(Formerly known as Central Clinical School)
One of the significant anecdotal narratives out of Australia’s COVID-19 nightmare has been the enormous psychological and physical toll on frontline healthcare workers.
The high rates of burnout, depression, and even thoughts of suicide and self-harm. The continual rollercoaster of emotions, self-care struggles, and the doomed juggle between work and home.
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Footballers are returning to play too soon after a concussion injury. Image: Getty |
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As a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, the Peninsula Clinical School’s Professor Warren Rozen occasionally treats patients with injuries sustained after a stingray attack. One of them arrived with an infection that developed after injury which, disturbingly, didn’t respond to commonly used antibiotics, making it difficult to treat.
Professor Rozen searched the available literature for the best antibiotic treatment regime for the patient but realised no good recommendations existed directly targeting stingray injuries: he decided to investigate.
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| The halothoracic vest's benefits are not clear, study shows. Image: Susan Liew |
A Monash University clinician-researcher has questioned the benefits of a commonly used orthosis for cervical spine injury.
Adjunct Associate Professor Susan Liew, Director of Orthopaedic Surgery at The Alfred and part of the Monash Central Clinical School, conducted a study on the halothoracic vest, an alternative to spinal surgery. “The halothoracic vest is like scaffolding – you put four pins in the skull which supports a ring around the head (the halo) and a chest piece between four struts around the neck. It’s pretty invasive for a ‘non-invasive treatment’,” Adjunct Associate Professor Liew said.
The treatment has been linked to high rates or risk of complications, including the loosening of the pins, pressure injury, pneumonia and respiratory failure.
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The Women's Mental Health Clinic (WMHC) in CCS's Department of Psychiatry is one of the collaborating members of the successful bid for the CSIRO Next Generation Graduates Program |
The cohort-based, industry-driven, cross-disciplinary training program focuses on expanding the pipeline of homegrown, job-ready graduates to unlock the immense economic opportunities offered by AI and emerging technologies.
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| L-R: Dr Mahima Kapoor and Dr Joshua Laing |
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| Information and application forms can be found HERE. |
This year provides an opportunity for clinicians to realise unmet clinical needs and work in partnership with researchers to discover new medical technologies.
Applicants may request up to $50,000 per project for medtech collaborative projects involving a Monash University Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences (MNHS) clinician-researcher and a Monash engineering, IT and/or Arts and Design researcher.
