Penang PMPS – “Recent Medico-Legal & Medical Ethics Developments in Malaysia & Singapore”

May 23, 2011 Posted by Jess in Important Announcements & Alerts

"Recent Medico-Legal & Medical Ethics Developments in Malaysia & Singapore"

Medico-Legal Society of Malaysia (MLSM) & Medico-Legal Society of Singapore (MLSS) is organising a joint half-day seminar with the theme:

"Recent Medico-Legal & Medical Ethics Developments in Malaysia & Singapore"

FREE ADMISSION

DATE: 18^TH JUNE 2011
TIME: 2.00 PM TO 6.30 PM
VENUE: LECTURE THEATRE, PENANG MEDICAL COLLEGE.

Topics for the seminar are:

The Singapore Experience

Topic 1:
The Practice of Human Tissue Harvesting and Its Related Ethical Issues
Associate Professor Dr Tan Soo Yong
Associate Professor in Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School and Senior Consultant in the Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital

Topic 2:
Addressing the Ethical Issues Related to Human Tissue Harvesting – The Legal Perspective
Mr. Malcolm Tan

The Malaysian Experience:

Topic 1:
Ethical Implications of Errors in Clinical Judgment - Recent Trends
Mr. Dhinesh Bhaskaran, Advocate & Solicitor, Messrs. Shearn Delamore & Co

Topic 2:
Effective Management of Adverse Events
Mr. Amir Firdaus Abdullah, Chief Executive Officer, Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur

Topic 3:
The Medicolegal Climate in Australia-: From Bolam to Rogers to Bolitho - Why the Changes?
Professor Dr Roger Peperell, Emeritus Professor, University of Melbourne, Australia. Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Penang Medical College.