The Centre for Adolescent Health and The Education Hub at The Royal Children's Hospital are excited to bring health professionals a day of education from experts to assist with providing health care for young people.

This program is being recorded and recording will be available for 90 days.

Date: Thursday,12th September 

Time: 9am to 4.30pm

Where: Ella Latham Auditorium, Ground Floor, Royal Children's Hospital.

Intended audience:  All Health Professionals

Course outline:

• Disordered Eating
• Vaping/drug use
• Adolescent Sleep
• Risk assessment and managing self-harm
• Anxiety and Depression, Menstrual management
• Consent/Confidential Care
• POTS/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Acne

Cost:  

Onsite: $200 + GST (enrolment closes on Tue 10th Sep @ 12noon)

Virtual: $150 + GST (enrolment for onsite closes on Wed 11th Sep @ 12noon)

CPD Points: 7.5 hours of education activities towards your CPD log. 

Important: After enrolling in this course, you will receive email communications, please check your Junk/Spam folder. 

Mode of delivery: Onsite & Virtual

Contact: education.hub@rch.org.au

Refund eligibility: Eligible within a given time period as specified in section 8.2 of our Terms of Use

Course administrator: Emma King

The Department of Nutrition and Food Services at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne began a Certificate in Paediatric Nutrition and Dietetics in 1997. This highly regarded course is exclusively for qualified dietitians, with the course content targeted to meet the training needs and learning outcomes for Paediatric Dietitians. 

Unit 1 Topics

General Paediatrics:

• Growth and nutritional assessment
• Breastfeeding and introduction of solids
• Infant formula - new developments and manipulations to meet altered requirements
• Toddler nutrition and fussy eating
• Workshops on growth and energy requirements from infancy through to adolescents

Specific Nutrition Problems:

• Common childhood disorders requiring nutritional intervention such as growth faltering and iron deficiency
• Management of common infant gastrointestinal disorders: constipation, colic, reflux and gastroenteritis.
• Feeding difficulties including practical aspects of feeding children with a disability
• Enteral feeding
• Dietary management of IgE mediated allergy

Community Nutrition Topics:

• Paediatric public health issues e.g. childhood obesity

Intended audience:  University entry criteria apply. Candidates must hold a graduate or post graduate qualification in Dietetics. Evidence of qualifications must be provided. Once you have completed registration please email evidence of qualifications to: nutrition.education@rch.org.au

Date and time: Monday 16th September - Thursday 19th September 2024 (enrolment closes on Wednesday 4th September 2359hrs)

Cost:  $950 + GST

Mode of delivery: Face-to-face only, no online option. The course will not be recorded.

Note - we will now be alternating the course between online and face-to-face each year to accommodate both learning mode preferences.

Venue: Ella Latham Theatre, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne

Course hours: 8.45am - 4.00pm daily. Note some days will have slightly altered hours.

Approximately 24 contact hours with additional non-contact hours required to complete an assessment task.   

Other: We are a paper-free event. Resources for the event will be added 1 week before the event is due to take place. Morning tea and afternoon tea will be provided. Participants can either bring their own lunch or purchase on site.

Refund eligibility: Eligible within a given time period as specified in section 8.2 of our Terms of Use

Contact: nutrition.education@rch.org.au

About:  This webinar series is part of Education Hub Outreach Program, designed specifically to connect RCH with clinicians in regional areas and community practice.

Includes: Webinars schedule, Zoom link, recordings, online chat forum, resources and feedback to support your practice.

Intended audience:  Allied health professionals in regional areas and community practice.

Cost:  Free

CPD Points: Self- record number of hours attended as CPD activity

Mode of delivery: Virtual

Contact: education.hub@rch.org.au

About:  This online education program based on a Community of Practice, is designed specifically for Maternal and Child Health Nurses.

Includes: Monthly interactive webinars, recordings available, online chat forum, resources and feedback to support your practice in early child health and development.

Intended audience:  Maternal and Child Health Nurses (including students), Community Nurses and Allied Health Professionals with an interest.

Cost:  $80 + GST to access all course materials from 1 July 2023 until 31 July 2024

CPD Points: Self- record number of hours attended as CPD activity

Mode of delivery: Virtual

Contact: education.hub@rch.org.au

Course expiry date: 31 July 2024

Refund eligibility: Eligible within a given time period as specified in section 8.2 of our Terms of Use