The Essential Risk Management Workshop Series

As part of MPS’s commitment to support members in practice and improve patient care, we have developed the Essential Risk Management Workshop Series.

Informed by MPS’s unrivalled case experience and designed by medicolegal experts, the series provides you with proven techniques to reduce your risk of complaints and claims, and help improve patient outcomes.

All our facilitators are local general practitioners, consultants or clinicians who have undergone formal training with MPS.

Cost

Members can attend the workshops free as a benefit of membership. SMA members receive a 50% discount on the full price of $290.

CME

All workshops in The Essential Risk Management Workshop Series are accredited for 2 CME points.

Mastering Your Risk

Provides a thorough grounding in the issues surrounding risk management and introduces practical and preventive techniques that improve communication skills and patient satisfaction.
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Mastering Adverse Outcomes

Provides powerful and proven communication techniques to deal with patients after something has gone wrong. Using clinical scenarios and the MPS A.S.S.I.S.T.© model for handling adverse outcomes, this workshop gives participants the confidence to deal with this most challenging of clinical situations.
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Mastering Professional Interactions

Poor doctor-patient communication has long been identified as a major cause of complaints and litigation. However, doctor-doctor communication is increasingly being identified as a significant source of risk to patients and doctors. This workshop explores the nature of these risks, including patient referrals, clinical handover and disagreements amongst doctors, and examines strategies and models to overcome these risks.
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Mastering Difficult Interactions with Patients

Working in healthcare often means having to deal with very challenging interactions and difficult situations, so it’s not surprising that doctors report that dealing with such interactions is one of their biggest workplace challenges. This workshop explores the causes of difficult interactions and provides techniques to effectively handle these situations.
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