About: A one‑day introductory program for leaders in education, research, healthcare, and management

Professionals working in complex, multidisciplinary environments face unique leadership challenges. This one‑day program introduces contemporary, evidence‑informed approaches to leading teams, navigating uncertainty, and fostering cultures of connection and high performance. Participants will gain practical skills that can be applied immediately in their workplace.

Includes: Program Overview

The day will explore leadership through multiple lenses, with a focus on real‑world application. Key components include:

• Panel conversation with experienced leaders — Insights from leaders across education, research, healthcare, and organisational management.

• Contemporary leadership frameworks — Practical models for leading in complex, adaptive systems.

• Building belonging and connection — Strategies for cultivating psychologically safe and inclusive teams.

• Emotional intelligence and self‑awareness — Understanding your leadership impact and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness.

• Communication for conflict prevention and resolution — Tools for navigating tension, difficult conversations, and competing priorities.

Intended audience: This program is suitable for emerging and current leaders across sectors — including education, research, healthcare, community services, and corporate environments — and for anyone who works in team‑based or collaborative settings.

Date: Tuesday, 10th November 2026 9:00am–3:00pm AEST

Mode of delivery: Onsite

Where: Vernon Collins, HELP, Level 1 The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne

Cost: includes morning tea, lunch and complimentary parking.

Early bird: $595 ( incl GST) bookings before 10th September.

Standard: $750 ( incl GST) bookings close Thursday, 5th November, 10:00am

CPD Points: 6 hours. Self- record number of hours attended as CPD activity OR A certificate will be made available on completion.

Contact: education.hub@rch.org.au

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

About: The RCH Simulation Team are facilitating education sessions on how to run a VEMS (Visually Enhanced Mental Simulation) session. VEMS can be used for communication or deteriorating patient training, and/or running through guidelines and protocols. This simulation education modality is easily facilitated by educators within their own departments and has been used to great effect in settings where time, space, and/or equipment are limited.

Includes:

• Overview of the VEMS framework and educational principles

• Guidance on how to plan, facilitate, and debrief a VEMS session

• Practical examples of using VEMS for communication and clinical deterioration scenarios

• Tips for adapting VEMS to local department needs and constraints

• Access to sample templates and facilitator resources

Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Mode of delivery: Onsite. This session will not be available online or recorded.    

Cost:

• Nurse/ Midwife/ Allied Health:          $135.00 (incl GST)
• Medical:                                                 $200.00 (incl GST)

Contact: Simulation@rch.org.au

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

New to metabolic medicine? Looking for a practical, accessible introduction?

The Royal Children’s Hospital Education Hub and the Metabolic Medicine Team are excited to bring you an education day to build confidence in recognising inherited metabolic disorders and understanding key principles in their management. You’ll leave with a clearer understanding, practical tools, and increased confidence to support children where a metabolic diagnosis may be present or emerging.

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

Date: Thursday, 22nd October 2026

Time: 8.30am to 4.00pm

Where: Ella Latham Auditorium, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, 50 Flemington Rd Parkville, VIC 3052 & via Zoom

Intended audience: This course is ideal for health professionals who are early in their exposure to metabolic medicine or may encounter metabolic conditions in clinical practice, including paediatricians, trainees, emergency medicine clinicians, nurses and dietitians.   

Course outline:

• When to consider a metabolic diagnosis
• The newborn screening program 
• Choosing appropriate investigations
• Recognising and managing metabolic emergencies
• Understanding how specialist metabolic teams support care
• The lived experience of families

Cost:  

Onsite: $220 incl GST

Enrolment closes at 12 noon on Tuesday 20th October. Onsite registration fees include morning tea, lunch and onsite parking.

Virtual: $165 incl GST

Enrolments made after 12 noon on Tuesday 20th October will not receive an email with the Zoom link. The link will be available in the course page at least two days prior to the session.

CPD Points: 6 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

About: This lecture series will focus on physiotherapy assessment and treatment of acute respiratory presentations in the paediatric setting.  

Attendees will build their knowledge to support management of respiratory physiotherapy referrals in hospitals, including key considerations for escalation and early supportive strategies for this patient population.  

Includes: 

Lecture 1 will introduce the fundamentals of respiratory assessment and management in the paediatric population, including age-specific considerations and key clinical red flags. This lecture will focus on developing problem-solving skills for typically developing children, with brief discussion of the variations seen in common conditions such as inflammatory respiratory illnesses and chronic airway disease.  

Intended audience:

- Physiotherapists that work in an acute paediatric environment

- Experienced clinicians working in an acute environment with limited paediatric exposure

- Clinicians working with children with neuro-disability and complex care needs in the community, who may be supporting these children and families in managing a subacute respiratory illness.

Dates: Thursday 13th August 2026, 6pm – 7.30pm 

Mode of delivery: Online

Where: Via Zoom

Cost:  $50 (incl GST) 

Enrolments made after 12 noon on 11^th August will not receive an email with the Zoom link. The link will be available in the course page at least two days prior to the session.

Enrolment includes access to a recording of the event. The recording will be available for 90 days

CPD Points: 3 hours. A certificate will be made available on completion.

Contact: physiotherapy.courses@rch.org.au 

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

About: The Advanced Paediatric Perioperative Skills Day on the 24^th November 2026 will provide practical education directed to and relevant for experienced Perioperative Nurses seeking to improve their Paediatric skills.

Includes: A mixture of lecture and workshop/skill station based interactive education on the following topics;

• Anaphylaxis in the Perioperative Environment
• Anaesthesia Emergencies
• Is it partial or complete? Laryngospasm Case Studies
• Simulation

Intended audience: Perioperative Nurses   

Date: Tuesday 24th November, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Registration commences 8:30 am. (enrolments close on Wednesday,18th November at 12pm)

Mode of delivery: In person. This session will not be available online or recorded.

Where: Vernon Collins Theatre, HELP, Level 1, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, 50 Flemington Rd Parkville, VIC 3052.

Cost: $270 (incl GST). Registration fees include morning tea, lunch and onsite parking.

CPD Points: 7 hours. A certificate will be made available on completion.

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

Mode of delivery: Onsite

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

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 food allergies

Community Nutrition Topics:

• Paediatric public health issues e.g. childhood obesity and feeding the neurodivergent child

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 14th September - Thursday 17th September 2026 (enrolment closes on Wednesday 9th September 5pm)

Cost:  $1100 + GST for the 4 day course

Mode of delivery: Online via Zoom

Course hours: 8.30am - 4.30pm daily. Note some days will have slightly altered hours according to the timetable.

Approximately 24 CPD 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 to the learn platform 1 week before the event is due to take place. 

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:  The Royal Children’s Hospital Education Hub is excited to bring you the inaugural School Nurse Paediatric Health Education Program. It will connect you with clinicians from the RCH and fellow School Nurses. There is up to date and relevant education on paediatric health issues from experts in the field. Similar education programs have shown to improve clinician knowledge, confidence, clinical practice, filled an educational void, empowered both individuals and families and fostered connections between colleagues and RCH experts. This program is tailored to advance nursing knowledge and competency for supporting children's health care within the school setting, and may not be suitable for individuals seeking training specific to first aid.

Includes: Join us for monthly interactive live (and recorded) webinars with expert clinicians, ongoing engagement in online community of practice forums and access to relevant resources. The webinar recordings will be available for 3 months after the program finishes.

Intended audience: School Nurses

Date: This is a 12 month program. The first monthly webinar is on the 19 February 2026.

Mode of delivery: Online

Where:  Click to login for Zoom link

Cost: $165 (incl GST)

CPD Points: 10 hours. Self- record number of hours attended as CPD activity, a certificate will be made available on completion of the program.

Contact: education.hub@rch.org.au

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

About: The Child Development, Behaviour and Mental Health Series includes eight lectures from March to November 2026. Each lecture will provide participants with evidence-based information and practical tools and tips to support their clinical work with children and young people

Includes: Eight webinar topics given by experts in their field on the following topics

• 18 March, Why Alcohol Matters; Neurodevelopmental impairments in antenatally exposed children
• 13 May, Engaging Adolescents
• Other topics tbc

Intended audience: Developmental-Behavioural Paediatricians, GPs, Psychologists, Speech Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, School Educators

Dates: 18 March 8-9am; 13 May 8am-9am; 29 July 8am-9am; 2 Sept 8am-9am; 6 Nov 9am-12:15pm; 13 Nov 9am-12:15pm

Where: Zoom Webinar

Cost: $350 (incl GST). Includes access to live attendance, previous lectures, slides, and supplementary materials.

CPD Points: Self-reported, 10 education hours

Mode of delivery: Zoom webinar   

Contact: melissa.hirst@rch.org.au  

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