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VASM Webinar on 27 July 2022 on "Reporting data to the Victorian Audit of Surgical Mortality". Download survey (PDF 539.97KB) report.
- Associate Professor Philip McCahy, Opening address: Acknowledge to Country
- Northern Health Speakers, Reporting data to VASM
VASM Webinar on 2 March 2022 on "Patient Transfers: within hospitals and between hospitals". Download survey (PDF 954.05KB) report.
- Associate Professor Philip McCahy, Opening address: Acknowledge to Country
- Associate Professor Philip McCahy, Inter-hospital transfers: VASM data
- Professor David Watters, Good transfer culture and behaviour
- Lachlan Crowe, Transfer related patient harm: insights from the insurer
- Dr Nathalie Webb, Transfers within hospitals and between hospitals
- Mr Graeme Campbell, Transferring patients: regional hospital perspective
- Professor Wendy Brown, Receiving transfer patients: metropolitan hospital perspective
- 2 March 2022, Panel Discussion
VASM Workshop Webinar on 8 December 2021 on "VASM Second-Line Assessment Workshop: Did the patient have to die? Peer feedback after surgical deaths." Download survey (PDF 756.09KB) report.
- Associate Professor Philip McCahy, Opening address and Acknowledge Country
- Mr Michael Gorton, Legal implications of the VASM peer review process
- Associate Professor Philip McCahy, VASM Peer Review - Second-Line Assessment
- Dr Avanthi Mandaleson, Second-Line Assessment of Orthopaedic Surgery Cases
- Mr Ian Faragher, Second-Line Assessment of General Surgery Cases
- 8 December 2021 Panel Discussion
Summer Webinar Series 2020 to 2021 on "Improving patient care with data Multiagency Victorian experience".
- VASM Webinar 3 on 3 February 2021 on "Healthcare perspective on using audit data for hospital accreditation." Download survey (PDF 778.11KB) report.
- VASM Webinar 2 on 16 December 2020 on "Collaborative perspective on using audit data for systemic improvements." Download survey (PDF 677.6KB) report.
- VASM Webinar 1 on 2 December 2020 on "Clinician’s professional development applied in clinical practice." Download survey (PDF 511.72KB) report.
VASM Seminar on 19 February 2020 on "Advancement in the surgical safety frontier". Download survey report (PDF 177.47KB) and reading list (PDF 161.6KB).
VASM Workshop on 11 October 2019 on "When cancer surgery goes wrong". Download survey (PDF 67.84KB) report.
- Dr Janet Chapman, Opening address (PDF 685.58KB).
- Associate Professor Philip McCahy and Ms Claudia Retegan, About VASM (PDF 1.49MB).
- Dr David Robinson and Ms Lisa Ochiel, CHASM in New South Wales (PDF 456.97KB).
- Dr David Robinson, CHASM: The NSW Collaborating Hospitals’ Audit of Surgical Mortality (PDF 232.91KB).
- Associate Professor Philip McCahy, Lessons learnt from the VASM Audit (PDF 469.53KB).
VASM Seminar on 20 February 2019 on "Surgical Safety 'how to engage wholly' for success". Download survey (PDF 88.4KB) report.
VASM Workshop on 19 October 2018 on "Lessons learnt from the VASM audit". Download survey (PDF 50.16KB) report.
- Associate Professor Philip McCahy, Lessons learnt from the VASM audit: Peer review assessment (PDF 692.38KB)
- Dr Miranda Cornelissen, Human factors and system safety in the surgical arena (PDF 991.72KB)
- Mr Michael Gorton, Legal implications of the VASM peer review process (PDF 92.98KB)
VASM Workshop on 05 September 2018 on "Can the VASM audit improve patient outcomes? - A regional perspective."
- Ms Claudia Retegan, An overview of the VASM audit (PDF 1.16MB)
- Mr Philip McCahy, From sad to bad patient journeys (PDF 1.45MB)
- Ms Glenda Gorrie, Quality and safety improvement in healthcare (PDF 142.51KB)
- Mr Peter Burke, A regional perspective to improve patient outcomes (PDF 5.26MB)
VASM TASM Seminar on 12 July 2018 on "Unexpected death - What now?" Download survey (PDF 48.38KB) report.
VASM Seminar on 14 February 2018, "The journey to Target Zero - tools to address critical areas that require improvement." Download survey (PDF 60.96KB)report.
VASM Workshop on 27 September 2017, "Fellows Interface Workshop." Download survey (PDF 28.81KB) report.
VASM AHRDMA Annual Scientific Meeting on 16 June 2017, "Knowledge-based sharing in the health industry." Download survey (PDF 51.52KB) report.
VASM Seminar on 21 February 2017, "Can registries and audits improve patient outcomes?" Download survey (PDF 49.26KB) report.
VASM Seminar on 23 February 2016, "Improving outcomes in the surgical patient".