ANZCA Bulletin June 2011 - Australian and New Zealand College of ...

Scientific program
The CSM featured more than 150
presentations, 66 workshops, 47
problem-based learning discussions
(PBLDs) and quality assurance sessions
and 94 posters.
The meeting boasted an impressive
line-up of invited speakers – Dr Steve
Yentis (ANZCA CSM Visitor) from
London, Associate Professor David Scott
(Australasian Visitor) from Melbourne,
Professor M. Catherine Bushnell (FPM
CSM Visitor) from Montreal, Professor
You Wan (Hong Kong Visitor, Pain
Medicine) from Beijing, Professor
Vincent Chan (Hong Kong Visitor) from
Ontario, Professor Spencer Liu (Society
of Anaesthetists of Hong Kong Visitor)
from New York, Professor Mervyn
Singer (HKCA Visitor) from London and
Professor Homer Yang (HKCA Visitor)
from Ottawa.
One of the highlights of the scientifi c
program was a real-time ultrasoundguided
regional anaesthesia
demonstration. Associate Professor
Manoj Karmakar demonstrated a sciatic
nerve block, a lumbar plexus block
and spinal anaesthesia for a patient
undergoing a total knee replacement
at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong
Kong with the live footage beamed into
the convention centre.
The prestigious Gilbert Brown Prize for
research by Fellows within eight years
of admission to their original fellowship,
was awarded to Dr Paul Sadleir from
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in WA for
“Sugammadex unlikely to attenuate
rocuronium-induced anaphylaxis
– evidence from an in-vivo model”.
Formal project prizes were awarded to
Dr Sharnie Wu from Lithgow in NSW
for “Anterior sub-Tenon anaesthesia for
cataract surgery” and Dr Yee Wah Tse
from Hong Kong for “Sudden blackout of
the Dräger Zeus anaesthetic machine”.
The CSM 2011 trainee poster prize was
awarded to Dr Natalie Kruit from NSW
for “25 year retrospective analysis of
trends in management of liver trauma”
and Associate Professor Ross Kennedy
from Christchurch, New Zealand won the
CSM 2011 open poster prize for “Use of
intrathecal morphine does not infl uence
‘MAC-awake’ of sevofl urane”.
To maximise the dissemination of
presentations delivered at the meeting,
ANZCA’s Education Project Offi cer Susan
Batur worked on behalf of FPM to record
several podcasts that can be accessed
via the FPM website.
A successful workplace-based
assessment (WBA) workshop was
also coordinated by Dr Jodi Graham on
behalf of the ANZCA Workplace-based
Assessment Committee to introduce
delegates to some of the challenges
faced in introducing WBA tools to
the ANZCA training program.
Pain medicine
The well-attended FPM Refresher Course
Day – 158 registrants – was a highly
successful precursor to the CSM marred
slightly by the temporary illness of
keynote speaker Professor Bushnell.
The theme of the Refresher Course
Day was “Pain management: Getting
closer to the dragon pearl”. Twelve
speakers gave presentations on sessions
titled “Neurobiology”, “Challenges in
opioid therapy”, “Outcomes in pain
management” and “Eastern infl uences”.
The rest of the FPM program held over
the fi rst two days of the CSM covered
psychology, cancer pain, professionalism,
musculoskeletal pain and acute
peri-operative pain.
FPM wrapped up its CSM program
with its annual general meeting at
which the winner of the Dean’s Prize
was announced as Dr Rohan Russell
for “A comparison of post-operative
opioid requirements and effectiveness
in methadone-maintained and
buprenorphine-maintained patients”.
The Free Paper Session winner was
Dr Allyson Browne for “Screening for
acute factors that predict pain post
trauma: A pilot study”.
Clockwise from top left: Hong Kong CSM
2011 Convenor Dr Chi-Wai Cheung opening
the conference; FPM Scientifi c Convenor
Dr Phoon-Ping Chen, CSM Scientifi c
Convenor Professor Warwick Ngan Kee,
Hong Kong College of Anaesthesiologists
President Professor Michael Irwin, ANZCA
President Professor Kate Leslie, FPM Dean
Dr David Jones and Dr Chi-Wai Cheung at
the conference opening; delegates at the
conference; ANZCA/HKCA College Ceremony
Orator Dr John Chan; Professor Kate Leslie
and Professor Michael Irwin at the Gala
Dinner; Professor Warwick Ngan Kee;
delegates in the Convention Hall.
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ANZCA Bulletin June 2011