2nd Australasian Diagnostic Error in Medicine (AusDEM) Conference

2nd Australasian Diagnostic Error in Medicine (AusDEM) Conference is organized by Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM), Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) and will be held from Apr 28 - 30, 2019 at Grand Hyatt Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Who should attend?
Clinicians with an interest in diagnosis including Radiologists and Pathologists, Medical Educators, Researchers, Nurses, Patients, Quality Managers, Medical Administrators and Medical Students.

Conference theme: Communicating for safer diagnosis

Diagnosis is difficult. Most people will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime, sometimes with devastating consequences. Language creates our experience and the field of diagnostic error and safety can be viewed through the lens of our communication.

• How can we communicate for safer diagnosis?
• How can health IT better support the diagnostic process?
• How can clinicians better communicate with each other across the silos in healthcare?
• How can patients better engage in the diagnostic process?

This exciting multidisciplinary conference which will bring together thought leaders in the growing field of diagnostic safety. Experts in clinical reasoning, medical education, cognitive psychology, and medical research will join together to explore this critical topic through the lens of our communication.

The program will include presentations on the following:
• Simulation
• Coping with Medical Error
• Cognitive Biases
• Testing
• Expertise & Teaching Clinical Reasoning
• Communication
• Problems & Solutions

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.