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Few doctors account for the majority of patient complaints

To many doctors, to receive a notice of a patient complaint seems random.

Tagged Audit, Complications, complaints, Patient experience, RANZCOG, SurgicalPerformance; Posted 12 years ago

Australia’s wasteful research grant system

Medical researchers in Australia spent 511 person years (one person working for more than 5 centuries!) worth of time preparing research-grant proposals for consideration for funding by the National Health...

Tagged Research, Cherish Foundation, Charity; Posted 12 years ago

Salpingectomy to reduce "ovarian cancer" risk

A few weeks ago we discussed the role of salpingectomy (without removing the ovaries) to prevent ovarian cancer. We agreed that …

Tagged Salpingectomy, Ovarian Cancer, BRCA, Prophylactic; Posted 12 years ago

Surgical Checklists

Surgical Checklists demonstrated a significant reduction in postoperative morbidity and mortality in more than one very large study.

Tagged Checklist, Audit, SurgicalPerformance, Complications; Posted 12 years ago

RANZCOG complications survey

I am an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist in a small country town in NSW.

Tagged Audit, SurgicalPerformance, RANZCOG, Complications; Comments 5 ; Posted 12 years ago by Elizabeth Varughese

FREE SurgicalPerformance Audit in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

If you think about it for a second it is pretty clear: You cannot improve outcomes that you don’t measure.I got in contact with the idea of “audit” when I...

Tagged Audit, SurgicalPerformance; Posted 12 years ago

In what locations are super obese patients slim and easy to operate?

Obese and super obese women in particular benefit froma laparoscopic approach if they need pelvic surgery.

Posted 12 years ago

My surgical training experience – a trainee’s perspective

Having just completed six years of O&G training is a good time to reflect on my past training, and specifically in relation to my surgical experience.

Tagged Training; Comments 3 ; Posted 12 years ago by Kelvin Larwood