WA CHAPTER REPORT
The WA Chapter held our final education event on Saturday 2nd November at Maylands Peninsula Golf Course. The Clinical Breakfast topic was titled “Newly diagnosed diabetic children; a new model of care.” The presenters were Frances Leclercq, Adele Connor and Kelly West all from the Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology at PCH.
Once again we say a heartfelt thanks to our two sponsors, Aspen and Medtronic. Without the continuing support of sponsors, we would not be able to host such interesting and varied clinical events for such a reasonable cost to members and guests. The presentation scored very high on all of our evaluation parameters of: Relevance; Content and Presentation. There were 25 attendees at the breakfast who shared many positive comments; included is a selection below:
- Most interesting topic, speakers provided very interesting update anddiscussions. Delicious breakfast Thanks for facilitating this clinical breakfast.
- Excellent, very informative for both hospital and community nurses. Thank you.
- Great presentations, very informative. Good to hear the latest.
- Great information, practical, interesting. Many thanks
- Great morning, excellent refresher and new info to be aware of to enable support of families living with diabetes in the community.
- Great breakfast and venue Concise/direct/targeted information
- Great speakers, very engaging. Great coverage for the basics and update of current management. Venue was great, location, parking, food lovely. Thankyou committee
- Informative, useful
- Good venue, enjoyed the food and coffee. Great parking, close to home.
- Great topic, very relevant
- Really good venue, food & coffee. Thank you for these events great to hear about New Models of care, technology and initiatives to support the familyand child in the school community.
- Excellent information, function centre fabulous
- All 3 gave good in formation, I learned something new
- Wonderful presentation, very informative and easy to follow New models great to hear about Very informative, great presentation and facility
- Fantastic presentation, it was good to be able to have discussion
- Excellent presentation, very knowledgeable speakers
Suggestions for future sessions:
- Cystic Fibrosis management
- Hypothyroidism from birth and life management
- Paed oncology careEating disorders Mental health
- Toilet training The role of the Child Health Nurse & School Health Nurse
- Understanding CEWT/Parrot charts Community health nurses roles
- Suggested venue – Avocados, Kelmscott
Thanks for the suggestions for future topics. The working group will discuss these and try to get them into our events.
Our next clinical event is on Tuesday 25th February and it will almost certainly be at PCH. WE have yet to secure a speaker but we are working hard on this.
Dorothy Clarke Scholarship
The two successful recipients of the Scholarship are:
- Pania Falconer – Perth Children’s Hospital. To attend Safety and Quality- Deteriorating Patient Conference in Melbourne
- Alison Oakes- WACHS. To assist with fees for Australian Breastfeeding Association Diploma (online)
WA Chapter Working Group
The next working group meeting is 5pm on Tuesday 3rd March 2020 via Zoom video link. If you are interested in becoming a working group member, please come along and see what we do.
The working group is conscious of people booking to attend events but then not attending. We have no information as to why this happens but it is a frequent occurrence. We are looking at ways in which we can remind people prior to the event.
Don’t forget: the 2020 ACCYPN conference is in Darwin. Committee chair Jacquie Burton and the Committee is finalised.
