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Risk Management

From the Flight Deck: Improving Team Performance

Workshop information

What will you learn?

Facilitated by an experienced doctor and pilot, this two-day workshop looks at the lessons learned from the aviation industry and applies them to the 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
• group discussions
• 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 workshop.

Key learning outcomes

• To understand error analysis models for both aviation and surgical incident.
• To recognise factors that contribute to human error.
• To understand the strategies that improve individual and team performance in critical medical incidents.

Target group – This course is recommended for surgeons and advanced Trainees

Sponsor – This workshop is sponsored by Kimberly-Clark Australia

Key details

Location and date:
30 and 31 July 2010 – Melbourne, VIC, Australia
29 and 30 October 2010 – Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Fee:
A$983, including GST

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points: 12 points in category 7

Presenters: Dr David Newman (MB, BS, DAvMed, PhD, MRAeS, FAICD, AFAIM), consultant in aviation medicine and College Fellows

Registration: To register, please download the appropriate registration form:

• July 2010 registration form (PDF 237Kb)
• October 2010 registration form (PDF 236Kb)

and submit it by post or fax to the Department of Professional Development (view contact details). Online registration is currently unavailable.

More information: Read this workshop flyer (PDF 179Kb) or contact the Department of Professional Development.

Cancellation policy:

• 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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Contact

Department of Professional Development
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
College of Surgeons' Gardens
250–290 Spring Street
East Melbourne VIC 3002 Australia

Telephone: +61 3 9249 1106
Fax: +61 3 9276 7432
Email: PDactivities@surgeons.org