Surgical News] Page 3 October 2010 President’S Perspective Relationships & Advocacy
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Surgical Teachers Course 21-23 October 2010, Adelaide The Surgical Teachers Course, consisting of two and a half days of challenging and interactive activities, enhances the educational skills of surgeons responsible for the teaching Ian Civil President and assessment of surgical trainees. Experienced faculty members employ a range of teaching techniques and presentations to deliver the curriculum including Adult Learning, professional Teaching Technical Skills, Feedback and Assessment and Change and Leadership. development n the health sector there appears to be no topic workshops that creates more debate and outcry than From the Flight Deck: Improving Team Performance DATES: oCt – nov 2010 Iissues of health workforce planning. What 29-30 October 2010, Melbourne are the correct number of health professionals, This two-day workshop is facilitated by an experienced doctor and pilot. It examines the NSW 29-31 october, sydney how should they be educated and trained and lessons learned from the aviation industry and applies them to a medical environment. Process Communication Model where should they spend their professional The program combines rigorous analysis of actual airline accidents and medical incident 5 november, sydney careers are questions that fill newspapers and case studies with group discussions and an opportunity to use a full-motion airline Polishing Presentation skills conferences. The theme creates position papers, training flight simulator. You will learn more about human error and how to improve 19 november, sydney individual and team performance. Proudly supported by Kimberly-Clark Australia occupational Medicine: industry site visits policies and government departments to enact 20 november, sydney them. Depending on your perspective there Polishing Presentation Skills Writing reports for Court can be too few health professionals creating 5 November 2010 Sydney QLD shortages and waiting lists, too many health Want to develop an attention grabbing presentation to deliver your message more 17-19 november, Brisbane professionals creating excessive self generated effectively? Whether you are a beginner or an experienced presenter, join this whole day Process Communication Model demand, maldistribution creating subsidised workshop to advance your presentation skills. You will learn a step-by-step presentation SA training and bonded career paths or a ’glut’ planning process and practical tips for delivering your message. It is equally applicable to 21-23 october, adelaide threatening restrictions in health insurance surgical teachers Course presentation sessions in hospitals, conferences and international meetings. coverage or managed care. Yes, there will always Proudly supported by Kimberly-Clark Australia VIC be controversy. 29-30 october, Melbourne Process Communication Model (PCM) from the flight Deck, Melbourne 29-31 October 2010, Sydney, 17-19 November 2010, Brisbane 11 november, Melbourne Haunted by bad policies Patient care is a team effort and a functioning team is based on effective communication. PCM supervisors and trainers for set (SAT set) However, there are a few facts that can be 12 november, Melbourne understood and are agreed. There is no is one tool that you can use to detect early signs of miscommunication and turn ineffective occupational Medicine: industry site visits President, ian Civil presents wakarongoa (a vessel used to hold the healing plants of the Maori) to President of the College of surgeons of sri Lanka, ranjith ellawala. communication into effective communication. PCM can also help to detect stress in yourself 13 november, Melbourne doubt that the policies of the 1980s and the and others, providing you with a means to re-connect with those you may be struggling Communication skills for Cancer Clinicians restriction on medical school intake have now to understand. The College is investigating how PCM can assist surgeons to improve their 19-21 november, Melbourne created health systems very dependent on the budget cuts or capped budgets where surgical communication skills. Two courses for rural Fellows, trainees and their supervisors are Leadership in a Climate of Change importation of medical graduates trained in Public Activities capped activity is seen as the most easily constrained planned for later this year. Proudly supported by the Dept of Health and Ageing WA overseas countries. Australia and New Zealand by budget controls service, the result is demonstrable public 20 october, Perth are the two countries with the highest rate of From a surgical perspective, another constant tension. The political excuses vary between Leadership in a Climate of Change supervisors and trainers for set (SAT set) imported overseas trained health professionals is the capped nature of surgical work that Australia and New Zealand. In New Zealand 19-21 November 2010, Melbourne – both nurses and medical practitioners – to is undertaken in the publicly funded health where there is political acceptance of waiting This 2½ day workshop aims to develop your understanding of how to be an effective 19-21 november, Melbourne LEADERSHIP IN A CLIMATE OF CHANGE sector. The nature of the clinical case load lists, scoring systems are used to define those leader in the 21st century. It focuses on leadership styles, establishing and maintaining alleviate self induced shortages. Change provides an ongoing challenge to Into the future, there will certainly be a and the necessity for training the various who fall below a threshold for treatment. In effective working relationships, managing the performance of others and managing surgical leaders. understanding your own healthcare groups also creates an environ- issues effectively in a vibrant work environment. You will complete an online behavioural style of leadership and adapting it to the greater demand for health professionals. Two Australia, where waiting lists are less accepta- inventory called the DiSC profile that will generate a specialised report on your leadership situation and personalities of others in the strong drivers of this are that fact that the ment in which organisational inefficiency is ble, there are many attempts to hide the num- attributes which is the basis for interactive debrief session. Behavioural preferences for a workplace is crucial in today’s dynamic world. aged population, particularly above 65 years, commonplace. Waiting lists are rarely due to bers – either in the actual lists themselves or range of leadership styles are explored and you’ll be offered challenging insights about this workshop encourages a journey of is increasing and this population requires a shortage of surgical expertise. They are due by refusing to accept people onto the waiting your leadership attributes. NB: This workshop is stand alone or one of three entry points for self-discovery by undertaking a psychometric to constraints on access to operating theatres behavioural profiling exercise, indicating an interventions and advanced technologies to lists in the first place. Depriving people of ac- the Advanced Diploma of Management individual’s preferred leadership style. group stay fitter for a longer period of time. ‘Life saving that occur in multiple ways. The challenge cess to surgeons in outpatient clinics or refus- discussions identify alternative leadership surgery‘ is now almost commonplace and the to obtaining access to routine surgical beds, ing to allow surgeons to place more than a Further Information: please contact the professional Development styles, the value of emotional intelligence and surgical intervention in chronic diseases now intensive care beds, and staffed operating certain number of patients on the waiting list Department on +61 3 9249 1106, by email [email protected] a range of appropriate management styles theatres at reasonable hours are folklore in appear two of the more common practices in or visit the website at www.surgeons.org - select Fellows then click that can enhance workplace relations. routine and expected. In short, there is more on professional Development. work to do on a larger number of people. the surgical community. Be it through overt the various states of Australia. u [Surgical News] PAGE 3 October 2010 President’s PERSPECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS & ADVOCACY “There is no doubt that the policies of the 1980s and the restriction on medical school intake has now created We live in interesting times health systems very dependent on the importation of medical graduates trained in overseas countries ” Should the rebate come under threat the College No guarantees for the increased Multiple contradictions role of