Education workshops

Interactive, small group workshop. 1 hour

Assists participants to present themselves in the best possible way when applying for internship and covers skills in interview techniques and curriculum vitae writing. Practical application opportunities are given throughout the workshop.

Interactive workshop for small groups. 2 hours.

Collaborate with peers, focusing on case scenario discussion, to explore appropriate use of touch and communication to strengthen the doctor–patient relationship, in particular to properly conduct physical examinations and reduce misunderstandings about professional boundaries in the relationship.

Interactive workshop for small to large groups. 1 hour

Collaborate with peers to explore how to properly conduct physical examinations and reduce misunderstandings about professional boundaries in the doctor–patient relationship.

Interactive workshop for small and large groups. 2 hours

Explores maintaining privacy and professionalism when using Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, educational discussion forums, doctor review websites, email, practice webpages, internet searches and blogs.

Interactive workshop for small to large groups. 1 hour

Explore maintaining privacy (of both doctors and patients) and professionalism when using Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, educational discussion forums, and blogs and responding to online reviews. Share ideas about benefits and pitfalls of social media with peers in a collegial environment.

Online Communication for Medical Professionals also addresses email and practice websites.

Interactive session for small to large groups. 2.5 hours

Advance your knowledge to facilitate an informed consent process for medical treatment that leads to optimal patient understanding and decision making. Gain practical advice on challenging areas of informed consent including documentation, determining patient capacity to consent, consent with children and mature minors, and shared decision making.

Also available in an online e-Learning format.

Interactive workshop for small to large groups. 1.5 hours.

Explore warning signs that indicate people may struggle with interpreting health information and the effects of this problem. Develop strategies to improve patient understanding to ensure consent is informed, therapeutic outcomes are optimised, and consultations satisfy both patients and doctors.

Relevant for the entire healthcare team.

Interactive workshop for small groups, CPD available, 3 hours.

Practise strategies for sustaining positive staff behaviours, responding to disruptive conduct, and establishing a respectful workplace culture. Develop skills to strengthen workplace relationships and improve overall team performance.

Relevant for entire healthcare team.

Interactive presentation for small or large groups. 1 hour.

Explore the informed consent process, who is responsible for the informed consent discussion, and refusal of treatment or withdrawal of consent.

Interactive workshop for small groups, CPD available, 2 hours.

Develop skills to identify a co-worker who is struggling, raise concern in an effective and non-judgemental manner, and provide early support. Based on fictional case scenarios, group discussion, and role plays.

Relevant for entire healthcare team

Highly interactive workshop for small to medium groups. 1.5 hours

Explore patient behaviours that threaten professional boundaries. Discover practical solutions to effectively maintain patient boundaries, learn to say “no”, and understand when and how to end a therapeutic relationship.

Highly interactive workshop for small to medium groups. 2 hours

Examine boundaries concerning multiple relationships, including rural practice considerations, and recognise potential adverse effects on therapeutic relationships. Dual relationships often involve a level of professional judgement. This workshop’s case discussions enable collaboration with peers to strengthen these decision-making skills.

Highly interactive workshop for small or large groups. 2.5hrs

Good record keeping is integral to patient care. Take our quiz about medical documentation, practise taking consultation notes, and share tips for creating good quality records. Topics covered include releasing medical records, retention and secure storage, what to include, and common problems.

Also relevant for Practice Managers.

This activity is also available in an online e-Learning format.

Highly interactive, full day workshop for small groups, CPD available.

Enhance skills and practise strategies to encourage positive workplace interactions.

Discover how to cultivate a supportive team culture, approach a colleague who has health concerns affecting their fitness to practise, respond to unprofessional conduct, provide effective feedback, and lead appropriately.

Relevant for the entire healthcare team. Includes pre- and post-workshop exercises.

Highly interactive workshop for small to large groups. 2 hours.

Explore maintaining privacy and professionalism when using Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, educational discussion forums, doctor review websites, email, practice webpages, internet searches and blogs.

Relevant for the entire healthcare team.

Social Media and Medicine – Risks, Responsibilities and Rewards focuses on social media alone.

Highly interactive small group workshop. 8.5 hours (1-hour pre-workshop, 6.5-hour workshop, 1-hour reflection activity).

Examine many aspects of boundaries with patients including how to respond to patients who push boundaries; dual relationships, e.g. self-prescribing and treating people with whom you have a personal relationship; preventing sexual and financial exploitation of patients; and identifying when boundaries may be vulnerable.

Accredited with the RACGP as a Category 1 active learning module.

Interactive workshop for small to large groups. 1.5 hours.

Examine medico-legal and best practice aspects of telehealth technologies. Case scenarios focus on video consultation and email, with information given about photos and text messaging. Learn how to embrace the benefits of telehealth while ensuring security, privacy and professionalism.

Relevant for the entire healthcare team

Interactive presentation for small to large groups. 1 hour.

Understand legal obligations when obtaining consent for the medical treatment of patients who are less than 18 years of age. Examine the consent process with the mature minor and children who are not mature minors, who can consent when parents disagree with each other, refusal of treatment by a competent minor, and cosmetic surgery for children.

Interactive session for small to large groups. 2.5 hours

Gain practical advice on how to respond most appropriately to patients’ and families’ negative reactions; communicate empathically, providing support and promoting trust and realistic hope; and manage personal negative reactions resulting from communicating difficult news.

This activity is also available in an online e-Learning format.

Highly interactive workshop for small groups. 3.5hrs

Examine general strategies for reaching a constructive resolution; practise resolving conflict with negotiation and mediation; and consider how conflict impacts individuals, teams and patient care.

Versions available for practice and hospital based doctors: can be run over two instalments.

Interactive workshop for small to large groups, CPD available. 3 hours.

Improve skills and knowledge of informed consent process steps including the information that needs to be communicated to a patient, documented in records, and contained on a procedure-specific consent form. Also explore considerations when treatment is refused or consent is withdrawn.

CPD available, small group workshop. 4 hours

Collaboratively brainstorm with peers about practical strategies for effectively managing four key areas of concern for Anaesthetists: effective communication with health professionals from other medical specialties, sharing information with patients and their relatives during informed consent conversations, respectful interactions with patients, and what to do when things go wrong.

Highly interactive workshop for small to large groups, CPD available. 3 hours.

Clarify the medico-legal issues surrounding supervision of GP registrars. Discover strategies and tools to both minimise medico-legal risks and help keep patients safe.

Interactive workshop for small groups, delivered in person or virtually. CPD available, 1.5-hour workshop and .5 hour post workshop action plan.

Experiencing aggression in the workplace is a challenge faced by many doctors and other healthcare workers. his workshop is designed to equip Members to recognise signs of increasing agitation and defuse escalation of aggressive behaviour in the workplace.

Interactive workshop for small groups, CPD available, 3.5-hour workshop and 1-hour preworkshop module.

Understand the importance of an apology and the explore the steps to ensure patients and staff are supported through an Open Disclosure process.