In this episode of Conversation with the Experts, host Camille Foley speaks with consultant psychiatrist Dr. Andrew Court and paediatrician Dr. Alex Cussen about Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS) in young people, real physical symptoms like pain or fatigue that don’t have a clear medical cause. The episode also provides suggestions for service delivery for MUS presentations and provides insights from families and young people with lived experience of MUS.

In this final episode of our three-part narrative medicine mini-series, join us for a conversation on Jackson’s Opening. A poem by Andy Jackson. We unpack the layers of meaning within our wounds, challenging us to rethink scars and the narratives that emerge from them.

Link to the poem Opening by Andy Jackson.

In this episode from the Royal Children’s Hospital, we dive into the practical challenges of giving medicines to kids. Join host Amanda Stock, Paediatric Emergency Consultant, as she chats with Clinical Pharmacist Natalija Bogunovic, and Child Life Therapist Anne-Maree Leahy. Together, they explore common concerns and share expert advice on how to give tablets and capsules, safely part-dose medicines, and support children in learning to swallow tablets. Whether you're a parent, caregiver or healthcare provider, this episode is packed with helpful strategies to make medicine time less stressful and more successful for everyone.

In this second - bonus narrative medicine episode - we discuss Zdravka Evtimova’s haunting short story, Blood of a Mole. Join us as we reflect on themes of empathy, detachment and burnout. Like in the previous podcast, we'd like you to get involved in the writing component during our chat. This will help you digest the story better as well as give you an opportunity to create your own ending to this part of the story.

Link to the short story Blood of a Mole by Zdravka Evtimova

Today’s episode provides a deep dive into trauma and trauma-informed preventative care (TIPC), and how it guides the way we approach care for children, young people, and families, and for ourselves as healthcare providers.

Listen as Rachel Tolan, a senior mental health clinician and credentialed mental health nurse, speaks about the clinical side of TIPC, as well as guest Carmen Ludeman, a lived experience advisor, who provides a unique perspective from the lens of families, carers, and supporters."

Resources:

• Trauma-Informed Preventative Care Foundational eLearn (RCH staff only)

• Trauma-informed preventative care (TIPC) - short introduction podcast
• The Behaviour Support Profile EMR Tip Sheet (RCH staff only)

This is a BONUS mini-series from our sister show 'Teach, Think, Treat' (TTT). These episodes are first published on that channel before coming here to CWTE. We wanted to share this fascinating series with you, on the concept of narrative medicine.

Join us for a thought-provoking three-part mini-series on narrative medicine, where storytelling meets the art and science of care. Featuring Dr. Mariam Tokhi and Dr. Fiona Reilly, we explore texts that reveal the power of narrative medicine in healthcare and life.

Link to the poem What the Doctor Said by Raymond Carver.

Follow our sister show TTT via the main page below and click on Apple and Spotify icons to load it into your app.

educationhubttt.podbean.com

Monitoring and managing the health of kidneys in the neonatal population is important for their longevity. In this podcast, we talk with paediatric nephrologist, Dr Tom Forbes, as he discusses the whys and hows of monitoring the health of kidneys in premature infants. Tom also talks about the Neonatal Kidney Collaborative Guidelines for the follow-up of ex-neonatal patients with respect to their kidney health. Don't forget about World Kidney Day 13th March.

• World Kidney Day 2025 Homepage https://www.worldkidneyday.org/

• Kidney Health Australia (includes an online kidney health check for adults and lots of other resources for kidney patients of all ages) https://kidney.org.au/

• Kidney Health Monitoring in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Graduates – Clinical Practice Guideline from the NKC.

Kidney Health Monitoring in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Graduates: A Modified Delphi Consensus Statement | Pediatrics | JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network

• World Kidney Day: Case Finding for Kidney Disease in Children– From Neonates to Adolescents

https://www.kireports.org/article/S2468-0249(24)03464-8/fulltext

Did you know that about 10% of the population avoid seeking medical care due to fear associated with medical procedures?

Early healthcare experiences shape future responses and poorly managed procedural distress can have long-term negative effects.

When a procedure is anticipated to be particularly painful or distressing, we may need consider the use of procedural sedation.

But which sedation is the best? when should we use it? and what do we need to consider?

To help answer these questions and talk more about procedural sedation in the Emergency setting we are lucky to be joined by Amanda Stock and Melanie Turner.