Update from the Professional Practice Research Network Executive.

The first candidates for the Diploma of Rural Generalist Anaesthesia (DipRGA) will begin this new course in the coming weeks.

Fellows and other continuing professional development (CPD) participants with vocational registration in New Zealand are encouraged to plan their annual structured conversation, a mandatory CPD requirement from 2023.

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

Work on CPD review project continues with reviewing CPD category criteria and the development of new CPD activities.

Applications for 2024 research grants are now open

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

New this month: safety alerts; ACSQHC Low back pain clinical care standard; Victorian liposuction guideline; webAIRS events NZ; sepsis stocktake and other NZ news; and more.

POISE-3: Tranexamic acid stems bleeding during non-cardiac surgery

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.