New W. John Russell ANZCA Research Award, Melbourne Research Awards, AMA honours ANZCA Fellow, grant outcomes reports received

New grant awards; donor-named awards recognised; PPRN webinar success; and foundation supporter evening.

Your monthly digest of professional document developments.

A multidisciplinary document development group (DDG) has developed a statement on persistent pelvic pain and endometriosis. The document was produced after an extensive review of the current evidence.

This is a report following the FPM Board meeting held in Melbourne on 21 July 2024.

(amended 21 August 2024) The following advice to anaesthetists is provided by the Chair of ANZCA’s Safety and Quality Committee, Associate Professor Joanna Sutherland in response to a widespread shortage of intravenous fluids.

New this month: Safety Alert – shortage of IV solutions; Contrave (naltrexone/bupropion); GLP-1 agonist guideline review; ANZCA library review Drug Information Guide EOI; WebAIRS alerts.

Online or face to face training in voluntary assisted dying is available for interested medical practitioners in South Australia.

Seeking fellows to join our Scholar Role Sub-committee

A digest of college news coverage for October/November 2023