Brisbane
Tuesday, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM24/03/2026
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This session delves into the occupational health continuum, examining the intersection of occupational hygiene, occupational medicine, and occupational nursing, with the worker at the centre of all three disciplines. Participants will explore how each profession contributes to disease prevention, health promotion, diagnosis, and treatment, and how they can complement one another to enhance worker outcomes. Using the anticipate, recognise, evaluate, control and confirm framework, the session will break down the approaches of each discipline and demonstrate, through a practical case study, how collaboration across these fields strengthens overall occupational health practice. Attendees will gain insight into multidisciplinary strategies, practical tools for integrated care, and the benefits of working together to anticipate risks, evaluate exposures, and confirm effective controls.
This short presentation is exploring the interface between the three occupational health disciplines of hygiene, nursing and medicine and where each profession interacts with the worker on a ‘health continuum’. This was presented to our occupational nursing and occupational medicine colleagues, and is intended to discussions between our respective professions and ask the question “do we need a more formal collaborative approach to advance health promotion and disease prevention in the workplace..?”.
The Ship Inn
Cnr Stanley & Sidon Streets
Southbank Parklands, Brisbane
Tuesday 24 March
Arrival 6pm
Presentation 630pm
Catering severed: 715/730
Member; $25.00
Non Member: $35.00
Students $15.00 proof of enrolment upon entry
Light Catering and Beverage tab
Micheal has been working in the health and occupational hygiene space since 1990 when he first arrived in Australia from New Zealand working as a Registered Nurse at the Princess Alexandar Hospital Haemodialysis Unit. Graduating from the QUT in 1995, Micheals first role was Hygiene, Health And Safety Advisor in the Lead Smelter at Mount Isa Mines. Over the years, Micheal has worked as a Safety Inspector in Townsville and New Zealand, as a hygiene resource for a Defence aerospace contractor working with the F111, chemicals management advisors to Queensland Health, and consultant to the resources sector through Simtars, and recently as a Principal Hygienist for RED OHMS in Brisbane.
Micheal has drawn on his nursing training and practice when conducting complex health based investigations in the cause of occupational disease, or the potential health effects from workers exposure to a range of chemical, biological and physical hazards in the workplace. Known for working on the more ‘unusual’ projects, Micheal has drawn on his 36 years of experience to work closely with his clients and colleagues alike, sharing what information he can particularly the next generation of hygienists and safety and health professionals. All you have to do is ask…
0456 077 778
jodi.dawson@orica.com
0.25 CM Activity Points allocated to this Presentation.
