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RCH AlumniThe Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne5O Flemington RoadParkville Victoria 3052 AustraliaTELEPHONE +61 3 9345 5522www.rch.org.au/alumni

An invitation to a special lecture

Guest speaker: Ruth Wraith OAM

Tue, 5 March, 12 PM RCH Foundation Boardroom, Level 2, 48 Flemington Road, Parkville

Followed by lunch (optional) $20 at 1:00PM.

At the moment, as a community, we are reflecting on the impact of the Black Saturday fires on people including young children, the report from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and the holding of refugee children on Nauru.

Ruth Wraith, as child psychotherapist at RCH for over 30 years, worked clinically with traumatised children and their families. As a consultant to the Victorian Emergency Plan, she played a pivotal role in the aftermath of events such as

Ash Wednesday, Black Saturday, Queen Street and Port Arthur massacres, Mercy Hospital assault, Manresa Kindergarten Siege and many other natural and event disasters throughout Australia and internationally.

She was also a mental health advisor to the establishment of Nauru 1 and following the Indian Ocean tsunami with the RCH mental health programme in conjunction with UGM Yogyakarta. In 1992 she received the Pied Piper Scholarship to further study the impact

of trauma on children at UCLA and Harvard. The 1996 paper she co-authored with Professor Robert Pynoos and Alan Steinberg of UCLA was one of the first attempts to synthesise current knowledge of the complex impact of traumatising stress on children’s development.

In this presentation Ruth will discuss the impact and recovery of psychologically challenging and damaging experiences on young children through a series of paintings done in the clinical context.

Invitation – Thu 9 Feb 2017, 1:30PM

Ella Latham Auditorium, ground floor, RCH, Parkville.

You are warmly invited to join us for lunch beforehand – 12:15pm at Cafe Parkville Area A, RCH (see map) RSVP by 2 Feb 2017 (only required if joining for lunch).

Name: .......................................................................................................................................................................................

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Payment options: ❏ $20 Bank transfer (RCH Medical Alumni 063113 10076105) or ❏ $20 Cheque (payable to RCH Medical Alumni)

RSVP by post: Prof Jim Wilkinson, Treasurer, RCH Alumni, Executive Suite, Royal Children s Hospital, Parkville VIC 3052.

RSVP by email: Prof Garry Warne, Honorary Secretary, RCH Alumni, garry@warnefamily.net.

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Sincerely Sender Position Department/Program/Service The Royal Children’s Hospital 50 Flemington Road Parkville Victoria 3052 Telephone (03) 9345 0000 Facsimile (03) 9345 0000 Email name@rch.org.au

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Landscape Photography – the challenges and rewards

Members of the RCH Alumni bring a rich array of talents which served them and the hospital well during their years on staff and which can be developed further after retirement.

This presentation of award-winning images taken in some of the most remote parts of the world will show what professional photographer Gigi Williams (former head of the outstanding RCH Education Resource Centre) and husband Robin Williams (Professor of Photography at RMIT) have been doing since Gigi took early retirement in 2016.

Read her personal profile on the Alumni website, at tinyurl.com/gigiwilliams

StarlightExpressRoom Bean Bag

Cinema

Family Resource and

RespiteCentre

Great Garden Courtand Playground

DentalClinic

Retailpharmacy

Fundraising stallsCreature

Informationdesk

ImmunisationClinic

RCH Shop andKids Health Info

Café

Aquarium

SOUTH BUILDING

NORTH BUILDING

Mainentry

Taxi

Entry 1to car park

Entry 2to car park

and Emergency

MCRIReception

Flemington Road

Ella LathamAuditorium

Specialist Clinics – Reception A1 to A6

MAIN STREET

key of symbols

Male/female & accessible toilet & baby change

Stairs

Shop

Food

Green liftsto wards

Yellow lifts

White lifts

WadjaAboriginal

Family Place

Prayer & Meditation– Murrup

Biik

Cashier

Car park payment machine

PharmacyATM

Public telephones

Parents’Room

Trams 55 and 59 (stop 19)

Not to scale

Interpreter & NESB Services

Stairs to Emergency

To Emergency

PersonalCare Suite

Personal Care Suite

Welcome to The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne

Ground floor

Guest speakers: Gigi and Robin Williams

Getting here

Invitation – Tue 15 March 2016

Registration is only required for those wishing to attend the lunch. Please RSVP by 2 Feb 2016 if you’d like to join us for lunch. Email Garry Warne garry@warnefamily.net.

Payment for the afternoon tea ($20 per person) in cash only on arrival.

Parking: Enter via carpark gate 1 or 2 from Flemington

Road. Take a lift to the ground floor.

Visit bit.ly/rchparking for an RCH map and guide.

Public transport: Take the 59 tram from Elizabeth

Street or the 55 tram from William Street in the city and

get off at stop 19 - The Royal Children’s Hospital.

Day Month Year Addressee’s details 00 Street Address SUBURB/TOWN STATE 0000 (postcode) Country (if required)

Dear Addressee This is a sample letter.

Please note: to email a letter securely, you must create a PDF file version of your letter to use as an email attachment. A PDF file is a non-editable version of a document. If you send the actual Word document as an attachment, the recipient may be able to alter the letter’s content.

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Sincerely Sender Position Department/Program/Service The Royal Children’s Hospital 50 Flemington Road Parkville Victoria 3052 Telephone (03) 9345 0000 Facsimile (03) 9345 0000 Email name@rch.org.au

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Women in Medicine and a Deeper Understanding of the Hippocratic Oath The first event of the Royal Children’s Hospital Alumni for 2016 will be held on Tuesday 15th March at 1:00 PM in the Vernon Collins Theatre, preceded by lunch at 11:30 AM in the back room (area A) of Café Parkville (formerly Café Adamo, see attached map).

This historical review has its context within the Hippocratic view of medicine. Women’s inclusion in medicine in Australia in greater numbers following the First World War ushered in an era in which the practice of medicine was greatly enriched by their presence. This is reflected in evolving attitudes to the emotional needs of patients and families, especially in paediatric medicine, as well as women’s major contributions to research. The contribution of women to medicine will be the focus of my reflection, with the intention of leaving you with the question as to what are the particular qualities of women that are relevant to this evolution.

Professor Frank Billson AO was previously head of paediatric ophthalmology at the Royal Children’s Hospital and neonatal ophthalmologist at Mercy Maternity Hospital and the Royal Women’s Hospital. Htis research and clinical interests have had a major focus on neonatal and paediatric ophthalmology. The idea of early intervention and the benefits that early diagnosis and treatment could offer for children and their families was a major interest. During his time at the RCH, the hospital’s expertise in paediatric ophthalmology became internationally recognised. This was followed by appointment as Foundation Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Sydney, establishing the Save Sight Institute and appointments in neonatal and paediatric ophthalmology. He is currently Chairman of the Sight for Life Foundation and a member of the Board of Foresight Australia. Between 1991 and 1999 Frank chaired World Blindness in Children Section WHO Vision 2020 prevention of word Blindness Initiative, signed by all member Nations and launched in 2000.

Getting here

Invitation – Tue 15 March 2016

Registration is only required for those wishing to attend the lunch. Please RSVP by 2 Feb 2016 if you’d like to join us for lunch. Email Garry Warne garry@warnefamily.net.

Payment for the afternoon tea ($20 per person) in cash only on arrival.

Parking: Enter via carpark gate 1 or 2 from Flemington

Road. Take a lift to the ground floor.

Visit bit.ly/rchparking for an RCH map and guide.

Public transport: Take the 59 tram from Elizabeth

Street or the 55 tram from William Street in the city and

get off at stop 19 - The Royal Children’s Hospital.

Day Month Year Addressee’s details 00 Street Address SUBURB/TOWN STATE 0000 (postcode) Country (if required)

Dear Addressee This is a sample letter.

Please note: to email a letter securely, you must create a PDF file version of your letter to use as an email attachment. A PDF file is a non-editable version of a document. If you send the actual Word document as an attachment, the recipient may be able to alter the letter’s content.

Ximporro in reicita quibus di quaestibus et este nia dolor ad et rerum faccabo receaqui apero vere expe idusam sequistibea volore voluptatis neseditis et, atessim cori as qui sus siminum et omnimil ignam, ipsandit volore dus dempora ea adit que esto voluptae. Min consequam denis eniscimus dolupta corit, officta tincipsus alitionem quisitatur, numquat landisqui utem debisti autem. Nam, occatetur arumquam facea niendusam enducil exero et odi que nobis ut ese con pos quis seque volupta tisque volupta veliquodicti dem rernatquis eaque num utate poris sin estotasit volor ad quam ventiur, quid ut maximusanda iundus a dolo cumqui soloribusto blacill oreptaquae magnam aliquatus, sumquid ut od ut faceperuptae acid quaspereium que ventiate delecep udicien iatias untis moluptaeped ma sectem que dolore ea nem earum volor ad etur rendus, consequunto volore dolore corrovit quia quist, santo tem aliqui dolupti con conestrum fugitiamenim vent explandit quia consequae nonseque aut fugitem. Is velluptatios et offictust alique ducimin peribus doluptius.

Sincerely Sender Position Department/Program/Service The Royal Children’s Hospital 50 Flemington Road Parkville Victoria 3052 Telephone (03) 9345 0000 Facsimile (03) 9345 0000 Email name@rch.org.au

MedicalAlumni

Women in Medicine and a Deeper Understanding of the Hippocratic Oath The first event of the Royal Children’s Hospital Alumni for 2016 will be held on Tuesday 15th March at 1:00 PM in the Vernon Collins Theatre, preceded by lunch at 11:30 AM in the back room (area A) of Café Parkville (formerly Café Adamo, see attached map).

This historical review has its context within the Hippocratic view of medicine. Women’s inclusion in medicine in Australia in greater numbers following the First World War ushered in an era in which the practice of medicine was greatly enriched by their presence. This is reflected in evolving attitudes to the emotional needs of patients and families, especially in paediatric medicine, as well as women’s major contributions to research. The contribution of women to medicine will be the focus of my reflection, with the intention of leaving you with the question as to what are the particular qualities of women that are relevant to this evolution.

Professor Frank Billson AO was previously head of paediatric ophthalmology at the Royal Children’s Hospital and neonatal ophthalmologist at Mercy Maternity Hospital and the Royal Women’s Hospital. Htis research and clinical interests have had a major focus on neonatal and paediatric ophthalmology. The idea of early intervention and the benefits that early diagnosis and treatment could offer for children and their families was a major interest. During his time at the RCH, the hospital’s expertise in paediatric ophthalmology became internationally recognised. This was followed by appointment as Foundation Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Sydney, establishing the Save Sight Institute and appointments in neonatal and paediatric ophthalmology. He is currently Chairman of the Sight for Life Foundation and a member of the Board of Foresight Australia. Between 1991 and 1999 Frank chaired World Blindness in Children Section WHO Vision 2020 prevention of word Blindness Initiative, signed by all member Nations and launched in 2000.

RSVP by 27 February (only required if joining us for lunch).

Parking: Enter via carpark entry 4 from Flemington Road. Take the Larwill Hotel lift to the ground floor, cross the foyer and take the silver lifts marked 48 Flemington Road, to level 2. Visit bit.ly/rchparking for an RCH map and guide.

Children, trauma and recovery