Five workshops run concurrently on Thursday morning from 9:00am to 12:15pm. 

Workshops are included in the registration fee for ABSD members. Please select a workshop during registration if you would like to attend one. 

For non-members there is a fee of $165. Please select a workshop during registration if you would like to attend one. 

• Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Dawid Naude, CEO of Pathfindr.ai explores the practical applications of AI for everyday use and medical practice.   
  
  
• Radiation Oncology: Prof Philip Poortmans and Dr Orit Kaider-Person share the latest developments in radiation therapy, with a focus on personalising treatment protocols. 
  
  
• Oncoplastic Surgical Techniques: Dr Ashutosh Kothari and other surgical leaders present a workshop covering modern oncoplastic techniques for the new seasoned breast surgeons. 
  
  
• Communication 
  Hearsay: Have you ever said that? An interactive workshop
  Professor Dame Lesley Fallowfield
  Working with patients who have advanced breast cancer can be challenging; clinicians often have to relay lots of complex and potentially distressing information to stressed patients, in pressurised clinics. 
  
  The dynamics within clinical settings maybe affected by a multitude of issues that can influence communication both positively and negatively. Pitching the dialogue correctly in terms of content or tone is not always easy. What one patient might view as empathic and reassuring another might view as patronising and less than candid. Sometimes patients have been seen and received conflicting information from other colleagues which can cause further confusion. Additionally, some HCPs experience quite powerful emotional reactions themselves - they may have built up relationships with their patients over several years, from primary to advanced disease so they too are affected by clinical outcomes.
  
  In this workshop we will explore via video verbatims what patients with MBC have told us that HCPs said to them about issues as their diagnosis, prognosis and management options and what was seen as useful and supportive or contradictory and unhelpful. We will ask a panel of healthcare professionals to consider if they have ever said similar things and with the audience, discuss how one might salvage or rectify the situation.