2025 College Medal Recipient – Bruce Lister
The College congratulates Bruce Lister, who was presented with the 2025 College Medal at the recent Graduation Ceremony and Dinner at the ASM to recognise his outstanding contribution to the Specialty of Intensive Care Medicine.
The College thanks Dr Melita Trout for her below words outlining Bruce’s commitment and contribution to Intensive Care Medicine.
It might be a shorter list to write about what Bruce has not made a contribution towards....
In addition to his long clinical career in Paediatric ICU based in Brisbane, the contribution towards intensive care education is truly remarkable, whether it was writing chapters/co-contributor to textbooks, in establishment and worldwide propagation of courses such as Paeds BASIC, the Welcome to Intensive care Training (WIT) course, incorporation of the Management Course into our training program, faculty on innumerable courses such as APLS, Supervisor of Training workshops, simulation education courses (and many many more) or kickstarting the Curriculum Renewal program.
Bruce embodies the concept of lifelong learning - I personally met him at an ultrasound course in the 2000's where, as a senior staff specialist, he was attending to acquire new skills as he saw that it was becoming an integral part of every day ICU practice. In "retirement", he continues to work towards his PhD after having completed his Masters in Health Professional Education from Maastricht University.
He has given back to the community of intensive care specialists through his contributions as a member of the Inaugural Board of the College of Intensive Care Medicine 2009, Chair of the Second Part Paediatric Exam, the inaugural medical lead of the Queensland ICU Training Pathway in 2012, Director of Professional Affairs for the College for ~8 years. In these roles he has influenced innumerable junior doctors, intensive care trainees and specialists with his selfless dedication of time and energy to provide advice and guidance to all - they only had to ask.
Bruce advocates tirelessly for diversity in our workplaces and our training program, with results demonstrable in the increase of trainees from Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Māori, and Pasifika backgrounds. He advocates also for equity in the global health sphere and has travelled to deliver courses on all the continents (bar Antarctica) to build capacity in the intensive care community.
