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Unravelling the myths of the consultant post EVENT FOCUS – IRELAND


Fifty delegates attended the second Making the Most of Your Consultant Post conference for members in Ireland in November. Held at Croke Park Stadium,


Dublin, the event armed specialist registrars and newly-qualified consultants with the information they need to succeed in their current or future roles. The day started with the


presentation: “What to expect when you’re a consultant – everything you wanted to know, but were too afraid to ask” and included topics on the importance of open communication, human factors and


system errors, and protecting your reputation – the MPS approach. Professor James Lucey, Medical


Director at St Patricks University Hospital and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College, Dublin, spoke on mental health and burn out in medical professionals. Case studies and ethical dilemmas from the MPS caseload were studied as part of a round-table discussion, with feedback from an expert panel. The day had some excellent feedback and we look forward to organising similar events for members in Ireland in 2012.


COUNTRY FOCUS – HONG KONG


HKAM – MPS Award for Patient Safety


Dr Alexander Chiu has been named as the winner of the 2011 MPS – Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (HKAM) Award for Patient Safety. His paper, “Root Cause


Analysis Improves Patient Safety: A descriptive study of Root Cause Analysis Framework applied to clinical incident investigation in a University Affiliated Hospital”, was awarded the highest total score by the judges. Dr Chiu was presented with a plaque and a cheque for HK$20,000. The award aims to encourage


medical professionals to promote patient safety and risk reduction. Dr Chiu presented his winning


paper at the HKAM – MPS Seminar on Patient Safety on Friday 2 December.


News near you… CARIBBEAN AND BERMUDA


MPS’s Dr Nancy Boodhoo and Al Neaber visited five countries in the region in October to meet with representatives of medical and dental associations, hospital boards and health services authorities.


In November, MPS Senior Consultant Dr Paul Nisselle presented risk management workshops focused on effective communication in conjunction with Cayman Islands Health Services Authority and the South Eastern and Western Regional Health Authorities in Jamaica.


SOUTH AFRICA


Chaired by MPS medicolegal consultants Dr Tony Behrman and Dr Liz Meyer, “Ethics for All”, the annual MPS ethics evening, was held in Pretoria (400 attendees) on Monday 21 November and in Cape Town (1,500 attendees) on Wednesday 30 November.


SINGAPORE


More than 150 doctors attended a lunchtime seminar on consent at Gleneagles Hospital in September. MPS Head of Medical Services (Asia) Dr Ming-Keng Teoh spoke on “Ethical and legal principles”, Edwin Tong from Allen & Gledhill spoke on “Recent SMC and High Court decisions” and MPS Medicolegal Adviser Dr Janet Page spoke on “Where to from here?”


Dr Teoh and Dr Page met with the new SMC President, Prof Tan Ser Kiat, to discuss recent SMC decisions on consent and better ways of working together.


UK


In September, MPS held the Making it Safer: Out of Hours and Unscheduled Primary Care conference, in Westminster, London. The conference attracted nearly 200 medical and clinical directors, chief executive officers, general practitioners, commissioners of out-of-hours (OOH) services and nurses. The packed programme included talks on: the role of the nurse practitioner; top tips on registering with the CQC; telephone triage; vicarious liability; and learning from adverse events.


HONG KONG


The second Hong Kong Expert Witness Training Programme, co-organised by MPS and HKMA, and supported by the HK Academy of Medicine, was held in September. The event was heavily oversubscribed, with more than 200 applications for 75 places. Topics included: the litigation process, clinical negligence, how to write a report, MPS claims handling ethos and what the courts wants from experts.


MALAYSIA


In November, Dr Ming-Keng Teoh delivered a lecture on medical protection and litigation in Penang. Dr Teoh spoke at the King Edward VII College of Medicine, University of Malaya’s annual alumni reunion.


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