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
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.
Friday Apr 08, 2022
CWTE: Teddy Bear Hospital
Friday Apr 08, 2022
Friday Apr 08, 2022
Play is an important way for children to learn about hospitalisation and reduce fears and anxieties. We talk with student coordinators of the Teddy Bear Hospital program about the origins of the program, the events they run, and how this program benefits children, parents/guardians and students alike.
Friday Mar 25, 2022
CWTE: Asthma Guidelines for Adolescents
Friday Mar 25, 2022
Friday Mar 25, 2022
The way we treat asthma in adolescents needs to change. In this episode we discuss recent evidence and updated asthma guidelines for adolescents, how we can use them and help families to make the change.
Friday Mar 11, 2022
CWTE: Wheeled mobility for DMD
Friday Mar 11, 2022
Friday Mar 11, 2022
Wheeled devices for children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) should be considered early. In this episode we chat with Justine Adams, a Physiotherapist, about the aim of wheeled mobility, what this looks like as DMD progresses and tips for discussing these mobility devices with families.The Education Hub has a new podcast show, Teach Think Treat. The show focuses on clinical education in a busy clinical setting. The first episode will air Friday the 18th of March, with our new host Steve Lacey, talking about teaching and learning with students on clinical placement at the RCH.
Friday Feb 25, 2022
CWTE: Medical radiation and scatter
Friday Feb 25, 2022
Friday Feb 25, 2022
Radiation is a big part of some Medical Imaging examinations and procedures and comes with its own risks. This episode features RCH Radiation Safety Officer and Medical Physicist, Amanda Perdomo, as well as Senior Radiographer, Stacey McMahon. Amanda and Stacey give us a brief rundown of radiation, its risks and talk about an investigation they did on when they should use those heavy lead aprons.
Friday Feb 11, 2022
CWTE: Nitrous Oxide and it’s use in procedural sedation
Friday Feb 11, 2022
Friday Feb 11, 2022
Today we are chatting to Emma McDonald. Emma is a Clinical Nurse Consultant with the RCH Comfort Kids Program.We will discuss the use of Nitrous Oxide in procedural sedation.
Friday Jan 28, 2022
CWTE: Calf length management for DMD
Friday Jan 28, 2022
Friday Jan 28, 2022
In this episode we chat with Kate Carroll, a physiotherapist, about the importance of calf length management in children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). We discuss how to measure calf range and the management of this including stretches and night ankle foot orthosis (AFOs).