When the chips are down, what quality do anaesthetists (as patients) want in their anaesthetist when major surgery goes wrong? Ramani on the importance of #leadership at #PeriSIG19. ANZCA Clinical Trials Network Periop Med

Gala dinner at #PeriSIG19 with Pragya Ajitsaria, Sandra Derry, Claire Furyk at QAGOMA. #ANZCAemergingresearchers Periop Med

Standing room only with Dr Hannah Seymour and Dr Ed O’Loughlin sharing their expertise on reducing #clinicalvariation in caring for patients with #NOF at #PeriSIG19. Periop Med

“#GenderEquality is in!” Aim for perioperative #Haemoglobin of 130 in women and men, say Dr Kerry Gunn and Dr David Papendorf at #PeriSIG19. Periop Med

Clinical judgement is almost as good as #SORT at predicting perioperative mortality risk. Combining both clinical judgement and #SORT is even better. Importantly, it helps us reclassify patients from high-risk to low-risk. Professor Ramani at #PeriSIG19. Periop Med

“Calibration drift is always going to occur because our clinical care keeps getting better.” Professor Ramani on the importance of regularly updating risk prediction models. #PeriSIG19 Periop Med

Final insights on risk prediction and postoperative care from Professor Ramani: We need clinical trials of postoperative care based on objective risk assessment, not individual risk factors. #SORT #PeriSIG19 Periop Med

“The most important part of your paper is clear message.” Dr Jocalyn Clark, Executive Editor of The Lancet and Alfred Hospital WTMS Visiting Professor, on Winning the Publication Game. With Prof Carol Hodgson and ANZCA Clinical Trials Network at The Alfred Periop Med #LancetWomen

Could ClinTrial Refer app have helped a colleague with #leukaemia? #clinicaltrials Judith Trotman John Zalcberg ACTA Australian Clinical Trials Alliance afr.com/companies/heal…

An inspiring evening online with gleebooks at the launch of Cathy McGowan AO’s new book “Cathy Goes to Canberra.” With Dr Kerryn Phelps AM and Van Badham 🥥 🌴. What a great read! Can’t wait for the community tour and workshops.

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Privileged to have been part of this study with Dr Freddie Torlot, Dr Andy Toner, Dr Chang Yang Yew + co-authors on #riskprediction and #calibrationdrift in surgery and anaesthesia, out now in BJA Open British Journal of Anaesthesia (1/2). sciencedirect.com/science/articl… ANZCA Clinical Trials Network Tomas Corcoran Periop Med

Thank you to Marlous Hall & co-authors for the accompanying editorial titled "Risk scores in anaesthesia: the future is hard to predict" British Journal of Anaesthesia (2/2). sciencedirect.com/science/articl… ANZCA Clinical Trials Network Tomas Corcoran Periop Med

Thanks to Fran Kelly and Patricia Karvelas for a great start to Melbourne Writers Festival today. #MWF22