Open AccessPain Medicine Recognized as a Specialty in Australia
Author(s) -
Cohen Milton,
Goucke Roger
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
pain medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1526-4637
pISSN - 1526-2375
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2006.00243.x
Subject(s) - specialty , commonwealth , government (linguistics) , medicine , pain medicine , medical education , family medicine , political science , anesthesiology , pathology , law , linguistics , philosophy
Earlier this year Pain Medicine was recognized as a medical specialty in its own right by the Commonwealth (Federal) Government of Australia. This landmark development, which heralds a new era in the evolution of a new discipline, was the result of a long and complex process initiated by the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anesthetists.The Australian Government has prescribed stringent criteria for the recognition of new medical specialties. These include, inter alia, assurance to the community that a new medical specialty is based on sound clinical and scientific principles, that its members are appropriately trained and qualified, and that the specialty has the capacity to define, promote, and maintain high standards of medical practice and patient care in the specialty area. Furthermore, formal confirmation was required that …