Quality & safety

Courses tagged with "Quality & safety"

Release date: October 2018
Last updated: October 2023

This curated collection has been developed to help you find ideas for clinical and non-clinical audit. 

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Tags: Category 1 Educational Activities Category 3 Measuring outcomes Curated Collections

Release date: September 2018

This curated collection has been peer-reviewed by Fellows of the RACP to help you find high quality CPD resources on creating a safe workplace.

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Tags: Category 1 Educational Activities Curated Collections Bullying Harassment Sexual harassment Medical environment Workplace culture Risk factors Risk prevention Workplace behaviour Preferential treatment Unprofessional behaviour Behavioural spectrum Unacceptable conduct Resilience Physician support services

Release date: July 2018

This collection has been peer-reviewed by Fellows of the RACP to help you find high quality CPD resources on quality and safety.

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Tags: Category 1 Educational Activities Curated Collections

reflection

Release date: April 2024

This curated collection has been peer reviewed by Fellows of the RACP and other experts to help you find high quality CPD resources on critical reflection.
reflection reflect

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Tags: Category 1 Educational Activities Curated Collections Reflection

Release date: November 2016
Estimated completion time*: 2 hrs

The medical environment has unique demands and pressures – and therefore its own vulnerabilities to unprofessional behaviour. This resource hopes to improve workplace behaviour by raising awareness and encouraging all physicians to report undesirable behaviour. It helps physicians determine the resources available and appropriate steps for preventing and dealing with bullying and sexual harassment.

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Tags: Category 1 Educational activities Bullying Harassment Sexual harassment Medical environment Workplace culture Risk factors Risk prevention Workplace behaviour Preferential treatment Unprofessional behaviour Behavioural spectrum Unacceptable conduct Resilience Physician support services

Learning outcomes

  1. Identify bullying and harassment along with its effects on workplace culture.
  2. Understand the importance of a safe work culture and how bullying and harassment impacts physicians and their ability to learn and effectively practice medicine.
  3. Evaluate the impact of your workplace behaviour on colleagues, patients and health outcomes.
  4. Determine the resources available and appropriate steps for preventing and dealing with bullying and harassment.
  5. Identify and promote strategies to prevent and deal with bullying and harassment.

Authors:
  • Dr Helen Rhodes MB BS FRACP Chair
  • Dr Ashwin Shukla MBBS, FRACP
  • Prof Fiona Lake MD W.Aust., FRACP
  • Dr Alice Bergin MBBS, BSc
  • Dr Karina Powers MBBS MPH PGrad Dip Occ Hlth & Sfty MRO CIME FAFOEM
  • Dr Meenakshi Rattan MBBS MD ,DCH,FRACP,MPH,MHM
  • Dr Ramila Varendran MBBS (hons) University of Sydney, FRACP

Release date: December 2018
Estimated completion time*: 1.5 hrs

This resource helps identify and overcome common quality and safety challenges in health workplace.

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Tags: Category 1 Educational Activities Improving quality and safety Disability-Adjusted Life Years DALYs Morbidity Mortality Health Quality and Safety Commission Health professional’s wellbeing Quality in healthcare Safety in health care Australian Safety and Quality Framework Take Action A mindset of prevention Prevention Safety culture Risk management Safety calendar Safety lead Safety champion Incident reporting Incident investigation Patient safety audit Incident reporting Causes of incident Feedback Minor incident Near misses Improve reporting Checklists Patient safety Patient centred care Common Quality and safety challenges Poor communication Performance factors Framing bias Availability bias Premature closure Conscious bias Unconscious bias Fatigue Stress Burnout Quality and safety challenges Quality and safety strategies Championing quality and safety Advocating for quality and safety Safety champion Evolve Physician wellbeing Anxiety Poor concentration Overwhelm RACP Support Helpline Lifeline Professional support services Delivering patient centred care Patient centred care Picker’s eight principles Patient centred communication Quality and safety organisations

Topics
  • Quality and safety 101
  • Take action
  • Overcoming challenges
  • Wellbeing and Patient centred care
  • Quality and safety organisations
Contributors Working Group
  • A/Prof Ian Scott
  • Dr Karina Powers
  • Dr Lyn-Li Lim
  • Dr Victoria McKay
  • Dr Kirsty Ross
  • Prof George Rubin
  • Dr Jay Ramanathan
  • Dr Meenakshi Rattan
  • Dr Kwang Chien Yee
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Release date: September 2021
Estimated completion time*: 4 hrs

Learn about the unique factors and challenges of practicing healthcare in Rural Australia and how they influence the delivery of quality and safe care.

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Topics
  1. Video Case Studies: Vanessa in Dalestown
  2. Understanding Rural Australia
  3. Quality and Safety in Rural Australia
  4. Improving Quality and Safety in Rural Australia
  5. Working in Healthcare in Rural Australia
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