Improving children’s outcomes through community action
Early childhood development is critical for developing the human capital we need for a prosperous and sustainable society.
Monthly Archives: October 2013
Communication Conundrums: Avoiding mistakes and errors
This presentation will explore common challenges clinicians face including lack of previously established relationships, misaligned surgical or treatment expectations, language and cultural misunderstandings, heightened emotionality, time pressures, family-staff conflict, and fractured teamwork. Impediments to good communication and relationships will be highlighted.
To Cure and To Care: The Science and Practice of Psychological Care in Paediatric Heart Centres
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in infants and contributes more than 9,000 Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) to the total burden of disease in Australia.
E-health education to prepare clinicians for e-patients
Participatory health technologies include wearable sensors for self-quantification of physiological status (quantifiedself.org) and social networking sites for people to share their healthcare experiences and to analyse their shared health data as well (patientslikeme.com).
Workplace Bullying & Harassment: Mock Court – You be the Judge
Code Embed: Cannot use CODE as a global code as it is being used to store 114 unique pieces of code in 114 posts Synopsis:The RCH Culture Survey which was conducted in November 2012 identified that bullying & harassment is a major concern for staff. To improve the culture of zero tolerance of bullying and … Continued