Prader-Willi Syndrome – What’s the big deal?
The Grand Round will focus on the history of PWS, the management of patients with PWS at RCH, and the research opportunities created by the Victorian PWS register
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I can’t put my finger on what’s wrong’- risk, vulnerability and the ‘grey’ areas in child protection practice
An expert panel involving senior medical, nursing, child protection and social work representatives will highlight the different perspectives, training, and roles of key stakeholders in the area of child protection.
Central Venous Access Devices (CVADs) – The Anaesthetic Department’s Perpective
Over the last three years there has been a dramatic change in the vascular access services that the Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management has been able to provide
Oral health issues in medically compromised children
This presentation will discuss the common paediatric medical conditions that require consideration in the provision of optimal dental treatment.
Optimizing Lifespan Health in the Transition from a Potentially Fatal Childhood illness to Effective Chronic Disease Management: The Cardiotoxicity with Childhood Cancer Story
How the successful treatment of childhood cancer has been associated with oncologic cure rates improving from 80% during the past 45 years
A New Electronic Medical Record for RCH
The new RCH was designed to be a fully electronic (“digital”) hospital but this didn’t eventuate – we still do most of our day to day work on paper. We will explain why this didn’t happen and outline the vision and plans to introduce a New Electronic Medical Record at RCH.
Surgical Research in Plastic Surgery – Putting the Jigsaw together
A vision of how an excellent clinical unit can grow into an academic department that can benefit children with congenital deformities through clinical research, basic science and teaching and bring science to the practice of surgery at RCH
CALD mental health research to inform policy and practice
This presentation will explore this issue and suggest some ways to improve CALD mental health research and the quality and accessibility of mental health services.
“The Festival for Healthy Living”- Engaging Communities and Schools in Mental Heatlh Promotion through the Arts – Reflections, Insights and Outcomes from a 15 year Journey
The Festival for Healthy Living (FHL)work in communities as well as the evidence and outcomes that have been achieved.
Diagnosis of inherited myopathies: Why examine the patient when you can sequence their genome?
Professor Kathryn North will review of recent advances in the diagnosis of congenital myopathies, and the clinical clues that aid the clinician in reaching a specific genetic diagnosis.