Almost all of us would have had to have given a presentation at some point in their career - Perhaps you were a student having to present at university - Maybe you’re early-career and presenting to a select group of colleagues - Or maybe you have or are about to embark on presenting at a national or international conference. Presenting can be daunting to most and there’s a lot to think about when preparing.

A good presentation is one where there is good preparation. Today we’re joined by Dr Andrew Tagg. Andy is an emergency physician at Sunshine Hospital (Victoria-Australia) with a huge passion for education. He is also one of the co-founders for the ‘Don’t Forget The Bubbles’ website, which is an excellent resource for clinicians around paediatric healthcare.

dontforgetthebubbles.com

In this episode we delve into what the Education Hub at the RCH has done during this year. From multiple escape rooms to producing regular podcasts and creating new face-to-face conversational education sessions, we’ve done a lot! We ponder the pitfalls of education in a large hospital setting, the power of outreach and how to inspire people to attend education programs in person. Join us as we take you on our 2024 education odyssey at the Education Hub – RCH.

Whenever you have competing priorities and a heavy workload, it can be difficult to manage your time appropriately. In this episode, Steve chats with Lichin Lim and Gus Benson, who have varying levels of experience in the health-professional world. Lichin and Gus give us some tips on how to manage your time and increase your work efficiency.

The RCH has been fortunate to have Epic’s Electronic Medical Record since 2016. For a majority of staff it was simply a transition from paper to a computer. However, to get to that point plenty of work had to occur in the background. Lets take a journey back to pre EMR and hear the thoughts of those working hard to ensure a smooth transition. The EMR has since been rolled out to other hospitals in the Parkville precinct.

I’m joined by Peter Sloman (Parkville ED EMR Lead), Kirsten Davidson (CNC nursing informatics AND Current Dame Elizabeth Scholarship Winner.) and Naomi Bellion (Nursing Informatics CSN).

In this episode, we delve into the transformative power of Narrative Medicine with Dr. Fiona Reilly and Dr. Mariam Tokhi. Discover how Narrative Medicine enhances creativity, self-expression and empathy, offering new perspectives on clinical education, patient care and professional well-being.

Disclaimer: The examples given by the guests may be distressing to some listeners. For support, please contact your local mental health clinician or support service for advice.

Student clinical assessments come in all shapes and sizes and largely depend on 3 main factors: The healthcare discipline, the university that the student attends and the year level of the student. In this episode, Andrew Kilgour and Giulia Mccorkell from RMIT university talk about how they have devised a multi-disciplinary assessment framework and how it can replace the current assessment systems for all healthcare disciplines.

Imagine being a new or undergraduate nurse and being placed in an unfamiliar environment. In an operating theatre, you’re aware of the different scrubs, the theatre cap and to not touch any of the drapes, but what are those “tools” the surgeon is holding. Or why is everyone counting to 5?

In this episode we have Clinical Nurse Educator Carolyn Sahhar who will guide us through the maze which is perioperative care.

The role of the Clown Doctor is to improve the hospital experience for everyone and they do this in so many ways. In this episode, we talk with David Symons from The Humour Foundation and Amy Gray, head of the Department of Paediatrics from the University of Melbourne. We discuss the role of Clown Doctors and integrate joy into a paediatric setting. David and Amy also introduced a novel program that is designed to impact health professionals and the way they approach their relationships with patients, families and colleagues.