Professor Maria Fiatarone Singh is a Geriatrician at The University of Sydney, New South Wales. She describes her research in rehabilitation after hip fracture and the effects of high intensity progressive resistance training as well as targeted multi-disciplinary treatment. She gives context to the randomised control study and describes how this research can be translated into a wider scope.

Dr Matthew Beech, Staff Specialist Anaesthetist at Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD Australia and Prof Jacqui Close, co-chair of ANZHFR discuss the role of transthoracic echo in hip fracture.

Mr Peter Moules, a registered nurse in ED, describes how care was improved with an innovative eHIP bundle of care and prompt notification system involving the MDT Hip Fracture team at Wollongong Hospital, New South Wales, Australia.

Dr Lara Kimmel, team leader and physiotherapist describes how High Intensity Physiotherapy for Hip Fractures is provided at The Alfred Hospital, Victoria, Australia. Dr Kimmel presents the results of the HIP4Hips randomised control trial and explains how they are able to provide this model of physiotherapy as “business as usual” at The Alfred.

Dr Agnes Yuen is a Haematologist from Melbourne Haematology and research fellow at Monash Health, Victoria, Australia. She will be discussing direct oral anticoagulants and emergency hip fracture surgery.

Taken from the 2020 Hipfest Lecture Series, Dr Hannah Seymour, Geriatrician at Fiona Stanley Hospital, Western Australia and Prof Jacqui Close, co-chair of ANZHFR discuss when not to operate on hip fracture patients towards the end of their lives.

Consultant orthopaedic surgeons, Dr Marinis Pirpiris and Prof Ian Harris discuss the use of total hip replacements versus hip hemiarthroplasty in the management of hip fractures as well as the use of dual mobility hip replacements.

Improving time to surgery for hip fracture patients: Dr Saqib Zafar, Orthopaedic surgeon tells us how this was achieved with a dedicated hip fracture team at Nepean Hospital in New South Wales, Australia.