Mastering Intensive Care: 78 - Chris Nickson

Apr 4, 2023

This episode features the thoughts and perspectives of A/Prof
Chris Nickson.

The topics covered include:

How Chris became an intensivist and then an educator
How he began working on Life In
The Fast Lane (LITFL)
The network of Clinical Educators he leads and the “Incubator” program
Simulation and debriefing
The current place of FOAM
and podcasts in education
What he tries to achieve on his ward round
Clinical leadership, team dynamics and the necessity of
psychological safety
The difficulties of fatigue and undervaluing sleep
Other aspects of personal wellbeing
His reading (including a book recommendation)
The future of Intensive Care, especially after COVID-19
Advice for new intensivists
Advice on teaching the human aspects of ICU

Chris Nickson is an Intensivist and ECMO specialist at the
Alfred ICU in Melbourne
and a Clinical Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University. He is the Lead for
the ANZCEN Clinician
Educator Incubator programme, a Director of the Australia and New
Zealand Intensive Care Foundation, and a First Part Examiner
for the College of Intensive Care
Medicine. He is an internationally recognised Clinician
Educator with a passion for helping clinicians learn and improving
the clinical performance of individuals and collectives.

After finishing his medical degree at the University of Auckland, he
continued post-graduate training in New Zealand as well as
Australia’s Northern Territory, Perth and Melbourne. He has
completed fellowship training in intensive care medicine and
emergency medicine; and post-graduate training in biochemistry,
clinical toxicology, clinical epidemiology, and health professions
education.

Chris is involved in the Alfred ICU’s education and simulation
programmes and runs the unit’s education website, INTENSIVE. He created the
‘Critically Ill Airway’ course and teaches numerous courses
worldwide. He is one of the founders of the FOAM
movement (Free Open-Access Medical education) and is co-creator of
litfl.com, the RAGE podcast, the
Resuscitology course, and
the SMACC conference.

His one great achievement is being the father of three amazing
children.

On Twitter, he is @precordialthump.

Thanks for listening to my conversation with Chris Nickson.

Andrew Davies

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About the Mastering Intensive Care podcast: The podcast aims to
inspire and empower you, through conversations about the human side
of Intensive Care, to bring your best self to the Intensive Care
bedside, with a focus on compassion, collaboration and personal
wellbeing.

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Links related to
Chris Nickson

Chris Nickson at Life In The Fast
Lane

Chris Nickson on Twitter: @precordialthump

Chris Nickson on
LinkedIn

Life In The Fast
Lane

Intensive blog

Links to other
resources (in order of mentioning)

David Galler

Mike Cadogan

Aequanimitas

Clinician Educator Incubator
program