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Richard is a Specialist Anaesthetist in public and private practice in Christchurch, NZ. His clinical areas of interest are Anaesthesia for ORL (esp Sinus), Neurosurgery and Complex Spine. In addition, Richard has had long experience in management and leadership roles in both the Public and Private Sectors. He has just completed 6 months as Interim Chief Medical Officer for the CDHB, and has returned to his role of Clinical Director, Anaesthesia CDHB. He is Deputy Chair of the Clinical Leaders Group at CDHB which provides clinical governance over the Hospital Redevelopment projects at CDHB.
Richard also has a strong academic background with multiple publications relating to Anaesthesia Technology and has won a number of prizes including the prestigious ANZA Gilbert Brown Medal. Current research work involves a collaboration with GE to apply cloud computing analytics to Anaesthesia machine derived data. However, much of his day-to-day work is spent dealing with the very human consequences of high performing individuals working in stressful situations.
Are You A Disruptive Surgeon? (Formerly titled “Are You An A**hole?)
The recent RACS Expert Advisory Group findings with regard to discrimination, bullying and sexual harassment (DBSH) have made for grim reading and a scramble to “sort things out” by the College. Interestingly it’s quite easy to find surgeons who report the times they themselves have been the victims of DBSH by colleagues, but virtually impossible to find surgeons who admit to being the perpetrators. This presentation will be an exploration of what leads to clinicians of any discipline being perceived as disruptive, difficult, bullying or just plain A**holes. The clinical and business consequences of this will be described. Techniques for moderating both perceptions and behaviours will be addressed. It is quite likely that there will be some low-level swearing during this presentation, so please do not attend if this is likely to cause offence.
How to Get the Most Out of Your Anaesthetist This brief talk will address the physiological and pharmacological variables that Anaesthetists can manipulate to improve surgical conditions, and outcomes for the patient.
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