Complexity and Uncertainty in Paediatrics – Safeguarding Children and Patient Safety

Friday 27 September 2024, 9:15-17:00 (those attending virtually will only attend the morning sessions, 9:15-12:45)

Course Directors: Elizabeth Akers, Head of Education (Patient Safety), GLA and Charlotte Barran, Lead Practice Educator for Safeguarding, GLA

Organised in collaboration with the University of East Anglia (UEA)

How do we, as paediatric health professionals, make sense of complex and emotive situations? How do we decide when there is a potential safeguarding risk, or when there is a risk to a patient’s safety? How do we process our gut feelings? Can we find the time and space to speak with our colleagues? This event explores all of these questions and more, looking at theoretical frameworks and models to aid us in our sense-making and decision making. We draw on expertise from social work, psychology and health, to help us understand the processes involved and factors to consider when we are faced with complexity and uncertainty. Participants will hear from experts, ask them questions, and those attending in person will have the opportunity to join group discussions and workshop activities, and participate in an exciting lunchtime networking opportunity.

Learning objectives: 

• Decision making in complex and uncertain situations, whether it is a decision about a potential safeguarding concern, or about keeping a patient clinically safe?
• What are some of the theoretical frameworks behind decision-making?
• Psychological barriers to effective decision making.
• Consider the systemic issues can affect decision-making, are they organisational or professional boundaries, or perhaps political?
• Examine emotional support in complex decision making and the impact it can have

The morning sessions are hybrid and include keynotes, panel discussions and Q&A. The afternoon sessions are only open to face-to-face delegates and include workshops and group discussions, which will explore some of these ideas in more detail, using anonymised case studies.

Who should attend?

This event is open to all paediatric healthcare professionals

Programme:

The draft programme is attached

Venue:

Weston House Lecture Theatre (and online via Zoom Webinar)

Pricing:

• Face-to-face tickets are for the whole day
• Virtual tickets are for the morning sessions only (N.B. the afternoon sessions are only open to face-to-face delegates)
• Face-to-Face Ticket (Full Day)* – £120
• Face-to-Face Ticket – GOSH Staff (Full Day)* – £60
• Virtual Ticket (Half-day, Morning Sessions Only) – £60
• Virtual Ticket – GOSH Staff (Half-day, Morning Sessions Only)- Free

*Face-to-face tickets include lunch and refreshments

Please email events.gla@gosh.nhs.uk if you need to pay via invoice through your Trust/organisation.

If you are claiming a free virtual GOSH Staff ticket, please ensure you register with your GOSH email address

Registration:

Registration for face-to-face places will close on Friday 20 September, 8:00 BST 
Registration for virtual places will close on Friday 27 September, 8:00 BST

Recording:

Please note that this event is not being recorded

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