Proposed Amendments to HKAM Bylaws

Earlier this year, the Academy Council has requested the Constitutions Committee to review the Academy’s constitutions. After discussions at several meetings, the Committee, with assistance from the honorary legal advisor, has proposed some amendments to the Academy Bylaws. A postal ballot will be conducted shortly. Fellows are urged to participate in this postal ballot exercise and give their support to the proposals in order to enable the Academy to properly achieve its aims. The proposed amendments will not be effective unless they are passed by 1/2 of the Fellows in the postal ballot in which not less than 1/5 of such Fellows have voted.

Golf Tournament

The HKAM Golf Tournament 2012 has been scheduled for 21 November 2012 (Wednesday). The tournament will be held at The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course - East Course. Please click the link below for event and registration details.

• Registration Form

Advanced & Difficult Airway Management Workshops for doctors (ADAM-D)

The Institute of Clinical Simulation of the Hong Kong College of Anaesthesiologists will organize Advanced & Difficult Airway Management Workshops for doctors (ADAM-D) at the North District Hospital on 30 Jun 2012, 29 Sep 2012 and 29 Dec 2012 respectively. The workshop aims at providing the participants with knowledge and skill in managing difficult airways. The target participants are emergency physicians, intensive care physicians, 1st year anaesthetic trainees, medical physicians, pediatricians, ENT surgeons & general surgeons who are responsible for the acute airway management of their patients. Interested colleagues can click on the following for more details, or contact the Manager, Ms Yvonne Chiu, at 26838307.

• Poster
• Program

HK College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting 2012 - "Occupational Health For ALL: From Prevention to Rehabilitation"

The Hong Kong College of Community Medicine will hold its annual scientific meeting on 15 September 2012 at the Academy. Details are as follows:-

Date: 15 September 2012 (Saturday)
Time: 9 am - 5 pm
Venue: Pao Yue Kong Auditorium, G/F.,HKAM Jockey Club Building
Website: www.hkccm.org.hk
Contact: 28718844, 28718745
Email: [email protected]

RCSEdin / CSHK Conjoint Scientific Congress 2012 "Surgical Outcomes and Clinical Auditing"

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong will hold their conjoint scientific congress in Hong Kong. Details are as follows:

Date: 22-23 September 2012
Venue: Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Jockey Club Building, 99 Wong Chuk Hang Road
Website: www.cshk.org/csc2012
Contact: Miss Jasmine Kwong 2871 8825
Email: [email protected]

20th Annual Scientific Meeting of Hong Kong College of Radiologists, 27-28 October 2012

Hong Kong College of Radiologists will organise the 20th Annual Scientific Meeting on 27-28 October 2012 (Saturday & Sunday) at Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Jockey Club Building.

Please click the following links for detailed information.

• First Announcement (Side A, Side B)
• Registration Form
• Abstract Form

Please visit HKCR website for updated meeting programme and information: http://www.hkcr.org

5th NESA International Surgical Conference

The New European Surgical Academy (NESA) will hold the USP NESA Innovation Days 2012 in Palma de Mallorca (Spain) on 13-15 September 2012 in cooperation with the USP Hospital Palmaplanas, the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons (SLS), the International Academy for Laser Medicine and Surgery (IALMS) and the Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Quebec (AOGQ). The subject of the conference is Innovations in Surgery and Telesurgery. For details, please visit the conference website at: www.uspnesadays.com.

17th FIGIJ World Congress on Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

The 17th FIGIJ World Congress on Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (17th FIGIJ World Congress on PAG) will be held on 15-17 March 2013 at the Postgraduate Education Center of Prince of Wales Hospital, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The theme of this Congress is Discovering more in PAG. The Academy is one of the supporting organizations. Details of the Congress can be found at http://pag.obg.cuhk.edu.hk/congress

• Flyer

2012 Health Manpower Survey

The Department of Health will embark on a new round of Health Manpower Survey (HMS) on registered doctors in September 2012. The HMS has been conducted regularly since it ws first introduced in 1980, with an aim to collect up-to-date information on the size, characteristics and employment status of healthcare personnel. Information will be collected via self-administered questionnaires which will be sent together with the letters for renewal of practicing certificate for registered doctors. The deadline for submission of questionnaire is 31 December 2012. If you wish to have more information on the surveys, please visit the homepage of the Department of Health at:

http://www.dh.gov.hk/english/statistics/statistics_hms/statistics_hms.html

Announcements from the Drug Office, Drug Registration and Import / Export Control Division

Please note the following announcements from the Drug Office of Department of Health:

• FDA: Codeine use in certain children after tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy may lead to rare, but life-threatening adverse events or death
• FDA: Recommendation against use of Revatio in children with pulmonary hypertension