ASM 2018 – Message from the Chairman of Organising Committee
HKCA Congregation In this year’s congregation, Prof Sophia Chan, JP, the Secretary for Food and Health graced the congregation with her presence. She also joined the Congregation Dinner following the Congregation to celebrate the occasion with our new fellows.
ANZCA President’s visit Dr Rodney Mitchell, the President of ANZCA visited Hong Kong during 16–19 November 2018. He attended the HKCA Congregation, toured a few hospitals in Hong Kong, and had a business meeting with HKCA. The meeting with Dr Mitchell was fruitful and constructive, and it was agreed that both Colleges should work together in partnership.
Spring Meeting The inaugural Spring Meeting in Pain Medicine collaborated by Faculty of Pain Medicine (FPM) ANZCA and HKCA was held in Cairns, Australia on 19–21 October 2018. The College would like to express heartfelt gratitude to the contributions of the members of Organsing Committee including Dr Timmy Chan, Dr Tony Ng and Dr Clara Wong, and the speakers including Dr Wing-sang Chan, Prof Chi-wai Cheung, Dr Huey-sing Lim and Dr Steven Wong.
RTHK interview The Hong Kong Academy of Medicine has collaborated with the Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) to produce a 20-episode series of programmes providing information related to different specialties.
Prof Chi-wai Cheung, the President and Prof Joseph Lui, the 2nd Vice-president of the Hong Kong College of Anaesthesiologists were interviewed at Healthpedia on RTHK Radio One. The interview covered the role of anaesthesiologists, and clarified what Monitored Anaesthesia Care (MAC) is.
Newsletter of FPM, RCoA, Autumn 2018 Dr Douglas Natusch, Member of Training and Assessment Committee, Faculty of Pain Medicine (FPM), Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) was invited to be the External Examiner of the Final Fellowship Examination in Pain Medicine in 2018. Having participated in the examination, Dr Natusch expressed his view regarding the examination conducted in Hong Kong in the Newsletter of FPM, RCoA, Autumn 2018 which can be viewed here (P.17).
Annual Scientific Meeting in Anaesthesiology 2019 (16 – 17 November 2019, Hong Kong) The Annual Scientific Meeting 2019 (ASM 2019) will be held on 16-17 November 2019 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Please save the date and the details will be announced soon.
Examiners Workshop An examiner’s workshop conducted by Prof Matthew Chan was held on Saturday, 18 August 2018 at Prince of Wales Hospital. It covered the examination format, examining technique, marking and setting examination questions.
Certificates The certificates of the following fellows have not been collected yet. To collect your certificate, please go to the College's Office during office hour.
FHKCA(IC): Ng Wai Tsan, Tong Man Chun Terence
Pain Medicine: Li Cheuk Yin
DPM:
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More than a year ago, I was invited to organise the Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) 2018. I have been to most ASMs since my trainee years and I have always enjoyed my role as a participant. They never fail to disappoint and my predecessors have set a high bar throughout all these years. Organising one is outside my comfort zone as I know that the meeting involves a lot of administrative work and it takes a lot of commitment. 
Our choir, the ‘Vocal Chords’, put their best foot out and enchanted delegates with their singing this year once again. Their performance impressed our foreign and local delegates and faculties, including Prof Sophia Chan, the Secretary of Food and Health. If you have missed their performance, please check it out 
