Showcasing the current evidence base and ongoing challenges associated with virtual healthcare, guest speakers and panellists provided their perspectives on its use in primary and community health. A panel of clinicians, academics, researchers and consumers shared their reflections on the successes and challenges of integrating virtual healthcare into practice. Adjunct Clinical Professor Karen Price, immediate past President of The Royal Australian …
Implementing Improvement in Healthcare – Learnings from the Frontline
In this seminar, we heard inspiring real-life experiences of implementing improvement in different Australian healthcare settings. Diana Egerton-Warburton, an emergency physician and the Director of Emergency Medicine Research at Monash Medical Centre shared her learnings from implementing improvement in emergency care settings Diana told us about the challenges associated with changing practice around the ‘just in case’ peripheral intravenous cannular, …
Involving consumers in discovery research – reflections and learnings
Consumer and community involvement (CCI) has been prioritised by policy makers, funding agencies and peak bodies and is increasingly common in clinical research, applied research, and health services/health systems innovation and improvement initiatives. However, CCI remains relatively uncommon in laboratory-based, discovery or basic science research settings. Our speakers, Dr Catherine Carmichael from Hudson Institute and Sarah Lukeman, consumer partner, shared …
Reaching people from migrant and refugee communities for clinical trials
People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds are significantly under-represented in Australian clinical trials. Language and translation difficulties, cultural beliefs about health, medicine and research, and a lack of existing relationships between health and medical researchers and CALD communities, are some of the barriers to enrolling more CALD people in potentially life-saving trials. Overcoming these challenges is possible. Monash …
Meaningful partnerships with mental health consumers and carers – strengthening research and clinical care
Presented by Professor Graham Meadows and Dr Michelle Kehoe, the webinar focused on forging meaningful and effective partnerships.
Victorian Falls Prevention Alliance – Guiding the way: Practical steps for falls prevention
Following the recent release of the World Guidelines for Falls Prevention and Management for older adults, this hybrid workshop offered practical strategies for implementation of falls prevention in hospitals including a focus on strategies for clinician and patient education. Speaker included Professor Cathie Sherrington, Associate Professor Frances Batchelor, Ms Kelly Stephen, Dr Helen Psihogios, Dr Alisha Spiteri and Professor Alison …
Implementing Improvement Network Event
This event provided participants with the opportunity to share and learn through our networking events as part of the Implementation & Improvement Network. Speakers included Dr Katherine Harding, Principal Research Fellow & Manager (Allied Health Clinical Research Office) Eastern Health and Dr Rhonda Garad, Lead in Education, Workforce and Capacity Building.
CCI in clinical trials: exploring the nitty gritty of consumer advisory panels
Presented in collaboration between Monash Partners and Sydney Health Partners this event highlighted practical strategies and lessons learned around setting up and supporting a consumer advisory panel.
Better together: exploring the current state of consumer and community involvement
Presented on 22 November 2022, the program featured a keynote address by Associate Professor Andrea Tricco, Director, Knowledge Synthesis Team, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto Canada and an engaging panel discussion on exploring the beliefs, values and motivators underpinning genuine CCI.
Learning Health Systems – The why, what, who and how to improve care delivery and quality by 2030
It is estimated that around 60% of care is in line with evidence- or consensus-based guidelines, 30% is wasteful or low value, and 10% is harmful. This has been the case for decades. The event outlined Monash Partners evidence-based Learning Health System Framework with examples of adoption and learnings and covered key actions required to drive improvements in healthcare and …