About: The Advanced Paediatric Perioperative Skills Day on the 28^th October 2025 will provide practical education directed to and relevant for experienced Perioperative Nurses seeking to improve their Paediatric skills. Please note this is the same program that was delivered in May.

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

• Anaphylaxis in the Perioperative Environment
• Challenges and Complications in Paediatric Anaesthesia
• Is it partial or complete? Laryngospasm Case Studies
• Pain Management and Assessment.
• Pre-op, Lets get the child ready together.

Intended audience: Perioperative Nurses   

Date: Tuesday 28th October, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Registration commences 8:30 am.

Where: Royal Children's Hospital, Vernon Collins Theatre, HELP, Level 1. 

Cost: $270 (incl GST). Includes morning tea, lunch, and complimentary parking at RCH. 

CPD Points: 7 hours. Self- record number of hours attended as CPD activity. 

Mode of delivery: Face to face. This day will not be available online or recorded.   

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 IgE mediated allergy

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 8th September - Thursday 11th September 2025 (enrolment closes on Thursday 4th September)

Cost:  $1100 + GST for the 4 day course

Mode of delivery: Online via Zoom

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

Course hours: 8.30am - 4.00pm daily. Note some days will have slightly altered hours according to the timetable.

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 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 Child Development, Behaviour and Mental Health Series includes eight lectures from May to November 2025. A revamping of the previous annual ‘Practical Skills in Developmental-Behavioural Paediatrics’ for Community Paediaticians.  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.

·       School Success: Health, Wellbeing, and Learning Foundations

·       Integrating Mental Health into Paediatric Health Care

·       Relational Practice

·       Practical Tips for Supporting Neurodivergent Children at School and in the Community

·       Pharmacological Management

·       Behavioural Strategies for Better Sleep

·       Child Mental Health and the Impact of Trauma

·       Supporting Kids with Social Skill Difficulties

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

Dates: May 9, 12pm-1:30pm; June 27,12pm-1:30pm; August 1, 12pm-1:30pm; October 10, 12pm-1:30pm; November 21, 9am-12:15pm; November 28, 9am-12:15pm

Where: Zoom Webinar 

Cost: $330 (incl GST). Includes access to live attendance, previous lectures, slides, and supplementary materials.

CPD Points: Self reported, 12 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.

Next webinar:

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

Sessions will be recorded.

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