The Emergency Department is the entrance point for children with first presentations and acute exacerbations of illnesses and injuries ultimately cared for by all hospital clinical departments. For many conditions the evidence base for acute diagnosis and management is limited, and research in this area can be challenging because of service priorities.
Simulation-based education has been shown to be an effective educational tool, particularly for adults. The RCH Simulation Program, which has been running now for 2 years, facilitates a wide array of simulation-based education programs across the hospital – from ‘First 3 Minute’ training, to more complex immersive simulation to address deteriorating patients, teams working together, and communication skills. During this Grand Round, you will hear how the RCH Simulation Program has developed, hear about the RCH Inter-professional Simulation Fellowship Program, why simulation-based education works, and impact it has had on the Melbourne Children’s Campus.
This Grand Round will describe current research and clinical advances in the Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management. The springboard for the Grand Round is acknowledging background work done by Dr Rob Eyres, who recently retired after a 40 year association with RCH.
Despite Australia’s prosperity, early intervention supports are not always available or accessible to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander babies and families during times of vulnerability. As a result, infants born to families during at-risk periods can be subject to poor health and cognitive development. This can have life-long implications that impact the individual, family, community and society. The First 1000 Days Australia model is built on Indigenous methodologies, a recognition of the centrality of culture that reinforces and strengthens families, and uses a holistic view of health and wellbeing.
n this Grand Round we will try to answer this question by looking at associations between the intestinal microbiota and the child’s health and behaviour. Professor Carolina de Weerth will discuss the role that the gut bacteria play in our bodies.
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a preventable disease which disproportionally affects Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in remote communities. ‘Take Heart: The Quest to Rid Australasia of Rheumatic Heart Disease’ is an award winning documentary about the experiences of some of these children and their treatment journey.
Vaccine safety and disease surveillance are keys to maintaining confidence in our national immunisation program and maximising the benefits high vaccine coverage can bring to reducing the devastation of infectious diseases in our communities. In Victoria, this effort is led by ‘SAEFVIC’ https://www.saefvic.org.au/.
Conflict is virtually inevitable in healthcare. Providers with widely diverse training and perspectives must collaborate interdependently to care for children and their families whose needs‚ beliefs and goals can likewise vary widely. Conflict can lead to adverse outcomes‚ patient dissatisfaction‚ and provider burnout. Whether as momentous as disputes over end-of-life, or as mundane as allocation of work responsibilities, conflicts often worsen over time as communication breaks down and people become entrenched in their positions. This Grand Round will discuss the importance of conflict resolution and introduce a “toolkit” of practical conflict resolution skills and strategies.
There has been a paradigm shift over the last 10 years in the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of viral hepatitis, particularly Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C. This presentation will update you on these important and exciting and new changes.
The Young People’s Health Service (YPHS) is one of the few primary health care services that specifically works with young people aged 12-24 years who are experiencing or are at risk of homelessness. A program of the Department of Adolescent Medicine at RCH, YPHS is co-located with Melbourne City Missions’ Frontyard Youth Services in Melbourne’s CBD.
