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Surgical News the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Vol 17 No 01 Jan/Feb 2016 SURGICAL NEWS THE ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS VOL 17 NO 01 JAN/FEB 2016 REPORTING ISSUES The significance of raising concerns p26 MAKING HISTORY Miss Clare Marx 12 ACADEMIC SURGERY 2015 in review 48 The College of Surgeons of Australia and New Zealand 2 SURGICAL NEWS JAN/FEB 2016 CONTENTS REGULAR 17 PAGES 4 PD Workshops 6 President’s Perspective 10 Surgical Snips 44 Dr BB G-Loved 12 40 Correspondence to Surgical News should be [12] MAKING HISTORY sent to: [email protected] Letters to the editor should be sent to: Miss Clare Marx says there are clear issues to [email protected] address for medicine T: +61 3 9249 1200 F: +61 3 9249 1219 W: www.surgeons.org [14] BRISBANE 2016 ISSN 1443-9603 (Print) / ISSN 1443-9565 Preparations continue for the 85th (Online) Surgical News Editor: David Hillis Annual Scientific Congress © 2015 Royal Australasian College of Surgeons [16] ALLEVIATING PAIN All copyright is reserved / The editor reserves the right Delivery of the Essential Pain Management to change material submitted / The College privacy policy and disclaimer apply - www.surgeons.org / course to our underpriveleged neighbours The College and the publisher are not responsible for errors or consequences for reliance on information in ON THE COVER: [22] THE LONG JOURNEY this publication. Statements represent the views of the Munjed Al Maderis’s journey to become a FRACS author and not necessarily the College. Information is Reporting issues, not intended to be advice or relied on in any particular p26 [32] SUCCESSFUL SCHOLAR circumstance. / Advertisements and products advertised are not endorsed by the college. The John Mitchell Crouch Fellowship recipient advertiser takes all responsibility for representations and claims. / Published for the Royal Australasian Zsolt Balough College of Surgeons by RL Media Pty Ltd. ACN 081 735 891, ABN 44081 735 891 of 129 Bourverie St, Carlton [40] INFLUENTIAL SURGEONS Vic 3053. Zachary Cope SURGICAL NEWS JAN/FEB 2016 3 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS & ACTIVITIES Online registration form is available now (login required). Inside ‘Active Learning with Your Peers 2016’ booklet are professional development activities enabling you to acquire new skills and knowledge and reflect on how to apply them in today’s dynamic world. Supervisors and Trainers for SET (SAT SET) Surgical Teachers Course 22 February 2016 – Sydney, NSW 10 to 12 March 2016 - Gold Coast, QLD 8 March 2016 – Melbourne, VIC The Surgical Teachers course builds upon the concepts and skills developed in the SAT SET and KTOT courses. The most 23 April 2016 – Melbourne, VIC substantial of the RACS’ suite of faculty education courses, The Supervisors and Trainers for Surgical Education and this new course replaces the previous STC course which Training (SAT SET) course aims to enable supervisors and was developed and delivered over the period 1999-2011. trainers to effectively fulfil the responsibilities of their important The course is given over 2+ days and covers adult learning, roles, under the new Surgical Education and Training (SET) teaching skills, feedback and assessment as applicable to the program. This free 3 hour workshop assists Supervisors clinical surgical workplace. and Trainers to understand their roles and responsibilities, International Medical Symposium including legal issues around assessment. It explores strategies which focus on the performance improvement of 11 March 2016 – Sydney, NSW trainees, introducing the concept of work-based training and The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP), two work based assessment tools; the Mini-Clinical Evaluation the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Exercise (Mini CEX) and Directly Observed Procedural Skills (RCPSC) and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (DOPS). (RACS) in association with the Royal Australian & New Foundation Skills for Surgical Educators Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) and the Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) are pleased 23 February 2016 – Sydney, NSW to host the 2016 International Medical Symposium: Future Challenges for the Medical Profession. 22 April 2016 – Melbourne, VIC The new Foundations Skills for Surgical Educators is an Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons (NOTSS) introductory course aimed at expanding knowledge and skills 18 March 2016 – Sydney, NSW in surgical teaching and education. The aim of the course is to establish the basic standards expected of our surgical This workshop focuses on the non-technical skills which educators within the College. underpin safer operative surgery. It explores a behaviour rating system developed by the Royal College of Surgeons This free one day course will provide an opportunity for of Edinburgh which can help you improve performance in participants to reflect on their own personal strengths and the operating theatre in relation to situational awareness, weaknesses as an educator and explore how they are likely communication, decision making and leadership/teamwork. to influence their learners and the learning environment. Each of these categories is broken down into behavioural The course will further knowledge in teaching and learning markers that can be used to assess your own performance as concepts and look at how these principles can be applied into well as your colleagues. This educational program is proudly participants own teaching context. supported by Avant Mutual Group. Communication Skills for Cancer Clinical Decision Making Clinicians: Breaking Bad News 21 March 2016 – Melbourne, VIC 27 February 2016 – Melbourne, VIC This three hour workshop is designed to enhance a Delivering distressing news can be challenging for all involved; participant’s understanding of their decision making process patients, family and clinicians alike. ‘Breaking Bad News’ is a and that of their trainees and colleagues. The workshop will four hour evidence-based workshop in which facilitators will provide a roadmap, or algorithm, of how the surgeon forms guide you through ‘real-life’ scenarios with a trained actor. a decision. This algorithm illustrates the attributes of expert You’ll learn effective communication techniques and be able to clinical decision making and was developed as a means to practise them in a safe environment. address poor clinical decision making processes, particularly as a guide for the supervisor dealing with a struggling trainee or as a self improvement exercise. 4 SURGICAL NEWS JAN/FEB 2016 Keeping Trainees on Track (KToT) 23 April 2016 – Melbourne, VIC Feb 2016 - April 2016 KTOT has been revised and completely redesigned to provide new content in early detection of Trainee difficulty, performance NSW management and holding difficult but necessary conversations. 22 February 2016 This FREE 3 hour course is aimed at College Fellows who SAT SET Course, Sydney provide supervision and training SET Trainees. During the 23 February 2016 course, participants will have the opportunity to explore how Foundation Skills for Surgical Educators, Sydney to set up effective start of term meetings, diagnosing and 18 March 2016 supporting Trainees in four different areas of Trainee difficulty, Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons, Sydney effective principles of delivering negative feedback and how 22-24 April 2016 to overcome barriers when holding difficult but necessary conversations. Process Communication Model: Seminar 1, Sydney QLD Process Communication (PCM) – Part 1 10-12 March 2016 22 to 24 April – Sydney, NSW Surgical Teachers Course, Gold Coast PCM is one tool that you can use to detect early signs of 29 April - 1 March 2016 miscommunication and turn ineffective communication into Younger Fellows Forum (YFF), Canungra QLD effective communication. This workshop can also help to detect stress in yourself and others as well as providing you with a VIC means to reconnect with individuals you may be struggling 27 February 2016 to understand and reach. The PCM theory proposes that Communication skills for Cancer Clinicians: Breaking each person has motivational needs that must be met if that Bad News, Melbourne person is to be successful. These needs are different for each 8 March 2016 of the 6 different communication types; each person uses a SAT SET Course, Melbourne combination of these types but usually one is dominant. 21 March 2016 Clinical Decision Making, Melbourne 22 April 2016 Foundation Skills for Surgical Educators, Melbourne 23 April 2016 Keeping Trainees on Track, Melbourne Contact the Professional 23 April 2016 Development Department SAT SET Course, Melbourne on +61 3 9249 1106 by email [email protected] or visit www.surgeons.org - select Health Professionals then click on Courses & Events www.surgeons.org/ for-health-professionals/ register-courses-events/ professional-development Global sponsorship of the Professional Development programming is proudly provided by Avant Mutual Group, Bongiorno National Network and Applied Medical. SURGICAL NEWS JAN/FEB 2016 5 PRESIDENT’S PERSPECTIVE VALUE The health outcomes achieved per dollar spent DAVID WATTERS President “Nowadays people know the price of everything and the the issues relating to fees. As President I am disturbed value of nothing” - Oscar Wilde about reported financial practices such as excessive fees, owards the end of 2015 the Australian system extortionate fees, undocumented fees, fee splitting and was being reviewed ‘top to bottom’ amidst extraction of fees from other members of the surgical Tongoing global concerns about the increasing
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