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

President’s
message
At the recent College Ceremony during
the Combined Scientific Meeting in
Hong Kong, we welcomed a record 226
new Fellows to ANZCA and the Faculty
of Pain Medicine. As each new Fellow
crossed the stage to be presented, it was
wonderful to witness how excited they
looked about the ceremony and about
starting their careers as specialists in
anaesthesia and pain medicine. The
presentation of each new Fellow was
accompanied by cheers from family,
friends and colleagues in the audience,
indicating their admiration for past
achievements and their support for
the future.
In my address to the new Fellows
at the ceremony, I focused on “What
your College can do for you”. While
there are many services that Fellows
can and do provide to the College, it
is good to reflect from time to time on
the services that the College offers its
Fellows and whether these are meeting
their needs where they work and live –
and our primary mission of providing
safe and high quality care for patients.
Some of these benefits are intangible,
but without them, we could not take
advantage of the opportunities that
exist nor manage the risks facing our
specialties now and in the future.
Quality and safety
The College provides a range of services
and advocacy that promote safe and
high quality care wherever anaesthesia
and pain medicine services are provided
in our region:
• ANZCA and FPM professional
documents.
• Safety alerts.
• Input into clinical indicator projects.
• Triennial mortality reports.
• Hospital inspection and accreditation.
• ANZCA Code of Conduct.
• The ANZTADC incident monitoring
project (in collaboration with the
Australian Society of Anaesthetists
and the New Zealand Society of
Anaesthetists).
Continuing professional
development (CPD)
The College provides a wide range
of CPD resources:
• CPD standard setting.
• ANZCA CPD program.
• CPD program helpdesk.
• Fortnightly CPD emails.
• Library (including books, online
journals, assistance with literature
searches).
• Publications (including Acute Pain
Management: Scientific Evidence,
Australasian Anaesthesia and other
guidelines and resource documents).
• Podcasts and webinars.
• Clinical teacher courses.
• Annual scientific meeting.
• Regional ANZCA continuing medical
education (CME) meetings.
• Joint CME activities with the
Australian Society of Anaesthetists
and the New Zealand Society of
Anaesthetists (regional meetings
and special interest groups).
Communications
Our communications package aims
to keep Fellows up to date and to
promote our specialties:
• Website.
• ANZCA Bulletin.
• Annual report.
• Triennial mortality reports.
• e-newsletters (including annual
scientific meeting e-news).
• Other emails with important alerts
for members.
• Media releases and interviews.
• Promotion of history and heritage
(museum, archives and library).
Advocacy
Behind the scenes, ANZCA Fellows,
trainees and staff work hard to maintain
and build the status of our profession
and minimise risk, including:
• Policy submissions to governmental
and non-governmental bodies.
• Meetings with jurisdictions, hospitals,
consumer groups and the media.
• National Pain Summit and National
Pain Strategy.
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ANZCA Bulletin June 2011