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Sydney Children’s
Hospital, Randwick
Unfortunately, every day there are children like Sophie who experience some
kind of trauma. Whether it be road accidents, falls or sporting injuries,
thousands of children find themselves in need of urgent medical attention,
depending on our leading children’s hospitals to assist them in their recovery.
Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick is one of Australia’s leading specialist
centres for children. The Hospital provides quality, comprehensive and expert
clinical services to the children and families of New South Wales and beyond.
Every year dedicated clinicians admit nearly 15,000 children and provide over
250,000 occasions of service through the Hospital’s emergency, outpatient and
outreach services.
The Hospital undertakes research and continually pioneers
initiatives, particularly in the field of prevention and control of childhood
diseases, which continue to improve outcomes for both this and future
generations of sick and injured children. There is also a commitment to
education at all levels: professional, academic, community as well as of the
extended families of patients.
From the minute you walk in the door you know you are in a place designed with
children in mind. The Sydney Children’s Hospital is about “celebrating life” and
ensuring that both the child and their family are given the best possible care
and treatment.
Sydney Children’s Hospital is committed to training the Hospital’s future team
of specialists. In light of the increasing number of children affected by
trauma, Sydney Children’s Hospital is particularly keen to increase the number
of trauma specialists through fellowship programs.
Trauma Fellowships
The Fellowship program at the Sydney Children’s Hospital is vital to ensure that
future medical staff are educated in one of many specialities whilst providing
the highest possible standard of care to the Hospital’s young patients. The
Trauma fellowship program ensures that research into the cause and treatment of
childhood trauma continues. There is also a strong focus on the
multidisciplinary aspects of rehabilitation and trauma prevention, which ensures
a better outcome for patients and a lesser likelihood of infection and diseases.
In addition to the day-to-day care of injured children, the Fellow conducts
research and clinical activities. As a paediatric teaching centre, the
responsibilities of Sydney Children’s Hospital include leadership in research
and the training of trauma and rehabilitation specialists of the future.
It is not just the patients who are currently staying at the Hospital that
benefit from this expertise, but also future generations. The Hospital’s
Fellowship program contributes significantly toward the understanding and
treatment of critically injured patients.
The role of the Fellow is both diverse and demanding. Fellows are responsible
for:
Day to day care of young patients;
Providing expert care to critically injured children as part of the trauma
response team in the hospital;
Conducting outreach clinics around Sydney and NSW with senior medical staff;
Training junior medical staff members, medical students and allied health staff,
and;
They also commit to undertake a clinical research project in trauma management.
Hopefully this will lead to new medical advancements and treatments.
Day of Difference is working with the Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick to
ensure they have the equipment that is so vital to their future research and the
development of new treatment methods
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