About:  The Royal Children’s Hospital Gender Service and Education Hub are excited to bring all health professionals a day of education from experts to assist with providing supportive care for gender diverse children and young people.

This engaging day will provide a range of speakers from the Gender Service, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Orygen Trans and Gender Diverse Team, Transcend and Transgender Victoria and young people with lived experience. Presentations will include the value of peer support, the voice of the Trans, neurodiversity, speech pathology support, anti-conversion therapy laws, the latest research, working with families and a referral pathways panel.

This program will not be recorded.

Course outline:

·         The Value of Peer Support

·         The Voice of the Trans

·         Neurodiversity

·         Speech Pathology Support

·         Anti-Conversion Laws

·         Working with Families

·         Latest Research

·         Referral Pathways

Date: Thursday, 30th May (enrolment closes on Wednesday 29th May @ 12noon)

Time: 9am to 4.30pm ( registration will open at 8.30am)

Intended audience:  All health professionals

Cost  

Onsite: $200 + GST to access attendance certificate, onsite parking and catering

Virtual: $150 + GST to access attendance certificate

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

About:  This multifaceted online education program has been designed specifically for General Practitioners.  

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

Topics include: Early detection of cerebral palsy, assessment and management of tonsil and ear troubles in children, paediatric skin, gender diversity in children, headaches and migraine management in children, infant mental health and much more.  

Intended audience:  General Practitioners

Cost:  $250 + GST to access all course materials from February 2024 until February 2025 

CPD Points: 10 hours of education activities towards your CPD log. Additional opportunities for reviewing performance through our unique platform and peer group discussion meetings. 

Mode of delivery: Virtual 

Contact: education.hub@rch.org.au

Course expiry date: February 2025

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

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.

QUALIFICATIONS: Please note evidence of dietetic qualifications must be provided at time of registration via email to: nutrition.education@rch.org.au 

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