Chris Nickson

Jan 8, 2025 | litfl.com | Chris Nickson

Disclaimer: I am the Programme Lead for the Clinician Educator Incubator and a former Director of the Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Foundation. Now in its sixth year, the Clinician Educator Incubator has proven to be an effective vehicle for building a community of Clinician Educators. We learns together and develop lasting relationships that allow us to share problems and solve them collaboratively.

Dec 3, 2024 | litfl.com | Chris Nickson

Returning to the clinical coalface after a prolonged absence is inherently challenging. Whether we have been on parenting leave, sick leave, or simply been doing something else, it is hard not to feel rusty. How can we feel confident that we’ve “still got it” when we get back to work? Emergency physicians and trainees in Australia can attend the SUPER course (Skills and Updates for Parents in Emergency Medicine).

Jun 5, 2024 | litfl.com | Chris Nickson

Perhaps THE most exciting event in the critical care events calendar is nearly upon us…The Critical Care Reviews meeting, CCR24, launches on June 12th 2024 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. This is where the very best trials in critical care will be presented and discussed in depth. The most significant trials are typically simultaneously published in major journals while they are being presented, sparking discussion around the world.

Jan 30, 2024 | litfl.com | Chris Nickson

It is finally official, it is happening. Rob Mac Sweeney’s legendary Critical Care Reviews meeting is coming “Down Under”!In partnership with the Alfred ICU Academic Centre, Rob is bringing the widely acclaimed CCR event to Melbourne on December 10th & 11th 2024. It will be held in the heart of Melbourne, at The Edge at Federation Square.

Jan 26, 2024 | litfl.com | Chris Nickson

In 1961, Jack Handyside Barnes, his nine year-old son, and a local surf lifesaver were rushed to Cairns Base Hospital after developing Irukandji syndrome. Thus the riddle of what caused Irukandji Syndrome was solved; years of detective work had reached its climax in a dramatic and decisive episode of self-experimentation. Jack Barnes was both a medical doctor and a former military commando.