Workshop Program
We encourage delegates to register their interest for their preferred workshop. Delegates will be contacted closer to the date to confirm that they are still committed to attending nominated workshops before a final attendance list is confirmed. Please note that all workshops have a cap on the number of participants attending. While every effort will be made to accommodate preferences, in some cases this will not be possible.
Thursday 19 October
WORKSHOP 1: Cardiac Advanced Life Support (CALS)
Facilitator: Amy Rogers
Bedside nurses trained to apply early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) are usually the first responders for patients who develop a cardiac arrest in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
This modified workshop targets those interested in attending a full day CALS course and aims to describe the differences in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Life Support (ALS) algorithms and training required to respond safely and effectively to cardiac arrest events in early post cardiac surgical patients.
Facilitators will demonstrate instruments used in Emergency Resternotomy and attendees will be guided in best practice with regard to internal cardiac massage and internal defibrillation. A series of short simulations will allow attendees to rotate through various roles and practice role allocation and the technical skills of resternotomy.
WORKSHOP 2: Altered Airway Management in Critical Care - Laryngectomy and Tracheostomy Intervention and Emergency Management
Time: 1330 - 1500
Facilitators: Lauren Johnson, Amy Cutcliffe and Natasha LadeMonash Health services a catchment of 2312km across South-East Victoria and provides care to nearly 300,000 Victorians via inpatient admissions every year. Monash Health encompasses 6 bed-based sites including 4 Emergency Departments (ED), 4 Intensive Care Units (ICU), 4 inpatient acute surgical Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) units and numerous General Medical wards; in addition to multiple specialty outpatient clinics in Head and Neck Oncology, Laryngology, ENT Surgery, Plastic Reconstructive Surgery (PRS), and Oral Maxillo-Facial Surgery (OMFS).
As such there is a high rate of patients with tracheostomy or laryngectomy being admitted across the network and spanning the continuum of care. To ensure these patients receive safe and timely care, and staff feel supported to manage altered airways confidently and proficiently; the Altered Airway team at Monash Health provide tailored, multi-modal education.
This workshop, led by highly experienced clinicians from ICU Outreach Nursing service, Speech Pathology and Physiotherapy, will focus on providing information pertaining to altered airway anatomy and impact on physiology, breakout groups with opportunities to discuss practical tracheostomy and laryngectomy care, and case-based scenarios to stimulate active discussion and consider real-life examples of emergency management in the critical care setting.
Content (subject to change):
- 30 minutes: Cover basic differences in anatomy following laryngectomy or tracheostomy insertion (including details re surgical vs percutaneous and indicators for tracheostomy). Discuss differences in respiration (including venting a tracheostomy or a laryngectomy, and cuff inflation vs deflation), communication (VP vs PMV), swallowing (including leaking VP, dislodged VP, cuff inflation vs deflation), and respiration (including Airvo, HME or Swedish nose).
- 30 minutes: 3 Breakout Groups - ICU Outreach: Emergency management of altered airways (blocked tube, accidental decannulation, haemorrhage, microsomia, blocked stoma) SP: Laryngectomy care and troubleshooting - Cleaning VP, Sighting VP, Monitoring stoma size, inserting lary tube, using HME and baseplate, cleaning stoma, catheter insertion PT: Weaning from mechanical ventilation and airway clearance.
- 30 minutes: Scenario Based:
Presentation of case studies of altered airway troubleshooting in the
critical care setting to facilitate discussion within the large group
setting.
WORKSHOP 3: Getting started on a research project - tips and tricks to keep on track (Research Advisory Panel)
Time: 1530 - 1700
Facilitator: Melissa Bloomer and Auxillia Madhuvu
The ACCCN Research Advisory Panel are hosting an interactive workshop designed to step you through the research process from developing your idea, knowing your stakeholders, writing a research proposal, getting funding, and understanding the ethics and governance approval processes.
If you have a clinical problem you want to address using research, then come along, bring your ideas and your questions. Let us help you.
Friday 20 October
WORKSHOP 4: Creating psychologically safe
learning cultures
Time: 0900 - 1030
Facilitator: Professor Brendan McCormack
Whether or not we are committed to an explicit person-centred philosophy or focus in healthcare, it is certainly the case that a global change is happening, representing a shift in emphasis from the primacy of new public management and system efficiency, to one that places compassion, dignity and humanistic caring principles at the centre of planning and decision-making.
his is especially the case when we consider new technologies and the challenges associated with keeping the person at the centre of our ‘gaze’ as these new technologies influence the rate and pace of changes in practice. Treating patients as persons is a focus of contemporary healthcare policy globally, and in such a global context, the need for healthcare education programmes to plan strategically for a workforce that is ready to respond appropriately is obvious, and education curricula need to be innovative and proactive in this respect. In practice, this ‘reality’ may seem unreal, as evidence from service-user feedback, patient-experience surveys and patient/family outcome data continues to suggest that only ‘modest’ improvements in patient experience have been achieved, despite more than 20 years of service improvement, quality improvement and practice developments.
One of the challenges in shifting our gaze is that of authentic engagement, i.e. our ability to continuously learn, show our vulnerabilities and challenge dominant perspectives that sometimes cloud our sense of reality. To that end, creating psychologically safe spaces for brave conversations and learning is critical, if we are to move away from what is often a superficial engagement with person-centred care. It is through deep learning about the nature of our being in the world that we come to know persons and how best to enable human flourishing.
In this workshop we will explore, using a variety of creative methods, opportunities for developing psychological safety in learning. We will explore the healthcare setting as a place of learning and strategies we can use to generate cultures of safety for authentic and engaged learning. We will explore different approaches to deliberately and intentionally working with different ways of being and doing in professional practice, professional learning, practice development and transformational research. Like a cabinetmaker needs to use the correct tools for different parts of the construction of the cabinet, so too do we need to choose our tools for transformation deliberately, intentionally and with clarity of purpose.
WORKSHOP 5: Advanced Mechanical Ventilation
Time: 0900 - 1030
Facilitator: Rand Butcher
The focus of the workshop will be on prevention of ventilator induced lung injury and optimisation of ventilation. The following topics will be discussed:
- Work of breathing
- Patient ventilator dyssynchrony
- Relevance and estimation of transpulmonary pressure with oesophageal balloon
- Diaphragmatic electrical activity monitoring and NAVA
- Ventilation for complex conditions
WORKSHOP 6: Clinical Coaching in ICU
Time: 1100 - 1230
Facilitator: Amy Johansen
This workshop will introduce and explore the benefits and possibilities of developing coaching capabilities, within a critical care environment. Participants will focus on developing coaching skills, that can be utilised to improve conversations by creating space for innovative thinking, insights and growth. Increasing engagement within individuals and teams, by enabling conversations that are courageous and intentional.
This workshop will focus on actionable outcomes for participants to implement in their clinical areas. The program will discuss and explore coaching frameworks and methodologies, drawing evidence from the fields of both positive psychology and neuroscience. Providing resources and concepts to enable you to facilitate coaching conversations, to support the development of a growth mindset in yourself and others.
Combining knowledge sharing and guided group work to create space for discussion, reflection and an opportunity to share insights and experiences. Enabling participants to utilise coaching skills to increasing confidence and motivation in their teams, in addition to supporting individuals through change and career development. Participants will leave with a renewed sense of purpose and inspired to try out or further develop taking a coaching approach in their workplace.
WORKSHOP 7: Wellbeing
Time: 1100 - 1230
Facilitator: Elle Brown
Participation in the workshop will help you to develop a personalised wellbeing program. Learn about pillars of health, when to seek help and support and how your supported health can improve your care for others.Nurse & Midwife Support Your Health Matters
WORKSHOP 8: Extracorpeal CO2 Removal in the ICU
Time: 1330 - 1500
Facilitator: Michael Phillips Product Manager, Baxter HealthcareOutline:
- ECCO2R therapy overview
- Using PrismaLung+ with PrisMax2
- PrismaLung+ set up – hands on
WORKSHOP 9: Simulation
Time: 1330 - 1500
Facilitator: Rand ButcherThe simulation workshop will provide an overview of developing, conducting and debriefing a clinical simulation. The workshop is intended for established and aspiring clinical educators and facilitators interested in conducting simulations in the workplace.
Click here to see the full list of keynote and invited speakers.
| Important Dates | |
| Registration | Open |
| Abstract Submission Closes | 28 July 2023 |
| Notification of Abstract Acceptance | 21 August 2023 |
| Early Bird Registration Closes | 27 August 2023 |