Understanding and Communicating Risk in Clinical Practice
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Overview
A robust understanding of risk is fundamental to sound clinical decision-making. While public discourse often centers on business and financial risks, the principles of risk and benefit assessment are paramount in healthcare, influencing every patient interaction and treatment plan. This document aims to clarify key concepts related to risk and benefit communication, focusing on their application in clinical practice.
Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Professor Rod Baber is Past President of the International Menopause Society. He studied Pharmacy and then Medicine at the University of Sydney. He completed specialist training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Australia’s Royal North Shore Hospital and in the UK at Kings College Hospital and the Lister Fertility and Endocrinology Centre. Professor Baber holds a Fellowship of both the Royal and Royal Australian & New Zealand Colleges of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. He holds specialist appointments at North Shore Private and the Mater Hospitals in Sydney, is a visiting medical officer at the Royal North Shore Hospital and has a practice specialising in gynaecology in St Leonards.
