Broader Medical Education

Highlights included Dr David Systrom’s visit as he is employed at Massachusetts General Hospital cardiopulmonary laboratory and has authored more than 130 peer reviewed publications. Local guests Associate Professor Benny Katz, who specialises in geriatric and pain medicine at St Vincent’s and Dr Malcolm Dobbin from SafeScript Victoria also attracted large audiences. Like other education offerings, this series has moved to Zoom. Sessions are recorded and available for those who are unable to attend in real time.

Q & A Program

This education program invites participation of the whole Cabrini community including patients and families. We focus on learning towards meeting the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards.

Highlights of the year included sessions examining: • Frailty – does it matter? • Pressure injuries and wound management • Cybersecurity – our collective challenge to manage risk • Open disclosure – what it is and is not • Protecting our patients and staff – why immunise? • Chief Executive’s vision for Cabrini • Cabrini’s new Cancer Institute Our Q & A in July on frailty was a wonderful learning opportunity to explore this topic so relevant to our Cabrini cohort of patients. Feedback from attendees included the comments: “The information consistently reflected the learning objectives and speakers presented information and graphics which was right on topic and clear.” “Looking at the same problems differently can be insightful and exciting.” Over the last 12 months we have featured reflections from both our outgoing Chief Executive Michael Walsh and our current Chief Executive Sue Williams. Both sessions were well attended and of great interest to our Cabrini community. Our final session for the year was on the Cabrini Cancer Institute. This was an interactive session with a diverse audience including a very personal approach from a former patient’s perspective. The session ran as a question-and-answer style of content delivery and was extremely engaging. As COVID-19 emerged, it was necessary to modify our program and move from face-to-face delivery to virtual sessions via Zoom. This transition has enabled an increase in participation and we are enjoying the benefits of hosting larger audiences. Feedback has encouraged us to start transitioning the format away from short presentations and panel discussions to be a more authentic Q and A format. We welcome suggestions for future topics.

Our Research Infrastructure

CABRINI INSTITUTE TEAM Director, Cabrini Institute and Medical Education, Director, Szalmuk Family Department of Medical OncologyDirector, Oncology Clinics Victoria Professor of Medicine, Monash University Professor Gary Richardson OAM

Director of Institute Infrastructure Anne Spence Institute Administration and Infrastructure Jacky Fernandez, Coordinator Infrastructure Leesa Horrigan, Coordinator Engagement and Undergraduate Education Donna Li, Coordinator Postgraduate Education Bianca Noble, Coordinator Scholarships, Grants and Communications Ioana Logan, Cabrini Institute Receptionist

Director of Research Dr Emma Baker Biostatistician Associate Professor Wei Wang

Institute Health Data Management Justin Lang Mr Gilbert Shardey 03.

Medical student Mika Sood practicing clinical skills in the Cabrini Simulation Lab.

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