The 2003 Problem-Based Learning Discussion (PBLD) Program consisted of 130 cases that were selected from more than 200 submitted during the open-selection process. Each was offered twice during the 2003 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, thus allowing attendees more opportunities to be involved in the PBLD program, and they responded by filling nearly every available session. The Committee on PBLD again wishes to continue the open-call process, which has led to the vibrant nature and ultimate success of the PBLD program.

Any attending member of ASA is invited to submit a PBLD case to the committee for review and possible selection for the 2004 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. The ASA Section on Annual Meeting will offer two educational tracks in the areas of critical care medicine and obstetric anesthesia, and we are seeking cases that will complement them. We are continually looking for new and controversial topics, true cases that contain diagnostic and treatment enigmas, and areas where content gaps exist in the current program.

For the 2004 program, all cases will be reviewed by several members of the committee for relevance, content, scholarship, conformity to the guidelines that appear on the ASA Web site and clarity of the presentation. All cases must be submitted online in the Annual Meeting section of the ASA Web site at <www2.ASAhq.org/web/miscfiles/pbld.asp>.

The deadline for submission of PBLD cases is 12 midnight CST on February 14, 2004.

Meg A. Rosenblatt, M.D., is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York.