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Clinical, Residential Aged Care & Future Leaders
Medical Student Communiqué Episode #2: Communicating when uncertain
This podcast explores how difficulties in recognising and communicating abnormal results leads to significant patient harm.
Medical Student Communiqué Episode #1: Medical protocols
This podcast explores how unquestioning adherence to medical protocols could lead to patient harm.
RACC Webinar Series Episode #3: ‘Let me eat what I want!’
Choking risk or safety: who decides what a resident with dementia may eat?
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 17 Issue 4 November 2022
Two residents die prematurely due to choking on food.
Clinical Communiqué Volume 9 Issue 3 September 2022
In this edition we review the limits of decision-making tools in situations of alert fatigue and failure-to-escalate.
RACC Webinar Series Episode #2: ‘But the resident didn’t want to go to ED’
What should I do about an unwell resident with dementia?
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 21 Issue 1 February 2026
Respecting a resident’s autonomy, especially in those living with cognitive impairment requires robust and proactive risk mitigation strategies.
The Communiqués
Future Leaders Communiqué Episode #13: Rural
This podcast presents a case from rural Australia where a culmination of missed opportunities and systemic issues resulted in a poor patient outcome during an interhospital transfer.
The Communiqués
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 20 Issue 4 November 2025
The investigations of two deaths related to medications and medication management highlight the importance of challenging the status quo.
The Communiqués
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