Synopsis
The RCH Handbook is part of the history of education at the Royal Children’s Hospital. It is 56 years old (1st ed 1964). The Handbook is a trusted guide to managing common and serious childhood illnesses, widely used by students and practitioners across medical, nursing, and allied health fields. In our 150th year we celebrate the launch of the 10th edition of the RCH Handbook while looking forward to what next.
The RCH Education Hub is in its second year of collaborative efforts to bring together education on Campus. In a year of disruption health professional education, locally and globally, we are faced with many challenges alongside opportunities for innovation. What is the current state of play and what have we learnt from reinventing on the go? More importantly, what changes should stay and how can we deliberately design the education we want for impact and accessibility?
Speakers
Associate Professor Amy Gray is a paediatrician in the Department of General Medicine, Director of Medical Education and the Education Hub at RCH. Alongside her work at RCH, Amy has worked for more than 10 years to build health worker capacity and education research in global health settings, particularly Lao PDR and South East Asia.
Associate Professor Daryl Efron is a paediatrician in the Department of General Medicine. Daryl was the junior editor of the 5th edition of The RCH Handbook in 1995, has been on the editorial panel for all subsequent editions, and is the senior editor of the 10th edition.
Professor Terry Nolan AO is a paediatrician and clinical epidemiologist, formerly Foundation Head of the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Medicine at The University of Melbourne. Now Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor and Head of VIRGo at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity and in the Infection and Immunity Theme at MCRI. Terry was the senior editor of the 4th, 5th and 6th editions of the Paediatric Handbook, in 1992, 1995 and 2000.