E73 Lawrence Gillman On Coping With Loss

In this episode we interview Dr. Lawrence Gillman, a trauma surgeon at the University of Manitoba. We start off talking about the course that he and Dr. Sandy Widder developed, the Simulated Trauma and Resuscitation Team Training (STARTT course). We also get his thoughts on mentoring in point-of-care and trauma ultrasound. Finally, and most powerfully, Dr. Gillman shares his experience having to cope with the love of his beloved wife Kerry, and the impact that has had on his family and his career.Links:1. S.T.A.R.T.T.: development of a national, multidisciplinary trauma crisis resource management curriculum-results from the pilot course. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24158191/2. Andy Kirkpatrick on Telementored Ultrasound: https://soundcloud.com/cjs-podcast/e06-andy-kirkpatrick3. Strategies to improve communication in telementoring in acute care coordination: a scoping review. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33253511/4. Trauma Team Dynamics textbook: https://www.amazon.ca/Trauma-Team-Dynamics-Resource-Management/dp/33191658525. Cozi app: https://www.cozi.com/Bio (from https://umanitoba.ca/faculties/health_sciences/medicine/units/surgery/8759.html):Dr. Gillman completed medical school and surgical residency at the University of Manitoba. He subsequently completed a Masters in Medical Education at the University of Dundee followed by fellowship training in Critical Care Medicine and Trauma Surgery at the University of Calgary. He joined the Department of Surgery at the University of Manitoba in 2010 as an assistant professor and currently practices as an Acute Care/Trauma Surgeon and Intensivist.Research FocusDr. Gillman’s research interests include point of care ultrasound, surgical education and crisis simulation. Specifically he is focusing on improving training in point of care ultrasound including redeveloping the credentialing process for the FAST (Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma) examination. Other work in this area focuses on validating the use of ultrasound to measure the optic nerve sheath diameter as a non-invasive way to predict intracranial pressure. On the surgical education side, he is working on developing a novel video game platform utilizing an endoscope as a controller to teach early endoscopy skills. Finally, Dr. Gillman is co-founder of the S.T.A.R.T.T. (Standardized Trauma and Resuscitation Team Training) Course, a national trauma crisis simulation course, and is working on developing and improving the course curriculum.