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Breaches of confidentiality
When are you legally allowed or obliged to breach patient…
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Correcting Medical Records
1. Statutory & Professional Framework Level Source Core duties relevant…
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Gillick Competence
1. Core legal principles Principle Practical meaning for clinicians Key…
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Handling Patient Complaints in General Practice
Aligned with RACGP Standards (5ᵗʰ ed), Australian Open Disclosure Framework,…
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How to end the doctor–patient relationship
🔹 General Principles 🔹 Appropriate Reasons to End the Relationship…
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Infection Control
1. Governance & risk assessment 2. Standard precautions (apply to…
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Mandatory Notification – Doctors
https://www.medicalboard.gov.au/Codes-Guidelines-Policies/Guidelines-for-mandatory-notifications.aspx What are mandatory notifications? 🔹 WHO MUST MAKE A…
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Mandatory Notification – Student
🔹 Who Must Make a Mandatory Notification 🔹 Trigger for…
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Mandatory Reporting
Principle What it means for you Legal duty If you…
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Non-Sexual Boundaries in Medical Practice
Adapted from: Nerissa Ferrie, Avant (Dec 2024) 1. Treating Friends,…
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Non‑biological adult Consenting a child
can non‑biological adult can give valid consent in Australia? 1.…
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Notifiable Conduct
under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (s 140) Category (s 140) Threshold…
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Online prescription, referral and medical certificate services
online prescription, referral, and medical certificate services in Australia, as…
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Report a Death to the Coroner
🔎 When Should I Report a Death to the Coroner?…
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Risk‑mitigation Strategies
high‑impact risk‑mitigation strategies you can embed in everyday clinical practice.…
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Sexual Boundaries in the Doctor–Patient Relationship
https://www.medicalboard.gov.au/codes-guidelines-policies/sexual-boundaries-guidelines.aspx 🔷 GENERAL OVERVIEW 🔹 1. THE FOUNDATION OF THE…
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Social Media Use in Medical Practice
⚖️ Professional Obligations Apply Online Clinical Scenario Illustration Privacy vs…
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Urgent or clinically significant results
1. Governing standards & legal duties (why this matters) Source Key…
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When parents disagree
Parental responsibility (PR): Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) s 61B “Parental responsibility, in relation to…