This module will assist clinicians to understand the requirements of the Statutory Duty of Candour (SDC) when a patient has suffered a serious adverse patient safety event (SAPSE) in a health service entity.
SAPSE reviews are protected reviews of serious adverse patient safety events (SAPSE). In completing this module, clinicians will understand the requirements to undertake a SAPSE review, as well as the relevant protections.
This module will assist clinicians to understand the main principles of open disclosure, as outlined in the Australian Open Disclosure Framework (Framework) developed by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (Commission). The Framework has been licensed to SCV by the Commission under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA).
Explore the perspectives of Statutory Duty of Candour with consumers, clinicians and a lawyer.