From the President
From the Office
CPD 2012
2012 ASM
ICU Update
Rural Health Update
Point of Interest
Courses & Events
Positions Vacant
Airway Survey
From the President
As we approach the end of 2011, we can begin to look back on an eventful and productive year for the College .
However, the normal functions and outputs of the College continue, with the completion of the October Fellowship exam. Our congratulations to all the successful candidates and an acknowledgement to all the Supervisors of Training, mentors and teachers that all contribute to the successes of our Trainees at the exams.
The contributions of our Fellows in supporting our Trainees is the essence of Fellowship and the College acknowledges this tremendous effort.
The Board is focussed on redeveloping the curriculum to revise it in accordance with the many changes in intensive care medicine to facilitate and focus training with the principal aim of continuing to train the best intensive care specialists in the world. The new initiatives and proposed changes to the curriculum will be distributed to Regional Committees and Fellows in the first half of 2012 and the College looks forward to receiving input from Fellows and Trainees.
The new CPD program is nearly finalised and ready to go "live" in 2012. Many of you will have received a draft manual - please take the opportunity to review this and provide any feedback to Lisa Davidson.
From the Office
It‘s hard to believe we are one e-news away from Christmas! The office has been on skeleton staff of late with the exams being run in Sydney and Brisbane. We will return to full ranks on Monday, just in time for the Board meeting next week.
We are very sad to announce that a member of the CICM family will be leaving us in the coming weeks, Elyse Lithgow who has been with the College for two and a half years will be bidding us farewell. Elyse has been offered a wonderful opportunity that was too good to pass up and they will be extremely lucky to have her. Elyse has been an invaluable asset to the Training and Exams department and both Trainees and Fellows alike have always spoken incredibly highly of her, she is going to be greatly missed by all the staff in the office and we wish her all the best in her future endeavours.
CPD 2012
The College is introducing a new Continuing Professional Development program in January 2012 to replace the current MOPS Program.
The CPD Committee researched a range of CPD programs implemented by medical colleges in Australia and overseas and the final framework features elements from these programs and also the Leap Framework recommended by the CPMC. The Program places emphasis on adult lifelong learning principles. The program is also designed to meet the current standards set out by the AMC and also addresses issues identified by the needs analysis commissioned by the JFICM in 2005.
As you will be aware, the Medical Board of Australia has stipulated that from 1st July 2010 medical practitioners who are engaged in any form of medical practice in Australia must be participating in a continuing professional development program that is relevant to their scope of practice. Fellows of medical colleges accredited by the AMC will be fulfilling the requirements if they participate in their Colleges program. Further to this, the College Board decided in February 2011 that to fulfil the requirements of the CICM CPD Program, Fellows must complete the CICM program or alternatively dual Fellows may complete the College CPD programs of; RACP, ANZCA or ACEM. Fellows residing outside Australia and New Zealand may choose to complete a suitable program in their country of residence. All Fellows who do not participate in the College program will be required to submit evidence of participation in their chosen alternative program.
The CPD program will be conducted through an online platform. Fellows will have access to a new CPD Online Diary as well as online and printed resources to facilitate participation. The new online diary will be launched in January 2012.
If you have any questions about the new program or would like to see the new framework, please contact Lisa Davidson, lisad@cicm.org.au
2012 ASM
MARK YOUR DIARY
Breathe Easy: Oxygenation in the New Millennium
Sofitel, Melbourne 25 - 27 May 2012
2012 ASM WEBSITE IS NOW LIVE!
Join us at the CICM 2012 ASM, featuring outstanding international speakers, current topics of controversy, rigorous debate and a focus upon evidence based clinical practice. Full program details will be available on the website shortly.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
· Oxygenation: Where are the limits?
· Oxygen Delivery
· Primum non nocere
· Manipulating the microcirculation
· Intensive monitoring: All bark no bite?
· The Role of Non Invasive Ventilation
· What about C02?
· Organ Specific Goals of Oxygenation
IMPORTANT DATES
· ABSTRACTS OPEN 21 NOVEMBER
· REGISTRATIONS OPEN 27JANUARY
· EARLY BIRD REGISTRATIONS CLOSE 30 MARCH
INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS(click on the links to view details of our speakers)
· Professor Gilles Capelli
· Dr Mike Grocott
NATIONAL SPEAKERS
· Dr David Bihari
· Professor Jack Cade
· A/Professor John Fraser
· Professor Carlos Scheinkestel
· Dr Stephen Streat
· Dr Ravi Tiruvoipati
· A/Professor David Tuxen
· Professor Bala Venkatesh
· A/ Professor R.C (Bob) Wright
The College would like to thank BAXTER for their sponsorship and continued support of the ASM.
The College would like to thank BAXTER for their sponsorship and continued support of the ASM.
ICU Update
ICU UPDATE - 24 MAY (Day before the ASM)
The second ICU update will be held on Thursday 24th May 2012 at the Hilton on the Park, Melbourne. Discount will be given to those also attending the ASM. Further details coming soon. To indicate your interest, please email Stephanie Gershon: stephg@cicm.org.au
Rural Health Update
Rural Health Update - Bush Track to Boulevard
Byron Bay - March 1st & 2nd 2012
This clinical update is aimed at Rural, Regional and Metropolitan Specialists (CICM and Non CICM Fellows) who wish to maintain their skills and knowledge in intensive care medicine.
The program will include updates in:
o Advanced life support
o Sepsis
o Retrieval
o Trauma and sedation management
o ICU echocardiography
o A comprehensive paediatric update for non-paediatric intensivists
More details of the program will be available shortly on our website. Registration is free and will open on December 1st. To indicate your interest, please contact Stephanie Gershon at the College, on stephg@cicm.org.au.
www.ruralspecialists.org.au
Point of Interest
History of British Intensive Care
For those history buffs out there who have an interest in the historical development of Intensive Care, particuarly in Britain, then we recommend you have a look at this publication:
http://www.history.qmul.ac.uk/research/modbiomed/wellcome_witnesses/vol42/56693.html
The world medical community has been outraged by the recent announcement that twenty Bahraini medics have been jailed for between five and fifteen years for treating wounded activistis during protests at the beginning of the year.
The World Medical Association have responded to the situation and details can be found at the website:
http://www.wma.net/en/30publications/10policies/b2/index.html
For those history buffs out there who have an interest in the historical development of Intensive Care, particuarly in Britain, then we recommend you have a look at this publication:
http://www.history.qmul.ac.uk/research/modbiomed/wellcome_witnesses/vol42/56693.html
Bahrain Doctors Jailed
The world medical community has been outraged by the recent announcement that twenty Bahraini medics have been jailed for between five and fifteen years for treating wounded activistis during protests at the beginning of the year.
The World Medical Association have responded to the situation and details can be found at the website:
http://www.wma.net/en/30publications/10policies/b2/index.html
Courses & Events
THE ALFRED ICU COURSES - MELBOURNE
The Alfred offers courses year round in:
· Advanced Life Support (ALS)
· Basic Assessment & Support in Intensive(Basic)
· Bronchoscopy
· Echocardiography
· ECMO including Cannulation
· Mechanical Ventilation
· Nutrition
· Renal
· Trauma
There are Symposiums with International Guest Speakers and numerous courses with high practical content and low faculty:participant ratios. All courses are accredited for CME points and Early Bird offers are available at major meetings.
All are welcome to enrol in any of these courses and program details plus further information can be found at www.alfredicu.org.au/courses or for assistance you can call Cathy Oswald the Conference Co-ordinator on (03)9076 5397. We look forward to hosting you.
All are welcome to enrol in any of these courses and program details plus further information can be found at www.alfredicu.org.au/courses or for assistance you can call Cathy Oswald the Conference Co-ordinator on (03)9076 5397. We look forward to hosting you.
Positions Vacant
Deputy Director of Intensive Care - Intensive Care Unit, Rockhampton Hospital,
Central Queensland Health Service District. Remuneration value up to $418 831 p.a., comprising salary between $147 491 - $187 000 p.a., employer contribution to superannuation (up to 12.75%), annual leave loading (17.5%), private use of fully maintained vehicle, communications package, professional development allowance, professional development leave 3.6 weeks p.a., professional indemnity cover, clinical manager‘s allowance, private practice arrangements plus overtime and on-call allowances (L18-L27) (Applications will remain current for 12 months)
Duties/Abilities: Responsible for the provision of high quality clinical services as part of the Intensive Care Unit and the education of Medical Staff and Students, Allied Health, interested Community Groups and Nursing Staff. Actively participate in patient safety, audit, research and service planning activities while assisting the Director.
Enquiries: Dr David Austin (07) 4920 6313.
Job Ad Reference: H11RK10249.
Application Kit: (07) 4920 7000 or www.health.qld.gov.au/workforus
Closing Date: Monday, 5 December 2011.
Airway Survey
Survey of experience in the use of adult difficult airway equipment amongst intensive care (ICU) practitioners
As a member of the College we are keen to find out your experience in the use of currently available difficult airway devices. As such we would be very grateful for your participation in a short online survey.
Please click on this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/airwaysurvey which will direct you to our automated survey.
We suspect that the experience and familiarity of intensive care practitioners with the vast array of adult difficult airway equipment available is diverse.
This survey is a simple click box design and should take you 5 minutes to complete. We will not collect any information that could identify you personally or the hospital where you work. Even if you are not currently working in intensive care or adult practice we are still interested in your responses as a member of the College.
We hope to publish the results of the survey in 2012 and look forward to sharing those with you.
With Thanks,
Imogen Ketchley (ICU Senior Registrar - Liverpool Hospital, Sydney)
William O‘Regan (ICU Senior Staff Specialist - Liverpool Hospital Sydney)