2017 ACHLR/School of Public Health/ILGG - How do we change the world: Some of Australia's best thinkers and activists came together for a lively discussion on the topic of climate change, and the actions that we need to take – urgently

Regulating Innovation: advocating for codes of practice. Medical Innovation, Regulation and Disciplinary Proceedings: Legal Perspectives. In this paper, Prof Stewart argues that a code of innovation would be one of the better ways of regulating innovative practice in Australian healthcare. 2017 ACHLR- ESRC –Liability and Innovation. The Effect of Disciplinary Proceedings

The effect of disciplinary proceedings: concluding comments. 2017 Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) - Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Seminar Series: Unpacking Key Connections: The effect of disciplinary proceedings: Concluding Comments

The disciplinary response when expert evidence departs from widely accepted professional practice. On occasion, a departure from widely accepted professional practice may manifest itself not as the provision of treatment, but rather in the giving of expert opinion evidence in reports,in pre-hearing conclaves or as oral evidence during a court hearing. This presentation surveys a few English and Australian examples and the regulatory/ judicial responses to such ‘innovative’ opinions. 2017 Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) - Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Seminar Series, Liability and Innovation. The Effect of Disciplinary Proceedings.

The role of tribunals in regulating behaviour. 2017 Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) - Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Seminar Series, Liability and Innovation. The Effect of Disciplinary Proceedings - this presentation provides essential background information and explores the notion of professionalism as currently understood in the legislative framework in Australia under the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) framework, this includes case studies of Tribunal findings with respect to professionalism.

Outcomes of notifications to health practitioner boards. 2017 Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) - Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Seminar Series, Liability and Innovation. The Effect of Disciplinary Proceedings- Medical boards and other practitioner boards aim to protect the public from unsafe practice. Previous research has examined disciplinary actions against doctors, but other professions remain understudied. The aim of this study was to describe the outcomes of notifications of concern regarding the health, performance, and conduct of health practitioners from ten professions in Australia and to identify factors associated with the imposition of restrictive actions.

Professional standards for innovation. 2017 Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) - Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Seminar Series – Liability and Innovation. The Effect of Disciplinary Proceedings - In this presentation Prof Rogers describes the emergence and evolution of the IDEAL framework which was developed to specify the kinds of evidence that ought to be collected during the introduction and evaluation of surgical innovations

Setting the standards: need for action to curb the big business of selling stem cells. 2017 Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) - Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Seminar Series – Liability and Innovation - The Effect of Disciplinary Proceedings. A growing number of companies and individual practitioners in Australia are involved in providing autologous stem cell ‘therapies’. This presentation will explore the extent of the local industry, the limitation of regulatory measures taken to date to curb such practices and the precarious position this places those who see stem cell science as their only hope.

Who’s afraid of the big, bad regulator? 2017 Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) - Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Seminar Series – Liability and Innovation - The Effect of Disciplinary Proceedings. The concept of defensive practice in medicine has been an enduring undercurrent in medical law across the globe. Those advancing arguments based on the notion of defensive practice frequently identify the main cause as rising personal injury claims and the role of professional regulation has, until recently, been relatively neglected.

Who’s afraid of the big, bad regulator? 2017 Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) - Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Seminar Series – Liability and Innovation - The Effect of Disciplinary Proceedings. The concept of defensive practice in medicine has been an enduring undercurrent in medical law across the globe. Those advancing arguments based on the notion of defensive practice frequently identify the main cause as rising personal injury claims and the role of professional regulation has, until recently, been relatively neglected.