COVID-19: Looking back to look forward
The COVID-19 pandemic hit our lives with cyclonic force early this year. It fundamentally changed healthcare within a matter of days, and in ways that will be felt for years to come.
What can we learn from looking back to look forward?
What has changed that is here to stay?
How can we use the COVID-19 experience to improve Australian healthcare?
The panel shared their personal experience and perspectives on the following issues:
- Protecting the health and well-being of our doctors
- Longer-term telehealth and electronic prescribing
- Practitioner regulation during and post COVID-19
- Preparing for future unexpected events.
Meet the Panel
Dr Roger Sexton - Moderator
Dr Roger Sexton has practised as a procedural rural general practitioner for over 30 years and is currently working as Medical Director of Doctors’ Health SA and NT, as a consultant in executive health. Roger is a past Presiding Member of the Medical Board of SA
Dr Anne Tonkin
Dr Anne Tonkin is Chair of the Medical Board of Australia which is responsible for registration and regulation of all doctors in Australia. She has been involved in medical regulation for more than 10 years and was first appointed to the Medical Board of South Australia in 2009, prior to the National Scheme.
Dr Stephen Parnis
Dr Stephen Parnis is a Consultant Emergency Physician at St Vincent's Hospital, the
Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, and Werribee Mercy Hospital in Melbourne.
He was a recipient of the Cody Scholarship in 1983, and attended Xavier College
from 1983-86. He graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1992, and
obtained his Fellowship of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine in
2007.
Tim Bowen
Tim leads MIGA’s health advocacy, policy and engagement.
He works across a wide range of medico-legal, regulatory and professional issues, leading MIGA’s responses for its members and the broader profession to inquiries, reviews, consultations and other engagementsWatching this on demand webinar will provide you with 5 MIGA Risk Management Points* - Click here to find out more about the Risk Management Program.
*If you attended the webinar on the night, you will have been awarded your 5 Points.
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