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Nurses look to Gold Coast and Hobart
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Fertility Nurses of Australasia (FNA) will hold two meetings this year, the first to be associated with the FSANZ conference on the Gold Coast in June.
FNA members will gather at the Gold Coast Convention Centre on Saturday 3 June for what is shaping up as an exciting program.
Details of the meeting are being finalised, but at this stage it can be reported that speakers will include:
• Dr Tina Fleming, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, on the role of endometriosis in fertility;
• Jo Tier, Director of Nursing, on a day surgery perspective while patients undergo fertility treatment;
• Professor Anusch Yazdani, Sub-specialist in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and an Advanced Reproductive Endosurgeon, on the thyroid;
• Professor David Coman, Clinical Geneticist, Metabolic Physician and Consultant Paediatrician (subject to be notified); and
• Stephen Page, a Family Law Accredited Specialist, (subject to be notified).
Watch the FSANZ 2023 conference website https://fsanzconference.com/ for more details.
The usual mid-year meeting has been deferred until November 4 in Hobart with the program being prepared by two new FNA representatives in Tasmania, Kerri Yare and Melissa Gmelig.
Meanwhile, FNA is grateful to Merck for funding a Merck Fertility Nurses Research Grant. This will be presented at the FSANZ conference on the Golf Coast for the best nurse papers/posters in the psychosocial stream.
Enthusiastic participation in latest Start Up training
FSANZ presented a busy program for the Start Up Training in Assisted Reproductive Technology course in Melbourne on the weekend of 4 and 5 March 2023.
The meeting at the Pan Pacific Hotel South Wharf attracted 120 eager participants who engaged directly with speakers and in panel discussions.
On the first day there was a strong focus on laboratory issues while a highlight on the Sunday included an overview of specific disciplines including medical, laboratory, nursing and counselling roles.
The Saturday program covered male and female reproductive physiology, principles of ovarian stimulation, implantation and early pregnancy, regulation of assisted reproductive technology, genetics and patient centred care.
On Sunday the agenda moved to key issues in donor conception and surrogacy, oncofertility and fertility preservation, LGBTQI and ART, infertility treatment other than ART, a patient’s perspective of assisted conception and the ANZARD database for recording and measuring the outcome of an ART cycle.
The Start Up courses are designed to provide vital information to people new in the field of assisted reproduction including clinicians, nurses, counsellors, embryologists and unit managers.
They are also valuable for people already working in this field to keep abreast of latest developments.
Watch the FSANZ website for updates on the nextcourse.