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ESA Newsletter: November 2003

ESA Clinical Weekend 2003

The ESA Clinical Weekend was held on 12-14 September at Erskine Resort
on the Beach, Lorne. Thirteen cases on the themes of andrology, adrenal/
pituitary disease and thyroid disease themes were presented by advanced
trainees from Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth. Fred Wu from Manchester was the principal discussant in the andrology session and Terry Davies from New York delivered a lecture on the clinical role of thyroid receptor antibodies in the management of thyroid disease. The meeting complied with RACP workshop guidelines [2 MOPS points/hour].

One hundred and thirty delegates attended, of whom 82 completed a short feedback form rating the success of the meeting in achieving their educational objectives. Of the 82 giving feedback, 39 were endocrinologists, 30 were advanced trainees, 7 were endocrine nurses, and 6 others.The meeting overall was rated excellent by 40%, very good by 49% and good by the remaining 11%. The rating of individual sessions was similar. It was noted that this has become a key conference for endocrine nurses who have no formal training program and it was suggested that units should facilitate the attendance of endocrine nurses. Some concerns were raised by a few attendees relating to the venue. These issues will be conveyed to the conference organizer and to the venue staff.Financially the meeting recorded a slight positive balance in accordance with its target. Overall the meeting was felt to have been a success in achieving its objectives and to be providing a valuable adjunct to the main scientific meeting of the Society.

The organizing committee would like to record its thanks to the professional
conference organizer Australian Science Network, in particular Mike Pickford and Sheridan Wright, for the friendly and expert management.

Duncan Topliss
On behalf of the organizing committee (Duncan Topliss (convenor), Deepak Dutta, Christine Rodda and Rosemary Wong)

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