Advance care planning week virtual forum
The Statewide Office of Advance Care Planning presents an annual virtual education forum for health professionals in Queensland to share the latest developments and research supporting quality advance care planning.
This event is suitable for health professionals located in Queensland working across hospital, community, aged care and research settings.
2025 advance care planning week virtual forum
- Watch video for Day 1 - Keynote address
- Association of ACP with hospital use and cost at the end of life of Prof Liz Reymond.
- Watch video for Day 2
- A community ACP facilitator's perspective by Desre Arnold and A community palliative care perspective by Nicole Hutchinson.
- Watch video for Day 3
- A doctor's perspective by Dr Ben Gunawan and ACP, grief and bereavement by Lee-Anne Madsen.
- Watch video for Day 4
- The power of data: Supercharging your ACP activities by Dr Wendy Kinton, Aldi Mehicic, and Chi-Keung Lee.
Useful resources
- Joe's Journey (PDF 392 kB)
- Prompts for End-of-Life Planning Framework
- Accessing ACP documents via the ACP Tracker
- Video: The ACP Tracker in The Viewer via HPP
2024 session recordings and presentations
- Keynote address presentation references and contact details (PDF 3491 kB): Dr Craig Sinclair
- Watch the video of Day 2
- Presentation slides for ACP in the LGBTIQ+ community (PDF 2897 kB). Presented by Jenny Sargent, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service.
- Presentation slides for Advance care planning from a multicultural perspective (PDF 2926 kB). Presented by Lorella Piazzetta, Metro South Health and Hospital Service.
- Watch the video of Day 3
- Presentation slides for A missing step? Supporting first rather than substitute-decision making: Why now and how to incorporate it into your clinical practice (PDF 2493 kB). Presented by Anne-Louise McCawley, Caxton Legal Centre Inc.
- Presentation slides for ADA Law's Supported Decision-making Guide - making a positive difference (PDF 1782 kB). Presented by Karen Williams, Principal Solicitor, ADA Law and Rebecca Anderson, Solicitor, ADA Law
- Watch the Day 4 video
- Presentation slides for Advance Care Yarning (ACY) 2024: Weaving the past with the present to revolutionise the future (PDF 3527 kB). Presented by Kat Hooper, PallConsult, Queensland Health.
- Presentation slides for Update on the Paediatric Statement of Choices (PDF 1366 kB). Presented by Associate Professor Dr Anthony Herbert, Director, Paediatric Palliative Care Service, Children's Health Queensland.
2022 presentations
- Keynote address - Dr Denise Hobson, General Physician and Geriatrician at the Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital
- Statewide Office of ACP update - Leanne Clemesha, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Statewide Office of ACP, Queensland Health
- Voluntary Assisted Dying in Queensland - Dr Bav Manoharan, Clinical Lead, Voluntary Assisted Dying Implementation and Hayley McNamara, Voluntary Assisted Dying Clinical Policy Manager, Queensland Health
- Consumer viewpoint on ACP - Helen Mees, Consumer Representative
- Facilitating ACP - Ros Holloway and Clarita Lauron, Advance Care Planning Clinical Nurses, West Moreton Health
- ACP: Advocating for Consumer Power. Denise Craig OAM. Psychologist, PhD Candidate, Advance Care Planner
- Models of ACP - Kevin Heisner, Clinical Nurse Consultant Advance Care Planning, Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service
- ACP: from the big smoke to the bush. A case study panel discussion on advance care planning, capacity and end-of-life care decision making across care environments
2021 presentations
- Denise Hobson - Advance care planning for the cognitively frail (PDF 422 kB)
- Dr Leyton Miller - Advance care planning in the digital space (PDF 2805 kB)
- Dr Mark Deuble - Multiple perspectives on medical futility (PDF 364 kB)
- Dr Will Cairns - Advance care planning in COVID-19 (PDF 282 kB)
- Leanne Clemesha - Office of Advance Care Planning update (PDF 282 kB)
- Rebecca Radford - ACP facilitators (PDF 1728 kB)