08:00 – 09:00 am | REGISTRATION AND TEA/COFFEE, (CONVERSATION QUARTER)
09:00 – 09:30 am | WELCOME TO COUNTRY (not being filmed)
09:30 – 09:45 am | WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
09:45 – 10:30 am | Keynote(Theatrette), Viren Naik | Chair: Tim Wilkinson, Innovations and Ethics in International Medical Graduate Assessment
10:30 – 11:00 am | MORNING TEA (CONVERSATION QUARTER)
11:00 – 1:00 pm | Morning Workshops (running until 1.00 PM)
Theatrette
Oral
11:00 – 11:15 am | Kim Ashwin, Coming to Australia: the IMG’s view of the factors affecting the Journey
11:15 – 11:30 am | Brooke Sheldon, The Medical Training Survey – What’s the data telling us about workplace culture?
11:30 – 11:45 am | Alexis Holden, Developing flexible and enabling pathways to support the registration of international medical graduates
11:45 – 12:00 pm | Bhavi Ravindran, Doctors for Doctors, Supporting International Medical Graduates: Accessing Doctors’ Health Services in Australia.
12:00 – 12:15 pm | Madeline Novak, Strengthening SIMG experience through standards: Reflections from the AMC Specialist Medical Program Standards
Poster
12:20 – 12:30 pm | Nicole Taleon, Reflections on perceived clinical incompetence: A Personal Journey as an IMG in the Australian Health System
12:30 – 12:40 pm | Nafati Taher Moh Alnafati, Stuck Between Exams: A Mixed-Methods Study on Barriers to Clinical Integration for IMGs in Australia after AM Part 1
12.40 – 12:50 pm | Katrina Maria Alexandra Geronimo-McWhirter, From Frontlines to Foreign Shores: A Filipino IMG’s Journey of Recovery, Resilience and Rediscovery
Rounds Reimagined
12:50 – 12:55 pm | Tharushi Devinka Jayasekara, Story-Driven Learning for IMGs: A Visual Teaching Initiative
Hansen Hall
Oral
11:00 – 11:15 am | Jenepher Martin and Tash Miles, Medical Board of Australia (MBA) professionalism and regulation education resources: applicability for the IMG learning context
11:15 – 11:30 am | Max Morin, Uncovering structural predictors of performance on a national medical examination: Implications for policy and program design
11:30 – 11:45 am | David Rankin, The RACP Journey to a National PESCI Program and Beyond
11:45 – 12:00 pm | Usha Parvathy, Setting them up to succeed – Supporting IMGs for 20 years
12:00 – 12:15 pm | Rob Roseby, Entry to and Exit from the Monash WBA program: process indicators
12:15 – 12:30 pm | Robyn Woodward-Kron, Revisiting Doctors Speak Up: A language and communication resource for IMG doctors and medical educators
Poster
12:30 – 12:40 pm | Daniel Browne, Monash IMG Preparation Program(MiPreP): A Systemic Approach to Orienting International Medical Graduates to the Australian Healthcare System
12:40 – 12:50 pm | Alan Roberts, Holistic Support for International Medical Graduates in Australia: The ARIMGSAS Model
Rounds Reimagined
12:50 – 12:55 pm | Rizwan Qureshi, Preparation, Pressure, and Persistence: The Hidden Journey of an IMG in Emergency Medicine
Seminar Room 1
Oral
11:00 – 11:15 am | Vanessa Atienza-Hipolito, Embracing Failure: My IMG Story and the Road to Unstoppable Success
11:15 – 11:30 am | Vanessa Atienza-Hipolito, Hope in Translation: A Filipino Radiologist’s Journey Through Motherhood, Mentorship and the IMG Pathway
11:30 – 11:45 am | Julie Gustavs, Navigating the Path: Using Journey Mapping and Storytelling to Improve Assessment for International Medical Graduates in Australia
11:45 – 12:00 pm | Varuna Jayanetti, Designing and Conducting an Orientation Program for International Medical Graduate Registrars at the Emergency Department of the Canberra Hospital
12:00 – 12:15 pm | Amanda Moore and Kathy Ingham, Supporting International Medical Graduates through a Structured Transition Program: The SIMGTP at HNELHD
Poster
12:15 – 12:30 pm | Russell Thompson, Australian Doctors in Recovery
12:30 – 12:40 pm | Kohila Ganadhiepan, Support for IMGs
Rounds Reimagined
12:40 – 12:50 pm | Hanish Suresh Shetty, The Chicken Who Applied for a Pilot’s Licence
Seminar Room 4/5
Workshop
11:00 — 12:00 pm | Kathryn Hutt, Stronger Together: A Practical Workshop on Peer Connection and Self-Care for International Medical Graduates
12:00 — 1:00 pm | Niroshe Amarasekera, Kate Reid and Lija Svalbe, Embedding Psychologically Safe Remediation in a self funded training program – learnings from the Fellowship Support Program – FSP
1:00 – 2:00 pm | LUNCH AND EXHIBITION (CONVERSATION) QUARTER
1:00 – 2:00 pm | WEAVING WORKSHOP (SEMINAR ROOM 4/5)
2:00 – 2:30 pm | PANEL PRESENTATIONS
Theatrette
Max Morin, Kichu Nair, Ayaz Chowdhury
Chair: Antonio DiDio
Innovations in International Medical Graduate Assessment and Support
Hansen Hall
Tina Zafari, Aarons Gauntlet Rogers
Chair: Sanjay Jeganathan
International Medical Graduates’ Outstanding Contributions to Innovation in Medical Education
2:30 – 3:00 pm | Keynote (Theatrette), Kudzai Kanhutu, The IMG Journey, perspectives from the Medical Board
3:00 pm | Afternoon Sessions (running until 4.20 PM)
Theatrette
Oral
3:00 – 3:15 pm | Jennifer McConnell, Navigating the labyrinth for IMGs entering general practice in Australia and working towards Fellowship of the RACGP
3:15 – 3:30 pm | Belinda O’Sullivan and Kim Omond, From Surviving to thriving: Supporting IMGs on the pathway to rural GP roles
3:30 – 3:45 pm | Niroshe Amarasekera, Building culture in a virtual workforce: Supporting medical educators in a remotely delivered specialist training program
3:45 – 4:00 pm | Ayman Shenouda, Centering IMG voices within the Royal Australasian College of General Practice
Poster
4:00 – 4:10 pm | Nicole Taleon, Mentorship Matters: A Snapshot of Filipino IMG Experiences and Success Strategies in Australia
4:10 – 4:20 pm | Janine Reyes, Evaluation of the AMC Podclass Hybrid Program as a Bridging Course for International Medical Graduates
Hansen Hall
3:00 – 3:15 pm | Katrina Maria Alexandra Geronimo-McWhirter, Dear Ate: Don’t Forget Yourself: A Filipino IMG’s Journey Through Burnout, Migration and the Search for Self Beyond Sacrifice
3:15 – 3:30 pm | Neel Gobin, Improving IMGs’ work- readiness and support for supervisors of IMGs.
3:45 – 4:00 pm | Rebecca Stewart, Scoping a work-readiness program for IMGs in North Queensland
4:00 – 4:20 pm| Rebecca Stewart, Evaluation of work- readiness program for International Medical Graduates in North Queensland
Seminar Room 1
Oral
3:00 – 3:15 pm | Beverley Sutton,40+ Years Training International Medical Graduates – What Has it Taught Us?
3:15 – 3:30 pm | Janine Reyes, Motivation Scale for Migration to Australia of Filipino Medical Doctors: Development and Standardisation
3:30 – 3:45 pm | Amir Soufi, Redefining the Golden Line of Competence: Addressing Borderline Performance in OSCE
3:45 – 4:00 pm | Mariska Mannes, Cross-culture code switching: the impact on the cultural wellbeing of International Medical Graduates
Rounds Reimagined
4:00 – 4:10 pm | Chaima Zoljami Aidoun, The Wait: A Visual Story of Uncertainty in the IMG Journey
Poster
4:10 – 4:20 pm | Udaya Pillutla, The Hidden Struggles of Citizen IMGs
Seminar Room 4/5
Hackathon
3:00 – 4:30 pm | Julie Gustavs, Cross-agency collaboration for better international medical graduate experiences and system workforce solutions in Australia
4:20 – 4:35 pm | Closing Remarks, Theatrette Julian Rait AMA
4:35 – 5:00 pm | Afternoon Tea and Exhibition (Conversation Quarter)
5:00 – 6:00 pm | Test Centre Tours (additional ticket required)
7.00 pm | Networking Event (additional ticket required)
