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A Think Tank 2008

Patient Safety Background Document

Download the Introduction to Patient Safety document (pdf, 290KB)

The Purpose of the Think Tank

The Patient Safety Education Think Tank focussed on key issues around patient safety surrounding International Medical Graduates (IMGs).

The objectives for the Think Tank were to:

  • To engage in a wide-ranging discussion on patient safety with an emphasis on IMGs;
  • To identify key principles of patient safety in the workplace;
  • To identify the impact of the utilisation of workplace assessment on patient safety and its systematic effects;
  • To provide participants an opportunity to interact with each other to enable cross-fertilisation of ideas;
  • To lead to the development of a coordinated statewide approach to patient safety and IMG issues across the State of Victoria.

Videos

Please note that the following videos are quite large (larger than 25MB) and use Flash.  Please ensure your browser is Flash enabled and use a broadband connection where possible.

T Holt

Tangerine's video
(Flash video 22MB)

B Runciman

Bill's video
(Flash video 66MB)

M Walton

Merrilyn's video
(Flash video 72MB)