The Practice of Clinical Governance

Dr. Luis Prado is a Medical Graduate of the University of Queensland and is a  Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators,  Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of General Practitioners, Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives,  Fellow of the Australasian College of Health Service Management, and Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.  He has held several senior Healthcare and Medical Executive leadership roles across both the public and private healthcare sectors in Australia, along with key Board Director roles in the for-profit and not-for profit sectors. He is an Affiliate Professor for Deakin University and has been actively involved in leading medical education and research across private and public healthcare organisations and specialty colleges. Dr. Sidney Chandrasiri is a Medical Graduate of the University of New South Wales, a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators, Fellow of the Australasian College of Health Service Management, Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and holds a Masters in Health Management and Certification in Health Informatics.  Dr Chandrasiri has held various Health Executive and Medical Leadership roles across private and public healthcare sectors in Australia, Board Director roles in both community health and hospital health service boards and has lectured on health system management to postgraduate students and medical trainees. She is a speaker at multiple medical forums across Australia and publishes widely in the field of medical leadership.        

Introduction to Clinical Governance.- Elements of clinical governance.- How do you know your hospital is safe? Question for leaders.- Impact of good clinical governance in a healthcare system.-   Clinical governance from Board perspective.- Clinical governance from a patient/consumer perspective.- Clinical governance for clinician leaders.- Working with clinicians implementing clinical governance.- Implementation, monitoring, review and improvement of clinical governance.- Education, training and research in clinical governance.- Summary and key learnings.