Trauma informed preventative care (TIPC)

As we shift the focus from “What’s wrong with you?” to “What’s happened to you?”, we can be better informed of a patient’s situation and can approach their care accordingly. This is known as Trauma Informed Preventative Care (TIPC). In this episode, Dr Catherine Olwenyi, paediatric anaesthetist and key area lead for the Campus Mental Health Strategy’s TIPC key area talks about the TIPC framework and how we can our patients’ responses to care. 

Resources

https://mentalhealth.melbournechildrens.com/media/vqpd3ddb/tipc-policy-summary.pdf

https://www.healthcaretoolbox.org/