ANZCA Bulletin June 2012 - final.pdf - Australian and New Zealand ...

Australian newscontinuedNew South WalesNSW Regional CommitteeThere is a significant and exciting “changing of guard” at the NSWRegional Committee this year. Six members are leavingthe committee, including three former chairs, Jo Sutherland,Michael Amos and Richard Halliwell.I thank these three dedicated people, who have more than 30years of experience at regional committee level. They have giventheir time and experience to the College in many roles on thecommittee.Also leaving is Tracey Tay, who has made a great contributionto the committee including as regional educational officer. Thanksalso to Michael Rose and Kar Soon Lim, who have contributedparticularly with formal projects and education over the past fouryears. I sincerely thank all these retiring members of the statecommittee for all the excellent work they have done.This year presents the exciting challenge of the revisedANZCA curriculum. The NSW region also has a large numberof hospital accreditation inspections ahead.To help lighten the load, I welcome Andrew Armstrong, MichelleMoyle, Nicole Phillips, Michael Stone, Suyin Tan, Emily Wilcox tothe committee. Please feel free to speak to any members of thecommittee about any issues or concerns.Simon Martel and Carl D’Souza will represent the new Fellows,while we welcome Michael Wirth as Chair of the NSW TraineeCommittee. Thanks to Lewis Holford who has handed over toGavin Patullo representing the Faculty of Pain Medicine on thecommittee.The NSW Regional Committee as always has the support ofthe NSW representatives at the ANZCA Council, Frank Moloney,Patrick Farrell and Michelle Mulligan, and this continues.The committee welcomes the continued input of CarmelMcInerney (ACT) and Michael Farr (Australian Society ofAnaesthetists).To conclude, ANZCA Curriculum Revision 2013 presents anexciting change to education within the College and this, combinedwith the usual workforce and accreditation requirements, willpresent some challenges to the new NSW Regional Committee.I look forward to the contributions of all members as I thankthose who have contributed greatly in the past.Dr Greg O’Sullivan, DirectorAnaesthetic DepartmentSt Vincent’s HospitalAustralian Medical AssociationCareers DayMembers of the ANZCA NSW Regional Committee and NSWTrainee Committee attended the NSW Australian MedicalAssociation Careers Day on May 5 at Sydney Olympic Park.The day was designed to introduce the various career optionsavailable to junior doctors. Approximately 300 junior doctors andmedical students attended the event.The NSW ANZCA table was well attended and questionsranged from “How do I become an anaesthetist?” to “How doI pass the primary exam?” and “How do I get a trainee job?”.There were also many questions about the curriculum changeand how it will affect training.A highlight of the day was a retrieval demonstration byCareflight, who flew in to extricate an injured child from a mockupplayground accident. This generated great interest amongattendees when it was revealed that anaesthetists are part ofthe retrieval team.Many thanks to NSW ANZCA staff and doctors who gave uptheir Saturday to talk about anaesthetics.Above clockwise from top left: Dr Richard Halliwell and Dr Greg O’Sullivan;Mock retrieval at the Australian Medical Association Careers Day; TheANZCA table.74 ANZCA Bulletin June 2012