Newsletters
The Council distributes a quarterly e-news to NSW medical practitioners and interested stakeholders to promote professional standards and information about the ethical and regulatory responsibilities of doctors. If you would like to join the mailing list for this newsletter please contact the Council's communications team.
May 2023
In this issue:
- Latest podcast - Telehealth: the new normal Professor Anne Tonkin AO (President, Medical Board of Australia) and Dr Michael Wright (Chief Medical Officer at Avant Mutual) chat with host Dr Penelope Elix about the MBS's telehealth guidelines, patient safety and asynchronous care and good practice tips when delivering virtual consults.
- Receiving a complaint. Where do you go from here? In this article we look at the process, time frames and support you have available to you when you are the subject of a complaint.
December 2023
In this issue:
- Latest podcast - Doctor self-care Doctors spend their lives caring for others but can sometimes neglect their own health and wellbeing. Dr Michael Bonning, GP and AMA NSW President and host Dr Penelope Elix discuss the benefits of doctors having their own GP and share practical tips for doctors in finding support.
- Highlights from our latest annual report
- Meet our 2023 NSW Medical Student Essay Prize winners - Callum Fraser and Dylan Foskett and read their essays.
September 2023
In this issue:
- Telehealth changes are here - what you need to know
- Latest podcast - Mental health beyond the referral How can doctors best engage with the growing number of patients presenting with mental health concerns, and where to find practical resources a and support? Professor Sam Harvey (Black Dog Institute) and our host Dr Penelope Elix discuss.
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In our latest spotlight on our processes we take a look at the monitoring team and its role in working with doctors who have conditions placed on their registration to ensure the public is protected.
July 2023
In this issue:
- Separating fact from fear in mandatory notifications
- How a healthy workplace can improve patient care
- Interpersonal violence: reporting and patient care
- Spotlight on: Impaired registrants panels
- Cultural safety strategy launch
March 2023
In this issue:
- Meet our President
- Mental health: know when to refer
- Social networking: personal boundaries
- Spotlight on: Professional standards committees
December 2022
In this issue:
- Opioid clinical care standards
- Transgender medicine update
- Spotlight on Practice based assessments
- Medical student essay prize winners 2022
June 2022
In this issue:
- New podcast on informed consent
- 10 things you must know about mandatory reporting (and they're not necessarily what you think)
- Social media: the ins and outs of maintaining a social media presence
- Spotlight on Counselling Interviews
March 2022
In this issue:
- SafeScript NSW: Real time medication tracking coming your way
- Podcast - Everyone and no one: Who is looking after the patient?
- Spotlight on urgent action
- Shared decision making and the five question model
- When should I include an interpreter in a consult?
December 2021
In this issue:
- Burnout: Are you at risk and what to do about it?
- Communication is key to shared care success
- Who me? Retire? How to plan, transition and adapt
- Does being grumpy with patients carry serious medico-legal risk?
- Spotlight on Performance Review Panels
November 2021
In this issue:
- COVID-19 vaccination exemptions: what are the criteria?
- Meet Dr Liz Tompsett, Council member and surgeon
- Telehealth – a psychiatrist’s perspective
- Think you know the Doctor's Code of Conduct?
- Spotlight on: health assessors
June 2021
In this issue:
- Recalls and reminders: Know your obligations
- Podcast: Who is who in health regulation
- Telehealth: The patient's perspective
- Medical Council of NSW support the Medical Benevolent Association of NSW
- Spotlight on: Self-reflections forms
March 2021
In this issue:
- President's message
- Do you know the three W's when it comes to compound medicine?
- Podcast: Setting the record straight on medical records
- Informed consent: make it meaningful
- Does your diagnosis get lost in translation?
- Annual report 2019/20
- Spotlight on: Council Based Assessments
December 2020
In this issue:
- President's message
- Why are systems struggles impacting doctors and aged care patients?
- New podcast: two-part series on prescribing
- Leaving medicine? What you need to know about patient records before you do
- Spotlight on 'no further action' outcomes
July 2020
In this issue:
- President's message
- Meet Dr John Sammut - Incoming Medical Council President
- Circumstances change, good practice remains the same (Dr Charlotte Hespe, RACGP)
- How does Council address impairment in practitioners
April 2020
In this issue:
- President's message
- Are you guilty of making these vaccine errors?
- If the Medical Council calls, will I end up suspended?
- Complaints, communications, clinical care and more: take-away messages from the annual report
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