RCPI Public Meeting on Medical Errors, Tuesday 1 November 2011

The next RCPI public meeting - 'Perspectives in Medical Error: Understanding Uncertainty in Medicine', which will be held on Tuesday 1 November 2011 at 6.30pm at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2.

This meeting is presented jointly by RCPI, the Faculty of Pathology and the National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) and will be chaired by the broadcaster Sharon Ní Bheoláin.

The aim of this meeting is to help the general public understand the context in which clinical judgements are made. It will look at perspectives on medical error from the point of view of the patient, doctors and other health professionals.

Topics that will be covered at this meeting include learning from adverse events, what happens if concerns are raised about a doctor's performance, the role of quality assurance programmes in reducing errors, and what the specialties of radiology, histopathology and gastroenterology are doing to reduce errors.

The meeting is open to all members of the public and there is no charge for attendance. The meeting will also be broadcast as a live webcast.

You can view the full programme for this meeting, including a registration form, here.

If you would like to attend, please let us know whether you wish to attend in person, or view the live webcast. If you are attending in person, please provide your full name and email address, and let us know how many tickets you require.