Monthly Archives: April 2016

Addressing Children’s Health Needs: What’s the Rights Approach?

It has been said that children’s rights must be at the forefront of any health care provider, public health practitioner, advocate or researcher working to make the lives of children better. In this Grand Round, Professor John Tobin will explore what it means to adopt a rights based approach when addressing children’s health needs and the implications of such an approach on service delivery, policy design, advocacy and research concerning children’s health.

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The RCH EMR Project: Just remind me again why we are doing this!

Synopsis At 3am on 30th April RCH will “go-live” with a fully comprehensive Electronic Medical Record. This project has been several years in its planning and implementation phases. It is an expensive undertaking and one which has used a lot of the creative energy of many staff at RCH. The transition from our current way … Continued

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Guts and nerves: The story of the forgotten brain

Beyond the obvious bias of a passionate gastroenterologist, evolution suggests that the gastrointestinal (GI) tract may have been the master organ of the body, with its huge armamentarium of functions and the fact it contains one of the most prolific nerve networks of the body, the so-called Enteric Nervous System or ENS. This Grand Round will address key concepts around the ENS.

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