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Recorded webinar: Human Error and Dentolegal Risk (AU)

  • Dates: 12 – 12 May, 2020

Date recorded:  Tuesday 12 May 2020
Suitable for: All Australian dental practitioners 

Complaints are on the increase. Naturally some of these relate to error in practice and some are human in nature.

Join Dental Protection Dentolegal Consultant, Dr Annalene Weston for this one-hour recorded webinar focussed on understanding how human error can impact risk. Dr Weston discusses the nature of human error and shares strategies dental practitioners can put in place to recognise and manage risk.

Dr Weston is joined by Dr Mike Rutherford, Senior Dentolegal Consultant, Dental Protection.

By watching this webinar you will:

  • Understand how human error impacts on risk

  • Understand the nature and types of human error

  • Learn how to recognise risks and the steps to put in place to manage risk

Speaker

Dr Annalene Weston, Dentolegal Consultant, Dental Protection

Dr Annalene Weston is a Dentolegal Consultant for Dental Protection Australia. She is the first point of contact for members, providing colleague to colleague support and advice. Dr Weston completed her undergraduate dental degree and vocational training in the UK, and worked in the NHS and private dentistry for four years before immigrating to Australia in 2003. She has worked across three Australian states, in both private and public dentistry, and gained her Masters in Health Law through the University of Sydney, Faculty of Law in 2009.

Dr Weston was awarded a Fellowship to the American College of Dentistry in 2016 and a Fellowship to the Pierre Fauchard Academy in 2019 in recognition of her strong work in ethics and collegiate support. Dr Weston continues to practice on a part time basis.

Dr Mike Rutherford, Senior Dentolegal Consultant, Dental Protection

Dr Mike Rutherford is Senior Dentolegal Consultant for Dental Protection Australia. Dr Rutherford has more than 40 years’ dental experience in private practice, hospital clinics, the defence forces and supervising undergraduate dental students. He spent 19 years as a member of the ADAQ Patient Liaison Panel. Dr Rutherford had been a partner in a Brisbane suburban dental practice for three generations of patients.

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