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WFSA Newsletter Feb 2012: WFSA 2008-2012; A look back over four years

The WFSA works in four-year cycles, each beginning and ending with a World Congress of Anaesthesiologists so this is always a good time to look back and review our activities. The Management Group, the Executive and all of our Committees have been busy and I believe we have accomplished a great deal. I would like to highlight some of the most notable achievements.

General Assembly Agendas

Please read on to be guided to the draft agendas for the General Assemblies to be held in Beunos Aires

Letter confirming credentials of Society Representative at the General Assemblies 2012

If you wish to be the representative officially recognised to sit in the General Assemblies of the WFSA in Buenos Aires, download the following file and have is signed by an Officer of your National Society and post or fax it to the Administrative Secretary of the WFSA, Ruth Hooper.

Duties and Responsibilities of Official Delegates and Alternative Delegates of Member Societies at the General Assemblies.

If you are going to be a Delegate representing your Society at the General Assemblies in Buenos Aires. It is important that you download and read the following document.

Read the CVs of those seeking election to the Committees of the WFSA

On the Committees pages you will find a list of those seeking election to the Executive Committee and as Officers of the WFSA. These will be ratified at the General Assembly at the WCA in March.

The latest 'Update in Anaesthesia'. Vol 27,1 Oct 2011

This edition of 'Update in Anaesthesia' deals with many basic anaesthetic issues. Use of face masks, decision algorithms, management of bronchospasm, peripheral cannulae, fibreoptic intubation, pain management for the opioid tolerant person and paediatric anaesthesia in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria.

WFSA Research Grant 2011

For the first year, the WFSA, according to the proposal of its Scientific Affairs Committee, has decided to create in 2011 three research grants of $8,000 each to allow young doctors to start a research programme abroad, hopefully in view of a PhD, during a period of six months to one year.

Scholarship Award Program to attend International Assembly for Pediatric Anesthesia:

The International Assembly for Pediatric Anesthesia (IAPA) is pleased to announce that a travel scholarship award program has been developed to support selected meeting registrants from developing countries. Each scholarship award will cover $2,500 (US) in travel expenses. This is going to be a great meeting and is held October 10-12, 2012. Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington DC, USA

Palestine Anesthesia Teaching Mission-First year of operation 2011

Our first volunteer entered Palestine in January 2011and a total of 7 volunteers have completed assignments there in 2011.

Obstetric Anaesthesia Teaching CD-ROMs: 2010

This is a two disc set of superb teaching material relating to Obstetric Anaesthesia

The Committee Reports for 2010

Read about the activities of the WFSA by reading the reports of the various committees that do the work. These include the Education Committee Report which is filled with news of the exciting front line of international anaesthesia training.

National Awards for Anaesthesiologists

Several Anaesthesiologists have been recognized by their countries as worthy of National Awards and Honours.

New WFSA Programme in East Jerusalem: Call for Volunteer Teachers

In conjunction with the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society International Education Foundation (CASIEF), the WFSA is starting a new type of programme in East Jerusalem and the West Bank.

Make a Donation to the Global Oximetry Project

Read on learn how to donate to the program so that not just well funded hospitals have oximeters. The GO Project's aim is to place an oximeter on EVERY anaesthetised patient.

WFSA Advisory Group

During the last Executive Committee meeting (London March 2010), it was decided to create a WFSA Advisory Group. Any past member of any WFSA committee will be invited to join this Group

Website Login and Passwords

If you are a Committee member and wish to use the Committee members discussion forums, or you wish to access our database of member addresses, you will need to login with your email address and password.

Newsletter Archive

Read the old Newsletters they give a summary of the history of WFSA Activities

Read about experiences in WFSA Training Centers and Courses

All over the world Training Centers and Courses are going on.....