Read an interview with specialist international medical graduate Dr Kiran Venkatesulu from Royal Perth Hospital.

The Medical Board of Australia has approved new CPD standards effective from 1 January 2023.

New this month: safety alerts; Choosing Wisely transition, sugammadex and anaphylaxis; cosmetic surgery consultation; webAIRS reported incidents milestone.

ANZCA briefs the NHMRC on its research strategy and practical support initiatives specifically targeting emerging investigators

New this month: bradycardia from oculocardiac reflex; new trauma model resource criteria; anticoagulation management error; reducing routine ICU coagulation tests; NZ advance care planning; safe healthcare for LGBTQIA+, asylum seeker and refugee communities; pain in newborns; ...

New this month: safety alert update on epidural kit supply disruption, plus others; PBS changes for hydromorphone oral solution; updated COVID-19 surgery guideline; call for medication error reports; Opioid CCS; and more.

Updates include: ASMR president to speak at foundation cocktail reception, presentation of Named Research Awards, Skantha Vallipuram ANZCA Research Scholarship.

Enjoy some highlights from our first face-to-face ANZCA Annual Scientific Meeting in three years.

New this month: Blood Matters report; webAIRS season’s greetings; new Aotearoa New Zealand perioperative mortality tools; Choosing Wisely transition update; VPCC annual report; and pholcodine.

A digest of college news coverage for July/August 2021.