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Seminars 2012

The Safe Ward Seminar

The Safe Ward seminar has been developed to provide clinicians with up-to-date information on best practice efforts to improve quality and safety of care on the ward. The seminar will address a broad range of important issues, including:

  • maintaining a healthy and productive workforce
  • reducing medication errors
  • using IT at ward level to improve efficiency and effectiveness of care
  • identifying and managing the deteriorating patient
  • identifying high risks in aged care
  • reducing patient falls; and
  • improving compliance with hand hygiene.

Topics have been chosen in areas where there have been demonstrable improvements in quality and safety over recent years. We anticipate that delegates will leave with a number of useful ideas to implement in their clinical areas.

Who should attend? This seminar is aimed at clinical leaders in nursing, medical and allied health.

Venue: Bayview Eden Melbourne (formerly Eden on the Park), 6 Queens Road, Melbourne Vic 3000
Seminar date: Thursday 29th March, 2012
Seminar time: 9.30am - 4.15pm (Registration opens at 9am)
Cost: $220 per person (incl. of GST)

Seminar Program and Registration     How to get to Bayview Eden Melb     Accommodation

ACEM Scientific Meeting 2012

Emergency Medicine poses dynamic challenges on a consistent basis to all staff who work in its various domains. This meeting will address many and varied themes prevalent in the practice of Emergency Medicine in 2012. Areas such as National Emergency Access Targets and the evolving Quality Indicators will be explored.  The meeting will feature plenary sessions, interactive workshops and a hypothetical.

Who should attend:
This seminar is aimed at Emergency Department staff and Trainees (medical and nursing), Ambulance Officers and Students.

Venue: The Royal Melbourne Hospital Function and Convention Centre, Charles Latrobe Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor, Grattan Street, Parkville Vic 3050
Date: Friday 23rd March 212
Time: 9.00am - 4.30pm (Registration opens at 8.30am and optional breakfast session from 7.30am - 8.30am)

Meeting Program and Registration     RMH Transport, Accommodation and Map

Emergency Department Management Course 2012 - Registrations are closing

This will be an intense 5 day workshop involving local and international experts. It will be focused on ED management; however experts from other health fields will augment the faculty. The course content has been developed from workshops held in Europe, US, South Africa and Canada.

The workshop will involve pre-reading, self assessment, expert presentations on practice and theory, simulated scenario-based training, breakout sessions and much, much more.

Date: Monday 5th - Friday 9th March (inclusive), 2012
Venue: School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, The Alfred Centre, Melbourne

Program and Registration     Alfred Map     Accommodation

VHQA February Education Session 2012

Presenters include: Cathy Balding and Jo Bourke
Title: 'National Standards: Quality or Compliance'

Venue: School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Level 5 Lecture Theatre, The Alfred Centre, 'B' Lobby (via Centre Lane), 99 Commercial Road, Melbourne Vic 3004
Date: Friday 24th February 2012
Time: 10am - 3.30pm (Registration from 9.30am)

Seminar Program and Registration

Missioncraft in Disaster Relief Operations

This 1-week intensive workshop presents best practices for health personnel in international disaster relief operations. Missioncraft is the art and science of preparing and conducting field operations. The workshop is offered to medical and public health professionals who deploy to acute disasters as full-time, field-based, hands-on providers. It aims to enhance skill sets required for leadership roles such as organizational team leader, or medical coordinator. It is not intended for medical tourists.

Illustrative Topics:
• Pre-departure preparation
• Field briefing
• Rapid epidemiological assessment
• Field reporting
• Cluster system and the inter-agency process

Venue: School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
When: 5 days commencing 20th February 2012 (Mon 20th to Friday 24th February 2012 inclusive)
Learning mode: 5 days multi-modalities in classroom setting

Missioncraft Workshop Prospectus 2012     Accommodation Options     Alfred Map

Application: Admission is by approval.  Application Form 2012.  Applications are to be emailed to catherine.pound@monash.edu

Emergency Medicine Research Short Course Semester 1, 2012 - Registrations are closed

Semester commences Monday 27th February 2012.

The four (4) compulsory block days will be held:
Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 March 2012
Monday 28 and Tuesday 29 May 2012

Course Content 
Research Methods

  • Introduction to research methods used in observational studies
  • Practical skills required in the design and assessment of a research project
  • Protocol design, including study type selection, introduction to questionnaire design, sampling methods, and ethics approval
  • Planning data management and statistical analysis and developing a study budget
  • Introduction to the role of qualitative research

Evidence Based Medicine

  • Appropriately formulate answerable clinical questions
  • Scientific literature search
  • Critical appraisal of scientific literature and evidence based guidelines
  • Application of research to clinical practice
  • Barriers to changing practice

When: 6 month course commencing 27th February, 2012
Venue: School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, The Alfred Centre, Melbourne

Program and Registration

To express interest in studying this course in semester 2, 2012, please email your name to catherine.pound@monash.edu / phone +61 3 9903 0891.