I love my phone (iPhone X) and I love my laptop (MacBook Pro 13″). But their aim is to enhance my productivity and not to detract from it. As apps, tech, and the way we communicate have evolved over the last 5 years, have we (or have I) evolved to handle them?
Kerry Woolfall is a social scientist and senior lecturer at the University of Liverpool. This talk, our second from the PERUKI track, she talks about doing research without prior parent and patient consent. Following legislative changes in 2008 it is now possible (in the UK at least) to enter a child into a trial of potentially life-saving treatment then seek consent after the fact. But how would parents react to this? How would clinicians? What would happen if a child died during the trial, as may understandably occur if we are looking at potentially life-saving interventions?
This talk is not just about a researchers point of view but also details Kerry’s experience from the other side of the clipboard as a NICU parent.
The research embodies a core principle of engagement.
You can read some of the research here.
Woolfall K, Young B, Frith L, Appleton R, Iyer A, Messahel S, Hickey H, Gamble C. Doing challenging research studies in a patient-centred way: a qualitative study to inform a randomised controlled trial in the paediatric emergency care setting. BMJ open. 2014 May 1;4(5):e005045.
Woolfall K, Frith L, Gamble C, Gilbert R, Mok Q, Young B. How parents and practitioners experience research without prior consent (deferred consent) for emergency research involving children with life threatening conditions: a mixed method study. BMJ open. 2015 Sep 1;5(9):e008522.
You can follow Kerry on Twitter here.
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This talk was recorded live at DFTB19 in London, England. With the theme of “The Journey” we wanted to consider the journeys our patients and their families go on, both metaphorical and literal. DFTB20 will be held in Brisbane, Australia.
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Hermione is a 15-day old baby girl brought in for prolonged jaundice. She is breastfed and has no other risk factors. Her examination is normal other than being a bit on the yellow side. You ask the nurse to perform a blood gas to check her bilirubin, which is below 200. You notice the lactate on the gas is 4, but the nurse reports it was a “squeezed sample” which she suggests could explain the result?
Okay, perhaps not perfect but we think these bite sized chunks of simulation from Children’s Health Queensland are pretty good! They are free to download and play with. You can find access to all current OPTIMUS resources here. Enjoy!
OPTIMUS BONUS is an ongoing project driven by Children’s Health Queensland involving the creation of simulation education packages on topics in paediatric resuscitation. Each package contains;
The STORK team (Simulation Training Optimising Resuscitation in Kids) from Children’s Health Queensland provides simulation based education throughout Queensland. We provide two courses as part of our OPTIMUS curriculum; Optimus CORE (for first responders) and Optimus PRIME (for mid phase care while awaiting retrieval).
Thanks! We need your help to share these simulations and infographics online any way you can. Shout out to @childhealthqld @LankyTwig @Caroelearning @paedsem and @symon_ben on twitter if you’re using them!
The other thing that REALLY helps is getting good feedback. So, if you have thoughts on them to share fill out the surveys via the QR codes in the package so we can keep making better simulations to share with the world.
If you’d like to know more, email us at stork@health.qld.gov.au
Other than that, retweet them, share them widely, and help us improve paediatric care everywhere in the world.
Sonia and the BONUS team
Dr Sonia Twigg (@LankyTwig), Dr Benjamin Symon (@symon_ben), Dr Carolina Ardino Sarmiento (@caroelearning), Dr Ben Lawton (@paedsem) Ms Louise Dodson and Mrs Tricia Pilotto.
Case, Nicky, “How to remember anything forever-ish.: Oct 2018. Available at: https://ncase.me/remember/ Cheng et al, “Resuscitation Education Science: Educational Strategies to Improve Outcomes from Cardiac Arrest; A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association.”Circulation 2018; 138: e82-e122. Available at: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000583 Cheng et al, “Highlights from the 2018 AHA Statement on Resuscitation.” June 2018. Available at: https://canadiem.org/aha-scientific-statement-on-resuscitation-education/ Dubner S.“Freakonomics Radio. How to become great at just about anything (Ep 244).” Apr 2016. Available at: https://freakonomics.com/podcast/peak/ Ericsson A,“Peak” Vintage 2017.Selected references
Dr Amanda Gwee is a clinician-scientist fellow in the MCRI Infectious Diseases and Microbiology group. Her area of research interest revolves around the appropriate dosing of antibiotics.
Ask any paediatrician what the hardest, tricksiest procedure that you might ever have to perform and they would all be in agreement – calculating drug doses in the middle of a paediatric resuscitation. In this talk Simon Craig, from Monash, takes us through the how we can do better than scratching out rough calculations on the whiteboard at 6am. He asked the key question…
This talk was recorded live at DFTB18 in Melbourne, Australia. With the theme of ‘Science and Story‘ we pushed our speakers to step out of their comfort zones and consider why we do what we do. Caring for children is not just about acquiring the scientific knowhow but also about taking a look beyond a diagnosis or clinical conundrum at the patient and their families.
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*Lori was once one of Andy Tagg’s trainees but he is quick to point out that none of the situations depicted are about him.
Associate Professor Matt Sabin is the Chief Medical Officer of the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. It was not in this role that we asked him to speak but rather in his clinical role as a paediatric endocrinologist running the largest tertiary hospital obesity service in Australia.
Associate Professor Rob Roseby is a respiratory physician. You might see many adults huffing and puffing around the local park every Sunday, bright red in the face, gasping for breath. This shouldn’t be the case for the children in their charge. In this talk Rob reminds the reluctant athletes in the audience that exercise and sport is good for children – both in terms of mental health and physical health.
So, should we prescribe sport for our younger patients? Does it actually make a difference? And if they can’t play the sport that they love how can we get them back to it? Listen to this talk from Rob to find out how we can make that all important difference
This talk was recorded live at DFTB18 in Melbourne, Australia. With the theme of ‘Science and Story‘ we pushed our speakers to step out of their comfort zones and consider why we do what we do. Caring for children is not just about acquiring the scientific knowhow but also about taking a look beyond a diagnosis or clinical conundrum at the patient and their families.
If you want our podcasts delivered straight to your listening device then subscribe to our iTunes feed or check out the RSS feed. If you are more a fan of the visual medium then subscribe to our YouTube channel. Please embrace the spirit of FOAMed and spread the word.
*Lori was once one of Andy Tagg’s trainees but he is quick to point out that none of the situations depicted are about him.
Mel Rule is one of the founding members of the extraordinary WRaPEM group. They are a group of passionate educators and clinicians waim to bring back Wellness, Resilience and Performance coaching for the everyday doctor.
When we learn about feedback it is often from the side of the wise expert, the person giving it. Whilst they might be very good at what they do it is worth considering how the person on the receiving end feels. In this talk from 2018 Lori Chait, a paediatric trainee*, reflects on what it is like to be on the receiving end and how we might do a better job.
This talk was recorded live at DFTB18 in Melbourne, Australia. With the theme of ‘Science and Story‘ we pushed our speakers to step out of their comfort zones and consider why we do what we do. Caring for children is not just about acquiring the scientific knowhow but also about taking a look beyond a diagnosis or clinical conundrum at the patient and their families.
If you want our podcasts delivered straight to your listening device then subscribe to our iTunes feed or check out the RSS feed. If you are more a fan of the visual medium then subscribe to our YouTube channel. Please embrace the spirit of FOAMed and spread the word.
*Lori was once one of Andy Tagg’s trainees but he is quick to point out that none of the situations depicted are about him.
Team DFTB is excited to announce that over the next two years we will have six DFTB Fellows working in the Paediatric Emergency Department at the Royal London Hospital with specifically dedicated DFTB time each week. We will introduce you to them all as they start – they are a mix of paediatric and EM trainees, most of whom are at the end of their training, and who come from the UK, Ireland, Australia, and South Africa. Our first DFTB Fellow, Rebecca Paxton, started with us this week. It’s time to meet her and find out what she will be working on…
Virtual Reality: Camilla Sorensen at DFTB19
Team DFTB. Virtual Reality: Camilla Sorensen at DFTB19, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2019. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.21504
Imagine a world where you could teach CPR from a thousand miles away, a world where you can guide clinicians on the other side of the world. In this groundbreaking talk from DFTB19 Camilla Sørensen tackles another side of virtual reality. This one involves the clinician as power user.
©Ian Summers
(Editor’s note – I was so excited when I watched this talk that I promptly bought myself a VR headset)
This talk was recorded live at DFTB19 in London, England. With the theme of “The Journey” we wanted to consider the journeys our patients and their families go on, both metaphorical and literal. DFTB20 will be held in Brisbane, Australia.
If you want our podcasts delivered straight to your listening device then subscribe to our iTunes feed or check out the RSS feed. If you are more a fan of the visual medium then subscribe to our YouTube channel. Please embrace the spirit of FOAMed and spread the word.