About The Conference

Professionals have new duties of care to understand and respond to their client’s decision making capability. To deal with this safely and confidently, new skills are needed to ensure clients give informed consent to actions resulting from advice and services

With people living longer and more complex lives, clients need their ability, capacity and consent evaluated and documented. This evidence can demonstrate their informed consent to a decision or situation and effectively de-risk the provision of professional services for both the provider and client

Completing this training equips professionals with the practical tools needed to satisfy their regulatory requirements and evidencing a client’s capacity to make decisions

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Program Outcomes

This one day program equips you with a structured approach to the practical evaluation of patient decision making capacity. The program is consistent with the broader principles underlying capacity and supported decision making

Identify, evaluate and understand a patient’s decision making ability

Apply a decision making framework to the circumstances of a patient

Document evidence of a client’s understanding and consent to options you suggest and your advice

Take client-approved appropriate action once information is gathered and documented

Virtual Seminar

To accommodate current restrictions on travel and gatherings this course will be provided as a one day virtual seminar

Presentation from a managed studio facility

Orchestration of workgroup exercises and discussions

Interactive question and answer with presenters and other participants

All course material provided electronically

Plan schedule

We are dedicated to bringing the most remarkable Presenters!

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Dr. Jane Lonie

Consultant clinical neuropsychologist, expert witness, author and educator with 20 years of experience in the assessment, management and research of cognitive dysfunction in adults and older adults

9.00 AM - 11.00 PM
Topic - Always do your best

Ros Ronning

Specialist in organisational development, training, facilitation, strategic planning and mentoring with broad experience designing and implementing strategic platforms

9.00 AM - 11.00 PM
Topic - Always do your best

Learn All The Tricks From Our Years of Experience.

The Decision Making Ability program introduces a decision making framework to help practitioners approach and evidence the capacity of their clients

Four key learnings modules

  • Why is Autonomy Important

    Normal :

    Establish autonomy as a critical requirement of consensual advice and decision making capacity

    Professionals will be able to:

    Describe the importance of autonomy and how this impacts the health professional’s role in providing advice

  • Decision Making Framework

    Normal :

    Introduce the decision making framework and explore the five indicators of autonomy

    Professionals will be able to:

    Identify behavioural indicators of autonomous decision making. Take a problem-solving approach with clients. Apply the decision making framework to evaluate each client’s decision making ability

  • Evidencing Autonomy – Questioning and Listening

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    How to understand a client’s needs by asking better questions exploring facts and a client’s feelings and understanding. How to listen for and recognise indicators of client decision making ability

    Professionals will be able to:

    Record evidence of decision making capability. Interpret indicators of decision-making ability. Use findings from the decision making framework to guide ongoing interactions and actions by clients

  • Application

    Normal :

    How to seek and document evidence of a client’s decision making capacity, understanding and consent

    Professionals will be able to:

    Communicate to clients why and how their professionals can provide valuable solutions for problems and needs with confidence and low risk