Physician Educator Spotlight: Adrian Hendrickse BM, MMEd, FRCA

Name: 

Adrian Hendrickse BM, MMEd, FRCA


Title and Faculty Appointment:

Associate Professor
Director MOCA Simulation Program
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Colorado
Anschutz Medical Campus, CO

 
Undergraduate & Graduate Medical Education:

MS: University of Southampton, UK (BM)
R: Defence Postgraduate Medical Deanery, UK (London, Southampton, Oxford)
Fellowship: University of Sydney, Australia (Simulation Education and Critical Care Transfer)
PG: University of Dundee, UK (MMEd)

 
Brief Educational Biosketch:

Deployment overseas puts a lot of pressure on a young doctor when responsibility for pre-deployment training is tossed into your lap. You question why the content has been chosen and what’s the best way to teach it. As you mature in knowledge and experience, these decisions get easier and then you see teaching as a skill to be mastered like any other.

Simulation was the new thing back then and it was fun to get involved early on. Some institutions took it more seriously than others but it got me involved in teaching on many skill-based courses in plenty of places. After retiring from the army, a niche was found in Colorado and I was encouraged to participate in the Teaching Scholars Program, followed by our School of Medicine’s Academy of Medical Educators, the UK’s national version of the same, and finally the Master’s Program at the Centre for Medical Education at the University of Dundee. I finally feel as if I know what I am doing and look forward to guiding others in their educational endeavors.


Society/Committee Memberships:
  • Society for Education in Anesthesia (SEA) – Chair: Educational Meetings Committee
  • Society for Education in Anesthesia (SEA) – Simulation Committee, Finance Committee
  • Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia – At-Large Board Member
  • Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia – Chair: Quality and Standards Committee
  • CU Global Anesthesia – Board Member
     
What drew you to a career in anesthesiology education?

Serendipity, happenstance and accident…a phone call at night whilst on a 24hr shift in the ICU ended with me speaking to a simulation specialist in Australia. 
Teaching has always been expected during my training and there was always some internal desire to do it better. I don’t mean better than the teaching I was receiving but more a case of improving my own delivery. It’s still a work in progress but at least I have a better understanding of what I do well and where I can improve.


What are a few facts about you people may not know?

I have climbed Denali and used to be a military parachutist. I stick to 14ers now and prefer mountain-biking for thrills, exercise and me-time. I don’t bounce well any more.


What is your advice to an aspiring, young anesthesiologist educator?

Find others in the same position and collaborate. A trouble shared is not only halved but more likely to get published. Scholarship for clinician-educators is crucially important for career development and with more of you working on the project, the quality will improve and you will all hold each other to account and get it finished. Don’t try to do things yourself…it’s a struggle.

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