Thank you to all members for their involvement in the Australian Military Medicine Association for the year 2017. The following awards, including three new Conference awards, were announced at the 2017 AMMA Conference held at the Royal International Convention Centre, Brisbane.
Congratulations to all winners.
Weary Dunlop Award
Sanjiva Wijesinha – The Camino – An Ancient Way Back to Veterans’ Mental Health
Best Other Ranked Presenter
Best Presentation by a Junior Officer
Jenny Frasco – Dunk, Dunk, Sunk: The Role of the Medical Allowance List in Response to a Submarine Escape and Rescue
Best New Presenter
Tamara Lorensen – Neurofeedback in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Case Series Report
JMVH Best Veterans’ Health Paper
Shaun Carstairs – A Comparison of Poisoned Patients at Military and Veterans Administration
JMVH Journal Editor’s Award
K Zagenhagen and G Van Rensburg – Serving Two Masters: Professional Role Conflict in a Military Teaching and Learning Environment
New Author Prize
Bradley Baker and Chris Forbes-Ewan – Military Effectiveness of Five Dietary Supplements Purported to Aid Cognitive and Physical Performance
Patron’s Prize
R Linwood, N Duff, C Flint, M Reade, P Krohn, A Williams, B McCall – Application of Clinical Governance in a Role 2E Hospital: The 2nd General Health Battalion Experience
Photography Award
James Savage – Damage Control
AMMA Poster Prize
David Bullock – HKM the Key to Unlocking a Digitized Defence Health Capability