ANZCA Bulletin June 2012 - final.pdf - Australian and New Zealand ...
ANZCA Bulletin June 2012 - final.pdf - Australian and New Zealand ...
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AcknowledgingProfessor Kate LeslieIt is my pleasure to acknowledge ourimmediate past president Kate Leslie<strong>and</strong> her work as the leader of the Collegefrom May 2010 to May <strong>2012</strong>. Kate’spresidency has been marked by a clearvision, exceptional attention to process<strong>and</strong> outcomes, coupled with strong <strong>and</strong>decisive leadership.Kate’s efforts have been tireless <strong>and</strong>her style courageous. Through the visionof ENGAGE she urged us to embrace,negotiate <strong>and</strong> influence, get involved,advocate, give our support <strong>and</strong> educate.There have been many achievementsunder Kate’s leadership:• Delivering a plan with our formerCEO Mike Richards to strengthen ourcapability in areas such as educationdevelopment, fellowship affairs, policy<strong>and</strong> communications.• Recruiting our new CEO, Linda Sorrell,<strong>and</strong> putting in place a forward-lookingrelational <strong>and</strong> collaborative agenda.• Leading the organisation to be ready forthe rollout of the revised curriculum,<strong>ANZCA</strong> Curriculum Revision 2013.• In collaboration with others, achievinga critical Medicare schedule change tofund trainees in private.• Building activities <strong>and</strong> collaborationsin overseas aid.• Setting new st<strong>and</strong>ards of clarity forFellows <strong>and</strong> trainee participating inCollege activities through terms ofreference for <strong>ANZCA</strong> committees <strong>and</strong>leaders.• Leading the charge for improving ourapproach to indigenous health.• Confirming <strong>and</strong> codifying the crucialrelationship between <strong>ANZCA</strong> <strong>and</strong>the Faculty of Pain Medicine byconstitutional review.• Strengthening relationships withour important partners notably theCollege of Intensive Care Medicine, theCollege of Surgeons <strong>and</strong> the Society forPaediatric Anaesthesia in <strong>New</strong> Zeal<strong>and</strong><strong>and</strong> Australia.• Overseeing two highly successfulannual scientific meetings – in 2011held jointly with the Hong Kong Collegeof Anaesthesiologists <strong>and</strong> this year inPerth.• Reinforcing the College’s commitment topreserving our history <strong>and</strong> heritage.Through her ENGAGE strategy, Kate hasachieved much. I, along with the <strong>ANZCA</strong>Council, am committed to continuingto work in all of these areas, as they arestrengths for our College that are worthbuilding upon.Kate, on behalf of all Fellows, trainees<strong>and</strong> staff, thank you. We wish you well inyour future endeavours.Dr Lindy Roberts<strong>ANZCA</strong> President6 <strong>ANZCA</strong> <strong>Bulletin</strong> <strong>June</strong> <strong>2012</strong>
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