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Dr Susan Hale
Dr Susan Hale
The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Evaluating the Women's Empowerment and Leadership Initiative
Supporting mentorship, career satisfaction, and well-being among pediatric anesthesiologists
Pediatric Anesthesia
Submitted January 2023 by Dr Susan Hale
Aim To evaluate the impact of the Women’s Empowerment and Leadership Initiative (WELI) on career development over time. Method This is an anonymous voluntary email survey study of proteges and...
Eight years of CRASH
A bi-national initiative helping critical care doctors return to work
Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine
Submitted January 2023 by Dr Susan Hale
The Critical Care, Resuscitation, Airway Skills: Helping you return to work course (CRASH) course is a bi-national (Australia and New Zealand) collaboration between anaesthetists, intensivists and...
Should we change women to become leaders or should we change leadership for everyone?
Pediatric Anesthesia
Submitted January 2023 by Dr Susan Hale
This editorial, written by authors from the Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management at Perth Children’s Hospital, describes various initiatives such as the Woman’s Empowerment and Leadership...
How Did They Get There? What Perspectives From the Top Tell Us About Developing Women Leaders in Academic Anesthesiology
Anesthesia Analgesia
Submitted January 2023 by Dr Susan Hale
This editorial focuses on the concept of sponsorship in academic medicine as raised in the above study [Basile et al, 2023] and reflects on how effective sponsorship can be promulgated at personal,...
Gender Gap
A Qualitative Study of Women and Leadership Acquisition in Anesthesiology
Anesthesia Analgesia
Submitted January 2023 by Dr Susan Hale
Introduction This study investigated the role of internal and external factors influencing the career pathways of 26 women identified as being in leadership positions in academic anesthesiology in...
