Episode 3 - Clare Skinner

Dr Clare Skinner

This week on the podcast we speak with Dr Clare Skinner. Clare is the Director of Emergency Medicine at Hornsby Kuring-Gai Hospital in Sydney, a Curriculum Advisor for the Sydney Medical Schools and has been recognised as one of the Top 50 Public Sector Women (NSW) list.

Clare shares her thoughts on ED workplace culture, workforce, patient safety, being kind to each other in the department and the people who influence our practice. We also discussed a few of Clare's internet essays and blogs which give a wonderfully conversational view of Clare's influences and thoughts about the care we provide.

• Clare’s story about her first day as a consultant

• When the anaesthetics registrar said ‘Don’t tell anyone I did your cannula’

• Clare’s wish list for emergency care

Clare is also the driving force behind a COVID-19 inspired virtual choir and orchestra comprised of ED doctors, nurses and colleagues making music together for health care worker wellbeing. Check out the work of ED Musos by following @EDMusos on Twitter and their cover of Billy Joel's 'Stay at Home' State of Mind on YouTube. You’re bound to recognise a colleague or two.