The 34th Annual Medico Legal Congress explores the latest challenges, legal considerations, and emerging issues in the intersection of medicine and law in Australia.
Topics
- Medicolegal reports arising from infectious diseases and virology
- AI in clinical radiology: recent developments and ongoing pain points
- Cases within the Supreme Court: health practitioner disciplinary matters
- Obstetric litigation and critical changes in maternity practice: what do we need to know?
- Emerging medico legal aspects and legislative reforms in nurse practitioner practice
- Duty of care and ethical considerations in virtual healthcare
- Death certificates: medicolegal implications and inconsistencies in legislation
- Civil liability: breach of confidence & tort of invasion of privacy
- Protecting doctors’ health post-regulatory notifications
- Can restraint of patients with mental health conditions really be eliminated?
- Medicolegal implications of delayed diagnosis in cancer care
- Personal injury and workers compensation
- The rise of sovereign citizen presentations to mental health practitioners and the courts: causes and implications
- Medicolegal aspects of robotics in colorectal surgery
- The aging doctor and the older specialist
- Prescribing obligations and legal requirements: RTMP and medical records
- Putting the expert back into expert witness
- What information does the NDIA need to make access decisions?
- Navigating recent trends and cases within coroners court & coronial inquiries
Who should Attend
- National clinicians
- Medico legal advisers
- Senior hospital representatives
- Legal counsels
- AHPRA representatives
- Academic institutions
- Government officials
- Indemnity insurers
- Top law firms
- Medico legal societies
