The team aspect of perioperative care is an essential element, this piece gets into the details as thought leaders and key opinion makers engage with the debate regarding how that actually works in practice.

Moderated by Ross Kerridge, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, Australia, often cited as ‘the father of Modern Perioperative Medicine’; the panel consists of, Charlie Corke, Associate Professor, Senior Intensive Care Specialist, Barwon Health, Kerin Fielding, Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame, Australia School of Medicine, Sydney and Don Campbell, Professor of Medicine at Monash University and Head of General Medicine at Southern Health.