S01 – Ethics and Professionalism; Crossing the Line

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Topics and Speakers:
Welcome – Dr Arthur Karagiannis
Relationship with industry – Ms Deborah Monk
Doctors with Borders – Dr Neil Murray
Regulatory Authorities and the Profession – Prof Con Michael
Defensive medicine – Ms Morag Smith
• The increasing focus on medicine becoming more defensive – that
more and more resources are being applied to tests to protect the
physician rather than benefitting the patient
• What constitutes malpractice
• What are the top three reasons why most doctors get sued?

49th Annual Scientific Congress of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists