Mastering Intensive Care 050 with Andrew Davies

To celebrate the 50 episode milestone, podcast host and intensivist Andrew Davies (yes that’s me) is in the spotlight.

Having started the show to learn perspectives that could help me, as well as you, to be better and more human healthcare professionals, I’ve published 49 episodes with some amazing guests. Based on many of you asking for this, I finally plucked up the courage and switched the microphones so I’m the one being interviewed.

I also had the very difficult task of picking an interviewer and eventually chose my good friend, Neil Orford, who was one of the early, and very popular, guests on the show. He got the gig because he and I usually have outstanding conversations based mostly around Neil’s curiosity and his interest in things that aren’t the “bread and butter” topics of Intensive Care.

Neil asks me about all sorts of topics including:

• What’s changed as I’ve done the previous 49 episodes
• The common themes I’ve identified on the show
• How I incorporate kindness, compassion and a team approach to my work
• Some reflections on ward rounds I lead
• Showing respect to the ICU team
• My thoughts on listening
• Transitioning from a tertiary ICU to a smaller ICU
• Why I pivoted from an academic career to a focus on podcasting and wellness
• My advice about wellness for Intensive Care practitioners
• What I think are the key planks for my health and wellbeing
• Some thoughts on moderation and tolerance
• Whether I still enjoy being an intensivist
• What my life might look like in 5 years
• And my thoughts on the future of Intensive Care

Links related to Andrew Davies

• Andrew Davies at Peninsula Health
• Andrew Davies profile at World Congress of Intensive Care
• Andrew Davies LITFL author profile
• Andrew Davies on Twitter: @andrewdavies66
• Andrew Davies on Instagram: @andrewdavies66
• Andrew Davies on LinkedIn

People, organisations and resources mentioned in the episode:

• MIC podcast 004 with Neil Orford
• MIC podcast 029 with Claire Davies
• MIC podcast 002 with John Botha
• MIC podcast 049 with Hugh Montgomery
• MIC podcast 009 with John Myburgh
• MIC podcast 003 with Rinaldo Bellomo
• ANZICS Clinical Trials Group
• New Normal Project podcast
• Book “Thrive” (by Ariana Huffington)

Other Podcasts and presentations with Andrew Davies

• Dr Andrew Davies – The 3R’s of wellbeing: Rest
• Dr Andrew Davies – How not to become an ICU patient.
• Dr Andrew Davies – How To Avoid A Visit To The ICU
• Dr Andrew Davies – Intensive Care Unit Doctor & The New Normal Project
• Dr Andrew Davies – Avoiding Burnout
• Dr Andrew Davies – Intensive care for intensivists

Further reading and listening

• Full podcast collection on LITFL and Libsyn
• The New Normal Project podcast
• More conversation on Twitter (@andrewdavies66) and Facebook