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

Faculty of Pain MedicineFPM Boardmeeting reportcontinuedRetrospective credit of prior trainingThe board approved the establishmentof a working party to develop criteriaupon which to base decisions regardingthe awarding of retrospective credit forprior training and experience in a mannerthat is reliable, available to relevantstakeholders, and based on the currentunderstanding of the requirements of aspecialist pain medicine physician. Therewill be collaboration with the plannedIMGS Working Group.Training unit accreditationThe Gold Coast InterdisciplinaryPersistent Pain Centre has beenaccredited for pain medicine training.Concord Repatriation General Hospital,Royal Children’s Hospital and FlindersMedical Centre have been re-accredited.The board approved the revised Facultyprofessional document PM2 (2012)Guidelines for Units Offering Trainingin Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine. Therevised document includes criteria forTier 2 accreditation for units deemed bythe Faculty Training Unit AccreditationCommittee to have significant strengthsin some areas of pain medicine practice,but not the breadth of practice required tosatisfactorily meet the requirements of acomprehensive (Tier 1) training facility (asstipulated in PM2).Continuing professional development2012 ASM and Refresher CourseDay – PerthThe Faculty’s Refresher Course Day andASM programs were a great success.The refresher course attracted morethan 130 delegates and strong supportfrom healthcare industry sponsorsand exhibitors. The program providedinsights into the importance of outcomemeasurement in pain management. Theday was completed with a dinner at theOld Brewery overlooking the magnificentSwan River. The meetings attractedwidespread media coverage and the ASME-newsletter was well received. Thanksgo to all who contributed in bringing thisevent to fruition.The Best Free Paper Award was awardedto Dr Sarika Kumar for her papertitled “Total and free ropivacaine druglevels during continuous TransversusAbdominis Plane (TAP) block forpostoperative analgesia after abdominalsurgery: A pilot study”.The Dean’s Prize was not awarded.2014 ASM and Refresher CourseDay – SingaporeFollowing the change of venue fromSydney to Singapore, the Faculty hasappointed a Co-FPM Scientific Convenor,Dr Kian Hian Tan (Singapore), to workwith Dr Lewis Holford. The Faculty isinvestigating potential venues for theRefresher Course Day in Singapore andopportunities for collaboration with theRoyal Australasian College of Surgeonspain medicine section.ProfessionalElectronic Persistent Pain OutcomesCentre (ePPOC)The project to develop a nationalbenchmarking system for chronicpain has now been provisionally titled‘Electronic Persistent Pain OutcomeCentre’ (ePPOC). Development is plannedin three stages; a funded planning stage;an initial pilot; larger roll out. Stage oneis aimed at developing a sustainablebusiness model for ePPOC. Once anapproved business plan is developedand a funding module is secured, a pilotroll out involving six to eight centresis anticipated. This will enable initialimplementation and system development.Once the benchmarking system is refined,a larger roll out will be launched.SubmissionsThe Faculty’s submission to theAustralian Medical Council for ongoingaccreditation was submitted March 2012and can be viewed on the FPM website atwww.fpm.anzca.edu.au/communications/accreditation-submissions.The Faculty has recently contributedto the following submissions, whichcan be viewed at www.anzca.edu.au/communications/submissions/government-submissions-2012• Health Workforce Principal Committee– Development of national criteriaunder the National Registration andAccreditation Scheme (NRAS)– April 2012• Medical Board of Australia –Consultation on the board fundingexternal doctors’ health programs– April 2012• Department of Health and Ageing –Evidence requirements for assessmentof applications for the prostheses list:A discussion paper – February 2012• Deputy Director General, Governance,Workforce and Corporate – Request forinformation to support NSW medicalspecialist modelling – March 2012FinanceAt the end of April, the Faculty remainedin a positive position against budget.2012 calendarDates for future board meetings:August 13 (Melbourne)October 29 (Melbourne)84 ANZCA Bulletin June 2012