Evolve 
Better care. Better decision-making. Better use of resources. 

Evolve Webinar Series 2021

The RACP is pleased to announce that it will be running an Evolve Webinar Series during 2021. Join us every 3rd Tuesday of the month to explore interesting topics related to reducing low-value practices and improving the quality and safety of healthcare.  Find out more here.

 

Case Studies

• Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Recommendation 1: X-rays and Pre-placement Medical Assessment
• Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Recommendation 2: Low Back Pain
• Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases Evolve Case Study Recommendation 3: Antibiotics for upper respiratory infection
• Endocrine Society of Australia Evolve Case Study Recommendation 1: Thyroid ultrasounds
• Endocrine Society of Australia Evolve Case Study Recommendation 4: Unstructured multiple daily glucose self-monitoring
• Gastroenterological Society of Australia Evolve Case Study Recommendation 4: Genetic testing for coeliac disease
• Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand Evolve Case Study Recommendation 1: Medication Related Harm
• Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand Evolve Case Study Recommendation 5: Computorised tomography pulmonary angiography

​Call to Action Resources

Audit Resources

Audit activities are a great way to​ take the Evolve recommendations and create quality improvement changes and reduce low-value care. Audits are also one of the key ways doctors will meet requirements of the MyCPD Category 3 – Measuring Outcomes. 

• RACP CPD Audit Tool
• RACP Audit Curated Collection 

 

Worksheets

Podcasts

• Pomegranate Health: Diagnostic Error Part 2 - Systems (RACP, Mar 2018)
• Growing body of research shows potential risks of arthroscopic knee surgery (3AW, Feb 2018)
• Pomegranate Health​: Diagnostic Error Part 1 - Cognitive Bias (RACP, Dec 2017)
• Pomegranate Health: Drug Interactions and Deprescribing (RACP, Sep 2017)
• Pomegranate Health: Better Practice in Paeds (RACP, Nov 2016)
• Pomegranate Health: Evolving ​Your Practice (RACP, Apr 2016)

Training

​Difficult Conversations

Three training ​resources are available, which provide examples of how to include the Evolve Top 5 List recommendations in difficult conversations between:

   •   a patient and a physician (A/Prof Mark Lane)
   •   a carer and a physician (Dr Sarah Dalton)
   •   an Advanced Trainee and a Fellow (Dr Brendan Ng, Dr Nick Buckmaster)

Videos

• What is the RACP Evolve initiative? (Mar 2017)
• RACP Congress 2017: Cognitive bias and diagnosis - Dr David Heslop (May 2017)
• RACP Congress 2017: Cognitive bias and diagnosis - A/Prof Ian A Scott (May 2017)
• Paediatrics Evolve Masterclass: Drivers of low-value care - A/Prof Ian A Scott (Feb 2017)
• Paediatrics Evolve Masterclass: Implementing clinical change - A/Prof Harriet Hiscock (Feb 2017)
• Paediatrics Evolve Masterclass: Evolve introduction - Dr Sarah Dalton (Feb 2017)
• Choosing Wisely Australia Launch - Laureate Prof Nicholas Talley (May 2015)

Evolve Congress Sessions

Click through to watch available recordings of Evolve Congress sessions.

 

Webinars

• Shared decision making and low-value care - Prof Donald Campbell, Dr Cilla Haywood and Debra Letica (2020)

• Adding Value to Pediatric Care, European Academy of Paediatrics - S Dalton (May 2018)

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