Awards, prizes and lectures

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• Dean's Prize

• FPM Best Free Paper Award
  

• Barbara Walker Prize for Excellence in Pain Medicine Examination

• Merit List

• Michael J Cousins Lecture 

Dean's Prize

The Dean's Prize, introduced in 2007, is awarded at the Faculty of Pain Medicine's annual general meeting to the Fellow or trainee judged to have presented the most original pain medicine/pain research paper, of sufficient standard, at the free papers session of the Faculty's annual scientific meeting.

Eligibility is limited to trainees of the Faculty of Pain Medicine, trainees of the five participating professional bodies of the FPM, or Faculty Fellows who are within eight years of admission, except for elected Fellows who must be within eight years of admission to their original fellowship at the date of the meeting.

The prize consists of a certificate and a $1000 grant for educational or research purposes.

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FPM Best Free Paper Award

The Best Free Paper Award is awarded for original work judged to be the best contribution to the Free Papers Session of the Faculty of Pain Medicine. The Faculty Free Paper session is open to all ASM registrants. The prize takes the form of a certificate and will be awarded at the FPM annual general meeting

Recipients

2012 - Dr Sarika Kumar - Total and Free ropivacaine drug levels during continuous Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) block for postoperative Analgesia after Abdominal surgery: A Pilot Study

2011 - Dr Allyson Browne - Screening for Acute Factors That Predict Pain Post Trauma: A Pilot Study.

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Barbara Walker Prize for Excellence in Pain Medicine

The Barbara Walker Prize for Excellence in the Pain Medicine Examination recognises the candidate achieving the highest mark in the Faculty of Pain Medicine fellowship examination and is awarded to the top student at the discretion of the Court of Examiners. Regulation 6.8 The prize was established in 1999 by the generosity of Mr Ronald Walker and Mrs Barbara Walker.

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Merit List

Eligibility for inclusion on the Merit List Regulation 6.9

• Candidates must have shown excellence in their examination results and achieved a mark in the top 10 per cent.
• Candidates are recommended by the Court of Examiners.
• A certificate recognising a pass with merit will be awarded.

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Michael Cousins Lecture

In recognition of the significant contributions of Professor Michael J Cousins FANZCA, FFPMANZCA to the field of pain medicine and his initiative to establish the Faculty of Pain Medicine, the Faculty plenary session at the annual scientific meeting was named the Michael Cousins Lecture. 

The inaugural Michael Cousins Lecture was delivered by Professor Henrik Kehlet in 2003.

Lectures 

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