WA CHAPTER REPORT
The WA Chapter hosted our second Clinical Supper of the year at Perth Children’s Hospital on Tuesday 7th May. The presenter was Dr Lisa Gibson, a Research Fellow from Origins and the Telethon Kids Institute. Dr Gibson’s presentation was: Nature Play & Grow: Nature connectedness as a way to improve child health and well-being.
We had 74 attendees and two videoconference sites. The presentation scored high on all of our evaluation parameters of: Relevance; Content and Presentation. We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to our event sponsors: Paywise and Aspen. Without the continuing support of sponsors, we would not be able to host such interesting and varied clinical events.
There were many positive comments from the audience; included is a selection below:
- An excellent presentation which was relevant and contemporary. Really enjoyed it thanks
- The Origins project was an amazing piece to research occurring in WA
- Do we need to change our public education programs to let people know it’s ok for our kids to get dirty/ play in mud? We seem so risk adverse to bugs.
- Great project will be great to see the findings translated into practice
- It is good research that interests me to look at children’s development
- Some great questions and comments by participants
- Very interesting to learn about. An insightful talk, well presented
- Excellent information well presented. Very happy with this second supper. Thanks I enjoyed the talk, thought it was very concise and informative. Origins project very interesting
- Great research ideas, interesting theories, I found the concepts intriguing
- Really informative and beneficial. Very interested in studies & strongly encourage nature connectivity
- … Useful to know about Origins, Hong Kong + Perth Nature Play research
- Interested to see the outcomes of Origins study it’s a very important issue for the future of our children
- Very detailed and informative thank you for encouraging future generations to notice and engage in nature
- Well presented, good flow, mind blowing possibilities
- Great presentation very simple yet informative which made the study and proposal easy to understand
- Interesting, expected more about nature play benefits- actually learnt about the research process and Origins
We are pleased that we are getting such good numbers attending our clinical events and thanks again for great suggestions for future events. One suggestion was empathy and compassion fatigue which was one of our themes at this year’s Annual Dinner; report to follow in the next newsletter.
Our next Clinical Supper is via Teleconference on Tuesday 27th August at PCH and will be presented by Andrea Rieusset, the 2019 WA nurse of the year. The subject is Family and Domestic Violence focussing upon Andrea’s work in the Kimberley. More details will follow nearer to the event.
Dorothy Clarke Scholarship
For WA members only, don’t forget applications for the Dorothy Clarke Scholarship are invited until 1st July, 2019. For more information and application form, please visit:
https://www.accypn.org.au/knowledge-centre/funding-opportunities/dorothy-clarke-scholarship/
WA Chapter Working Group
The next working group meeting is 5pm on Tuesday 2nd July in the Perth Children’s Hospital education area on level five. If you are interested in becoming a working group member, please come along and see what we do.
As a reminder, the 2020 ACCYPN conference is in Darwin, Northern Territory. I am sure any enthusiastic and interested organisers would be welcome.
