off Anzac Parade. Parking is available in Barker St parking station (UNSW map reference M17) - please enter through Gate 14 off Barker St.