Checklists #ugh

https://youtube.com/watch?v=JzlvgtPIof4%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent We recommend reading Atul Gawande’s book ‘The Checklist Manifesto’. It’s a well written, fascinating story about the introduction of the WHO Safer Surgery checklist and the impact it had. This link will take you straight to Amazon if you want to buy a copy (other internet retailers exist!!) To understand the how human factorsContinue reading “Checklists #ugh”

Forget Critical Care and Look after a Colleague in 2018!

Here’s a New Years resolution for you! A colleague struggling? Dont walk away! A Colleague clearly not coping? Dont look the other way this time! #MH4Docs   It hurts. It hurts to hear doctor suicides occurring at such an alarming regularity. My deepest sympathies. https://t.co/bM7C9CDDyM — Dr Eric Levi FRACS (@DrEricLevi) December 31, 2017 YouContinue reading “Forget Critical Care and Look after a Colleague in 2018!”

The story behind Australia’s first Nobel Peace Prize

A pub in Carlton: story of Australia’s first #Nobel Peace Prize … @drruthmitchell & Dr Marcus Yip write in #MJAInSight … "The beginning of #ICAN was in a pub in Carlton. It’s time for the Australian government to do its part in ending nuclear weapons." https://t.co/Vg6zdDQq8t pic.twitter.com/XDQIboy3KM — MJA (@theMJA) December 12, 2017