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TECHNOLOGY HELPS OUR
YOUNGER DIABETICS...
The teenage years are challenging enough without the added burden of blood tests and insulin injections.
To make life a little easier for children living with juvenile diabetes a team of local business people, lead by Travis Schultz from Schultz Toomey O'Brien organised the inaugural Health Foundatiion Spring Carnival Gala last September.
Telstra Countrywide were among the many local businesses that helped organise and then support the event which raised $87,00 0 for the cause.
To further support the cause Telstra Countryside's Jason Law donated a laptop with wireless broadband to the diabetes team, lead by Director of Paediatrics Dr Tom Hurley (pictured here).
The $87,000 proceeds from last year's event will be disbursed by the Health Foundation over the next three years on initiatives that empower children, adolescents and families living with Type 1 Diabetes.
Initiatives include nurse training, additional equipment, access to peer support programs including scholarships to camps and the introduction of technology that targets juveniles living with diabetes such as SMS software and Internet access to resources while attending the clinics.
Telstra's gift to the clinics will provide access to Internet resources, specifically designed for juveniles living with diabetes.
This year's Health Foundation Spring Carnival Gala is on September 17 with special guest Jennifer Hawkins. Proceeds of this year's event will help establish a paediatric bay in the Nambour Hospital's ED.
An Italian take on education
How the Commedia Dell'arte helped a dream become a reality......
The brainchild of a group of clinicians passionate about education is about to become a reality when the Scenario Based Learing Centre opens at the Nambour Hospital.
The "Commedia Dell'arte" ( Italian for 'commedy of art' ) is the name chosen for the centre.
The Nambour Hospital Commedia Dell'arte will produce real-life clinical and non-clinical scenarios providing opportunities to exp ose staff to a variety of health-care experiences in varied environments.
Scenarios may be of a high or low fidelity and can include resuscitation skills, or we can create an environment to practise situations such as delivering bad news, improving customer service and improving communications for clinical handovers.
When completed, the centre will have three multi-purpose training areas, an audio-visual control room, debriefing areas, viewing areas, storage and an office. Mobile workstations will be used for task training which will assist clinicians develop procedural skills.
There will be a variety of manikins that will provide a variety of scenarios depending on the skill set of staff and the age of the patient involved.
"The dynamic group consists of representatives from nursing/midwifery practice development, medical education, Sunshine Coast Clinical School, University of Queensland, Southern Cluster Executive, Allied Health and Engineering.
The financial support of the Sunshine Coast Health Foundation will fit out the centre the district made available at the Nambour Hospital. It is a first time for the District and when completed will be equal to other centres operating throughout Australia. It is envisaged the centre will be operational by June with a grand opening planned in the following months.
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"Another example of the support the Health Foundation provides staff in relation to training and development"
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