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ANZCA leaders attended the Council of Presidents of Medical Colleges (CPMC) meeting in Sydney this week. The two-day meeting, also attended by Federal Health Minister Mark Butler, included a workshop on addressing the pressing health workforce issues facing Australia.

The college has recently endorsed the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) position statement on reusable sterile surgical gowns.

Your monthly digest of professional document developments.

The Faculty of Pain Medicine, the Australian Pain Society and Chronic Pain Australia say the 8 April ABC Four Corners program highlighted the need for a national pain device implant registry and a national model of implanted pain treatment care to protect patients.

Following the Australian Medical Council (AMC) accreditation in 2022 a review of the quality assurance processes of the final exam have led to a change in the pass criteria.

The college responded to an ABC online article ahead of publication on 1 May

Children with breathing problems requiring surgery could benefit from a new oxygen delivery technique that improves oxygen flow during anaesthesia.

ANZCA, along with peak diabetes, obesity and gastroenterological bodies, has produced clinical practice recommendations for patients using GLP-1/GIP receptor agonists.