112 episodes
The Education Hub - Conversation with the experts The Education Hub - The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne
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This podcast is for any health professional wanting to learn more about how to provide best-practice clinical care for children and their families. In each episode, experts from The Melbourne Children’s Campus (a collaboration between The Royal Children’s Hospital, University of Melbourne and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute) provide advice and insights, tips and tricks, and discuss latest research findings on a range of topics. As well as clinical and research-focused episodes, you will also find episodes that can help you and your team perform at your best in times of high stress.
To help with navigation and to distinguish between episode types, we have used the following key in the episode titles:
CWTE = Conversations with the expert (clinical topics)
PP = Paediatric Papers (research)
LEAP = Listen, Empower, Adapt, Perform - mindfulness for healthcare workers, by healthcare workers.
To find out more about The Education Hub, please visit: education-hub.rch.org.au
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Vaccine administration insights
In this episode, we explore the intricacies of vaccine administration in community settings with Rachael McGuire, Education Nurse Coordinator at The Melbourne Vaccine Education Centre. This episode covers a range of topics, including optimal locations for childhood vaccinations, tips for immunisers, s-trategies for enhancing patient comfort and handling common concerns like allergies and illnesses. Rachael also shares valuable insights into professional collaboration, emerging trends in vaccination and essential resources for healthcare professionals.
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Vaccine hesitancy
Whilst many people can appreciate the importance of vaccinations, there exists a small percentage of the population who are hesitant to receive them. In this episode, we chat with Dr Jessica Kaufman about the rate the vaccination amongst children in Australia, the factors that contribute to vaccine hesitancy and some practical strategies to address those who are hesitant.
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Involving LGBTIQA+ Communities in Research and Improvement
In this episode we speak with Ken Knight, Chair of the Melbourne Children's LGBTIQA+ Collective, about what it takes to be LGBTIQA+ inclusive in care, and in health and medical research.
Anyone interested in joining the Campus LGBTQIA+ Collective can email ken.knight@mcri.edu.au
MJA article - The kids are OK: it is discrimination not same-sex parents that harms children: https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2017/207/9/kids-are-ok-it-discrimination-not-same-sex-parents-harms-children
Queers in Science: https://queersinscience.org.au/ -
Managing escalated behaviour in a paediatric setting
Whilst the changing behaviours of patients in hospital can be caused by any number of reasons, one of these of course is due to dissatisfaction. This also occurs in some children when they are in hospital and can often be well misunderstood as to why it occurs and how it is managed. There are also adults; whether they are staff or families of patients, who may exhibit escalated behaviours. Christie and Kathy share their experiences and expertise around this topic.
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ECG in the Paediatric Emergency Department
Explore the world of ECG’s from the perspective of a paediatric emergency specialist, John Cheek. We discuss some key differences related to paediatric ECG’s in the ED such as indications, history taking tips and common paediatric pathologies.
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Supporting the LGBTQIA+ Community – Part 1
In this episode we speak with Hannah Nicholls, a Radiographer at St. Vincents, about her experience coming out at work. She has driven change in how her organisation supports members of the LGBTQIA+ community and has made progress in creating more welcoming spaces.