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Our “Getting to Know You” segment ensures PREDICT members are aware of new members, their interests and areas of expertise and where they are located.

This month we introduce Momoko Combs from Queensland Children’s Hospital.

“I am currently completing my RACP PEM training at Queensland Children’s Hospital ED with a fellowship year, however home is Perth, WA where I shall be returning soon. I am passionate about supporting the PREDICT network within the departments I work in, and as I progress through my career hope to have more active involvement.” 

Welcome to PREDICT Momoko.

 

Our “Getting to Know You” segment ensures PREDICT members are aware of new members, their interests and areas of expertise and where they are located.

This month we introduce Jessica Nooney from Monash Health.

“I am a critical care nurse with a PhD in patient safety. I am currently working as a Research Fellow; Department of Paediatrics Monash Health, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences. Research Interests: My research interests focus on recognising and responding to clinical deterioration, emphasising the importance of listening to patient and family concerns. I believe that enhancing effective communication through collaboration with consumers can enhance early detection and intervention of deterioration, ultimately improving patient outcomes.”

Welcome to PREDICT Jessica.

Dear PREDICT members, 

This is a call to all PREDICT members for nominations from anyone wishing to be considered for a position on the 2025 – 2026 PREDICT Executive for one of eight positions.  Nominations will close on Friday 6^th of September at 5pm.  Please get in touch if you have any questions after reading this information – link to complete a nomination here Nomination Form for PREDICT Executive .

• Executive (1)
• Executive (2)
• Executive (3)
• Executive (4)
• Executive (5)
• Executive (6)
• Executive (7)
• Executive (8)

Please note – the above roles are all the same. Once elected the executive will elect a Chair and Vice Chair from the executive members.  A Past Chair will be an ex-officio member of the Executive for a 2 year period after ceasing to be the committee Chair.

Positions on the Executive Committee are held for a 2 year term. The Chair position can be held for a maximum 4 years consecutive term.  Once a Chair has stepped down they will serve as Past Chair for 2 years.

Other appointed positions

There will also be two additional positions appointed by the Executive after a formal expression of interest (EOI). The request for an EOI and appointment of these positions will take place once the core Executive is established. These include:

• Research Assistant representative
• An enrolled Research Higher Degree representative

The Executive Committee also retains the right to co-opt further members from the membership or outside persons in a non-voting role to assist with its business. These individuals will have core skills related to PREDICT’s mission or hold a position that is closely aligned with the functions of the Executive Committee (for example, Chief Investigator in a Centre of Research Excellence based on PREDICTs research).

What does being on the Executive involve?

• A role on the Executive requires active involvement in approximately monthly meetings about the network’s operations (6 x teleconferences and 2-3 x 1 day face to face meetings per year of which 3 are in Melbourne and 1 usually interstate, (expenses are paid to attend).  It also involves regular communication and response to issues as they arise on a weekly basis in relation to PREDICT policy and procedure.
• You can nominate yourself for one position only.
• Current incumbents can nominate themselves for another 2 year term.
• You can nominate another person for a position but they must agree to be nominated. This will be confirmed by the Network Coordinator.
• The decision for appointment is decided by the number of membership votes received which will occur once the nominations are finalised.

What to do:

• If you wish to nominate yourself or someone else please click on the link below and complete the following information:
  Nomination Form for PREDICT Executive
  – Your title and name
  – Your craft group and current position held
  – The primary organisation you work with
  – The state you are based in
  – Please write a brief description (max. 80 words) of why you wish to be part of the Executive and what skills you bring.
  * This information will be used in the voting form

**Nominations must be received by COB Friday 6th of September 2024** 
All nominees will remain confidential until the voting commences.

What happens next?
Once the nomination period is complete the voting process will be organised.  Voting will open on 13th of September through to the 11th of October 2024.  Members will be emailed a personalised link allowing them to access the voting form in REDcap. Cate Wilson will be the voting returns officer. 

• Successful candidates will be notified in mid October 2024.
• The PREDICT Executive positions will be formally announced at the Members meeting on 1/11/2024.

Please contact Cate Wilson with any questions.

Our “Getting to Know You” segment ensures PREDICT members are aware of new members, their interests and areas of expertise and where they are located.

This month we introduce Leah Armit from Flinders Medical Centre, SA.

“I work at Flinders Medical Centre, South Australia which provides care for both adults and children. I work as a Clinical Research Nurse within the Emergency Department(ED). My role involves patient follow up and clinical data collection as well as staff education and administrative/co-ordination duties. This is newly created role within our ED and I feel privileged to work with a brilliant researcher and be involved at a foundation level to help foster a culture of research which contributes to the improvement of health and wellbeing of both adults and young people.”

Welcome to PREDICT Leah.

 

 

 

 

 

Our “Getting to Know You” segment ensures PREDICT members are aware of new members, their interests and areas of expertise and where they are located.

This month we introduce Simone Hughes from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide.

“My name is Simone Hughes and I work as a member of the research team at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide. My research journey started with APHIRST. I feel so privileged to work alongside talented and hardworking research colleagues and I am lucky to provide such high-quality care to our paediatric population in Adelaide. 

In addition to research, I have worked as a Clinical Nurse in the Emergency Department for 15 years and have a keen interest in paediatric trauma and education. 

Thank you for accepting me as a part of the PREDICT Network!”

Are you interested in undertaking a PhD to improve bronchiolitis management in regional and rural acute care settings?

We are seeking expressions of interest (EOI) from highly motivated candidates interested in pursuing a PhD within the 5-year MRFF funded ‘Regional and Rural Translation in Bronchiolitis-RART-B) project starting in January 2025. Working as part of a multidisciplinary research team, supported by the Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT) network), this program of research aims to improve the care of infants presenting to Australian regional and rural hospitals with bronchiolitis.

It will:
i) explore the implementation and use of a PREDICT regional and rural hospital improvement platform to improve bronchiolitis management and
ii) determine the dose of implementation support needed at these sites.

Comprised of world leading Australian and international researchers, the RART-B project will improve the uptake of evidence in relation to bronchiolitis care, build research capacity in implementation science, and facilitate knowledge translation and collaboration in regional and rural hospitals. The PhD would ideally be full-time initially with the option to becoming part-time in the latter years.

Funding:  a stipend of $38,497 per annum (2024 rate, indexed annually) for 3.5 years.

Selection criteria

•  Prior clinical training (medicine, nursing, allied health, or paramedicine)

•  Interest in improving acute care (ideally regional and rural settings)

•  Experience in research (ideally trials, health services research or quality improvement)

•  Peer reviewed publications (ideally 1st author)

•  Project management skills – capacity to engage with a range of healthcare stakeholders – organisational, time management and planning skills

•  Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills

Location: flexible, anywhere in Australia but ideally University of Melbourne.

Please email Emma Tavender for further information.  

The International Conference on Emergency Medicine (ICEM) was held in Taiwan from 19-23 June and attended by a number of PREDICT members. This conference is one of the highlights of the emergency medicine calendar and always well attended by those in the emergency medicine field.  This year PREDICT was again well represented with the following oral and poster presentations:

1. Babl FE, Ramsden V, Haskell L, O’Brien S, Wilson C, Schembri R, Middleton S, Tavender E. Sustaining improvements in the management of infants with bronchiolitis in 21 acute care settings: A PREDICT cohort study. (Oral: V Ramsden).
2. Bourke E, Babl FE. Pharmacological management of Agitation in Children and Young people: the PEAChY-O trial. (Oral: E Bourke).
3. Long E, Williams A, Babl FE. Prospective validation of the Phoenic sepsis score. (Oral presentation: F Babl).
4. Ramsden T, Tavender E, Babl FE.  Understanding sustainment of evidence-based bronchiolitis management in 12 acute care settings: a PREDICT process evaluation. (Poster: V Ramsden).

Franz was also an invited speaker at the Educational Marketplace presenting “Global Research in Paediatric Emergency Medicine”.

Elyssia and Franz found time to get into the local spirit of the event in traditional dress! 

Research education session #5 is scheduled for 30th August from 11am-12.30pm (AEDT).

Presentations will be by Amanda Williams and Kate Klein and will cover the HREC process and central filing.  

Calendar invites have been forwarded.  See timetable for further details of sessions and topics for the remainder of the year.

We hope you can join us.