Library resource guides: Pain medicine training resources: Starting out

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Recommended resources are listed below.

Access all the resources, documents, and forms you need to meet your training requirements.

FPM trainee toolkit
A range of courses and resources to support your pain medicine training.

Clinical skills courses
We hold two annual courses for FPM trainees. The Orientation to Pain Medicine course is held in Melbourne a few weeks into the training year and the Advanced Clinical Skills Course is held in Sydney, usually during the second quarter of the year.
FPM mentoring program
Our mentoring program aims to support pain medicine trainees and fellows during their training and/or early post-fellowship years.
Trainee guidance for preparation of the clinical case study
While preparing for the clinical case study, we encourage trainees to refer to the Trainee guidance for preparation of the clinical case study document.
Centralised trainee tutorial program
The Centralised Trainee Tutorial Program is an exciting initiative to provide all pain medicine trainees with access to a formalised teaching program and regular opportunities to engage with other trainees.
Essential topic area (ETA) study guides
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.

The online portfolio system designed to record training experiences by and for trainees.

FPM Training My ePortfolio
FPM trainees maintain an ePortfolio of assessments and training records that track their progression through the FPM training program.

FPM ePortfolio video guides [Learn@ANZCA]
A series of ePortfolio video guides can be accessed as part of the FPM trainee support resources module.

An updated list of common college and medical community acronyms.

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

Enable access to ANZCA library journal article full-text anywhere on the web coupled with on-screen resource access prompts.

ANZCA: LibKey Nomad++ Library Guide
LibKey Nomad++ allows web users to easily access and read journal articles found anywhere on the web. It also allows for easy requesting of articles where there is no full-text access, and provides on screen messaging where access is available through a different site.

Learn@ANZCA (formerly Networks) is the college's learning management system.

Note: Some resources located in Learn@ANZCA require that you first register before accessing.

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@ANZCA]
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@ANZCA]
A collection of resources designed to assist pain medicine trainees from the start of their FPM training to become a pain medicine fellow.
FPM trainee tutorials [Learn@ANZCA]
This module contains recordings of key presentations from FPM conferences and events. These recordings cover a broad range of topics relevant to pain medicine.
Holistic approach to anaesthesia [Learn@ANZCA]
This course contains various videos and resources designed to assist Anaesthesia and FPM trainees navigate through their clinical and non clinical lives.

A number of additional resource guides are available to support pain medicine trainees.

ANZCA: Pain Medicine Resources Hub
This hub has been designed for pain medicine fellows, trainees, and any medical professionals interested in resources for keeping up-to-date with current research in the area of pain medicine.
ANZCA: Pain Medicine Basics Library Guide
This guide has been designed to provide general information and a listing of core resources for pain medicine specialists, including those available through the ANZCA library
ANZCA: Drug Information Library Guide
The purpose of this guide is to assist you in locating relevant drug-related information and resources, as well as the tools and apps available through the ANZCA Library.
ANZCA: Safety & Advocacy Hub
This hub brings together resources related to safety, standards of practice - including anaesthetic incident reporting (webAIRS), critical incident debriefing, advocacy, and indigenous and global health, including those resources available through the ANZCA library.