Welcome to part 3 of our series on case conferencing in Rehab and Return to Work. We’ve already explored what a good case conference is and how to set an agenda, so let’s wrap up this series and talk about how to successfully run a case conference on the day. Let’s talk logistics, shall we?  1. I always start with who is paying. Medical centres, medical practitioners and specialists all like to know how they're going to get paid. I'm very clear from the beginning on who's going to pay and … [Read more...]

Question: have you ever been asked, demanded, or been cajoled into organizing and facilitating a case conference? I know I have. Over the last few years I’ve been an advocate for how powerful case conferences can be, but lately I’m noticing that rehab professionals, clients, GPs and lots of other health professionals are expressing that they feel bullied and harassed by the demanding nature of a case conference. So what’s going on here? Why is it that something that is such a powerful tool … [Read more...]

Case conferencing is a central part of our role as Rehabilitation Professionals. I wanted to dedicate some time to explore the how, what and why of case conferencing, because effective case conferences can mean huge progress for us and our clients. And bad ones... well, they can really set us back. Part 1: The What Most of us are familiar with the GP case conference. This is a meeting that typically happens between a rehab consultant, the client and their treating doctor (although other … [Read more...]