FPM Dean's Prize

The FPM Dean's Prize recognises the FPM 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 ANZCA Annual Scientific Meeting.

The prize is awarded at the Faculty of Pain Medicine's annual general meeting. It consists of a certificate and a grant for educational or research purposes.

Dr Karen Joseph was awarded the 2023 Dean's Prize for her paper, 'Acceptability of an interdisciplinary chronic pelvic pain self-management programme in a small group format'.

Eligibility criteria

Eligibility is limited to trainees of FPM, or faculty fellows who are within eight years of admission (allowing for career disruption), except for elected fellows who must be within eight years of admission to their original fellowship (allowing for career disruption).

* A career disruption involves a prolonged interruption to an applicant’s capacity to work, due to: pregnancy; major illness/injury; or carer responsibilities. Interruptions must involve either a continuous absence from work for periods of 28 calendar days or more and/or a long-term partial return to work that has been formalised with the applicant’s employer.

Prospective authors must meet the eligibility criteria by 12 midnight (AEDT) on 1 March in the year of the ASM.

Past recipients

Year

Recipient

Region

2023 Dr Karen Joseph Acceptability of an interdisciplinary chronic pelvic pain self-management programme in a small group format NZ
2020 Dr Roopa Gawarikar Targeting two birds with one stone: Efficacy of ketamine in pain and opioid reduction ACT

2019

Dr Raj Anand

The impact of educational videos on pain assessment in people with dementia and behavioural changes using the Abbey Pain Scale

NSW

2018

Dr Luke Arthur

Erythromelalgia in children: Presentation, genotype, and treatment response

SA

2017

Not awarded

2016

Dr Linda Trang

Postoperative analgesic efficacy of continuous wound infusion of local anaesthetic compared to opioid patient controlled analgesia after laparotomy: a prospective study (NSW)

NSW

2015

Dr Preeti Ananda Krishnan

An audit of intrathecal infusion catheter with subcutaneous port in the management of severe pain in patients with cancer.

SA

2014

Dr Julia Dubowitz - Incidence of persistent post surgical pain after pelvic exenteration

Vic

2013

Dr Chui Chin Chong - Analgesic efficacy of oral versus sublingual ketamine

Vic

2012

Not awarded

2011

Dr Rohan Russell

SA

2010

Dr Rutha Nerlekar

SA

2009

Dr Paul Wrigley

NSW

2008

Dr Paul Wrigley

NSW

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Last updated 12:32 7.12.2023