Teaching & Education

Pierre Bradley teaching airway techniques with a videolaryngoscope to anaesthetists in Bangkok — Teaching at the AACA 2026 pre-congress airway workshop, Chulalongkorn Surgical Training Centre, Bangkok.

Anaesthesia education

I hold an adjunct academic appointment at Monash University as Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor (since 2022), having previously been an Adjunct Senior Lecturer from 2010. My teaching focuses on airway management, human factors and the management of anaesthetic emergencies, for anaesthetists in training, specialists and the wider perioperative team.

I led problem-based learning discussions at ANZCA Annual Scientific Meetings from 2007 to 2012, and served on the ANZCA Provisional Fellowship Program Sub-Committee from 2024 to 2026.

Simulation

Simulation allows teams to practise rare, high-stakes events safely. I have been a simulation instructor at the Southern Health Simulation Centre and the Australian Centre for Health Innovation, teaching medical students, international medical graduates, and neonatal intensive care, maternity, nursing and paramedic teams.

From 2009 to 2018 I was Lead Simulation Instructor for the National Airway Training Course for Anaesthetic Trainees (NATCAT).

Airway management training

I have helped develop three national airway courses in Australia and New Zealand.

Australia & New Zealand Specialist Airway Course (ANZSAC)Co-founder · 2013–2014Skill stations, human factors training and high-fidelity simulation, with one instructor for every two participants.
Advanced Airway Management Refresher Course (AAMRC)Course director and developer · 2009–2012Forty participants from anaesthesia, emergency medicine and intensive care, with instructors from Australia, New Zealand and Singapore.
National Airway Training Course for Anaesthetic Trainees (NATCAT)Developing team, 2009 · Lead Simulation Instructor, 2009–2018Eighty registrars and more than 30 instructors per course, held in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.

Pierre Bradley demonstrating at the unstable cervical spine workshop station — Leading the unstable cervical spine station and coaching participants, Bangkok, 2026.

Pierre Bradley coaching a participant at an airway workshop station — Leading the unstable cervical spine station and coaching participants, Bangkok, 2026.

Crisis resource management

Crisis resource management teaches teams how to communicate, lead and use resources well when something goes wrong. My instructor qualifications include:

Crisis Resource Management Training in Healthcare, InstructorMonash University · 2006
EMAC (Effective Management of Anaesthetic Crises), Instructor2005 · course completed 2004
Post Anaesthetic Crisis Resource Management, Instructor2005
Radiology Crisis Resource Management CoursesConvenor · 2006 and 2008Teaching radiology staff to manage critical incidents.

Course and resource development

Lead developer of a free educational iPad app on topicalisation for awake fibreoptic intubation (2011), downloaded more than 1,500 times and published in 2012 as a downloadable resource for Anaesthesia Continuing Education (ANZCA, ASA and NZSA).
Developer of the PS61 cognitive aid (2016).
Reviewer and developer of the ANZCA CICO CPD Emergency Response Activity (2014).
Reviewer of the airway curriculum component of the ANZCA Registrars Training Program (2013).
Expert reviewer of EMAC Airway Emergencies: A Human Factors Approach (ANZCA, 2018).

Teaching resources

Topicalisation and Sedation for Awake Fibreoptic Intubation Bradley P, Chapman G, Greenland K, Heard A, Hughes R, Mehra R, Segal R, Sivasubramaniam B, Tan H · ANZCA Airway Management Special Interest Group · 2012 A practical guide for experienced endoscopists and a teaching aid for trainees, covering airway anatomy, local anaesthetic dosing, topicalisation techniques, sedation, equipment and training. Free to download from ANZCA (PDF).

For my recent commentary on awake tracheal intubation in the era of videolaryngoscopy, see Research Updates & Journal Watch.

Professional development

My own continuing education has included certificates in Perioperative Medicine (Monash University, 2011 and 2021) and Human Factors (Monash University, 2021), and Advanced Airway Management at the National Patient Simulation Training Centre in New Zealand (2001). I have convened many national and regional meetings between 2006 and 2019, and chaired sessions at numerous ANZCA, ASA and special interest group meetings between 2011 and 2021.

Invited presentations

International invited lectures

Regional Airway Meeting (RAM) 2026: An Asia-Pacific Conference on Multidisciplinary Airway ManagementKota Kinabalu, Malaysia · 2026Two invited lectures:
1. Plenary lecture: "From Critical Events to Safer Systems"
2. "Back to Basics: Facemask Ventilation" (Symposium: Airway Training and Education)
AACA 2026Bangkok · 2026Two plenary lectures:
1. "High Flow Oxygenation, Smart Choices"
2. "Lord of the Tubes" (trauma airway)
18th World Congress of AnaesthesiologistsSingapore · 2024Bag valve ventilation
World Airway Management MeetingAmsterdam · 2019Plenary lecture on suxamethonium
ANZCA Airway Management Special Interest Group meetingKuala Lumpur · 2019High-flow nasal oxygen; cricoid pressure
World Airway Management MeetingDublin · 2015Videolaryngoscopy
World Congress on Larynx CancerCairns · 2015Invited presentation
Global Conference on Anaesthesia in the Cancer PatientMelbourne · 2014Invited presentation
ANZCA Combined Scientific MeetingHong Kong · 2011Invited presentation

International workshops and instruction

World Congress of AnaesthesiologistsSingapore · 2024Extubation
World Airway Management MeetingAmsterdam · 2019Can't Intubate Can't Oxygenate (CICO)
Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and IrelandDublin · 2018Video-assisted fibreoptic intubation
Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and IrelandLiverpool · 2017Video-assisted fibreoptic intubation
Royal College of Anesthesiologists of ThailandBangkok · 2016Can't Intubate Can't Oxygenate (CICO)
World Airway Management MeetingDublin · 2015Workshop instructor
ANZCA Annual Scientific Meetings2011, 2014 and 2019 · 2011–2019Workshop instructor
Asia Pacific Airway Management CourseHong Kong · 2011Instructor

Selected national presentations

Between 2003 and 2024 I have presented at many Australian Society of Anaesthetists National Scientific Congresses, ANZCA Annual Scientific Meetings, special interest group and regional meetings, on topics including airway assessment, videolaryngoscopy and awake fibreoptic intubation. Others include a plenary presentation at ADSNA (2013), and presentations at ASPAAN (2012), a meeting in Geelong (2019) and the Australian Chiropractors Association (2019).

Pierre Bradley speaking on a conference panel — Speaking on a conference panel, and as an invited speaker at the 17th Asian Australasian Congress of Anaesthesiologists, Bangkok, 2026.

Pierre Bradley at the 17th Asian Australasian Congress of Anaesthesiologists in Bangkok — Speaking on a conference panel, and as an invited speaker at the 17th Asian Australasian Congress of Anaesthesiologists, Bangkok, 2026.

Conference organisation

MSD Networks in Anaesthesia and SurgerySydney · 2017 · Chair of steering committeeTwo-day meeting, 120 delegates
Royal College of Anesthesiologists of Thailand Airway Management CourseBangkok · 2016 · Co-organiserMore than 100 delegates from Thailand, Vietnam and China
Airway Special Interest Group Biannual MeetingSingapore · 2014 · Co-organiserThree-day meeting, more than 250 international delegates
ANZCA Annual Scientific Meeting Airway WorkshopsSingapore · 2014 · Organiser15 workshops, 926 participants
Asia Pacific Airway Management CourseHong Kong · 2011 · Co-organiser100 delegates from mainland China

Workshop faculty and participants at the Chulalongkorn Surgical Training Centre — Faculty and participants, Chulalongkorn Surgical Training Centre, Bangkok, 2026.