Professional Development
Resources for early career doctors
- Professional Development
- Career Development
- Learning Management System
- E-learning activities
- Education workshops
- Webinar recordings
Specially designed resources and online professional development workshops to support you build key skills and medico-legal knowledge that matters.
In the fast-paced world of medicine, professional development can mean the difference between staying on top . . . or being left behind. Upskilling yourself – with the skills that matter – paves the way to a future-proof career – allowing continual adaptation in an ever-changing vocation.
Lifeline: a medico-legal series for early career doctors
A series of short videos highlighting the relationship between the delivery of healthcare and common medico-legal risks that can arise. The videos distill key professional and legal obligations, highlighting common issues and scenarios, explain the framework around regulatory requirements and professional obligations, and provide practical advice on how early-career doctors can manage these challenges.
The topics for the first series include:
- reportable deaths and coronial matters
- death certificates
- communication within the healthcare team
- professional bourndaries - TBC
- understanding medical indemnity - TBC
Communication, Culture & Collaboration – The 3 C’s of Professional Development
During a typical hospital admission, patients will interact with numerous healthcare providers, including doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, and technicians. Consequently, effective communication and collaboration between healthcare professionals are essential to patient safety and quality of care.
A collaborative culture is one where healthcare professionals communicate – working together to share problem-solving and decision-making responsibilities in partnership with patients and families. Communication, Culture & Collaboration walk hand in hand and are integral to effective clinical governance. But how can we upskill in these areas?
Cultivating a positive team culture
Getting a team working well together is one of the hardest things to do and each medical team faces unique challenges. This virtual workshop is an opportunity to develop your skills for maintaining successful working relationships to benefit patient care; explore what you can do to encourage positive engagement in your team; recognise and understand the impact of disruptive behaviour; and discover how to respond appropriately to disruptive behaviour.
Communicating for success
Effective communication within a team is vital in healthcare for delivering quality and safe patient care and reducing the risk of medico-legal claims and complaints. Further develop your communication skills for working in a team with this online workshop. It is an opportunity to discover why good communication between health professionals is essential; the various ways you can communicate with colleagues; and appropriate methods and techniques for receiving and delivering constructive feedback.
Collaboration in action
Interprofessional and collaborative practice is recognised internationally as important for patient-centred, safe, effective, and efficient medical care. This virtual workshop is an opportunity to explore ways to build a collaborative team environment; practise negotiation skills to resolve team conflict; and gain confidence in managing a difficult conversation with a colleague.
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