2008 Meeting Dates for ASA Governing Bodies

SA President Jeffrey L. Apfelbaum, M.D., has announced that the Interim Meeting of the Board of Directors will be held in the Chicago area on February 23-24, 2008. The Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors will be held in the Chicago area on August 16-17, 2008. The deadline for submitting reports for the February meeting of the Board is Monday, January 21, 2008. The deadline for submitting reports to the August Board meeting is Monday, July 14, 2008.

The first meeting of the House of Delegates will be held in Orlando, Florida, on Sunday, October 19, 2008.

The Speaker of the House of Delegates has provided regulations in the Rules of Order to provide that all reports and resolutions for the House of Delegates must be in the hands of the ASA Executive Vice President no later than 5 p.m. Tuesday, September 2, 2008. When possible, all individuals are requested to submit their reports by August 19, 2008 to provide sufficient time for the Executive Office to prepare the reports for distribution. This is also the deadline for receipt of reports from directors. Director reports will be included in the first mailing of the House of Delegates on September 5, 2008.

The 2008 House of Delegates will not consider reports or resolutions received after 5 p.m. Tuesday, September 2, 2008.

ASA Seeking Simulation Applicants

SA invites applications from simulation centers and programs seeking endorsement by the ASA Simulation Education Network — A network for CME-granting simulation programs providing interactive, state-of-the-art training for anesthesiologists.

For more information, or to apply, please visit: simapps.ASAhq.org.

Call for PBLDs

Catherine Kuhn Lineberger, M.D., Chair

he 2007 Problem-Based Learn-ing Discussion (PBLD) program consisted of 150 cases that were selected from more than 350 submitted during the open-call process. Each was offered twice during the 2007 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, thus allowing attendees more opportunities to be involved in the PBLD program. The tables were full, and discussions were lively. The Committee on Problem-Based Learn-ing Discussions again wishes to continue the open-call process, which allows for greater participation by members and contributes to the vibrancy and overall success of the PBLD program.

The PBLD Committee is seeking submissions for each of the anesthesia tracks that will be offered during the 2008 meeting in Orlando: ambulatory anesthesia, cardiac anesthesia, critical care medicine, fundamentals of anesthesiology, neuroanesthesia, obstetric anesthesia, pain medicine, pediatric anesthesia, regional anesthesia and professional issues. Cases will be reviewed by several members of the committee for relevance, content, scholarship and conformity to the guidelines that appear on the ASA Web site. Ideal submissions are cases that are provocative but not esoteric, with multiple decision points in management. All cases must be submitted online in the Annual Meeting section of the ASA Web site www.ASAhq.org.

The deadline for submission is February 4, 2008.