A podcast all about safe practice and clinical risk mitigation. Hosted by a medical advisor for the health regulation sector, who analyses complaints and medica...
A podcast all about safe practice and clinical risk mitigation. Hosted by a medical advisor for the health regulation sector, who analyses complaints and medica...
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S1E6 - Mental Illness Does Not Mean Automatic Mandatory Reporting
Many health professionals hold back seeking support or treatment for their mental health for fear of mandatory reporting. In this episode I explain why this is an unwarranted fear in most cases.
If you are in crisis, contact your GP, your local ED, or one of the following services:
Emergency support
If your life is in danger call emergency services:
Emergency Australia – 000
Emergency New Zealand – 111
Counselling 24/7:
If you need support call one of the following numbers
Lifeline Australia | 13 11 14
Lifeline New Zealand | 0800 543 354
Kids Helpline | 1800 55 1800
MensLine Australia | 1300 78 99 78
Suicide Call Back Service | 1300 659 467
Beyond Blue | 1300 22 4636
Open Arms – Veterans & Families Counselling | 1800 011 046
Qlife – anonymous and free LGBTI peer support | 1800 184 527 – (3PM-Midnight every day)
The National Indigenous Postvention Service – After Suicide Support 24/7 | 1800 805 801
Brother to brother 24-hour crisis line | 1800 435 799
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All content is my own and not affiliated with any organisation. All opinions are my own.
17/09/2023
5:23
S1E5 - Documentation 101
I provide a simple mnemonic (with a dramatic visual prompt) for remembering how to structure clinical documentation.
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All content is my own and not affiliated with any organisation. All opinions are my own.
10/09/2023
8:38
S1E4 - Decision-making capacity.
Using a hypothetical case study, we discuss multiple important concepts regarding decision-making capacity:
1. Can the Mental Health Act be used to enforce treatment for physical ailments?
Link to the NSW Mental Health Act:
https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2007-008
2. What is decision-making capacity?
· When do we need to formally assess decision-making capacity?
· What about patients with mental illness?
Useful links:
o NSW Health Consent to Medical and Healthcare Treatment Manual:
https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/policies/manuals/Publications/consent-manual.pdf
o NSW Government Capacity Toolkit:
https://www.tag.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-10/CapacityToolkit2020_1.pdf
3. Are health professionals obliged to prevent patients from making unwise health decisions?
· What if those unwise decisions are likely to result in the patient's harm or death?
Useful links:
o NSW Health Consent to Medical and Healthcare Treatment Manual:
https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/policies/manuals/Publications/consent-manual.pdf
o NSW Government Capacity Toolkit:
https://www.tag.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-10/CapacityToolkit2020_1.pdf
Find me on Instagram @thesafepracticepodcast.
All content is my own and not affiliated with any organisation. All opinions are my own.
28/08/2023
11:23
S1E3 - Permission to Cease
In this episode I discuss the concept of giving your patient the "permission to cease" an examination or procedure, the reasons why you would do this, and the benefits for the therapeutic relationship.
Along the way we touch on the freeze response (a lesser-known cousin of the flight or flight response) and some key concepts of health ethics.
I round it off by giving you my personal experience having deployed this technique for many years.
Find me on Instagram @thesafepracticepodcast.
All content is my own and not affiliated with any organisation. All opinions are my own.
24/08/2023
6:23
S1E2 - Explaining Risks and Side Effects of Treatment
Ever wondered which of the 200 obscure risks and side effects of a treatment you should warn your patient about?
This episode gives you a conceptual framework - in the form of the "Common SMS" mnemonic - with which to consider this aspect of the informed consent.
Find me on Instagram @thesafepracticepodcast.
All content is my own and not affiliated with any organisation. All opinions are my own.
A podcast all about safe practice and clinical risk mitigation. Hosted by a medical advisor for the health regulation sector, who analyses complaints and medical errors for a living. Listen along for tips, tricks, and traps to avoid...all in the name of incident avoidance and patient safety.