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The Royal Children’s Hospital Education Hub and the Metabolic Medicine Team are excited to bring you an education day to build confidence in recognising inherited metabolic disorders and understanding key principles in their management. You’ll leave with a clearer understanding, practical tools, and increased confidence to support children where a metabolic diagnosis may be present or emerging.Dat

A one‑day introductory program for leaders in education, research, healthcare, and managementProfessionals working in complex, multidisciplinary environments face unique leadership challenges. This one‑day program introduces contemporary, evidence‑informed approaches to leading teams, navigating uncertainty, and fostering cultures of connection and high performance. Participants will gain practica

Bringing Families and Researchers Together2026 Family Engagement in Research course applications are now open!Starting August 2026, the Healthy Trajectories team is excited to offer an Australian cohort of the Family Engagement in Research (FER) Course for researchers, clinician-researchers and family engagement partners.Since 2018, this popular CanChild FER Course, offered through McMaster Univer

Around 30 per cent of children and young people seen by health practitioners experience physical symptoms without a clear medical cause or explanation. These are known as medically unexplained symptoms (MUS). The Campus Mental Health Strategy has developed a guide to help parents and carers understand and support their young person experiencing MUS. Go to Medically unexplained symptoms: A guide fo

We are delighted to announce the 2025 Recipients of the Strategic Grants for Outstanding Women. This year, the Melbourne Medical School received over 100 applications from a truly remarkable field of diverse and talented women researchers, clinicians and educators who all made significant impacts in their speciality areas. Four of these recipients are from the Department of Paediatrics! ‌ Dr Ann F

The Melbourne Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences, has announced the MMS Awards for Outstanding Graduate Research Supervision by Honorary Staff for 2025. We are thrilled to announce that both recipients of this award are from the Department of Paediatrics! Prof Paul LockhartMurdoch Children's Research InstituteThe Royal Children's HospitalDepartment of Paediatrics  

New Online Micro Credential:Diagnosing and Managing Youth Mental Illness in Primary CareEarly intervention is the key to achieving better long-term mental health outcomes for young people but many primary care clinicians report a lack of confidence in this area. Gain youth-specific skills to support the diagnosis and management of young people's mental health with this new 8-week, online micro cre

When providing clinical care, uncertainty or conflict can arise over the best course of action to take. Clinical ethics can offer ways to think through many of the challenging issues that confront us when analysing situations and weighing up treatment options when caring for a child and their family. This work of moral deliberation is informed by the theoretical frameworks offered by the field of

Child Development, Behaviour and Mental HealthThe 2025 Paediatric Professional Education Series presents evidence-based, practical approaches to improving children’s development and mental health.Next sessionsIntegrating Mental Health into Paediatric Care (next session on 27 June, 12pm-1:30pm)Relational PracticePractical Tips for Supporting Children with Neurodiversity at School and in the Communi

Danielle Ariti  is a Recruitment Officer with the OurDNA program at the Centre of Population Genomics (CPG)  - a joint initiative between the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and the Garvan Institute of Medical Research. Her role involves working closely with multicultural communities to support the recruitment of participants from underrepresented ancestry groups in Australia. The project ai

The RCH Grand Rounds Seminar SeriesEach year, this engaging and informative series helps expand our understanding of child and adolescent health—whether your background is clinical, research, academic, or something else entirely.When: Wednesdays at 12:30 PM, weekly from February to NovemberWhere: Join us in person at the Ella Latham Lecture Theatre or onlineCan’t make it live? All sessions are rec

“Police studying adolescent health?  I’d like to see that!”   Watch the 3 minute video for a glimpse of how powerful this can be. The second Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing is a call to action, with the headline: “The investments made in this generation of adolescents will determine our human and planetary futures, for good or for ill’. A key message is that investments across

The MDHS AI Education Series is a curated program of panels, workshops, and seminars designed to build awareness, capability, and confidence in using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in research and academic practice. Developed in collaboration with academic leaders, industry experts, and research integrity specialists, the series spans May to August 2025 and is hosted across multiple platforms, inclu

Did you know that medical students in the Department of Paediatrics are delivering health messages to adolescents via TikTok on a variety of topics in a fun and engaging manner?Take a look below to see some of the content being created on TikTok! Our page contains a variety of quick and informative videos, ranging from how to manage paediatric burns to how to use an epi-pen.See more @UniMelb_Healt

We are excited to announce that the Paediatric Academy app is now available for download on iOS and Android devices! Download our free and easy-to-navigate app to connect with peers, stay up to date on upcoming events, receive group notifications, and read news from the Paediatric Academy.

On Friday 18 April 2025 the Teddy Bear Hospital took over the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre!Over 1400 medical and allied health students from the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences assisted over 3000 teddy bears. Our teddy doctors successfully raised $52,000 for the Royal Children's Hospital.Thank you to our sponsors Visy, who helped us build the hospital out of cardb

We are excited to announce a new free online course and teaching materials for trainersThe Online course on Management of Child and Adolescent Tuberculosis and the Resources for trainers on Management of Child and Adolescent Tuberculosis are aimed at helping healthcare providers/participants apply learned concepts to improve the management and care of children and adolescents with presumptive and

"I really wanted that social aspect, being face-to-face with clients, having the opportunity to help people in a healthcare setting. Genetic counselling is so varied in the roles that you can do; patient-facing roles, working with laboratory and medical scientists, working with clinicians, presentations at conferences, research. It can be very dynamic, and it's ever changing. I wasn't locked into

The Department of Paediatrics University of Melbourne, in collaboration with The Education Hub Royal Children’s Hospital, has launched the "Practical Paediatrics Course"! This course is intended for General Practitioners, Nurse Practitioners and Junior Medical Doctors seeking practical, interactive training in managing paediatric presentations. This self-paced course, created with insights from 30

We are delighted to announce Jessica Macrae as the recipient of the 2024 Master of Genetic Counselling program Dean’s Honours Award – Academic Merit.Jessica had a decade-long career as a secondary school math and science teacher which she left behind to pursue genetic counselling at the University of Melbourne in 2022. She excelled academically while balancing her studies with parenting, completin