2001 PBLD CD-ROMs Still Available

The 2001 Problem-Based Learning Discussions (PBLD) CD-ROM is available at a cost of $15 per copy. This CD presents the 124 cases discussed during the PBLD Program at the 2001 ASA Annual Meeting. For educational purposes, it allows the learner to read each case and its objectives, review the model discussion and references and then embark upon an individual study program to identify and solve the problems posed in each case. Anyone wishing to purchase copies should send a check payable to the American Society of Anesthesiologists for $15 (Illinois residents, add 8.25% sales tax) per copy to: ASA Publications Department, 520 N. Northwest Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068-2573.

Foundation Offers Book/Multimedia Education Award

The Anesthesia Foundation announces the Book/Multimedia Education Award to be presented at the 2003 ASA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California.

This prestigious award will be given tri-yearly for excellence and innovation in books or multimedia that have significant impact on the science and practice of anesthesiology, critical care or pain medicine. Multiple authors are eligible, with the stipend being divided between the first and senior authors.

The award is $10,000 plus expenses for winners and guests to attend the Academy of Anesthesiology 2004 Spring Meeting in Victoria Island, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Deadline for receipt of contributions is November 15, 2002. For further information and specific criterion, please contact:

Doris K. Cope, M.D.
UPMC St. Margaret Pain
     Medicine Center
200 Delafield Ave.,
     Suite 2070
Pittsburgh, PA 15215
412-784-5343; Fax 412-784-5350

AMA Meeting to Include Issues for Section Council

Officials from the Society's Section Council on Anesthesiology of the American Medical Association (AMA) would like to know the names of the ASA members planning to attend the AMA's House of Delegates on June 16-20, 2002, in Chicago, Illinois.

The Section Council is open to all anesthesiologists who attend the AMA House of Delegates meeting. The Section Council meets to discuss resolutions and other issues of importance to anesthesiologists. Meetings usually take place on Saturday and Monday of the AMA House of Delegates. If you are attending the House of Delegates meeting, the Society would welcome your participation.

To be placed on the mailing list to receive information on the Societyıs AMA Section Council meetings, please send your name, address, telephone number, fax number and reason for attendance to Ronald A. Bruns at the ASA Executive Office, 520 N. Northwest Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068; fax (847) 825-2085 or e-mail < r.bruns@ASAhq.org >.

Nominations Sought for Media Award

Each year ASA accepts entries for the ASA Media Award, a distinction given to one or more outstanding media presentations that effectively inform and educate the public about the practice of anesthesiology.

The Committee on Communications encourages members to submit or nominate local media presentations from broadcast (television or radio) and print (newspaper or magazine) media and Web-based news site articles. The more interest generated in this award will result in a greater number of presentations on the subject of anesthesiology.

The winner receives a plaque and the opportunity to attend the presentation ceremony during the ASA Annual Meeting. The 2002 Media Award will be presented on Sunday, October 13, at the ASA Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida.

Deadline for the submission of entries is June 1, 2002, for media presentations released between June 1, 2001, and May 31, 2002. Any entries received after the deadline will be carried over to the next year.

Last year's Media Award recipients were Cable News Network reporter Rhonda Rowland for a report she produced on supervision of nonphysician anesthesia providers, and health care/political writer Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D., for the 2001 article "Dumbing Down Medical Care," which appeared in American Outlook magazine.

All entries should be sent to R. Lawrence Sullivan, Jr., M.D., Chair, Committee on Communications, American Society of Anesthesiologists, 520 N. Northwest Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068-2573.

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