30 days after surgery: crucial indicator of quality of care

Women, older people and those with more comorbidities are more likely to have complications, discharge to a care facility, hospital readmissions or death in the 30 days after surgery than other population groups, according to research published on 15 August by the Medical Journal of Australia.

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Monash University/UCL Perioperative Medicine Short Course 2022

Monash University and University College London (UCL) Perioperative Medicine Short Course 2022 (July and October)

Perioperative medicine is an emerging field of medicine that has developed in response to the increasing age and complexity of patients and in the number of surgical procedures being performed. The course has been developed as a collaboration between perioperative medicine experts at both Monash University and University College London and aims to provide a comprehensive overview of topics considered important in the field.

Registration for the Monash University/UCL Perioperative Medicine Short Course 2022 has now opened. See more below or download the flier.

Human Factors Short Courses 2021: Registrations open

About the Human Factors Short Course

The goal of this short course is to introduce Human Factors science and its application to healthcare. Human Factors (also referred to as Ergonomics) is concerned with the understanding of the interactions between humans and other elements of a complex system. The goal of Human Factors science is to apply theory, methods and principles to optimise the design of systems to enhance human performance and overall system safety (International Ergonomics Association, 2019). Think of medical device design, simulation-based training, design of guidelines and protocols, team dynamics and organisational management. 

Successful ANZCA CTN Anaesthesia Research Coordinators Network virtual workshop

Running workshops virtually works well with inventive adaptations. 90+ people
took part in the ANZCA Anaesthesia Research Coordinators Network workshop.

Last week, the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) Clinical Trials Network (CTN) kicked off a series of free virtual workshops in lieu of their annual face-to-face Strategic Research Workshop.

The inaugural Anaesthesia Research Coordinators Network (ARCN) virtual workshop was the first of three virtual workshops to take place over the next couple of months, and was characterised by full and inventive use of the Zoom platform features.

CCS wins $9M of MRFF Neurological Disorders grants

L-R: Prof Terry O'Brien, Dr Mastura Monif,
Prof Tomas Corcoran (UWA/SPHPM) and Professor Paul Myles

Congratulations to Central Clinical School researchers, Professor Terry O'Brien, Dr Mastura Monif and Professor Paul Myles, who jointly with School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine researcher Professor Tomas Corcoran have won approximately $9M of grants under the 2019 MRFF RCRDUN Neurological Disorders Mission 2020. The initiative had a total of $21.8M on offer nationwide as announced by Minister for Health Greg Hunt on 25 June 2020. See detail below.

Short course: Pain symposium Sat 2 Dec 2017

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The Alfred Pain Symposium

CCS publications update: 30 June - 7 July 2017

Reducing the maternal dietary intake of
indigestible and slowly absorbed short-
chain carbohydrates is associated with
improved infantile colic. See study

Recent publications for Central Clinical School affiliated authors in the following departments. Note, browse down this entry for pubs listing. Linked headings are to the departments' home pages.

• Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (APOM)
• Australian Centre for Blood Diseases (ACBD) 
• Gastroenterology
• Immunology and Pathology
• Infectious Diseases
• Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre (MAPrc) 
• Surgery 

CCS publications update: 10-16 June 2017

A/Prof David Curtis and PhD student Ashlee
Conway are last & first authors on a paper
investigating a type of porphyria caused by a
particular gene mutation. See article

Recent publications for Central Clinical School affiliated authors in the departments of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine (AIRMed), Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (APOM), Australian Centre for Blood Diseases (ACBD), Diabetes, Gastroenterology, Immunology and Pathology, Medicine, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC), Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre (MAPrc) and Surgery.   

Job opportunity: Operations Administrator - Central Clinical School

Position vacant:

• Role: Operations Administrator HEW 5
• Location: Alfred Hospital
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Duration: Eight month fixed-term appointment
• Closing date 15 Feb 2017
• Enquiries: Ms Aushra Saldukas, Operations Manager, 03 9903 0958
• Further information: See link

Recent CCS publications: Week ending 12 Aug 2016

Dr Mark Shulman in the Ian Potter library at AMREP

Recent publications (28) for Central Clinical School affiliated authors in the departments of ACBD, Anaesthesia & Perioperative Medicine, Gastroenterology, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, MAPrc, Medicine, MSHC, Surgery:

Anaesthesia & Perioperative Medicine

Shulman M, Myles P. Measuring perioperative outcome Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2016 Jul 27. [Epub ahead of print]

Iron deficiency in coronary artery surgery patients - the HERROES substudy

Dr Joel Symons with a patient

Dr Joel Symons was awarded the Robin Smallwood bequest from the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists for $98,000 to complete a substudy HEpcidin, Reticulocyte haemoglobin and soluble transferrin Receptors in Reported OutcomEs in cardiac Surgery (HERROES) sub study, nested within ITACS commencing in 2016.

Iron deficiency is very common in patients having coronary artery surgery. It is the commonest cause of anaemia worldwide, and independently worsens outcomes after surgery. The ITACS trial will determine whether a single dose of IV iron, given to anaemic patients before elective cardiac surgery improves outcome after surgery. The primary endpoint is days alive and out of hospital from surgery to 30 days following operation.  Secondary endpoints include blood transfusions, perioperative complications, hospital stay, survival, quality of life and disability-free survival.