AMD eBulletin 15 October 2021

President's Post

Greetings to all,

The Adult Medicine Division (AMD) Executive Committee met late September and reviewed the progress of the AMD Council’s work plan. I am pleased we are making good progress despite the current COVID-19 outbreak that has impacted so many aspects of our lives.

I am also pleased to report that progress has been made with the Model of Collaboration project. For those who are not familiar with the project, it seeks to formalise the relationship between specialty societies and the RACP through documentation of a principle-based framework that underpins the collaboration opportunities afforded by these relationships. Over recent months, draft schedules have been created and shared with several AMD-affiliated Specialty Societies. This resulted in meetings with Presidents of several specialty societies to explore the relationship between our organisations. I look forward to meeting with more societies in due course.

In September, I met with the Presidents of the Chapters of Addiction Medicine, Palliative Medicine, and Sexual Health Medicine to discuss our respective work plans and upcoming opportunities for collaboration. It became clear that workforce issues affect each Chapter in varying ways, and it is vital that the College collects data to advocate for all of our specialties. As an item on the AMD Council work plan, I will continue advocating for this.

The RACP Online Community (ROC) open forum officially launched to all RACP members at the end of September. If you have not had an opportunity to log in yet, I strongly encourage you to do so via MyRACP. This community will provide members the ability to network and engage with other members. In the absence of being able to attend face-to-face events, this is a great tool to meet like-minded members. I am looking forward to having additional communities come online – in particular, I look forward to lively discussions in the AMD community when it becomes available towards the end of October. To help you get started, this short video has been created. I look forward to chatting with you online soon.

If you would like to discuss any of the above, I encourage you to reach out to me via the AMD secretariat at adult.med@racp.edu.au.

Best wishes,

Professor Don Campbell
Adult Medicine Division President


AChSHM President’s Post

The Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine (AChSHM) is currently accepting applications for the Penelope Lowe Prize, The Prize is named in memory of the late Dr Penelope Lowe, a Fellow of the Chapter and former Chapter trainee representative. The Prize will be awarded to the best presentation of a case by an AChSHM trainee at the AChSHM Annual Scientific Meeting. We encourage all eligible trainees to apply. Please submit your application before the closing date, Friday, 30 November 2021.

Aotearoa New Zealand members are invited to a Fellows Update Meeting hosted by AChSHM President-elect, Dr Massimo Giola on Saturday, 30 October at 2pm NZDT during the New Zealand Sexual Health Society (NZSHS) virtual conference.

The Kirby Institute at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) is offering the new David Cooper Scholarship. Successful candidates will be admitted to the UNSW PhD Program in one of the three terms in 2022.

The scholarship comprises:

  • an annual stipend for a maximum of four years
  • a career development fund allocation to support conference participation and other career development opportunities
  • access to a comprehensive Research Training and Career Development Program
  • a six-month (two terms) integrated internship with an academic unit or industry partner.

Please be advised that registrations are now open for the 42nd New Zealand Sexual Health Society Virtual Conference to be held on Friday, 29 and Saturday, 30 October 2021. The conference is being held under the important theme 'Showing up, speaking out'. Responses to the Aotearoa New Zealand Statement launched in 2019 will be shared at the conference.

Our next AChSHM Committee meeting will be held on Wednesday, 10 November via Zoom. If there are any issues you would like to raise with the Committee, or if you have any feedback for us, please feel free to contact us through our secretariat at shmed@racp.edu.au

Professor Kit Fairley
Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine President


AChPM President’s Post

I would like to invite you all to join me at the AChPM Fellows' Update Meeting on Friday, 12 November at the Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine (ANZSPM) Conference. It will be held online from 1pm to 2pm AEDT, 3pm to 4pm NZDT, providing you with updates on recent Chapter work. All Fellows and trainees are encouraged to register for this event.

The Spirituality Training Working Group (STWG) is making progress on reviewing the workshop content and format. Four modules will be developed, for online delivery. I will keep you informed as more information becomes available.

For the first time, the Biennial Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Conference will be held virtually on Saturday, 13 and Sunday, 14 November 2021. This year’s theme, 'Building bridges: Hospice palliative care beyond borders', highlights the importance of developing our services to overcome barriers, communicating well together, and implementing scientific-rigor to what we do in palliative care. Impressive international and regional speakers will generate discussion around advanced care planning, integration of palliative care in healthcare, and up-to-date interdisciplinary transitional research to help us better care for our patients and their families.

I encourage those interested in palliative care to attend the online conference, with registrations open until Friday, 29 October. All lectures will be available for streaming on demand for up to one month after the conference.

Finally, the RACP is seeking to appoint a College Chapter representative to its Member Health and Wellbeing Committee. The Committee's role is to ensure the College continues to deliver high quality physician education and training programs, support future healthcare systems and provide health policy leadership. Please read the EOI to find out more and submit your application.

The AChPM Committee will meet again in the new year via videoconference. If you have any feedback, questions, or comments for the Committee, please get in touch via our secretariat at pallmed@racp.edu.au.

Dr Michelle Gold
Australasian Chapter of Palliative Medicine President


AChAM President’s Post

I would like to advise that the AChAM Fellows update meeting has been rescheduled to Monday, 8 November at 12:25pm AEDT, 2.25pm NZDT. All RACP Fellows and trainees are invited register to the online meeting, to hear updates on recent Chapter work.

Our Chapter continues advocating on various relevant areas:

The Drug Policy Working Group held its second meeting on 19 August 2021 to discuss the scope of the evidence review, the position statement, and the proposed timeline for this work. The outline of the position statement is currently being developed and members will be provided with an opportunity to provide feedback in due course.

The next AChAM Committee will be held on Tuesday, 7 December via videoconference. If you have any feedback, questions, or comments for the Committee, please get in touch via our secretariat at AddictionMed@racp.edu.au.

Professor Nick Lintzeris 
Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine President


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The ROC (RACP Online Community) is live and is your place to network, engage and connect in real time. It's private, secure and available exclusively to RACP members.

You can use the ROC to:

  • ask questions and start discussions with each other in an easy to access online forum
  • find other members and connect with them
  • expand your professional networks across the membership, or within your specialty, Division, Faculty or Chapter
  • keep up-to-date with College announcements
  • find out about the latest events, updates and resources
  • be informed via a weekly digest email on Thursdays or opt out if you prefer. 

To help you get started, please watch this brief instructional video and hear what others have to say about their experience with the ROC:


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Online Town Hall meeting with the Hon. Greg Hunt MP

Physicians of the future, health system of the future

You're invited to a Town Hall meeting with the Hon. Greg Hunt MP, Minister for Health and Aged Care. This free online event for all members will be held on Wednesday, 10 November from 5.30pm to 7pm AEDT, 7.30pm to 9pm NZDT. We'll present a physician-focused vision of an evolving digitally-supported health system and the way the College can support physicians on their journey there. 

The program

Towards consumer-centric, equitable, evidence-based digitally-supported models of care
How physicians can harness the enthusiasm for telehealth to support integration of digital health in the healthcare and wellness system
Professor Tim Shaw

Q&A with Professor Tim Shaw
Facilitated by Dr Jacqueline Small

Embedding digital technologies and innovation in the health system
The Hon. Greg Hunt MP

Q&A with the Hon. Greg Hunt MP
Facilitated by Dr Jacqueline Small

How discussed changes and challenges are addressed by the College
Professor Andrew Coats AO

Have your say: Member feedback
Facilitated by Professor John Wilson AM

Register now


The RACP Trainees' Wellbeing Webinar 2021

Last chance to register

It's no secret the past 18 months have been a challenge. Prioritise your wellbeing and professional development by attending the RACP Te Hui-ā-Ataata mō te Waiora o ngā Tauira Mahi |  RACP Trainees' Wellbeing Webinar. Held on Rātū, 19 Whiringa-ā-nuku | Tuesday, 19 October from 7pm to 9pm NZDT / 5pm to 7pm AEDT, there's a sensational line-up of speakers planned, so you won't want to miss out.

Announcing our panel member

Glenn Williams - circleWe are thrilled to announce Dr Glenn Williams will be joining us on the panel discussion. Dr Williams is a believer in mindfulness, therapy and the healing effect of the outdoors and fitness. He will discuss being kind to ourselves and our colleagues, and share his personal experiences to demonstrate what has worked for him and what hasn’t. Dr Williams will share tips on how to keep your mental health strong while negotiating the ongoing challenges in the medical profession. Register now to hear from Dr Williams at the Wellbeing Webinar.

Keynote speaker

Another highlight on the program is Dr Susannah Ward's session, Wellbeing tools for life: Strategies for preventing burnout. Hear what she has to say about the event and why you should register in her video

Register now


The National New Fellows’ Online Forum

Tuesday, 19 October, 7pm to 8.30pm (AEDT)

Are you an Australian-based final year Advanced Trainee or New Fellow? You’re invited to a free online event to support you on your journey through Fellowship: the RACP National New Fellows’ Online Forum.

Topics include:

  • On the threshold of consultant practice: The nuts and bolts, dollars and sense
  • Introduction to CPD: A step-by-step process for New Fellows
  • The things I wish I knew when I was new: Hear from a recent New Fellow about what to expect
  • Medico-legal issues: The blurred lines between personal and professional in social media - Case studies and how this directly relates to New Fellows
  • Panel discussion: Navigating the next stage of your career, led by experienced Fellows.

Register now


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The 2021 New Fellow Survey

Thank you to everyone who has participated in the New Fellow Survey so far. If you were admitted to Fellowship of an RACP Division, Faculty or Chapter between 1 October 2019 and 1 October 2020, please complete this important survey.

Your feedback helps us to provide tailored support for you and enables us to make evidence-informed improvements to training programs. This includes how your RACP training program prepared you for unsupervised professional practice, and feedback on your experience of the transition from trainee to specialist physician 

Don’t miss out on sharing your thoughts. The survey closes Wednesday, 10 November 2021. For more information about the survey, including confidentiality and how the data will be reported, please visit the New Fellow Survey webpage.

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Recent climate change and health advocacy

The College has been increasingly involved in climate change advocacy over recent months. We recently completed a consultation process with member bodies and confirmed our endorsement of the 2021 MJA-Lancet Countdown Australian Policy Brief. This year’s Brief will focus on sustainable healthcare, the impacts of heat on work and sport, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander co-design, and is expected to be published later this year.

The RACP joined the international health community to sign the #HealthyClimate Prescription letter, which calls for action to address the climate crisis and will be sent to leaders and delegates ahead of COP26. We also recently participated in a joint webinar with the Australian Medical Association, Doctors for the Environment and 13 medical colleges on climate change leadership and action from Australian doctors. You can watch the recording or read the joint letter to the Prime Minister calling for urgent and meaningful action on climate change.

In August, the College provided feedback on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) draft COP26 Special Report: The Health Argument for Climate Action which aims to raise the health voice, health arguments and health urgency of tackling the climate crisis and provides recommendations to take to COP26. The College also provided feedback and suggestions to improve the Victorian Government’s draft Health and Human Services Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan 2022-2026. The draft plan proposes 14 strategic actions that Victoria’s health and human services system can take during the next five years to address current climate change impacts, reduce barriers to adaptation planning and action, and lay the foundations for transformational adaptation.

Looking ahead, the College continues to progress its Climate Change and Health Research Project. Professor Lynne Madden FAFPHM will speak about the early findings on 16 October at the iDEA 2021 conference which runs online from today; Friday, 15 to Sunday, 17 October under the theme Planet, Health and Hope.


Conjoint Committee for the Recognition of Training in Peripheral Endovascular Therapy

Expressions of interest are sought for membership to the Conjoint Committee for the Recognition of Training in Peripheral Endovascular Therapy.

The Conjoint Committee is constituted by three parent bodies, the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians and The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists. The parent bodies have delegated to the Conjoint Committee powers to formulate training guidelines in Peripheral Endovascular Therapy and to assess the training of persons seeking recognition of their training in this area.

The Conjoint Committee is seeking one Australian-based Fellow.

Members will be appointed to the Conjoint Committee for a period of two years. For further information please visit the Conjoint Committee website.

To apply to join the Conjoint Committee please submit a copy of your current CV to  adult.med@racp.edu.au. Applications close COB Friday, 5 November 2021.


RACP submission to the National Medicines Policy Review

The College submission to the Review of the National Medicines Policy (NMP) is available.

The regulation of medicines and medical devices is of great importance to the College and a matter on which we are actively engaging. In this first stage of the NMP development, we advocate for ongoing specialist physician involvement and draw attention to the strong need for this updated policy to promote consistency across all health sectors. We also note the importance of addressing the needs of different populations, building the workforce and improving medication safety. Furthermore, our submission notes the importance of ensuring secure supply chains and safeguarding the environment. The important issue of whether to expand the NMP to include health technologies or revise the definition of medicines is also addressed in the RACP submission.

Read the submission


Opportunities with RACP Foundation

ANZAN Indigenous Scholarship for Advanced Trainees in Neurology

The Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists (ANZAN) is offering an annual scholarship providing support to an RACP Advanced Trainee who identifies as Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander or Māori and is undertaking the Advanced Training Program in Neurology. Applications close Tuesday, 30 November 2021. See the website for more details. 

RACP Indigenous Health Scholarships

The RACP Indigenous Health Scholarship Program supports medical graduates and current trainees of the RACP who identify as Aboriginal, Torres Strait islander or Māori on their chosen career path to becoming a physician. The scholarships provide a funded-pathway through Basic, Advanced, Faculty or Chapter training in Australia and/or Aotearoa New Zealand.

Several scholarships are available for 2022:

Basic, Advanced or Chapter training:

  • College Indigenous Australian and Māori Health Scholarship
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Scholarship
  • Aotearoa New Zealand Māori Health Scholarship
  • Aotearoa New Zealand Pacific Islander Health Scholarship

Faculty training:

  • Indigenous Health Scholarship for Occupational & Environmental Medicine
  • Indigenous Health Scholarship for Rehabilitation Medicine
  • The John McLeod Indigenous Health Scholarship in Public Health Medicine

Applications close Tuesday, 30 November 2021. Further details on these scholarships are available on the RACP Foundation website.

RACP President's Indigenous Congress Prize

The RACP President's Indigenous Congress Prize is open to medical students, junior medical officers and RACP trainees who identify as Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander or Māori. The selected applicant will receive support to attend RACP Congress 2022 to gain educational and networking opportunities and exposure to career pathways within the College.

Please encourage anyone you know who is eligible to apply before the deadline on Monday, 31 January 2022. See the website for further details.


Opportunities for Chapters

AChSHM

Penelope Lowe Prize

The Penelope Lowe Prize is awarded to the best presentation of a case by an AChSHM trainee at the AChSHM Annual Scientific Meeting. The prize includes $500 and a certificate. Applications close Tuesday, 30 November 2021. See the website for further details and to apply.

Closing soon: AChSHM Indigenous Scholarship

The AChSHM Indigenous Scholarship offers medical students, junior medical officers, registrars and physician trainees who identify as Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander or Māori, the opportunity to attend the AChSHM Annual Scientific Meeting on Saturday, 19 March 2022.

The scholarship provides educational and networking opportunities to connect and meet influential healthcare professionals, exposure to career pathways in sexual health medicine, and supports an understanding of the health needs of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori peoples.

The recipient will receive registration to the annual AChSHM Annual Scientific Meeting, associated travel and accommodation up to the total value of $2,000 AUD, and one year of mentoring support from a member of the AChSHM Committee.

See the website for further details and to apply. Applications close Monday, 1 November.


Virtual My Health Record sessions for specialists

The Australian Digital Health Agency is hosting a series of upcoming new virtual classroom sessions. Tailored specifically for specialists, practice nurses and practice managers, the virtual sessions use an online training environment to demonstrate the core features of My Health Record in either the Genie or National Provider Portal environments.

The sessions are designed to be interactive where participants are encouraged to ask questions and raise any issues.

Understand how to:

  • save time by accessing overview summary documents including medicines, immunisations, pathology and diagnostic imaging
  • find documents relevant to your clinical practice e.g. discharge summaries
  • understand how to view the available Medicare information.

View the list of available session times and register for a session:

Register for a Genie session

Register for a National Provider Portal session


Digital health micro-credentialing opportunity for healthcare professionals

The Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) has partnered with the Digital Health CRC (DHCRC) and RMIT Online (RMITO) to deliver a suite of industry-relevant micro-credentials designed to revolutionise the digital capability of healthcare professionals across northern Australia. 

The three six-week online short courses on digital health strategy and change, technology-enabled care and healthcare design will provide in-depth insights on how to deliver high-quality patient care with technology and ways to plan and integrate technology into various healthcare settings and teams. 

The CRCNA is co-sponsoring places with applications open to all healthcare professionals working in or delivering care in northern Australia including doctors, nurses, allied health staff, health administrators, mental healthcare and community healthcare workers. Applications are now open with courses due to start on Monday, 25 October 2021. 

CRCNA will contribute 50 per cent towards enrolment costs of successful applicants, with this offer ending on Monday, 18 October 2021. 

For more information on fees and to apply for this co-sponsorship opportunity, access this form. 

For enquiries, contact education@dhcrc.com.


PhD scholarship in practice analytics and ethics at Monash University

This PhD scholarship is funded as an important part of a Digital Health CRC (DHCRC) funded program of work on Practice Analytics. The Practice Analytics program seeks to understand how hospitals can provide clinical teams and individual clinicians actionable data that relates to the quality of clinical practice, and to explore the role of electronic health data for supporting practice audits and practice reflection to improve professional practice.

The scholarship recipient will receive a Research Living Allowance at current value of AUD $40,000 per annum 2021 full-time rate (tax-free stipend), an education allowance at $5,000 per annum, an education program allowance at $5,000 per annum, and a project admin allowance at $5,000 per annum. Hurry, expressions of interest close Sunday, 31 October.

Find out more


ANZSBT/CSL Behring PhD Scholarship

The Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion (ANZSBT) is extremely pleased to announce that applications are now open for the ANZSBT/CSL Behring PhD Scholarship to be taken up in 2022.

The Scholarship offers funding of $40,000 to a PhD student for a project that focuses on the clinical applicability or biological understanding of a blood product from the CSL Behring portfolio.

The scholarship is for applicants who are commencing a PhD in 2022, or who commenced a PhD in 2021 as a fulltime student. Applicants need to be ANZSBT current members, so non-members must apply for membership.

The Scholarship funds may be used for a number of purposes including but not limited to:

  • stipend
  • top up of another stipend
  • direct costs for research
  • publication costs
  • thesis preparation
  • attendance at a conference to present research.

To find out more or  obtain an application form please visit the ANZSBT website. Please submit your application before the closing date, which is Tuesday, 30 November 2021.


Clinical Updates: TSANZ Clinical Guidelines for Organ Transplantation from Deceased Donors

The Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) has released the latest updates to the Clinical Guidelines for Organ Transplantation from Deceased Donors (the Clinical Guidelines). Version 1.7 of the Clinical Guidelines includes updates to sections on malignancy in donors as well as a number of changes in relation to paediatric donors.

For further details and a copy of Version 1.7 please refer to the TSANZ website.


The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare recommendations from The Fourth Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare (the Commission) has released The Fourth Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation. It examines variation in healthcare use according to where people live. It covers six clinical areas: early planned births, chronic disease and infection, ear, nose and throat surgery in children and young people, lumbar spinal surgery, gastrointestinal investigations, and medicines use in older people.

For further details, and key findings from The Fourth Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation, and the Commission’s recommendations for action, please refer to the Commission’s website.


Launch of the MJA-Lancet Countdown on health and climate change

Held on Thursday, 21 October from 1pm to 2pm AEDT, this webinar launches the 2021 paper, MJA–Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: Australia increasingly out on a limb. 

The RACP contributed to the MJA-Lancet Countdown Policy Brief which provides respected policy advice and direction on climate change and health. We aren't involved in the launch this year, but we have officially endorsed the brief.

Join our expert speakers and a panel of leading researchers and policy makers to discuss the key findings and recommendations from the 2021 paper and their implications for Australia. Find out more and register today.


The SPDP Online Facilitation Course

The Supervisor Professional Development Program (SPDP) is a high-quality training program for final year Advanced Trainees and Fellows who supervise trainees. Have you done one of our SPDP workshops and successfully applied the skills you learnt in practice? Complete our Online Facilitation Course and become an online course facilitator today.

Find out more


New online course: quality and safety in rural Australia

The new Quality and Safety in Rural Australia self-paced online course has been designed to get you thinking about the unique factors and challenges of practising healthcare in rural Australia. It investigates, in a practical way, how quality and safety may differ in rural Australia and offers some useful information and resources to assist you to deliver the best care in these settings.

Developed by experts and RACP Fellows, this adaptable course features a mix of in-depth content, video scenarios, reflection and discussion activities and recommended supporting materials.


Pomegranate Health Podcast

Episode 73: Communicating a pandemic

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There are many layers of public health interventions that can reduce the rate of transmission of the novel coronavirus. Social distancing, mask wearing, lockdowns and vaccines each nudge the reproduction number down. But you need all of them working together to make a significant impact, and that means you need the community on board.

In this podcast, we discuss the challenges and strategies around communicating public health messages to the public during a time of such high anxiety. Dr Jessica Kaufman is a Research Fellow in the Vaccine Acceptance, Uptake and Policy Research Team at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute who presented her work to the RACP Congress in May. She outlined the principles and clarity, transparency and consistency that are needed to win the public’s trust when tough social restrictions need to be adhered to. 

We also hear an interview with Professor Allen Cheng FRACP, who’s played this game harder than most. As Deputy Chief Health Officer of Victoria, he advised on implementation of the lockdown that brought Melbourne’s second wave to a halt after four long months. If being part of fun police wasn’t enough responsibility, he also co-chaired the COVID-19 Group at the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation which had to weigh up the suitability of the AstraZeneca vaccine as reports of rare side-effects and death were emerging in real time. He describes the fine balance between providing enough information for the public to be able to make informed decisions.

Guests

  • Dr Jessica Kaufman (Murdoch Children's Research Institute)
  • Professor Allen Cheng FRACP (Alfred Health, Monash University, ATAGI, TGA)

Do you want to be among the first to find out about more Pomegranate Health podcasts? Subscribe to email alerts or search for ‘Pomegranate Health’ in Apple PodcastsSpotifyCastbox, or any podcasting app. RACP Fellows can claim CPD credits for listening and learning via MyCPD. For a transcript and further references please visit our webpage


Internal Medicine Journal

The September 2021 issue of the Internal Medicine Journal is now live on the RACP website (login using RACP login credentials). You can now access full journal issues as PDFs using the link to the digital editions on this page. This month’s Editor's Choice is a review titled The impact of subclinical hypothyroidism on health-related quality of life: a narrative review.

Other highlights from the issue are:

  • Subclinical hypothyroidism and quality of life
  • Demystifying machine learning
  • Genetic variant interpretation
  • Australian Aboriginal people’s perspectives on biobanking
  • Alcohol misuse and critical care admissions
  • Online mental health training program.

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Conferences and events

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians publishes notices of events and courses as a service to members. Such publication does not constitute endorsement or mandating of any such events or courses.

ANZBMS Advanced Clinical Postgraduate Meeting 2021: Virtual event

Saturday, 23 and Sunday, 24 October 2021

The meeting is targeted at Specialists training in the management of bone and mineral diseases. It would be suitable for trainees in numerous disciplines including endocrinology, nephrology, rheumatology, rehabilitation and geriatric medicine, orthopaedic surgery as well as general medicine. For further information and on-line registration please visit ANZBMS’s website.

Find out more

Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology

When: Monday, 1 November 2021
Time: 6pm AEDT / 8pm NZDT / 5pm AEST / 5.30pm ACDT / 3pm AWST
Format: Online event
Speaker: Associate Professor Bridin Murnion
Topic: Opioid Stewardship – Why, what and how

Stewardship programs for target drug groups aim to improve appropriate use and reduce harms. Antimicrobial stewardship programs are embedded in health care systems, and anticoagulant stewardship programs are increasingly implemented. The need for opioid stewardship is recognised and various interventions have been developed and evaluated . In this presentation, the background to opioid stewardship will be described, as will the current landscape and outcomes from already implemented interventions.

Dr Bridin Murnion has fellowships in Clinical Pharmacology and Addiction Medicine through the RACP and is a Fellow of the Faculty of Pain Medicine of ANZCA. Her clinical research and educational work focuses on understanding and improving opioid use and misuse.

Register now

Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society – Bone Cell Biology for clinicians

When: Monday, 18 October 2021
Time: 6pm AEDT / 8pm NZDT / 5pm AEST / 5.30pm ACDT / 3pm AWST
Format: Online event
Speaker: Professor Natalie Sims

This talk will update you on current knowledge about how the skeleton is maintained throughout life, the mechanisms of action of therapies for osteoporosis, and what new discoveries might lead to for future patient care.

Register now

Go to the events list at any time to see what events are coming up.


Discover your world of benefits with commercial pricing

Time to freshen up your kitchen? Or maybe you are looking to update your tech to the newest model? Through your benefits, RACP members get commercial pricing from trusted brands like JB HiFi and The Good Guys. Which means you can buy the latest and greatest while still keeping some cash in your pocket. Last month, a member used his tax return to upgrade his home entertainment system and saved over $260.

Start shopping now to get ahead of Christmas delivery delays and avoid disappointment. Log into your benefits platform today in Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand.

If you need assistance activating your benefits account, contact the customer care team on 1300 853 352.


Career opportunities 

Please see the College website to view all medical positions vacant.

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