Jun 7, 2025
The guest on this episode is Professor Rob Mac Sweeney, who
founded and leads the hugely valuable organisation Critical Care Reviews.
Rob is a Consultant Intensivist at the Royal
Victoria Hospital and an Honorary Professor of Practice at Queen’s
University in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Rob founded
Critical Care Reviews back in 2008 and this has grown
to now be holding two meetings a year where the largest trials in
critical care are presented, critiqued and analysed. Critical
Care Reviews also has a comprehensive website, a podcast and
publishes a newsletter and a paper of the day, amongst other
things, as a way of disseminating the most up to date science in
critical care.
If you are fascinated about the story of the man behind
Critical Care Reviews, you’ll love listening to this.
In this episode, Rob talks about:
- How Critical Care Reviews began as a simple
website - His anxiety when he sent the first newsletter
- How the website and newsletter developed into a scientific
meeting - The attraction of trialists with their RCTs to the
growing Critical Care Reviews meeting - The multi-media output of Critical Care
Reviews - The importance of a consistent reading habit with the medical
literature - The significance of high-quality production values for
the Critical Care Reviews meeting - His passion of sharing science to improve patient care
- How study investigators gain a slot at a Critical Care
Reviews meeting - What he requests from study investigators submitting a
study - The magical quality of significant study results being
presented for the first time - How Critical Care Reviews expanded to hold a meeting
in Melbourne - How he translates evidence into clinical practice
- What’s unique about his ward round
- His thoughts on the teaching and sharing of non-clinical
skills - How his family provides solace from work
- How he uses running to manage his wellbeing (often in the
dark) - And, some closing advice
Please enjoy listening to Rob Mac Sweeeney.
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 work, with a focus on
compassion, collaboration and personal wellbeing.
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Relevant links
Critical Care Reviews 2025 (CCR25) Meeting
– June 11-13, 2025
Critical Care Reviews Down Under
2025 (CCR Down Under 2025) Meeting – December 9-10, 2025
Critical
Care Reviews Newsletter
Mastering Intensive Care
podcast
Mastering Intensive Care page on
Facebook
Mastering Intensive Care at Life In The Fast
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