About:  

Join us to discover the latest insights and evidence-based approaches for managing asthma in preschoolers, school-aged children and adolescents. You will be updated with the latest advancements in asthma management, contributing to standardising asthma care practices to ensuring consistent, high-quality care across healthcare settings.

Intended Audience: Doctors (e.g. Paediatrician, GP), Nurses (e.g. MCHN, School nurses), Allied Health (e.g. Pharmacists, Paramedics, Respiratory Therapists), Asthma Educators

Date & time: Friday, 1^st December 2023, 9am to 3pm

Mode of delivery: Virtual - via Zoom.

Cost: $88 incl GST 

Enrolments close Wednesday 30th November at 12noon

Topics:

• Current state of asthma: implications for clinicians
• Key aspects of asthma care
• What's new: asthma in preschool, school-aged children and adolescents
• Future directions in asthma therapy
• Ask me anything: expert panel discussion
• Patient and family expectation in asthma care

Key note presenters:

• Dr Shivanathan Shanthikumar, Paediatric Respiratory specialist at RCH, Clinician-scientist fellow at MCRI
• Dr Amanda Wilkins, General Paediatrician, Clinical Pharmacologist, Clinical Practice Guidelines Fellow at RCH, Honorary Fellow at MCRI
• Adele Berry, Nurse Practitioner - Complex Asthma, Complex Care Hub at RCH
• Katie Rogers, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Complex Care Hub at RCH

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

Contact: education.hub@rch.org.au

Refund policy:

·         Booking fee is non-refundable

·         Learners requesting a refund within 24 hours before the event start date - NO REFUND

·         Learners requesting a refund up to 7 days before event start  -50% refund

·         Learners requesting a refund up to 30 days before event start date - Full refund

About:  This face to face study day provides the opportunity to enhance and broaden your knowledge of Cerebral Palsy from multiple healthcare professions.

Date & time: Monday 13th November 2023, 8:45am - 4:30pm

Location: Ella Latham Lecture Theatre, The Royal Children's Hospital, 50 Flemington Road, Parkville, Melbourne

Mode of delivery: In-person

Cost: $275 including GST with morning tea and lunch provided 

Enrolments close Wednesday 8th Nov at 12noon

Topics include:

Key note presenters:

• Dr Monica Cooper - General Paediatrician, Neurodevelopment & Disability, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
• Kari Steer – Senior Physiotherapist, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
• Dr Susan Greaves – Senior Occupational Therapist, The Royal Children’s Hospital and CPTherapy Melbourne
• Rachael Martin - Senior Paediatric Dietitian, Nutrition Department, The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne
• Sarah James  - Senior Speech Pathologist, Speech Pathology Department, The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne

CPD Points: 6 hours

Contact: education.hub@rch.org.au

🚩Please note this is a LIVE ONLY event. There is no online option and it will not be recorded.  

*Please note: This is a repeat of the course that has was run in Ballarat, Shepparton and Warrnambool. We aim to run this course in Gippsland and Tasmania in 2024.

Refund policy (if minimum number of participants required to run the course is met):

• Booking fee is non-refundable
• Learners requesting a refund within 24 hours before the event start date - NO REFUND
• Learners requesting a refund up to 7 days before event start  -50% refund
• Learners requesting a refund up to 30 days before event start date - Full refund

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

About this course: The Newborn Traffic Light Tool is a 2-sided poster serving as a clinical advocacy tool for caregivers - both parents and clinical staff - to use as prioritised mindful guidance during painful and stressful interventions. This module will introduce you to the Newborn Traffic Light Tool so that it may be used consistently and effectively across organisations. Originally devised as a NICU tool, the module has a focus on the NICU experience, however learnings can be utilised within multiple health care settings.

Topics:

Infant and family centred developmental care (IFCDC)

• Stress and trauma associated with NICU
• Definition and goals of IFCDC

Infant behaviour in response to pain and stress

• Infant responses to pain and stress
• The Autonomic – Motor – Organisation – Responsivity (AMOR) framework
• Recognising infant traffic light cues

Delivering IFCDC: the Newborn Traffic Light Tool

• Navigating the tool

• Responding to infant cues using the tool
• Recognising infant traffic light cues

The Newborn Traffic Light Tool in action

•  Practical application of the tool using clinical videos

Intended audience:  Health care professionals working with newborn infants. Recommended for NICU, HDU, and SCN nurses, PICU nurses, paediatric health care professionals working with infants, Maternal Child Health Nurses, community nurses, midwives, doctors and allied health professionals.   

Total time: 30 minutes

CPD points: Equivalent of 30 minutes

Cost:  Free

Contact: nicutrafficlighttool@gmail.com

Course administrator: Erin Church (RN) and Dr Natalie Duffy (Neonatologist)

About:  Antifungal prophylaxis management for children receiving treatment for leukaemia.  This module has been developed by the Victorian Paediatric Integrated Cancer Service (PICS) with input and review from the Children's Cancer Centre at The Royal Children's Hospital.

Intended audience: Medical and Nursing staff working with children undergoing cancer treatment.

Topics included: Antifungal prescribing, management of child undergoing cancer treatment.

Total time: 30 minutes

Cost: Free

CPD points: equivalent to 30 minutes

Refund eligibility: NA (free course)

Contact:  pics.admin@rch.org.au

About:  

This educational resource has been developed by The Royal Children’s Hospital Simulation Team through the RCH Foundation Simulation Grant, in collaboration with Medical Education, Paediatric Intensive Care (PICU), Emergency Department (ED), RCH Nursing Education and the RCH Resuscitation Committee and Resuscitation Co-Ordinator. 

 Includes:

In this module, we will cover:

• Electrical conduction system and physiology review
• Rhythm recognition
• Management of shockable rhythms
• Pad placement and safe defibrillation/cardioversion
• Defibrillator familiarisation
• Quizzes

 Intended audience:  Medical, Nursing and Allied Health Professionals

CPD Points: N/A

Important: After enrolling in this course, you will receive email communications, please check your Junk/Spam folder. We recommend you use your personal email address, as your work organisation may block emails from this learning portal. 

To update your email address, simply click on the drop down arrow beside your name (top right corner of the page) and select Profile. 

Mode of delivery: e-learn

Contact: simulation@rch.org.au

Course expiry date: February 2024

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