Campus Council: why, what, and how?

This presentation, by the leaders of the campus partners will present why the campus structure must value add to each of our organisations, and why the integration of clinical care, research, education, and community engagement are paramount to our collective goals.

The Future of Met at RCH

This Grand Round will consider the results of the trial of our mandatory MET system, the rationale of new wards observation charts and rapid response system, and extension of the system to the whole hospital.

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.

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).