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Rural Health Webinar Series – Health and wellbeing for rural doctors and the risks and impacts of medicolegal claims (Part 2 of 3)

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Type: On-demand
Recorded: 4 Apr 2024

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Email: RACGP Rural
Call: 1800 636 764

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Rural Health Webinar Series – Health and wellbeing for rural doctors and the risks and impacts of medicolegal claims (Part 2 of 3)

On-demand recorded 4 Apr 2024

This instalment of the Rural Health Webinar Series forms Part 2 of the Medical Indemnity Protection Society (MIPS) three-part series on medicolegal issues and risk management in rural practice. The webinar will explore common health problems experienced by doctors and discuss ways to implement strategies to minimise a doctor’s medicolegal risk. It follows on from Part 1: Common medicolegal risks in rural practice.

Learning outcomes

Discuss common health problems experienced by GPs including the barriers for accessing care and support, mandatory reporting, and the relationship to medicolegal claims.
Discuss ways to minimise medicolegal risk by implementing personal and professional strategies.

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This event is part of Rural Health Webinar Series. Events in this series are:

Presenter

Dr Owen Bradfield
MBBS(Hons), BMedSc(Hons), LLB, MBA, PhD, FRACGP

Dr Owen Bradfield is the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the Medical Indemnity Protection Society. Owen is a dual-qualified medical practitioner and health lawyer, with nearly 20 years’ experience in medical and legal practice, comprising over 10 years’ experience in the medical indemnity insurance industry. He has advised and represented health practitioners in a range of medico-legal disputes, including civil claims, regulatory complaints, employment disputes, Coronial inquests and Medicare investigations. Owen is passionate about advocating for fair regulatory and legal processes for healthcare practitioners and supporting members who are navigating complex medico-legal problems. Owen combines his role at MIPS with health law research at the University of Melbourne, where he examines the intersection between doctors’ health and legal claims. Owen’s research has been internationally recognised and he is a 2020 Fulbright Scholar and winner of the 2022 Premier’s Award for Health and Medical Research in the Health Services Research category. Owen is also the immediate past Chairperson of Victoria’s Patient Review Panel and a member of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Ethics Committee.

Sponsor

MIPS membership includes comprehensive indemnity cover for the provision of healthcare to individuals. MIPS exists to promote honourable and discourage irregular practice and to protect the interests of members. MIPS provides a range of benefits in addition to insurance covers such as our 24-hour Medico-Legal Support and accredited risk education workshops.

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