We've approved a "wellbeing CPD education sessions" activity for the knowledge and skills category of the ANZCA and FPM CPD program.

Read a report of the ANZCA Council meeting held from 22-23 October 2021 via videoconference.

Read a report of the ANZCA Council meeting held from 3 - 4 December 2021 via video conference.

A digest of college news coverage for September/October 2021.

Read a report of the ANZCA Council meeting held from 18 - 19 February 2022 via video conference.

There are three commonly recognised types of pain.

Opioids are a class of medicines taken to help reduce pain. They work on the central nervous system to slow down nerve signals between the brain and the body.

As pain medicine is a multi-disciplinary specialty, specialist pain medicine physicians come from a variety of backgrounds.

Acute pain services require a significant number of core forms that need regular updating. To help reduce the time acute pain services requires for this service, SIG members have provided these specimen forms for you to copy, trial, and adapt to local requirements.