Synopsis
The right care, to the right child, in the right place, at the right time. Easy to say. Harder to do. Especially as technological advances and new therapies mean what care we deliver is evolving faster than ever.
The idea of a Learning Health System began more than a decade ago, as one way we can achieve our goal to improve and evolve care. Since then, most examples of Learning Health Systems have come from the USA and other high-income countries. Yet countries, particularly those with fewer resources, which may stand to benefit most from system improvement remain under-represented in the global conversation in this field. In 2023, Melbourne Children’s Global Health, developed a leadership to build Learning Health Systems capability in the Asia Pacific, which is now a network of more than 200 people.
This Grand Round will explore the concept of Learning Health Systems, lessons and applications from members of our network, and how these ideas have relevance to the work we do here.
Speakers
Professor Amy Gray is the Stevenson Chair and Head of Department of Paediatrics at The University of Melbourne and a General Paediatrician at The Royal Children’s Hospital. Her work in education and research aims to understand how to build the capability of health professionals and therefore outcomes for children, both locally and globally.
Raymond Keshwan is the Head of the School of Health Sciences at Fiji National University. He is medical imaging technologist with a specialty in radiation oncology. He was a member of the original leadership program and has returned this year to co-facilitate with a plan to pursue a PhD in this field.
Dr Antoinette David is a General Paediatrician at Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva, Fiji. She is participating in the second round of the Learning Health System program.
Dr Finny Fitry Yani is the Head of Department of Child Health Faculty of Medicine and Dr. M.Djamil General Hospital at Universitas Andalas, Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia. She is a lecturer and consultant of paediatric respirology, focus on tuberculosis, pneumonia and asthma in children.