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2008-10 Team Photo

2008-10 Fellows with Ms Fran Thorn, Secretary Department of Human Services, and the Chair of the Victorian Quality Council, Dr Sherene Devanesen
2008-10 Fellows with Ms Fran Thorn, Secretary Department of Human Services, and the Chair of the Victorian Quality Council, Dr Sherene Devanesen

2008-10 Fellows

 
Fellow / Health service Study area Project title Project description Phase 1 travel report

Melissa Heywood
Melissa Heywood
Royal Childrens Hospital

Access/ Workplace culture/ Chronic disease The nurse-link project: improving the quality of palliative care provided to children through the development of a state-wide educational initiative for nurses. The study of best practice models in the field of paediatric palliative care with a particular focus on nurse education. Nurse-link project: improving the quality of palliative care provided to children (247kb, pdf)

Sarah Macnee
Sarah Macnee
Royal Childrens Hospital

Chronic disease/ Quality and safety in healthcare Identifying best practice models of care for adolescent transition in a rheumatology setting. The project aims to identify the complexities of successful transition and the best practice model of care for adolescent transition to inform a dedicated Transition Clinic.
Identifying best practice models of care for adolescent transition (390kb, pdf)

Jo-Anne Moorfoot
Jo-Anne Moorfoot
Southern Health

Quality and safety in healthcare Identifying successful international outcome measures relevant to the Australian healthcare environment Review of the use of standardised, best practice guidelines and the effectiveness of data systems to measure and monitor compliance with their intervention as a tool to produce sustainable reduction in the variation of care and ongoing improvements in the delivery of best practice intervention to improve healthcare outcomes for patients.   Identifying successful international outcome measures relevant to the Australian Healthcare environment (212kb, pdf)
Addie Wotten
Addie Wootten
Melbourne Health
Emma Birch
Emma Birch
Melbourne Health
Access/ Chronic disease Best practice models in the multidisciplinary care of prostate cancer patients Identify best practice models in the multidisciplinary care of prostate cancer patients: towards the implementation of a holistic approach to prostate cancer care.   Examining the multidisciplinary models of care of prostate cancer patients: Phase one travel report (146kb, pdf)