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  1. Caring for Community, Country and Self: Medico-legal Issues in Practice

    In this pre-recorded presentation, delivered at the 2025 Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association Conference, MIPS Medico-Legal Advisor Dr Carrie McKenzie discusses racism in medicine and the medico-legal issues that can arise in clinical practi...
  2. Risk Education Workshop Roundup: Your 2025 Medico-Legal Insights

    Our Risk Education workshops brought together more than 500 practitioners across Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth for full-day CPD sessions focused on the most pressing challenges in clinical practice. Each event combined comprehens...
  3. Managing occupational violence: Hospital duty of care to medical staff

    Healthcare workplaces in Australia now have broad obligations to protect staff from occupational violence and aggression that may arise from interactions with patients, families, visitors and other staff. Getting this right is important in protect...
  4. Are your practice details up to date?

    Changes in your practice details can affect your membership classification. Without accurate information, you could face delays accessing support for Ahpra notifications, patient complaints and civil claims when you need it most. You may also have...
  5. Trespass to person: Understanding a growing risk in medical practice

    When patients suffer harm or injury from medical treatment, they have historically relied on the law of medical negligence to compensate them for their pain and suffering and/or economic loss. More recently, MIPS has observed an increase in trespa...
  6. Queensland's ADHD prescribing reform: what GPs need to know

    From 1 December 2025, Queensland will become the first Australian state to allow all general practitioners to diagnose and prescribe ADHD medication for adults without additional training requirements. While this represents a significant step forw...
  7. Critical appraisal of key medicolegal developments and trends in 2025 - Post Webinar Activity

    Online Form - TitleCritical appraisal of key medicolegal developments and trends in 2025 - Post Webinar Activity ...
  8. Annual Review: Trends and Outcomes in Medical and Dental Indemnity

    As 2025  comes to a close , join  our Chief Medical Officer,  Dr Owen Bradfield ,  for a comprehensive  webinar  reviewing the key developments and trends that have shaped the  medico -legal landscape this year.    ...
  9. Delivering care in rural and remote areas: Reviewing Performance and Measuring Outcomes in Clinical Practice - Post Webinar Activity

    1 hour Reviewing Performance (RP) + 3 hours Measuring Outcomes (MO) Online Form - Delivering care in rural and remote areas: Reviewing Performance and Measuring Outcomes in Clinical Practice - Post Webinar Activity ...
  10. Reviewing decision-making capacity and legal competence to consent to clinical intervention

    Online Form - Reviewing decision-making capacity and legal competence to consent to clinical intervention - Pre Webinar Activity ...
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