Australia has an interesting history both generally and with perioperative medicine specifically, here the story is told and their current progress is revealed. How do comparisons between various countries help us to understand where improvements can be made? How do the differences between the way in which healthcare is funded impact on patients and providers?

Presented by Ross Kerridge, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, Australia, often cited as 'the father of Modern Perioperative Medicine'. --

This piece was originally part of a wider discussion regarding global perspectives on perioperative medicine; it works here as a stand alone talk. Keep an eye on TopMedTalk for the US, UK and global perspectives.

This piece covers; physical medicine and rehabilitation, applying a team approach in care and 'pre and post-habilitation'.

Desiree Chappell presents with Monty Mythen and their guests; Dr Steve Flanagan, Chair of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at NYU Langone Brian Stewart, Partner/Clinic Director California Rehabilitation and Sports Therapy and Colleen Walsh, Assistant Professor, Nursing University of Southern Indiana, President, National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses.

"An operation is like a marathon, nobody prepares for that by starving themselves"

Monty Mythen talks to Professor Paul Wischmeyer from the Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University, USA about the e.published American Society of Enhanced Recovery (ASER) and Perioperative Quality Initiative (POQI) joint consensus statement on Nutrition and Screening Therapy within an Surgical Enhanced Program.

Click on this link to access the full paper:

https://journals.lww.com/anesthesia-analgesia/Abstract/publishahead/American_Society_for_Enhanced_Recovery_and.96950.aspx

Furthermore, you can listen to one of Paul's excellent talks here: http://topmedtalk.libsyn.com/website/ebpom-2018-perioperative-nutrition-should-be-a-key-part-of-enhanced-recovery

This piece was originally streamed live on www.topmedtalk.com and is taken from the hugely successful "EBPOM-USA: Masters Course, A Perioperative Care Practicum".

Hear the full presentation from Dr Lee A. Fleisher Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania.

If you like the sound of this and think you and your practice would benefit from attending such a course don't worry, just go to The EBPOM website: https://www.ebpom.org

"Value based care - it's an interdisciplinary team sport"

Desiree Chappell speaks with Zeev Kain, organiser of the American college of perioperative medicine interdisciplinary conference on orthopaedic value based care.

Find his podcast here: http://drzeevkain.health/podcast/

If you'd like to find out more about the conference follow this link: https://acpm.health/ovbc2019/

Streamed live from the 2019 Prehabilitation World Congress and Annual London Peri-Operative Medicine Congress. This session is sponsored by Edwards Life Sciences.

Presented by Desiree Chappell with Monty Mythen, Joff Lacey and their guest Dr Andrew Shaw, Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at The University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta and Zone Clinical Department Head for Anesthesia, Alberta Health Services Edmonton Zone. He is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (UK), the American College of Critical Care Medicine and the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (UK).

Why do you need a "poet"?

The POET acronym - a truly multidisciplinary Perioperative Enhancement Team; responsible for project managing optimisation programmes.

Monty Mythen speaks with Professor Sol Aronson, a tenured professor at Duke University and Executive Vice Chairman in the Department of Anesthesiology.

This piece is taken from a longer conversation to be found here: http://www.topmedtalk.com/aser-ebpom-2017-recap-pod-three-live-from-london/

Join the debate: [email protected]

Streamed live from the 2019 Prehabilitation World Congress and Annual London Peri-Operative Medicine Congress. This session is sponsored by Edwards Life Sciences.

Presented by Joff Lacey with Desiree Chappell with their guest Daniel Conway, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Perioperative Medicine lead, Manchester Biomedical Research Centre.

Streamed live from the 2019 Prehabilitation World Congress and Annual London Peri-Operative Medicine Congress. This session is sponsored by Edwards Life Sciences.

Presented by Monty Mythen with Desiree Chappell and Feras Hatib Phd, Director, Research and Development, Algorithms and Signal Processing at Edwards Lifesciences and Dr Simon Davies, Consultant Anaesthetist at York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Streamed live from the 2019 Prehabilitation World Congress and Annual London Peri-Operative Medicine Congress.

Presented by Monty Mythen and Desiree Chappell with Joff Lacey, registrar in anaesthesia at St George's Hospital in London, currently undertaking a fellowship in Perioperative Medicine at UCLH as well as being a regular presenter on TopMedTalk and Tim Miller, Associate Professor of Anaesthesiology from Duke University Medical Centre.