2010 ASA National Scientific Congress (NSC),  2-5 October 2010

If you are a trainee and would like to receive the subsidised registration fee to the upcoming NSC in Melbourne in October 2010, contact the federal secretariat, Gordanan Stevanoski, at asa@asa.fed.org.au or 1800 806 654 by 31 August 2010 to join GASACT.

ASA membership is gratis during your first two years of training.

GASACT Inaugural Trainee Congress day, Sunday 3 October

This year we have scheduled a day of trainee related educational and social activities on one day of the NSC (3 October).

All trainees are encouraged to attend. Come and mingle with us in Melbourne!!
Please read on to learn more about the planned activities.

Trainee Lunch

Date: Sunday 3 October

Time: 1315 – 1430

Tickets: Inclusive for Trainee GASACT members

You will have the opportunity to enjoy a catered luncheon and drinks with fellow trainees and notable guests. An informal lunch, come and enjoy the food and conversation whilst rubbing shoulders with distinguished anaesthesia personalities and mingle with interstate trainees.

Tickets are required for entry. Please indicate your attendance on the NSC registration form.

Melbourne Meander

Date: Sunday 3 October

Time: 1800 – 2200

Venue: TBA: perhaps a hidden bar, secret laneway or rooftop location in Melbourne CBD

Tickets: $45 (Trainees / additional tickets for partners)

A GASACT social event for local and visiting trainees. GASACT = Group of ASA Clinical Trainees. Following our Inaugural Trainee Congress on Sunday, Meander on from Health Care Industry Cocktail Reception and let a local show you a part of our city. It is anticipated that a

walking tour to the CBD venue will depart from the congress venue. Meet Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre 1745. Or meet us there. (Venue update to be provided to ticket holders.) Tickets are required for entry. Please indicate your attendance on the registration form.

GASACT Workshops

Tune-In-To-Teaching for GASACT Trainees 

As trainees, we are often involved in teaching more junior trainees, residents, interns, or medical students, usually with little or no formal guidance on the topic and it's certainly not covered as part of our formal curriculum.  As we get more senior in our training and as consultants supervision becomes an important part of our practice. 

This workshop is designed for trainees and will involve small-group learning geared around preparation for supervising, teaching, and giving feedback to more junior trainees. 

Trainees only.

Time: 1145-1315

Venue: TBA

ECHO 101 for GASACT Trainees

With a focus on practical application and the basics, this workshop is tailored to trainees and will provide a practical introduction to transthoracic echocardiography using live models and discuss how we can use this technology in every day practice. It is designed for people who have little or no experience with TTE.

Trans thoracic echocardiography (TTE) can give valuable information about cardiac function and performance. In the operative setting this may be extremely helpful in diagnosing complications and optimising patient physiology. With the increased availability of high performance portable ultrasound machines anaesthetists are in an excellent position to take advantage of this technology in the peri operative period. But where do I put the ECHO probe? The basic views and what the novice might be able to achieve in a limited study.  

The workshop will involve 5 participants per facilitator and will be a hands on tutorial and demonstration of scanning techniques and anatomy. GASACT Trainees only.(will be reserved for trainees up until 31 July)

Time: 0900-1100

Venue: TBA

GASACT Program

Date: Sunday
Time: 1430-1630

To be followed by Health Care Industry Cocktail reception at the conference venue, and then the long anticpated GASACT Social Event Melbourne Meander, from 6pm.

GASACT: Skills and technology in alternate realities

Remote and extreme anaesthesia –

Dr Chris Scarff

Veterinary anaesthesia: A world away

Dr Leah Bradbury

From trainee to remote anaesthetist

Dr Daniel Jolley

Putting your patient to sleep with a smile –

Dr George Forgan-Smith

Calendar

Click here to see GASACT up-and-coming events, aswell as past events that GASACT participate in.