Behaviour

Every child in every community needs a fair go

This Grand Round, in the lead up to Child Protection Week 3-9th September, will focus on how as a health service we can identify children who are at risk of missing out on essential medical care. Each year at RCH thousands of health care encounters are missed when children and young people are not brought for scheduled appointments. For some children this can lead to harm, and rarely even have fatal consequences. As a health service we need to consider what the impacts are for these children and be aware of our role in reducing the risk of harm in this vulnerable group.  

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Medicines for ADHD: They work, but are they safe?

Meta-analyses show that medication is an effective treatment pathway in children and adolescents diagnosed with ADHD. These medications are also commonly associated with a number of side effects and risk factors for other conditions, which are less well understood by practitioners. This Grand Round intends to balance understanding of the efficacy of ADHD medication with the potential risks, and provide evidence for the safety of ADHD medication prescription in clinical practice.

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No Filter: Technology-facilitated sexual assault and implications for paediatric practice

Use of the internet and social media is now almost ubiquitous amongst adolescents. Parents express concern about their children’s use of social media and the risk of exposure to both unwanted and sought-after content, especially sexual content. Negotiating the digital world and understanding who their children are communicating with is becoming more difficult for parents.

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Fearless, Tearless Transition: Improving long term outcomes for young people with Intellectual Disability or Autism Spectrum Disorder with mental health concerns and their families

Optimising the care and management of patients with behaviours of concern is a key priority for the Royal Children’s Hospital. Several departments have now embedded a new model of care introduced in 2016 for adolescents with an intellectual disability and or Autism Spectrum Disorder with mental health concerns. At this Grand Round, we will hear from a parent, a GP and clinicians who will provide insights into the challenges and progress of this important initiative.

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The New RCH Escalation of Care

Early identification and care of the deteriorating patient is one of the Federal Government’s 9 key National health priorities. The Grand Round will also be an opportunity to hear feedback from staff on their experience of the changes over the last month.

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The State of the World in 2014 – Amazing Progress

Australians have a vastly better standard of living than our grandparents: on the average wage, it takes only half a second to light a room for an hour compared to 6 hours in 1800, and we have cheap food, clothing, books, cars, air transport, colour TV, internet and mobile phones – and far less violence.

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Quality and safety in patient care – A Journey in Quality Improvement at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Synopsis: In this Grand Round Professor Dean Kurth will describe Quality Improvement Science.  He will explain the tools of Quality Improvement Science- run charts, control charts, “PDSA cycles”.  He will share the enterprise-wide and several divisional-quality dashboards used in QA Science at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, and describe conduct and results of clinical quality improvement projects. … Continued

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