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Risk Management

From the Flight Deck : Improving Team Performance

2009 Workshop Information

What will you learn?

Facilitated by an experienced doctor and pilot, this workshop looks at the lessons learned from the aviation industry and applies them to a medical environment.

Learn about human error and how to improve individual and team performance. The program combines rigorous analysis of actual airlines accidents and medical incident case studies with group discussions and the rare opportunity to experience a realistic operation flight in a full-motion airline training flight simulator.

You'll be challenged, have fun and learn some valuable lessons in this two-day workshop.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• To understand theoretical overview of human error
• To understand error analysis models for both aviation and surgical incidents
• To explore the theory behind crew resource management (CRM) and other error prevention strategies used by the aviation industry
  

Target Group

This course is recommended for surgeons & advanced trainees.

	6-7 March 2009, Melbourne 8-9 August 2009, Melbourne (Ortho) 16-17 October 2009, New Zealand
	$963.00 AUD incl. GST $984.88 NZD incl. GST
	13 points Category 7
	Dr David Newman (MB, BS, DAvMed, PhD, MRAeS, FAICD, AFAIM)Consultant in Aviation Co-presenter- RACS Fellow
More information	Download & submit the Registration form - Melbourne 08.08.09 Download & submit the Registration form - NZ 16.10.09 FAQs Due to a technical malfunction, online registration is currently unavailable. If you wish to register, please download the registration form or contact the Professional Development Department. For further information, please contact: PDactivities@surgeons.org or +61 3 9249 1106

This workshop is proudly sponsored by Kimberly-Clark Australia

Disclaimer:

In the unlikely event that insufficient registrations are received to make the activity viable or the date or location of a professional development activity is changed the College takes no responsibility for additional individual costs incurred as a result. Please note that registrations are not confirmed until payment has been processed.

If a participant cancels their place in a workshop the following conditions apply:

• For cancellations between two and four weeks before the workshop, participants are eligible for a 50% refund
• There are no refunds for cancellations less than two weeks before the workshop. 
• However, at the discretion of the Professional Development Manager, registrants may be offered a refund or given the opportunity to transfer to another relevant professional development activity.
• Consideration will be given to circumstances of a medical or compassionate nature.

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