This session builds practical knowledge of NSQHS Standard 1 Clinical Governance and the National Model Clinical Governance Framework, focusing on their application in real-world healthcare settings. Participants will explore how governance structures, safety and quality systems, and performance monitoring processes support the delivery of safe, high-quality care.
Through case studies and applied discussion, participants will develop capability in interpreting variation and performance data, identifying risks, and responding to incidents to inform improvement with an emphasis on translating governance principles into practical actions that improve patient care.
This is a 3-hour training session. We acknowledge attendance and time spent in learning which may be used to apply for CPD points from your professional registration body.
Registration
$190 AUD per person (ex GST)
Discounts are available at checkout:
- Staff from ACHS and ACHS International Member Organisations or Improvement Academy Affiliates receive 10% discount
- Group bookings of 3 or more people from the same organisation receive a 5% discount
Prices at the ticket selection and payment pages will include GST and invoices can be requested. Prices are subject to change.
Australian healthcare professionals including:
Executive and emerging executive leaders responsible for setting direction, oversight, and accountability for safe, high-quality care
Directors, senior managers, and program leads who translate clinical governance requirements into service-level priorities, systems, and improvement actions
Clinical governance committee members and board delegates involved in monitoring safety and quality performance, risk, incidents, and assurance processes
Senior clinicians and experienced clinical leaders who support teams to apply governance principles in everyday clinical practice and decision-making
Quality, safety, and improvement leaders responsible for interpreting data, identifying risks, responding to incidents, and driving system-level improvement
Explain the purpose and foundations of a Clinical Governance Framework
Describe the roles and accountabilities of boards, executives, and clinicians
Integrate consumer perspectives into governance and improvement activities
Manage complexity using quality improvement principles to address identified risks or system issues
Prioritise and implement practical, system-level solutions that improve patient outcomes
Ms Sarah Michael
RN, Grad Dip Quality Management, GAICD
Sarah Michael is a Registered Nurse with over 40 years’ experience in the health sector. Sarah’s professional pathway includes roles from being a registered nurse and manager in intensive care to quality / clinical governance / management roles at a hospital, health service, and state levels, consulting across Australia and New Zealand, and culminating in the last thirteen years working at St Vincent’s Health Australia across acute, sub-acute, public, private and aged care sectors.
Sarah has specific expertise in clinical governance (both strategic and operational), incident management and investigations, patient experience, policy development, organisational change, benchmarking and reporting, knowledge management and quality and safety education and training.
Sarah was a contributor to the Quality in Australian Health Care Study (MJA 1995) and co-authored the Chapter Clinical Governance and Risk Management for Medical Administrators (Springer 2023). Sarah was also part of the team at NSW Health to develop and roll out the inaugural Root Cause Analysis program in the early 2000’s, that remains the corner stone of incident management / systems thinking investigation tools across Australia and a program she remains passionate about today.
Discounted fees are provided for ACHS and ACHSI Members and IA Affiliates. Please ensure your organisation is a current member of ACHS at the time of registration. If you are unsure of your organisation's membership status, please contact your Clinical Governance Unit.
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The ACHS reserves the right to cancel any program. Full registration will be refunded if a program is cancelled or oversubscribed. Cancellations received in writing more than 7 days prior to the event will be accepted and all fees refunded less 10% (ex GST) of the total cost of the training. Cancellations advised in writing within 7 days of the event will not be refunded, however, transfer of your registration to another person in your organisation or an alternative IA event for the same value is supported.
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