Mastering Intensive Care 008 with Dianne Stephens

LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog Assoc Prof Dianne Stephens – Developing a happy intensive care family by respecting and valuing everyone in the team How would you go if just after you finished your intensive care training you moved to a remote part of Australia to set up as a solo intensivist and Director of the Intensive Care Unit? That’s precisely what this week’s guest did. And by working hard, respecting and valuing everyone in the team and by communicating well, she led the development of a positive and happiness–focused work environment where great things have happened over the last 2 decades. This week’s episode features Associate Professor Dianne Stephens who moved to Darwin, Australia nearly 20 years ago after training in Melbourne. She has led the development of the Royal Darwin Hospital ICU to be nationally respected for its excellence in training and research. Dianne received an OAM for her leadership role in the intensive care management of the 20 critically ill Bali bombing victims in 2002. She has also managed mass casualty events in Iraq and Denpasar over the years, and amongst many other contributions has been a long-term researcher with the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group. Recently she undertook a sabbatical year in Fiji to freshen up before resuming as an intensivist and taking on the role of Medical Director of the National Criti...
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