Library resource guides: Pain medicine training resources: Essential Topic Areas (ETAs)

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FPM training My ePortfolio

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Learn@ANZCA FPM trainee resources

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ANZCA: Setting up SSO and MFA Everything you need to know about single-sign on (SSO), multi-factor authentication (MFA), and how we're keeping your data safe.

FPM Essential Topic Areas [Learn] The essential topic areas study guides act as a starting point for each topic area and are used in conjunction with private study and discussion forums to help you build proficiency in an area.
FPM trainee support resources [Learn] A collection of resources designed to assist pain medicine trainees from the start of their FPM training to become a pain medicine fellow.
Fellowship exam reports [Learn]
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FPM trainee tutorials [Learn] The FPM Trainee Tutorials course provides access to recorded sessions from the weekly centralised tutorial program developed for trainees of the Faculty of Pain Medicine (FPM).
Examination of patients who present with pain issues [Learn] These educational videos are intended to be a guide for trainees, fellows and other practitioners to examine patients with pain conditions. The series includes an introductory video and four targeted videos.
Scholar role support resources [Learn] These resources have been developed to: assist trainees meet the requirements of the revised scholar role competencies in the re-released curriculum.

Pain medicine curriculum

ANZCA & FPM professional documents

Recommended professional documents are listed below. The full suite of ANZCA & FPM professional documents can be accessed via the college page.

ANZCA: Professional documents and statements
Our professional documents, statements and guidelines are crucial for promoting the safety and quality of patient care for those undergoing anaesthesia for surgical and other procedures and for those receiving pain medicine treatment.

PS11(PM): Procedures in Pain Medicine Clinical Care Standard by Faculty of Pain Medicine, Australia and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists The goal of the Procedures in Pain Medicine Clinical Care Standard is to articulate what is considered to be the appropriate and safe use of procedures in the practice of pain medicine.
Publication Date: 2020