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The Education Hub - Conversation with the experts

The Education Hub - Conversation with the experts

Written by: The Education Hub - The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne
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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 find out more about The Education Hub, please visit: education-hub.rch.org.au

The Education Hub Learning Resource Disclaimer

This information is intended to support the education of health professionals. The authors have made considerable efforts to ensure the information contained in this resource is accurate, evidence-based, and up to date at the time of publication however the information and advice offered is intended as a guide only and does not replace the need for clinical expertise and the application of clinical judgment to each individual presentation. Users of this resource are strongly recommended to confirm that the information contained is correct by way of independent sources and appropriate to their context. The Royal Children’s Hospital accepts no liability, however arising, for any inaccuracies or information perceived as misleading and makes no representations as to the success of any treatment recommended in the resource.

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This podcast should not be reproduced without the written permission of The Education Hub (education.hub@rch.org.au). The information expressed in these podcasts is developed by The Education Hub - RCH. The information is presented in good faith, is current at the time of recording and is not necessarily representative of the views of The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne. Hygiene & Healthy Living Physical Illness & Disease
Episodes
  • Guiding neurodiverse children through the perioperative journey

    Guiding neurodiverse children through the perioperative journey
    May 13 2026

    Having surgery an be a daunting time for anybody, let alone a child with neurodiversity being placed into an unfamiliar environment and taken out of their routine. Join Grace Curran associate Nurse Unit manager of Elective surgery & Clinical Nurse Specialist in pre admissions resource clinic and Nancy Puente PARC Nurse as they discuss how to best care for children with neurodiversity as they traverse the perioperative journey.
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    17 mins
  • Lived Experience Leadership in Mental Health

    Lived Experience Leadership in Mental Health
    Apr 1 2026

    In this episode Camille Foley speaks to two lived experience advisors Deanna Carr and Carmen Ludeman about lived experience in mental health, its origins, the importance of embedding the expertise of consumers, families, and carers into system design, policy, and practice, and how this can transform services, reduce stigma, and improve care.

    Resources:

    Lived experience | health.vic.gov.au

    Tandem resource- Peak body for families, carers and supporters

    Peak consumer advocacy service-IMHA: Independent Mental Health Advocacy | IMHA

    Alternate consumer advocacy service- VMIAC: VMIAC Home Page

    Housing and support service for people with significant mental health and wellbeing challenges: Housing and support | Mind Australia

    Service who works with children of parents or family members with mental health challenges- Satellite Foundation: Satellite Foundation | Creativity and connection for mental health and wellbeing

    Alternate service who provide support for children and young people who are supporting someone with disability or mental health challenges- little dreamers: Little Dreamers Australia – Supporting Young Carers & Their Families
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    17 mins
  • Understanding Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) in Adolescents

    Understanding Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) in Adolescents
    Mar 4 2026

    In this episode, Camille Foley (Senior mental health clinician and education fellow) speaks with Adam Blake (Psychiatric Nurse Consultant) and Kate Coward (family peer-support worker) about non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) in adolescents, exploring its prevalence, risk factors, relational and family impacts, and how compassionate, evidence-informed treatment and responses can move us beyond stigma toward effective support.

    Resource link:

    Suicide and non-suicidal self-injury CPG :

    Suicide and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Children and Adolescents: Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline
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    26 mins
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