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2026 SAASM and TASM Webinar on 7 April 2026, It gets complicated... | ANZASM webinar hosted by SAASM and TASM.

The South Australian Audit of Surgical Mortality (SAASM) and Tasmanian Audit of Surgical Mortality (TASM) hosted a webinar on Tuesday 7 April 2026 at 6.00pm ACST | 6.30pm AEST. This webinar discussed the complications that occur during surgical care, exploring the challenges of managing complex patients and what we can learn from unfortunate outcomes.

Please see our speakers and their presentation topics below:

Chair: Professor Richard Turner, Professor of Surgery, University of Tasmania School of Medicine, and Consultant General Surgeon, Royal Hobart Hospital

Presenters:

Dr David Liu, Associate Professor, Department Surgery, The University of Melbourne and Oesophago-gastric General Surgeon, Austin Health and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Dr David Walsh: SAASM Clinical Director and General Surgeon


2025 SAASM Webinar on 17 November 2025, The Human Factor Impact of Non Technical Competencies on Patient Outcomes.

Chair: Dr David Walsh (SAASM Clinical Director).
Presenters:  
Professor Richard Turner: Professor of Surgery, University of Tasmania School of Medicine, and Consultant General Surgeon, Royal Hobart Hospital
• Rudeness is a risk factor – some basic preventive measures
 
Jesse Ey: PhD candidate from the University of Adelaide, PGY 1 intern at CALHN in 2026 (completed MBBS in October of this year)
• The impact of non-technical skills on surgical mortality in Australia.

2025 SAASM Webinar on 25 March 2025, "Logistics of Transfers".

2024 SAASM Webinar on 19 November 2024, "The Benefits of Clinical Quality Registries".

2024 SAASM Webinar on 18 March 2024, "Putting Evidence into Practice". 

2023 SAASM Webinar on 5 December 2023, "Postoperative Complications: Preventing, Recognising and Managing Them". Hybrid event.

Presentations for this seminar are as follows:

  • A/Prof George Kiroff, Opening session.
  • Prof Guy Ludbrook, The Hidden Pandemic of Postoperative Complications.
  • A/Prof Martin Bruening, It can't be my fault - I am as sharp as I was 20 years ago! Does age matter?
  • A/Prof Krishnaswamy Sundararajan, Gastrointestinal complications post-cardiac surgery.

2023 SAASM Webinar on 20 March 2023, "Multidisciplinary Care: Recognising complex complications early". Hybrid event.

2021 SAASM Seminar on 2 November 2021, "Site Volume and Surgical Outcomes", 7.00pm at SA Level 2 Training Rooms, 24 King William Street KENT TOWN, SA. Download program (PDF 421.87KB) (PDF 421.87KB) (PDF 421.87KB) (PDF 421.87KB).

2019 SAASM Seminar on 5 September 2019, "Navigating safe patient transfer: What can go wrong?"  This event was followed the RACS SA, WA and NT Annual Scientific Meeting on 6 and 7 September at Port Lincoln Hotel, Port Lincoln. 

SAASM Seminar on 12 April 2018, "Nobody Told Me: Poor Communication Kills - A case series and panel discussion highlighting the importance of effective communication". Download program (PDF 545.98KB) (PDF 545.98KB) (PDF 545.98KB) (PDF 545.98KB).

Presentations for this seminar can be downloaded below:

SAASM Seminar on 25 October 2016, "End of life matters". Download the program (PDF 716.92KB) (PDF 716.92KB) (PDF 716.92KB) (PDF 716.92KB).

Presentations for this seminar can be downloaded below:

        Mr Glenn McCulloch, Introduction and opening remarks (PDF 175.14KB) (PDF 175.14KB) (PDF 175.14KB) (PDF 175.14KB) 
        Professor Ian Olver, Ethics of non-treatment (PDF 167.47KB) (PDF 167.47KB) (PDF 167.47KB) (PDF 167.47KB) 
        Associate Professor Sarah Thompson, General Surgery (PDF 2.37MB) (PDF 2.37MB) (PDF 2.37MB) (PDF 2.37MB)
        Mr Michael Berce, Vascular Surgery (PDF 265.53KB) (PDF 265.53KB) (PDF 265.53KB) (PDF 265.53KB)
        Dr Greg Rice, Cardiothoracic Surgery (PDF 2.25MB) (PDF 2.25MB) (PDF 2.25MB) (PDF 2.25MB) 
        Mr Stephen Santoreneos, Neurosurgery (PDF 605.77KB) (PDF 605.77KB) (PDF 605.77KB) (PDF 605.77KB) 
        Dr Christopher Beare, Perioperative Physician's perspective (PDF 361.31KB) (PDF 361.31KB) (PDF 361.31KB) (PDF 361.31KB)
        Associate Professor Mary White,Intensive Care perspective (PDF 2.09MB) (PDF 2.09MB) (PDF 2.09MB) (PDF 2.09MB) 
        Dr Chris Moy, End of life care basics (PDF 4.57MB) (PDF 4.57MB) (PDF 4.57MB) (PDF 4.57MB) 
        Dr Christine Drummond, Tales of a porcupine (PDF 397.57KB) (PDF 397.57KB) (PDF 397.57KB) (PDF 397.57KB)
        Professor Ian Olver, Communication (PDF 167.47KB) (PDF 167.47KB) (PDF 167.47KB) (PDF 167.47KB)


NT, SA, and WA Annual Scientific Meeting on 7-8 August 2015, "Extended scope of practice for surgeons and health care practitioners generalism in surgery: Its role with the specialists". Hilton Hotel, Darwin. 


SAASM Seminar  on 23 July 2015, "The decision to operate - or not". Download theprogram (PDF 669.35KB) (PDF 669.35KB) (PDF 669.35KB) (PDF 669.35KB). Presentations for this seminar can be downloaded below:

Mr Glenn McCullochIntroduction and 10 years of SAAPM (PDF 358.47KB) (PDF 358.47KB) (PDF 358.47KB) (PDF 358.47KB)
Dr Ivan WardPre-operative assessment (PDF 3.55MB) (PDF 3.55MB) (PDF 3.55MB) (PDF 3.55MB), watchvideo
Dr Greg RiceRisk prediction in Cardiac Surgery (PDF 2.72MB) (PDF 2.72MB) (PDF 2.72MB) (PDF 2.72MB), watchvideo
Mr David HillP-POSSUM exposed (PDF 147.4KB) (PDF 147.4KB) (PDF 147.4KB) (PDF 147.4KB), watchvideo
Professor Robert FitridgePredicting outcomes in Vascular Surgery - when not to operate (PDF 1.72MB) (PDF 1.72MB) (PDF 1.72MB) (PDF 1.72MB), watchvideo
Dr Katy GibbSaying 'No'- a physician's perspective (PDF 257.87KB) (PDF 257.87KB) (PDF 257.87KB) (PDF 257.87KB), watchvideo
Dr Jennie LouiseFutility and the ethics of saying 'No' (PDF 220.03KB) (PDF 220.03KB) (PDF 220.03KB) (PDF 220.03KB), watchvideo
Dr David EvansHigh risk procedures - an ICU perspective, (PDF 1.91MB) (PDF 1.91MB) (PDF 1.91MB) (PDF 1.91MB)watchvideo


SAASM Seminaron 28  February 2012, "Recognising the deteriorating patient". Download theprogram (PDF 161.75KB) (PDF 161.75KB) (PDF 161.75KB) (PDF 161.75KB).