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Developing your non-clinical portfolio panel discussion

Getting your foot in the door (via your non-clinical portfolio)

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Tips and tricks for getting through the first part of the exam by Dr Kelly Jones.

Crucial Conversations with Government with Professor Chris Baggoley

A/Professor Charlie Corke explores what people value most when it comes to their end of life plans.

This paper explores whether surgeons and intensivists differ through the effect of the "surgical covenant of care". This covenant is very much a product of the shared journey taken by both surgeon and patient and is well described in medical literature. This literature is reviewed and learnings highlighted. In addition to this covenant, a number of other differences that may impact on how surgeons...

Who decides? For thousands of years, doctor knew best, but recently respect for patient autonomy has emerged as a key ethical principle in decision making. This has led to the suggestion that decisions should be shared between patients, families and the medical team. An international consensus conference embraced this model for end of life decision making in ICU. But what is shared decision making...

A/Professor Neil Orford explores the identification of patients who have poor prognosis at the CICM ASM 2017.

This presentation by  Professor Bala Venkatesh is ICU focussed and will cover: What categories of patients? Impact on the patient Impact on the caregivers Impact on ICU practice Economic costs Compliance with stated preferences Drivers for this change Current level of training How we as a speciality should take the lead in education and making the change.

Professor Lars Lundell. Professor of Surgery Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm. What this man doesn't know about the oesophagus is probably not worth knowing. What he knows about so many other things is worth knowing. Professor Lundell's visit to Australia will not soon be forgotten. His distinct style and his willingness to grasp controversial issues made his multiple lectures at the ASM m...

By Steve Morgan & Sophie Connolly Welcome back to the Basic Science Clinic podcast on ICN. Post-hiatus we are ready to reinvigorate the examination of oxygen cascade physiology, from the prevailing atmosphere down to the only organelle that boasts its own bespoke genome, the mitochondrion. In the last podcast we decomposed the minutiae of passive respiratory gas diffusion across the alveolar capil...

John takes his life long learning seriously. How many senior professors of surgery brushes up on his Trauma Surgery practice by volunteering to work in Baragwanath Hospital for 6 weeks?   John Marshall has been at the pointy end of research, in particular sepsis research, for many years. That has been a rather controversial area in recent times. John has navigated those waters with charm and grace...

Professor Jules Wendon Jules Wendon  is the Professor of Hepatology and Executive Medical Director at Kings College London.  When it comes to the intensive care hepatology there are few people that have done more to shape our knowledge and practice than Jules Wendon. Jules travelled to Australia to share her knowledge at the CICM Annual Scientific Meeting. Sharing is a key theme in this interview...

Associate Professor Charlie Corke President of the College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (CICM). The CICM is the worlds first stand alone College of Intensive Care Medicine. A/Prof Charlie Corke is the President. It is not an easy job to do. It is not an easy job to get. Charlie got there by a path less travelled and he talks about that path, among many other things, in t...

This is the oration John Myburgh gave at the College of Intensive Care's Annual Scientific meeting when he was awarded the College Medal for a career's worth of contributions. This was actually recorded a couple of days after the event by Lily Foster & Oli Flower, but it still contains all the emotions and sentiments that were there on the night when it was delivered at Doltone house on 27th May 2...

Sarah Yong is an impressive person. Advocacy, Training, Representation and being a new fellow of the College of Intensive Care to boot. Theres a lot to talk about when you sit down with Dr Sarah Yong. Let's make it easier by focussing on three big issues; Gender issues; Women in Intensive Care Network .  Training issues; The Critical Care Collaborative and the Victorian Primary Examination Course...

See the Post on Intensivecarenetwork.com Ash Banerjee talks about the history of ventilation and where we are today. He discusses in particular current concepts about lung protective ventilation strategies and how we can ventilate with the least amount of harm. For more details on how to select the ideal PEEP for a patient, or how one would set up the ventilator for an ARDS patient, have a look at...

Cannulation Part 2 by Roger Pye Welcome to learnECMO podcast series. This instalment is the second part of Roger Pye's meditations on ECMO cannulation, this time focusing on Avalon, VA and the duplicitous art of backflow cannulation. On the subject of cannulation, places for SMACCannulate are going fast so head to the SMACC website if you fancy a crack at the title of world fastest cannulator and...

Associate Professor Neil Orford is the director of the intensive care unit at University Hospital Geelong. In his time as director he has overseen some major developments within his unit, including the introduction of a paediatric service. Here he shares some of his strategies on what it takes to be an effective leader.

by Steve Morgan & Sophie Connolly Today we are going to cover the essentials of ECMO haemodynamics. Haemodynamics literally means blood movement and thus is the physical study of flowing blood and the structures through which it flows. In bedside vernacular we tend to use haemodynamics to refer to accessible surrogate measurements of cardiovascular performance, such as vascular and chamber pressur...

This round table discussion from the JICScast team asks whether Intensivists are the greatest danger to Intensive Care. They tackle why single or dual specialty training is recommended and whether this could endanger Intensive Care as a specialty field. The podcast is inspired and based  on a blog post written by Aoife Abbey, trainee in intensive care  https:// whistlingdixietalk.wordpress. com/20...

Associate Professor Neil Orford is an intensive care specialist and Director of Intensive Care at University Hospital Geelong. Neil is the clinical lead for the i-Validate program. In this podcast he discusses this collaboration between Barwon Health and Deakin University which aims to improve patient-centred end-of-life care through training in clinical communication.

Associate Professor Sue Berney is head of physiotherapy at Austin Health. She has over 20 years experience working in the cardiorespiratory field, with a particular interest in critical care and early rehabilitation. She currently holds an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship and has a passion for research into patient outcomes in intensive care. Here she discuses cognitive dysfunction post critical illn...