Surgical News volume 22 issue 4

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Surgical News | Volume 22 | Issue 4

QASM Annual Seminar 2021 Surgery – Timing is Everything The Queensland Audit of Surgical Mortality (QASM) 2021 annual seminar will be held on Thursday 18 November 2021 at the Sunshine Coast Health Institute (SCHI), located at the Sunshine Coast University Hospital (SCUH), 6 Doherty Street, Birtinya, Queensland 4575. The QASM seminar is conveniently held the day before the Directors of Surgery and Queensland Health State Wide Services Forum on Friday 19 November followed by the Queensland State Conference held on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 November on the Sunshine Coast at Peppers Resort, Noosa. A live webinar is available for those unable to attend in person. For those attending at the venue, there will be limited tickets to two live sessions in the SCHI’s Simulation Rooms (12.30 pm during the lunch break and 3.30 pm after the seminar closes). The live simulation sessions will be streamed into the auditorium and via the webinar.

Confirmed speakers include: • Dr Manimaran Sinnathamby (Northern Territory, General Surgeon) • Graham Reeks and Melissa Fox (consumer representatives) • Dr Jill O’Donnell (Queensland, Vascular Surgeon) • Mr Neil Wetzig (Queensland, General Surgeon) • Professor Marianne Vonau (Queensland, Neurosurgeon) • Mr Sanjeev Naidu (Queensland General Surgeon, Queensland State Committee) Parking will be available on the SCUH campus with approximately 3500 car parking spaces (P1 and P2) designed with sufficient capacity to accommodate the parking requirements of all staff, students and visitors. The daily fee is $15.60 (accurate at the time of publishing).

Visit the QASM seminar Eventbrite link to register your interest in attending: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/ qasm-seminar-surgery-timing-iseverything-tickets-154504592395 If you have any questions about this event, please contact the QASM team at QASM@surgeons.org

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Thank you for your extraordinary compassion and generous support to the Foundation for Surgery in June and July.

5min
pages 66-67

In memoriam

2min
page 65

Good reads

1min
page 64

QASM Annual Seminar

1min
page 63

The Alfred Hospital Intensive Course in General Surgery 2021

4min
pages 60-61

Changes to RACS alcohol policy

2min
page 59

The influence of Jonathon Hutchinson

3min
pages 54-55

DCAS Course Award recipients share experiences of training

4min
page 51

Sir John Bland-Sutton: ‘A Great Surgeon’

6min
pages 48-49

QASM Connects

1min
page 46

ANZ Journal of Surgery: Making the shift from print to digital publishing in 2022

2min
pages 44-45

NAIDOC Week 2021

1min
page 36

Changing energy mix vital for the health sector

3min
page 35

A heartfelt thank you to Dr Berlin Kafoa

1min
page 21

A tribute to Tonga’s first ENT specialist

1min
page 20

Further commentaries on surgical fees

7min
pages 56-68

Case note review

4min
pages 52-53

The Developing a Career and skills in Academic Surgery (DCAS) Course 2021

3min
pages 50-51

Making flexible surgical training accessible for everyone

6min
pages 40-41

Fellow profile: Dr Matthew Seeley

3min
pages 47-49

Surgeons mark CrazySocks4Docs Day

2min
page 43

Reflection on Australia’s Plastic Surgery community

3min
page 42

RACS travel scholarship opens door for South Australian surgeon

3min
page 39

Advocacy at RACS

3min
pages 34-36

RACS launches program to increase number of Indigenous surgeons

2min
pages 37-38

RACS ASC 2022: Diversity in a Dispersed Workplace

2min
page 33

Tackling rural health inequity head on

7min
pages 28-32

How AI will enhance the work of surgeons

7min
pages 26-27

RACS welcomes new councillors

9min
pages 23-25

Q&A with Jenni Lillingston

5min
pages 18-22

Not just about surgery

7min
pages 16-17

Mobile audiology outreach trailer ready to hit the road in Samoa

2min
pages 11-12

A surgical future in Vanuatu

4min
pages 13-14

New chair for RACS Global Health

3min
page 15

Call for Aotearoa New Zealand-based specialist volunteers

2min
page 10

Vice president’s perspective

4min
pages 8-9

President’s perspective

4min
pages 6-7
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