The Education Hub - Conversation with the experts
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
Episodes
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Cerebral palsy and Neurodisability
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
In this podcast, Dr Giuliana Antolovich hits the tip of the Cerebral Palsy iceberg – what it is, its prevalence, diagnosis, aetiology, risk factors and so much more. It’s a wonderful discussion with such a passionate individual.
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Food allergies in children - IgE and Non-IgE mediated
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Paulina Alhucema talks to us about food allergy in children and what IgE and Non-IgE means. Here are some resources around this:
National Allergy Centre of Excellence - https://www.nace.org.au
ASCIA - https://www.allergy.org.au/
Allergy and anaphylaxis Australia - https://allergyfacts.org.au/
Teenagers living with allergies - https://allergy250k.org.au/
IgE Mediated Food Allergy CPG https://www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Food_allergy_-_IgE_mediated_food_allergy/
Non IgE Mediated Food Allergy CPG - https://www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Non-IgE_mediated_food_allergy/
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Psychological Trauma
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Friday Feb 24, 2023
In this episode we are joined by Connie Montagner, a social worker, who will be discussing psychological trauma. She outlines the different types of trauma, explains psychological trauma and the possible responses to this trauma. Connie will also share some advice for health professionals to assist those showing signs of trauma.
If this episode is triggering for you, please seek support or speak to someone. You can also talk to Beyond Blue beyondblue.org.au if you're in Australia. For global audiences, please speak to psychological support services in your area.
Friday Feb 10, 2023
Benefits of premedications
Friday Feb 10, 2023
Friday Feb 10, 2023
Today we speak with Dr Peter Squire. Peter is an anaesthetist who will share insights into premedication, how and when to use it and the benefits it can offer when a child is uncooperative.
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Allergy pre-referral guidelines
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
In this first podcast of 2023, we speak to 2 amazing clinical nurse consultants. Debra Poole and Lilly Healy have over 30 years of combined experience in allergy consultation. We talk about what services they provide and how we disseminate pre-referral guidelines.
Thursday Nov 17, 2022
Thursday Nov 17, 2022
This podcast is the second in a two-part series about what happens when something goes wrong in the delivery of healthcare. Dr Ruth Armstrong is a neonatologist at the RCH. Together we’ll attempt to unravel the impact on staff and families when things don’t go to plan. She will also share her personal reflections about being involved in a critical incident herself.
Anxiety, depression and suicide prevention support - Beyond Blue
Thursday Nov 03, 2022
CWTE: Management of Laryngospasm
Thursday Nov 03, 2022
Thursday Nov 03, 2022
Mike Clifford, a paediatric intensivist and anaesthesiologist joins us to discuss the incidence and management of Laryngospasm in the perioperative environment.
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
Today we’re talking with Di Tucker, the Director of Quality and Improvement at the Royal Children’s Hospital. We will talk about how an adverse event at RCH is investigated and why it is so important to learn from them to reduce harm to other patients.
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
CWTE: Eczema in kids
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
Atopic dermatitis, also known as atopic eczema, affects a large proportion of children and is most common in infants. Over the past 30 years, a threefold increase in paediatric atopic dermatitis has been reported. In this episode, Nurse Practitioner Emma King will share her insights and tips in managing paediatric eczema.
Friday Sep 23, 2022
CWTE: Bleed presentations to ED: assessment and management
Friday Sep 23, 2022
Friday Sep 23, 2022
A big complication of Haemophilia is bleeds, which can at time be quite severe. In this episode, we chat with Clinical Nurse Consultant, Erin Krake and Physiotherapist, Nicola Hamilton to discuss the management of bleeds in these patients and how we can try to prevent them.
Friday Sep 09, 2022
CWTE: Emicizumab – A new prophylactic treatment for haemophilia
Friday Sep 09, 2022
Friday Sep 09, 2022
A relatively new treatment in patients with Haemophilia A, Emicizumab helps to improve management in these patients and significantly reduce their time in hospital. Janine Furmedge and Dr Chris Barnes of the RCH Clinical Haematology team join us to discuss Haemophilia A and the role of this new drug.
Thursday Aug 11, 2022
CWTE: Management of tonsil-adenoidectomies
Thursday Aug 11, 2022
Thursday Aug 11, 2022
Pain management for a child undergoing tonsil-adenoidectomies can be tricky. Bec Marshall joins us to discuss this and the work she undertook with Safer Care Victoria to improve outcomes and re-admissions.
Monday Aug 01, 2022
CWTE: Induction of Anaesthesia
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
In this episode Dr. Peter Howe joins us to discuss the differences experienced when undertaking anaesthesia induction in children. He helps us understand the important role of communicating with children and their families throughout this process.
Friday Jul 15, 2022
CWTE: MRI Safety
Friday Jul 15, 2022
Friday Jul 15, 2022
There’s a lot to consider about safety around an MRI scanner, with huge consequences if they are not adhered to. To help us understand more about MRI Safety, we chat with the head of MRI at RCH, Mike Kean. Mike gives us an overview of MRI and what you need to consider before entering the scan room.
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
CWTE: The role of a paediatric intraoperative nurse
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
The role of the intraoperative nurse is often not seen or understood. Carolyn Sahhar, Perioperative Nurse Educator at RCH joins us to discuss the important role they play in the care provided to children undergoing anaesthesia & surgery.
Friday Jun 17, 2022
CWTE: Contrast media - clearing the confusion
Friday Jun 17, 2022
Friday Jun 17, 2022
Contrast media is often used in Medical Imaging studies and patients need some preparation before undergoing these studies. We talk with paediatric radiologist Dr Karen Atkin who helps us understand more about what contrast media is, why we use it and the importance of good patient preparation.Okee in Medical Imaging : Okee in Medical Imaging app (rch.org.au)RANZCR Iodinated Contrast Guidelines | RANZCR
Friday Jun 03, 2022
CWTE: Physiotherapy management for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)
Friday Jun 03, 2022
Friday Jun 03, 2022
Physiotherapy input for a child with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is important. In this episode we talk with Katy De Valle, a physiotherapist, about what physiotherapy for DMD can look like and how the role of a physiotherapist changes as DMD progresses.
Thursday May 19, 2022
CWTE: Neonatal Pain - Management of Pain in the Neonate (PART 2)
Thursday May 19, 2022
Thursday May 19, 2022
In this episode we are joined by Bianca Devsam, Clinical Neonatal Research Nurse Consultant at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurse here at The Royal Children’s Hospital. This episode is the second part of a series on neonatal pain. In the previous episode we discussed assessment. Today we will be sharing simple but effective strategies that can be implemented in any clinical setting with a particular focus on procedural pain.Reduce your infant's pain during newborn blood tests - YouTubeBreastfeed to minimize vaccination pain - 2 months - YouTube
Monday May 09, 2022
CWTE: Neonatal Pain - Assessment of Pain in the Neonate (PART 1)
Monday May 09, 2022
Monday May 09, 2022
In this episode we are joined by Bianca Devsam, Clinical Neonatal Research Nurse Consultant at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurse here at The Royal Children’s Hospital. We will be discussing the unique nature of neonatal pain and Bianca sharing some tools and strategies clinicians can apply to their own practice.Next episode will cover the management of neonatal pain.
Wednesday Apr 20, 2022
CWTE: Care of the Paediatric Patient in Recovery/PACU
Wednesday Apr 20, 2022
Wednesday Apr 20, 2022
Caring for a child as they emerge for surgery and anaesthesia can be both rewarding and challenging. Join us as we discuss the care of the child in Recovery/PACU with Lauren Jorgensen Clinical Support Nurse and Jake Lirosi Associate Unit Manager of PACU at RCH.