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EVENT FOCUS: SOUTH AFRICA


MPS Ethics 4 All


Doctors of all levels and specialties were invited to attend MPS’s third annual “Ethics 4 All” seminar, in Cape Town, South Africa on 3 November 2010. The seminar, which was chaired by MPS medicolegal consultant


Dr Tony Behrman, was attended by 1,500 MPS members – the largest gathering of MPS members to date. The three-hour programme featured a discussion from Trevor


Dale – co-founder of Atrainability and expert in human factors in healthcare – on proven tools for reducing risk and maintaining the highest levels of patient safety. Esmé Prins then offered an insight on how the Consumer Protection Act and the Protection of Personal Information Bill will affect medical practice in South Africa. MPS Chief Executive Tony Mason also addressed delegates


with an update on indemnity regulations. The “Ethics 4 All” seminar was set up in 2008 to help doctors earn annual CPD points. We anticipate that there will be similar events in November 2011 in both Gauteng and Cape Town.


MALAYSIA


MPS supported the Medicolegal Society of Malaysia at their October conference onManaging Medicolegal and Medical Ethics Events and Disputes – The Current Challenges. MPS helped to promote the event and provided two speakers: Dr Stephanie Bown, MPS Director of Policy and Communications, and Dr Peter Loke, MPS Educational Services Faculty Member from Singapore.


IRELAND


MPS's first Making the Most of Your Consultant Post conference for Ireland was held at the Royal College of Physicians, Dublin, on 12 November 2010


CARIBBEAN AND BERMUDA


Dr Nancy Boodhoo, MPS Director of Operations in the West Indies, visited the region with regional membership co- ordinator Al Neaber. Dr Boodhoo and Mr Neaber delivered medicolegal presentations and met with other key medical and legal figures across the Caribbean region.


SOUTH AFRICA


The annualMPS Ethics for All lecture evening took place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on Wednesday 3 November 2010. (See more details above.)


NEW ZEALAND


John Tiernan, Director of MPS Educational Services, visited MPS offices to discuss priority events for 2011. John received a full briefing from MPS’s local medicolegal team on the defining features of New Zealand’s medicolegal system.


MPS near you… HONG KONG


MPS and the Hong Kong Medical Association (HKMA) have launched a training course for medical experts in Hong Kong. Fifty medical professionals attended the inaugural course in September, designed to highlight the duties and responsibilities of doctors who act as medical experts in medical negligence claims.


SINGAPORE


MPS’s Head of Medical Services (Asia) Dr Ming- Keng Teoh and medicolegal adviser Dr Janet Page toured Singapore’s Formula One medical facilities, race track and control rooms. Dr Teoh and Dr Page observed crash extrication exercises by medical and support teams.


MPS UPDATE


UNITED KINGDOM CASEBOOK | VOLUME 19 | ISSUE 1 | JANUARY 2011 www.mps.org.uk


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