SMACC was started to innovate the medical conference space and to engage and inspire delegates. That mission was largely achieved in Dublin and Berlin, and so a new direction was needed to continue to grow and engage our community.
Watch Oli, Roger and Liz chat about Coda in the short explainer video
The number one mission for Coda is to continue to engage and connect our medical community. Using many of the lessons learned from SMACC, Coda will deliver the same inspiring event designed to bring us closer together but with a difference. Coda will go further, utilising the natural energy of our connected community to power actions to mitigate against threats to global health.
Coda will be like no other conference, so you can’t afford to miss it. The combination of 40 pre-conference workshops tailored to meet the diverse needs of all specialties and disciplines within healthcare, coupled with a plenary program guaranteed to engage your thoughts, emotions and your humanity as a healthcare provider – will make Coda a career lifetime experience! Add to that the connections you will make giving way to the sense of belonging you will feel, and you’ll realise that you just cannot miss this event.
Finally, attending Coda and joining the community will unite you in action with all of healthcare to mitigate against the most urgent threats to health.
The Climate Emergency will only occupy 25% of the plenary program (or one session per day). We know that the bulk of the Coda community are passionate about planetary well being, but we also know that their interests are more diverse, and that to really engage our community we need to provide a program that will resonate with everyone in healthcare.
Coda is acutely aware of the need to champion reduced carbon emissions and the potential irony of doing this through an international meeting, itself generating carbon emissions at many levels including catering, venue, exhibition and delegate travel. To this end Coda is working on making the event as sustainable as possible, including locally sourced plant rich menus, recyclable exhibition, venue selections based on sustainability and the event itself taking responsibility for offsetting travel emissions (additional to encouraging delegates to do the same). We have some exciting partnerships in the works that will also assist in making this event as sustainable as posible.
For the exact reason that the journal is large and traditional, reaching a medical audience that Coda and FOAMed are unlikely to connect with otherwise. There is no financial association involved with the collaboration but rather an academic collaboration to produce and disseminate the Coda Actions for discussion prior to their release at the Melbourne event.
Watch Roger, Oli and Liz talk about the New England Journal in the short explainer video.
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Simon Finfer is a Pom who emigrated to Australia in 1993 to practice full time intensive care medicine. Despite being qualified 37 years and receiving an NHS pension he still works as a bedside clinician and takes night call. He loves his job because he works with fantastic people. He also designs and runs large clinical trials, writes paper, edits books and rides a 2017 Triumph Bonneville T120. He supports West Ham United and the English Cricket, Football and Rugby teams. He lives in Sydney with his wife, sons, two horses, four chickens, 3 ducks and one dog. Twitter handle is @icuresearch.
Dr Doug Lynch is a Critical Care Doctor. He has trained in multiple “specialties”; anaesthetics, emergency, intensive care, aeromedical retrieval, history of art, law, luggage making, public health and remote area medicine.
He describes himself as a “Generalist” in the medical world and in most other worlds too. In each of the areas that he has worked Doug has gravitated towards education.
He is the former state-wide education officer for the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section). He is a dedicated supporter of and a contributor to the “#FOAMed” movement. FOAMed stands for Free Open Access Medical Education.
He has recorded hundreds of educational podcasts and has recently started The Institute of Enquiring Minds with Dr Andrew Jacobs in Melbourne, Australia.
Christine Bowles is an Emergency Physician and Trauma Consultant at St George Hospital in Sydney.
She has been developing an innovative educational programme for the Trauma Department.
She originates from the UK. When not working, she enjoys hanging out with the family, as well as films, music and books.