This book highlights the disparity between the growing number of women entering medical school and their underrepresentation in leadership roles within Critical Care and perioperative medicine. Despite numerous reviews and reports on gender and minority gaps, few resources offer practical solutions. Improving the working environment is essential.
The book focuses on practical examples and tools that can be easily adopted by readers. It addresses the well-being of practitioners and the safety, outcomes, and patient-centered care for patients. Post-pandemic data show significant burnout in Critical Care and anaesthesia, disproportionately affecting women and minorities, with long-term consequences for the workforce and care quality.
The Triple Aimenhancing patient experience, improving population health, and reducing costsis a framework for optimizing healthcare performance. Burnout, however, is linked to lower patient satisfaction, poorer health outcomes, and increased costs. This has led to the Quadruple Aim, which includes improving the well-being of healthcare providers. Preventing burnout is vital for maintaining productivity and care quality.
Enhancing research and professional well-being in Critical Care and anaesthesia directly improves patient care quality. Patient-centered care is a core objective. Improving the working environment, preventing burnout, enabling professionals to achieve their goals, and addressing diversity are key to improving outcomes and care quality.
This book provides a practical approach to improving team well-being, outcomes, safety, and patient satisfaction in high-risk healthcare environments. It offers relevant information and highlights areas for improvement in Critical Care and perioperative settings, helping healthcare professionals achieve their goals.
Part I: Introduction.-
1. Definition Of The Concept Of Gender Equity And
Diversity In Critical Care And Perioperative Settings.-
2. How to Read This
Book: Key Features for Fostering Diversity and Well-Being in Perioperative
and Critical Care Medicine.- Part II: Patients and Families: Introducing
patient-centred care to gender equity and diversity.-
3. Clinical Trials In
The Light Of Diversity, Gender Equity And Inclusion. New Funding Policies.-
4. Global Health And Women: Looking Beyond Maternal Health.-
5. Perioperative
Management And Care Of Critically Ill Pregnant Patients.-
6.
Non-Pregnancy-Related Emergencies In Critically Ill And Surgical Female
Patients.-
7. Patient Satisfaction As An Outcome In A Patient-Centred Care:
Role Of Diversity.- Part III: Health care providers: Improving working
environment to gender equity and diversity.-
8. Gap And Underrepresentation
Of Gender And Minorities In Critical Care And Perioperative Medicine.-
9.
Cross-Section Of Today - Current Scenarios And Actions Taken
Internationally.-
10. Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion: Key Changes Needed
Essential, Recommended, And Optional.-
11. Academic Advancement In Critical
Care Medicine: Arena For Practicing Gender Equity And Diversity.-
12.
Implementation Of Gender Equity And Diversity In Curricula Of Critical Care
And Perioperative Medicine.-
13. Improving Wellbeing And Reaching Success In
Critical Care And Perioperative Medicine.-
14. Preventing Harassment To
Improve Team Well-Being And Patient Safety In Healthcare.
Vojislava Neskovic is an Associate Professor in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at the Military Medical Academy in Belgrade, Serbia, where she also teaches at the Medical Faculty. She is an active member of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (EACTAIC) Thoracic Subcommittee, the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) Teach the Teachers Masterclass Faculty and Committee, and serves as an examiner for the European Diploma of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care (EDAIC). Previously, she served as Chair of Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at the Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases in Sremska Kamenica. Dr. Neskovic was the inaugural Chair of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) Gender Equity Committee and has also held the position of President of the Serbian Association of Anaesthesiologists and Intensivists. Outside her professional life, she is married, has two adult daughters, a film director and a physician, and a dog named Badi.
Francesca Rubulotta has a PhD in medicine and a Master in Business Administration. She has over 30 years of experience in Medicine and innovation. Dr Rubulotta is an Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Critical Care Medicine, and pain medicine at the University of Catania, Italy and she is the Director of the residency program. She was an Associate Professor at McGill University and the Chief of the Critical Care Program at the Montreal General Hospital and the Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University Health Centers, Québec Canada. She was the inaugural Chair of the Department of Critical Care Medicine at the McGill University Campus in Montreal, Québec, Canada. Dr. Rubulotta was a Consultant for 12 Years at Charing Cross and St Marys Hospital, NHS Trust, and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at Imperial College Medical School in London, UK. Dr. Rubulotta is the chair of the non-profit organization International Women in Intensive and Critical Care Network (iWIN). Dr Rubulotta is one of the organizers of the World Day of the Critical Lung.
