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Medicolegal advice 0800 982 766

We know there’s never been a more challenging time to practise, with COVID-19 affecting every aspect of how you deliver patient care.

The pandemic has thrown up a host of medicolegal and ethical issues to contend with, and we’ll be looking at these and helping you make sense of them at two Ethics For All  Conferences in 2020.

At each conference, our medicolegal experts will address the latest topics impacting your professional life to give you invaluable advice around best practice and a better understanding of your ethical obligations.

Ethics For All 2020
Medical Conference

  • Date: Thursday 12 November 2020
  • Time: 19.00 – 21.30

  • Location: Online via Zoom

    • Suitable for: Consultants, GPs, junior doctors, CMOs and state doctors in South Africa and Namibia.

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    Some of the topics to be covered include:

    • COVID-19: Lessons learnt from the pandemic
      What it means to practise in a continually changing world and how you can best adapt.
    • Psychological wellbeing: The profession and the pandemic

      Best practice, expert advice on safeguarding your own health while delivering for your patients.

    • The criminalisation of doctors

      The vast majority of healthcare professionals do not set out to harm patients. To criminalise mistakes while working under difficult and complex situations is not right.

    • Indemnity – what is it and why do you need it?
      Everything you need to know about indemnity and why it has never been more important to protect your career and reputation.

    • Case-based discussions

 

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Ethics For All 2020
Allied Health Professionals Conference

  • Date: Wednesday 4 November 2020
  • Time: 19.00 – 21.30

  • Location: Online via Zoom

    • Suitable for: Allied Health Professionals and medical students in South Africa and Namibia.

    Secure your place

    Some of the topics to be covered include:

      • COVID-19: Lessons learnt from the pandemic

        What it means to practise in a continually changing world and how you can best adapt.

        Psychological wellbeing: The profession and the pandemic

        Best practice, expert advice on safeguarding your own health while delivering for your patients.

      • Indemnity – what is it and why do you need it?

        Everything you need to know about indemnity and why it has never been more important to protect your career and reputation.

      • Communicating with patients

        How the way you communicate has changed in a COVID-19 world.

      • POPI Act and what it means for you

        The Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act was signed into law on 1 July 2020 and healthcare professional are obliged to implement the terms of the act. How will POPI affect your day to day practice and what are the laws around becoming compliant?

      • Case based discussions

 

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