2024 Perioperative Medicine SIG meeting

Save the date for the 13th Australasian Symposium of the Perioperative Medicine SIG in collaboration with Summit III and the PeriOperative Quality Initiative (POQI), ‘Improve the quality, enhance the value, protect the future’, 22-24 November 2024, Sofitel Melbourne, Australia.

This meeting is held in partnership with Summit III and preceded by a meeting of the POQI. On day one and three, we address how perioperative medicine adds quality and enhances the value of perioperative care in our collaborative plenary sessions with Summit III and POQI. We also cast an eye towards a future more sustainable perioperative care model to safeguard our strained healthcare system. On day two, we offer a full day of concurrent sessions with content to suit everyone. These include comprehensive perioperative medicine updates, Summit III sessions and a stream dedicated to in-depth perioperative medicine topics. There will also be the opportunity to attend an advanced recovery room care (ARRC) workshop. The structure allows attendees to tailor this day to their interests.

For those unfamiliar with the Summit series, it was created to highlight the evolving pandemic of postoperative harm. The goal was to trigger a shift in perioperative care to reduce morbidity and mortality, shorten hospital stay and ultimately save valuable health dollars. The scope and breadth of focus has expanded from postoperative complications to perioperative care, recognising that issues, to be addressed, begin from the contemplation of surgery to optimal recovery, as laid out in ANZCA’s Perioperative Care Framework on page 7. It aims to bring stakeholders together from every corner of perioperative care delivery (e.g. healthcare professionals, their representative bodies, government agencies, private and public healthcare providers, payers, and consumers) to help find real-world actionable solutions to the unfolding crisis facing the delivery of safe, high quality perioperative care.

Thus far, two Summits have been held. Summit I produced a draft set of principles to guide a high-value systems approach and to identify priority areas. Summit II re-visited the challenges and principles generated, exchanged views on high priority solutions, and explored how these might best be progressed in a coordinated manner.

We look forward to seeing you in Melbourne at our collaborative meeting between Summit III and the Perioperative Medicine Special Interest Group, with substantial global representation via the economic and value initiative of POQI.

We will soon release our exceptional line up of international and national speakers.

Book in early so you can join us for a fabulous evening of food and fun at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Friday 22 November 2024.

The program and registration will be available in mid-May. Stay tuned for more information.

Best wishes,
Your co-convenors

Professor Guy Ludbrook (Summit series)
Dr Nicola Broadbent (PeriSIG)
Dr Jill Van Acker (PeriSIG)