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Tour de ChIPS: How young people with chronic illness see it and how, through the RCH Chronic Illness Peer Support (ChIPS) Program, they shared this on a global scale in Paris

ChIPS the RCH Chronic Illness Peer Support program, is twenty one years old this year. Managed by the Centre for Adolescent Health, ChIPS brings young people together to share their experiences of chronic illness, create peer support networks and engage in activities that they may not get a chance to do otherwise. The program uses both Youth Participation and Peer Support models.

April 22, 2015.

Options for the failing Fontan

The Australia and New Zealand Fontan Registry is the largest database of patients born with a single heart pumping chamber. The Fontan Registry has already allowed us to demonstrate that survival is far better than expected.

April 15, 2015.

Diversity in the Health Context – Bridging the Divide to Culturally Appropriate Care

Australian patients with low English proficiency are considerably disadvantaged compared to patients who are fluent in English; they stay in hospital longer, have higher readmission rates, and undergo more diagnostic tests. When these patients also have a disability or a mental health condition, the divide is even greater. ‘Diversity’ in the health context mainly translates to ‘disadvantage’ and inequality; this Grand Round will argue that we need to change the perception of ‘diversity’ as a problem, and embrace it as a solution.

March 18, 2015.

Celebrating Women in Science

To secure Australia’s health and economy into the future, the talents of women in science are vital. In biology, over half of all Bachelor of Science and PhD graduates are women, yet there is only one in ten women at the senior levels of our universities and research institutes

March 11, 2015.

The Hopkins Symposium – Rapid diagnosis of paediatric stroke – new targets and possibilities

Although considered uncommon by adult standards, stroke is more common than brain tumours and it is amongst the top ten causes of death in children. Contrary to traditional views, it is now accepted that children don’t necessarily recover better than adults, with over half of survivors having long-term neurological and cognitive impairments

March 4, 2015.

Abdominal trauma in children – something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue

This Grand Round will outline the important and well established principles in the management of blunt abdominal trauma (something old), and demonstrate the degree to which these tenets are affirmed, challenged or refuted by advances in understanding and practice (something new).

February 18, 2015.

Exciting Developments in the World of Cystic Fibrosis

Research at the Melbourne Children’s Campus was recently described in the New England Journal of Medicine as ‘leading to a paradigm shift in our understanding of lung disease in cystic fibrosis’.

February 11, 2015.

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.

February 4, 2015.

Pneumonia

Pneumonia is the dominant cause of childhood illness and death outside the neonatal age group.

December 10, 2014.

The Quality of Orientation: How should we orient new trainees to a specialist children’s hospital

The primary goal of today’s presentation is to identify potential barriers to learning that will help us plan the orientation of 2015’s new trainees, not only in anaesthesia but in other craft groups.

December 3, 2014.