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Clinical, Residential Aged Care & Future Leaders



Clinical Communiqué Volume 6 Issue 4 December 2019
Two cases of a condition which has the dangerous combination of a missable diagnosis, and a potential for rapid, lethal deterioration.


Clinical Communiqué Volume 6 Issue 3 September 2019
Shortcomings in the interface between humans and technological systems can lead to patient harm.


Clinical Communiqué Volume 6 Issue 2 June 2019
What do we need to do to keep patients safe when we explerience yet another flu season?


Clinical Communiqué Volume 6 Issue 1 March 2019
We discuss fixation error, the phenomenon whereby a person falls into a pattern of thinking that there is only one possible explanation.


Clinical Communiqué Volume 5 Issue 4 December 2018
We present an extended edition on doctor-patient communciation and discuss the polygon of patient safety.


Clinical Communiqué Volume 5 Issue 3 September 2018
Looking after our patients and improving the ways in which we keep them safe is only one side of the story.


Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 21 Issue 3 August 2026
Trusted systems lead to unintended harm. Understanding the risks of misplaced assumptions in aged care practice.

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Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 21 Issue 2 May 2026
Understanding whether non-standard clinical care is suboptimal, consistent with a person's documented authentic wishes or a dignity of risk preference.

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Short course: Resident-to-Resident Aggression in Aged Care 2026
This course is designed for consultant physicians, senior clinicians, and clinical leaders working at the frontline of care for older people.

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