Women in Anaesthesia – Kate Leslie and Anoushka Afonso | WCA 2024
Promoting diversity in medical publishing, preparation among women in anesthesia, leadership styles, gender differences in communication, a growth mindset and women in healthcare leadership; are all topics which come up in this conversation. This piece was recorded and sent to you directly from The 18th WFSA World Congress of Anaesthesiologists in Singapore. It’s the first of our pieces from this year’s conference, expect more to follow. Presented by Desiree Chappell with her two guests, Kate Leslie, Professor, specialist anaesthetist and head of research in the Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Royal Melbourne Hospital, and honorary professorial fellow at the University of Melbourne and Monash University in Australia and Anoushka Afonso, Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), where she is the Director of Enhanced Recovery Program.
Women in Anaesthesia Part 6 | Carol Peden
This week’s Women In Anaesthesia focuses in on TopMedTalk favourite Carol Peden. The British Journal of Anaesthesia article, which inspired this series, is here: https://bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(20)30003-9/fulltext — “The Power of The Interdisciplinary Team”; introducing the Enhanced Recovery team from Keck Medical Center at The University of Southern California (USC). Our guests kindly share an email address you can contact them on: Enhanced.Recovery@med.usc.edu Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guests Professor Carol Peden, Robin Cresner, CCRN, Dr Shane Dickinson, anesthesiologist and Snow Shoo Son; The Enhanced Recovery Team from Keck Medical Center at USC. — Like this, want more? There’s a fascinating conversation with Carol Peden here: https://www.topmedtalk.com/talks-to-carol-peden/
Women in Anaesthesia Part 5 | Jamie Harris and Carol Schmidt
“About a year ago our chief CRNA sent me a podcast from TopMedTalk about fluid management” – this podcast is a fascinating insight into how Enhanced Recovery continues to reach out across the world to the bedside of patients. How do you take your institution from where you’re at now to where you need to be tomorrow? What are the essential ingredients? How do you work, through education, towards real patient engagement and empowerment? How do you manage a sensible quality improvement programme? Presented by Desiree Chappell with co-host Korey Sprigman and their guests, Jamie Harris, CRNA, Hillcrest Hospital, Tulsa, Oklahoma and Carol Schmidt, CRNA, Royal Oak, Michigan. The British Journal of Anaesthesia article, which inspired this series, is here: https://bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(20)30003-9/fulltext
Women in Anaesthesia Part 4 | Carolyn Johnston
What are the benefits of Cardio Pulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) in cancer patients? What is the evidence that suggests prehabilitation changes outcomes? Furthermore, what is the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA) and what are its benefits? Presented by Joff Lacey and Desiree Chappell with their guests; Carolyn Johnston, consultant Anaesthetist in St Georges hospital in London and Improvement lead for the National Emergency Laparotomy Network (NELA.org.uk) and Malcolm West, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded clinical lecturer in surgery and honorary colorectal surgical specialist registrar at the University of Southampton, United Kingdom. Join in the debate: contact@topmedtalk.com The British Journal of Anaesthesia article, which inspired this series, is here: https://bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(20)30003-9/fulltext
Women in Anaesthesia Part 3 | Angela Bader
Does perioperative medicine alow institutions to take a broader view? Population health has been a theme on TopMedTalk, is it a logical extension of the perioperative process? How do we manage specialist care for the elderly and ensure high quality shared decision making? What lies behind the mindset change needed for some to accept surgery is not always the answer? Should we expect medical students to be taught the principles of perioperative medicine? What are some of the unique tensions in the US system that can frustrate the adoption of a truly perioperative practice? Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guest Angela Bader, Vice Chair of Perioperative Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The British Journal of Anaesthesia article, which inspired this series, is here: https://bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(20)30003-9/fulltext
Women in Anaesthesia Part 2 | Ramani Moonsinghe
Learn here about The 2nd Sprint National Anaesthesia Project: Epidemiology of Critical Care provision after Surgery (SNAP-2: EpiCCS). Is anxiety the worst thing about an operation? How common a problem for patients is feeling thirsty? What about pain, how do we best manage it? In the second part of the piece we a focus on “Women in Anaesthesia”; Is there an ‘opportunity gap’? How do we correct imbalances in the profession? Most importantly, how do we avoid “tokenism”? Is there room for a ‘name and shame’ strategy if we attend a meeting where there is a clear lack of gender balance or is that likely to be unhelpful? Check out the Athena SWAN (Scientific Women’s Academic Network) charter here: https://www.ecu.ac.uk/equality-charters/athena-swan/ The edition of the BJA which has inspired this series is here: https://bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(20)30003-9/fulltext This piece was originally recorded live at the 5th Collaborative Clinical Trials in Anaesthesiology Meeting, Prato, Italy. Presented by Desiree Chappell with Monty Mythen and Ramani Moonesinghe, Professor of Perioperative Medicine at University College London (UCL).
Understanding the processed EEG in anaesthesia
In this piece we discuss all things EEG with Chris Connor, an anesthesiologist and researcher from Boston, USA, and Jamie Sleigh, an anesthesiologist and researcher from Hamilton, New Zealand. We start by discussing the engineering behind the BIS algorithm, then move to interpreting the raw EEG, the spectrogram and burst suppression. Finally we discuss the ‘titration paradox’ and how it might influence research and AI. Presented by Andy Cumpstey and Kate Leslie on location at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists and Faculty of Pain Medicine in Cairns, Australia, with their guests, Dr Chris Connor, Assistant Professor and Vice Chair ad interim for Research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA, and Professor Jamie Sleigh, Professor of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Waikato Clinical School, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Obstetric anaesthesia | TMT at SOAP
Our ‘as live’ coverage of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) continues. Here we get into a conversation about the ever developing field of Obstetric Anesthesia. Presented by Desiree Chappell, TopMedTalk co-editor in Chief and Monty Mythen, TopMedTalk’s founder, with Grace Lim, Chief, Obstetric and Women’s Anesthesia at UPMC, Pittsburgh.
Women in anesthesia in 2023 | EBPOM Dingle
This valuable conversation took place at the annual Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EBPOM) Ireland conference. One of our most loved conference settings we’d love you, a TopMedTalk listener, to join us next year. Go now ot www.ebpom.org to find out more. Hear Desiree Chappell in conversation with Anoushka Alfonso, Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), where she is the Director of Enhanced Recovery Program, BobbieJean Sweitzer, Systems Director of Perioperative Practices at Inova Health, Falls Church, Virginia and Kate Leslie, specialist anaesthetist and head of research in the Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Royal Melbourne Hospital and honorary professorial fellow at the University of Melbourne and Monash University in Australia.
Women in Anesthesia | AANA 2022
TopMedTalk’s coverage of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology’s 2022 conference continues with another installment of “Women in Anesthesia”. If you enjoy this piece why not listen to some of our earlier episodes in the popular series; they are found here: https://www.topmedtalk.com/?s=women+in+anaesthesia Presented by Desiree Chappell, Co Editor in Chief, VP of Clinical Quality, with Jennifer Squibbs, Vice President of CRNA Services, NorthStar Anesthesia, Chris Hendren, Vice President of CRNA Services NorthStar Anesthesia, Jennifer Harpe-Bates, CRNA and Director of Quality, Louisville, KY, NorthStar Anesthesia.