TIPC resources
22/04/2025
Here you can find our resources designed to equip you with the tools and knowledge you need to embed TIPC into your everyday work.
Trauma-Informed Preventative Care Foundational eLearn
Enrol in our Trauma-Informed Preventative Care Foundational eLearn on LearningHERO (RCH staff only).
Our eLearn aims to increase your understanding of trauma, and the prevalence and impact it can have on children, young people, families, and staff.
The eLearn covers:
- psychological trauma
- the prevalence and impact of trauma
- the prevalence and impact of paediatric medical traumatic stress and how we can recognise and respond to signs of overwhelm
- how staff's personal experience of trauma and exposure to secondary trauma can impact wellbeing
TIPC principles printable resources
MJA InSight+ article: Why We Need Trauma-Informed Preventative Care in Paediatric Hospital Settings
On 11 November 2024, Insight+, the news and opinion website of the Medical Journal of Australia, published our article on TIPC.
The article explores the importance of implementing TIPC in paediatric hospital settings. It outlines how TIPC frameworks can address the high prevalence of psychological trauma among patients, families, and staff by fostering a shared understanding and language of trauma-informed care.
Read the article on the Insight+ website
The Education Hub Conversation with the experts podcasts
Podcast one: Trauma-informed preventative care (TIPC) - short introduction
In this episode, Dr Catherine Olweny, paediatric anaesthetist and key area lead for the Campus Mental Health Strategy’s TIPC program talks about the TIPC framework and how we can improve our patients’ responses to care.
Podcast two: Trauma-Informed Preventative Care (TIPC) - extended
This episode provides a deep dive into trauma and trauma-informed preventative care (TIPC), and how it guides the way we approach care, both for patients and families, and for ourselves as healthcare providers. Listen to guests Rachel Tolan, a senior mental health clinician and credentialed mental health nurse, and Carmen Ludeman, a lived experience advisor, who provides a unique perspective from the lens of Family, Carers, and Supporters (FC&S).
Evaluation of the Behaviour Support Profile (BSP)
Check our our BSP evaluation reports in our Resources hub
You can also find the most up to date Parkville EMR tip sheet for the BSP here
Grand Rounds
Watch the recording to our 2023 Grand Rounds, "Embedding trauma-informed, family centred, and evidence-based approaches into practice: What's next for the Campus Mental Health Strategy?".
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