RACS NSW is proud to announce that it will be going ahead with its Preparation for SET workshop, to be held on Saturday 31 October 2020, 8:30am – 3:15pm in the RACS NSW office at Level 26, 201 Kent St, Sydney.
Category: Education
Orthopaedic Simulation Workshop @ RNSH – Dr Andrew Sefton
On Friday we had our first, of hopefully many, orthopaedic simulation workshops at the Surgical Skills Centre aimed at training our junior doctors and developing their orthopaedic basic surgical skills in a low stress, supported and safe environment.
ACI – Telehealth: Getting Started Guide
This is the most recent information from ACI the with regard to the telehealth facilities that are available through New South Wales Health [See Link]. Of particular interest are the instructions on page 3 with regards to the use of Skype for business. If you do not have Skype for Business installed on your device …
The huge problem of research waste and how we can all improve
A recorded lecture by Dr Adrian Barnett, from the Queensland University of Technology. This was presented in November 2019 at the University of Sydney. Dr Barnett outlines the reproducibility crisis afflicting modern research. He outlines evidence-based improvements that could massively increase the value of health and medical research in Australia. [See Link]
Trauma ‘Code Crimson’ Pathway
Trauma Code Crimson Pathway ‘Code Crimson’ is a term that has commonly been used by hospital-based teams managing patients with life-threatening haemorrhage that is refractory to resuscitation. The purpose of a ‘Code Crimson’ activation is to streamline patient access to definitive intervention, including an operating theatre or interventional radiology suite. ‘Code Crimson’ is the topic …
Using clinical health data for better healthcare – Coursera
“Using clinical health data for better healthcare” is a free online course co-ordinated by Professor Tim Shaw, Professor of eHealth at the University of Sydney (https://www.coursera.org/). The course takes approximately 11 hours to complete (4 hours a week). There is an option to obtain a certificate of completion for those who formally enrol.