We’re all in this together the benefits of multidisciplinary learning in pediatrics and neonatal medicine

Abstract:

Multidisciplinary Education is very important in the world of Paediatric and Neonatal Medicine as we endeavour to deliver holistic provision to the children in our care. The underlying pedagogy is designed not only to increase knowledge, but also to equip the Healthcare Professional with transferrable skills, promote teamwork and enhance communication between the disciplines. Reflecting on how learning can develop practice, we consider how further education can enable practitioners to manage unexpected turns in the healthcare professional’s career journey and within the developing roles of the practitioners over time. Additionally, we consider engaging ways of teaching our colleagues in a Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) setting, such as a Grand Round or within MDT meetings.

Audience take-away:

• More about the value of MDT learning in pediatrics and neonatal medicine
• A brief outline of useful and relevant pedagogy that can be used practically to develop accessible teaching sessions to present ideas and to improve practice for colleagues and peers
• Ways of developing themselves as an MDT within their own contexts

Biography:

Mrs. Heather Hanna studied at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London qualifying as a Registered General Nurse and a Registered Sick Children’s Nurse in 1989. She also qualified as an RN in the State of Washington, practicing there for 3 years in Infant Intensive Care Unit and then as a Research Nurse at Children’s Hospital, Seattle. Her career was mostly spent in Neonatal Intensive Care before she moved into Research at St Mary’s Hospital Paddington where she also obtained her MSc in Allergy (dist.) from Imperial College London, before her move into Medical Education, obtaining her MEd from Imperial College. She currently works as a Senior Clinical Teaching Fellow both with Undergraduates (in the Medical Ethics and Law Team) and Postgraduates (on the online Applied Paediatrics MSc course), both at Imperial College London.