The Perioperative Medicine Content and Assessment Working Group is responsible for the development of the diploma course content, assessment activities and learning resources.

Everything you need to know about the proposed perioperative medicine diploma, including the reasons for its development; the likely course structure, duration, and eligibility requirements; and the timeframes.

The Perioperative Care Working Group (PCWG) developed the perioperative care framework.

One of the key ways we're helping to provide patients in Australia and New Zealand with perioperative care is by creating a new qualification – the Diploma of Perioperative Medicine - that will enable specialist doctors such as anaesthetists, surgeons, physicians, intensivists...

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.

Join us on Thursday 6 May for the results of the Perioperative Administration of Dexamethasone and Infection (PADDI) trial.

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

Ten audio recorded chapters of the Blue Book are available to listen to now on our SoundCloud.

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 alerts; ranitidine supply suspension; reminder on serotonin syndrome; MBS telehealth services; WA end of life care; Vic duty of candour; events; and more.