QASM workshops and seminars

The Queensland Audit of Surgical Mortality (QASM) and Northern Territory Audit of Surgical Mortality (NTASM) are hosting an online national webinar via Microsoft Teams on Monday 4 August 2025 at 6:00-7:00pm (AEST).

The session will explore the clinical and legal complexities surrounding end-of-life care, with insights drawn from real cases reported to the Australian and New Zealand Audit of Surgical Mortality (ANZASM). Expert panelists from surgical, anaesthetic, and legal backgrounds will offer multidisciplinary insights and practical considerations to support surgeons in making ethically sound and legally informed decisions.   

Click here to register to receive the link to join online.

 

QASM seminar – Friday 27 October 2023

 

Surgical challenges and the vulnerable patient – exploring support for these scenarios

 

QASM Connects webinar series 2023

 

Webinar one: Dr Emilia Dauway –Timefulness: expanding time from a surgeon's perspective

Webinar two: Dr John Copp – The Importance of Good Follow up with Bariatric Patients

 

Human factors and safety in surgical patients – Friday 18 November 2022

 

Human factors and safety in surgical patients – morning session

Presentations from: 

Dr Sally Langley, RACS President, Dr Chiara Santomauro, Research Fellow and Lecturer, Griffith University, Dr Juanita Muller, Vascular Surgeon, Dr Terence Chua, General Surgeon.

Non-technical skills in the management of complex surgical environments – afternoon masterclass

Presentations from: 

Dr Nathan Brunott, General Surgeon, Dr William Butcher, Vascular Surgeon, Dr David Sainsbury, Anaesthetist, Dr Chiara Santomauro, Research Fellow and Lecturer, Griffith University.

 

QASM Connects webinar series 2022

Webinar one: Dr Emilia Dauway –Timefulness: expanding time from a surgeon's perspective – Watch here (MP4 436.84MB)

Webinar two:  Dr Leong Tan – Cervical collars in older patients – Watch here (MP4 100.02MB)

Webinar three: Dr Peter Coverdale – Clinical decision-making

Webinar four: Dr Juanita Muller – Preparing vascular patients for NO surgery

Webinar five: Dr Adam Parr – Transfer of patients with cervical fractures

 

Surgery – timing is everything – Thursday 18 November 2021

QASM Seminar: Surgery – timing is everything

 

Clinical Decision Making – how can we do better? – Thursday 26 November 2020

Webinar one: Dr John Crozier – Charybdis Scylla latros CSI

Webinar two: Dr Ollapalil Jacob – Unwarranted optimism and lack of honest communication

Webinar three: Dr Aisling Fleury – Just because we can doesn't mean we should

Webinar four: Dr Michael Rudd – Timing of acute surgery: does it really matter?

Webinar five: Dr Eric Donaldson – Evolution in clinical decision-making

 

Steps to improving safety, quality and patient outcomes – 12 June to 24 July 2020

QASM webinar series

Introduction: DrJohn North, QASM Clinical Director – Steps to improving safety, quality and patient outcomes

Webinar one: Dr Bernadette Eather, National Manager of Clinical Quality and Patient Safety, Ramsay Health Care – Making Safety and Quality the top priority in Decision Making – does the surgeon need assistance?

Webinar two: Dr Michael Gillman, Executive Director Medical Services, St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital – An example of a hospital’s approach to improving safety and quality

Webinar three: Michael Wishart, Infection Control Coordinator, CICP-E, St Vincent’s Private Hospital Northside – Preventing post-surgical infection, preventing post-surgical mortality

Webinar four: Dr Bruce Garlick, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital – Quality assurance in cardiac surgery

Webinar five: Dr Brian McGowan, Director of Surgery, Logan Hospital, Currently seconded to Healthcare Improvement Unit (HIU), Clinical Excellence Queensland –“It’s the Culture… Stupid”!

Webinar six: Dr Alison Smith, Senior Medical Officer, Greenslopes Private Hospital – Learning from the Data: Quality and Safety in Surgery at Greenslopes Private Hospital

Webinar seven: Professor Michael Schuetz, Director, Jamieson Trauma Institute; Chair of Trauma, QUT; Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, RBWH – What is required to make Trauma Care safe in a private facility?

 

Seminars prior to 2020

QASM Seminar Friday 18 October 2019 – Distance, Delays and Deterioration – improving surgical care in regional Queensland

Seminar program (PDF 125.98KB) - please send email request for required presentations to [email protected]

QASM Seminar Friday 2 November 2018 – Infections in surgical patients

Seminar program (PDF 871.15KB) – please send email request for required presentations to [email protected]. (PDF 871.15KB)

QASM Seminar Friday 10 November 2017 – Captain of the ship? A surgeon's role in safety and quality

Seminar program (PDF 291.51KB) – please send email request for required presentations to [email protected].

QASM Seminar Friday 18 November 2016 – The elderly surgical patient – evidence-based practice

Seminar program (PDF 397.56KB)– please send email request for required presentations to [email protected].

QASM Seminar Friday 13 November 2015 – Surgery and the obese patient

Seminar program (PDF 73.54KB) – please send email request for required presentations to [email protected].

QASM Seminar Friday 7 November 2014 – Situational awareness and the surgeon

Seminar program (PDF 245.91KB) – please send email request for required presentations to [email protected]

QASM Seminar Friday 15 November 2013 – QASM adverse event - systems or surgeons?

Seminar program (PDF 73.54KB) – please send email request for required presentations to [email protected]

QASM Seminar Friday 9 November 2012 – Complex decision making in modern practices

QASM Seminar Friday 11 November 2011 – Queensland surgical dilemmas: distance, delays and deteriorating patients