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

Indigenous Health Committee: Inseeking to determine and monitor thenumbers of indigenous trainees andFellows in Australia and New Zealand andin line with a request from the Committeeof Presidents of Medical CollegesIndigenous Subcommittee, questionsderived from the census of both Australiaand New Zealand will be included in thetraining application and subscriptionnotices.Terms of reference: Council approvedthe following terms of reference forFellows and trainees occupyingleadership roles within ANZCA: President;vice-president; honorary treasurer;councillors; committee, subcommitteeand working group chairs; committee,subcommittee and working groupmembers; chair of examinations; finaland primary examiners; TrainingAccreditation Committee inspectors;international medical graduate specialistpanel members; international medicalgraduate specialist workplace-basedassessment assessors; and the annualscientific meeting officer. Copies of thesedocuments will be made available onthe ANZCA website shortly.Australian federal not-for-profitsector reform: The CEO provided theANZCA Council information aboutthe establishment of an independentregulator, the Australian Charities andNot-for-profits Commission (ACNC), a newdefinition of ‘charity’ and other changes.The college will ensure it is prepared forthese changes.Regulations: Amendments have beenmade as follows with copies to be madeavailable on the ANZCA website shortly:• Regulation 2 – ‘Committees of theCouncil’ to include the EMAC CourseSubcommittee and the Anaesthesia andPain Medicine Foundation (regulation34 was withdrawn).• Regulation 4 – ‘ExaminationSubcommittees and Courts’ (thisregulation will be withdrawn from thestart of the 2013 Hospital EmploymentYear, with content to be distributed toregulations 2 and 37 and the terms ofreference).• Regulation 6.4 – ‘Admission toFellowship by Assessment’.• Regulation 30 – ‘Reconsideration andReview’ to include a time limit of 3months from the date of the decisionto applications for reconsiderationand review.Quality and SafetyRecategorisation of ‘T’ documentsto ‘PS’ documentsDuring the work of the TE-DocumentDevelopment Group, it became evidentthat the College’s professional documentscould be rationalised by reclassifyingall documents in the “technical (“T”)”category as “professional standards(“PS”)”. The proposed change incategorisation would apply to:• T01 Recommendations on MinimumFacilities for Safe Administration ofAnaesthesia in Operating Suites andOther Anaesthetising Locations.• T03 Minimum Safety Requirementsfor Anaesthetic Machines for ClinicalPractice.• T04 Guidelines on Equipment toManage a Difficult Airway DuringAnaesthesia.PS42 Recommendations for Staffingof Departments of AnaesthesiaA document development group will beestablished to review the document anddevelop an accompanying backgroundpaper. The following individuals havebeen appointed to the group: Dr MarkReeves (lead; Tas), Dr Vanessa Beavis(NZ), Dr Kerry Brandis (Qld), Dr PeterRoessler (Vic) and Associate ProfessorDaryl Williams (Vic).TE09 Guidelines on Quality Assurancein AnaesthesiaA document development group willbe established to review the TE09 and,develop it into a professional standardand accompanied by a background paper.The Quality and Safety Committee willput forward to council the documentdevelopment group’s composition forapproval.PS16 Statement on the Standards ofPractice of a Specialist Anaesthetistand TE06 Guidelines on the Duties ofan AnaesthetistA document development group willbe established to amalgamate bothdocuments into one professionalstandard and prepare an accompanyingbackground paper. The followingindividuals have been appointed tothe document development group: DrRod Mitchell (lead; SA), Dr Justin Burke(Vic), Dr Alison Corbett (WA RegionalCommittee Vice-Chair), Dr VaughanLaurenson (NZ) and Dr Peter Roessler(Director of Professional Affairs).Retiring CouncillorsThis was the last council meeting forCouncillor Dr Leona Wilson, the Facultyof Pain Medicine Dean Dr David Jones,and New Fellow Councillor Dr JustinBurke. The president thanked them fortheir contributions and wished themwell for their future endeavours.Dr Roberts acknowledged the manysignificant contributions made byProfessor Leslie as the ANZCA presidentand wished her well for the future.Professor Leslie will remain on theANZCA Council for the next two yearsas a councillor.Dr Lindy Roberts will take office as theANZCA President from the annual generalmeeting to be held at the Perth ASM inMay 2012.Professor Kate LesliePresidentDr Lindy RobertsVice-President79