Advisor

Dato’ Dr Subrahmanyam Balan

Chairperson

Dr Raha Mohd Daud

Hon Secretary

Dr Ismawati Sukawi

Hon Treasurers

Dr Murniati MustafaDr Lakshmi Thiayagarajan

SCienTifiC CommiTTee

Chairpersons

Dr Mafeitzeral bin MamatDr Maria Lee Hooi Sean

Committee members

Dr Rafidah AtanDr Shahridan Fathil

Dr Muhammad Maaya

orgAniSing CommiTTee

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It is our pleasure to welcome you to the 2017 Annual Scientific Congress of the Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologists and the College of Anaesthesiologists (ASC of the MSA/CoA), which is to be held from 27th to 30th April 2017 at the Berjaya Waterfront Hotel, Johor Bahru, Johor. It is an honour for us to once again host this much awaited Annual Scientific Congress within our anaesthesiology fraternity.

The Scientific Committee has chosen “Re-Emergence” as the theme to reflect on old or previous practices that have been less adopted but have now come back into trend. The scientific programme will consist of pre-congress workshops, plenaries and concurrent symposia. Distinguished and renowned speakers from local and overseas will share their knowledge and expertise on a wide variety of topics.

As for the venue, Berjaya Waterfront Hotel (formerly known as The ZON Regency Hotel by the Sea) will give you a nice view of the Selat Tebrau and Johor Bahru city. The hotel and its integrated duty-free zone is home to an array of shopping, dining and entertainment options.

For the ever popular Gala Dinner, we have chosen the theme “Simply Traditional” because we are certain that everyone of us will definitely have our own favourite traditional costumes and would make the night more colourful.

We look forward to meeting you at the congress.

Dr Raha Mohd Daud

Organising Chairperson

MSA and CoA Annual Scientific Congress 2017

meSSAge from THe orgAniSing CHAirperSon

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inviTed SpeAkerS

inTernATionAL fACULTY

Andrew KleinConsultant Anaesthetist, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Sabino ScollettaProfessor of Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care, University Hospital of Siena, Italy Department

of Medical Biotechnologies,Unit of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Unit of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Viale Bracci 1, 53100, Siena, Italy

Miguel TrellesConsultant Anaesthetist, Coordinator of surgical and anaesthesia

activities, MSF Operational Centre Brussels, Belgium, Médecins sans Frontières MSF (Doctors without Borders)

Lynette DominguezConsultant Surgeon, MSF Operational Centre Brussels, Belgium,

Médecins sans Frontières MSF (Doctors without Borders)

Soon YuenSenior Consultant Surgeon, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Jurong Medical Centre, Singapore

Joseph AbuegConsultant Anaesthetist, GE Healthcare ASEAN, Singapore

Richard Riley Royal Perth Hospital, Australia

Supranee NiruthisardThailand

mALAYSiAAdi OsmanAndrew GunnAriffin Marzuki MokhtarAzlina MasdarChan See YunFahmi LukmanHaslan GhazaliHassan AriffJahizah HassanKiung Sze TingKwok Fan YinLakshmi ThiayagarajanLim Wee LeongMary CardosaMahazir KassimMarzida Mansor

Murniati MustafaNor’Azim Mohd YunosNoorjahan Haneem Md HashimNora Azura ZainNur Fadhlina ArifinNurhayati Mohd IdrisOmar SulaimanRafidah AtanRaha Abdul RahmanSivasakthi VelayuthapillaiAlan Soh Hock GuanTeo Shu ChingUngku Kamariah Ungku AhmadVanitha Sivanaser Gordon WongYoga Bhavani

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Field Surgical CareIn collaboration with Medicins Sans Frontiere (MSF) and Mercy Malaysia (MM)

dATe & Time

27th April 2017, Thursday (0830 to 1700)

venUe

Gleneagles Medini Hospital

fACULTY

Shahridan Fathil (Organising Chairman)Miguel TrellesLynette DominguezMafeitzeral Mamat

Shalimar AbdullahMohd Ashraff Ariff Nasuha Yaacob

The workshop is designed to prepare anaesthetists, surgeons and obstetricians to provide quality surgical care in the immediate post-disaster response and/or resource limited environment.

The faculty will be led by referents from MSF Operation Center Brussels, and assisted by veterans from Mercy Malaysia.

CoUrSe progrAmme

0745 – 0815 RegISTRATIOn

0815 – 0830 Introduction Shahridan Fathil

0830 – 0900 surgical activities in the field Miguel Trelles

0900 – 0930 Prerequisite to surgery Lynette Domiguez

0930 – 1000 MSF protocols Miguel Trelles

1000 – 1030 Tea Break

1030 – 1100 MSF surgical tools Lynette Dominguez

1100 – 1130 MM emergency Response Unit Mohd Ashraff Ariff

1130 – 1200 Mass casualty management Miguel Trelles

1200 – 1230 War surgery Lyntte Dominguez

1230 – 1300 Field orthopaedics Shalimar Abdullah

1230 – 1400 Lunch Break

1400 – 1430 Field obstetrics Nasuha Yaacob

1430 – 1500 Field anaesthesia Miguel Trelles

1500 – 1530 Field regional anaesthesia Mafeitzeral Mamat

1530 – 1600 Ultrasound in the field Shahridan Fathil

1600 – 1630 Q & A

end of SeSSion

pre-CongreSS WorkSHop 1

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Crisis For The Anaesthetists: Short, Sharp, Intense!

dATe & Time

27th April 2017, Thursday (0800 to 1400)

venUe

Monash Medical School

fACiLiTATorS

Rafidah binti Atan Monash University Malaysia, Johor Bahru

Nor’azim bin Mohd Yunos Monash University Malaysia, Johor Bahru

Mafeitzeral Mamat Gleneagles Medini Hospital, Johor Bahru

Noorjahan Haneem binti Md Hashim University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur

Co-fACiLiTATorS

Hanizah binti Mohamed Hospital Sultanah Aminah, Johor Bahru

Nurhanani Zaini binti Mohd Sapiee Hospital Sultanah Aminah, Johor Bahru

Nur Ilyani Bujang Hospital Sultan Ismail, Johor Bahru

Won Kang Lin Hospital Sultan Ismail, Johor Bahru

We invite medical officers, nurses and anaesthetists to participate in this short and intense course on crisis management. This half-day course will start off with a short briefing on principles of crisis management and orientation to the simulation environment plus its rules of engagement. Participants are then divided into four groups and will rotate through four stations on various crisis scenarios relevant to the practice of anaesthesia and intensive care. Time allocated for each scenario is approximately 45 minutes including debriefing time.

This short course may act as an introductory course on crisis management for newbies, or a refresher course for those already familiar with its concept. Facilitators of this course have undergone formal training to run simulation sessions and are experienced in providing a safe learning environment for all levels of participants.

The course will be held at the Clinical School Johor Bahru, Monash University Malaysia, which houses simulation rooms that are fully equipped to run immersive simulations.

Come and join us for this short and sharp course! It will be a half-day well spent!

pre-CongreSS WorkSHop 2

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Basic Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT)

dATe & Time

27th April 2017 (1200 to 1800)

venUe

Berjaya Waterfront Hotel

CoordinATor

Faizal Zuhri

We invite specialists, medical officers, pharmacists and nurses involved in the delivery of CRRT to critically ill patients.

Participants will be able to:

1. Describe the basics of CRRT provision to patients across the entire spectrum of critical illness

2. Discuss the latest information regarding the entire CRRT prescription from modality choice, anticoagulation, access choice and timing of CRRT initiation, and the application of CRRT in various disease states.

3. experience hands-on-training using CRRT machines and learn the practicalities of initiation and common problems during provision of CRRT including plasmapheresis to critically ill.

Come and join us in this enlightening half-day course!

pre-CongreSS WorkSHop 3

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How To Ventilate Like Intensivists!

dATe & Time

27th April 2017 (1200 to 1800)

venUe

Berjaya Waterfront Hotel

CoordinATor

Faizal Zuhri

We invite specialists and medical officers involved in the delivery of ventilation to critically ill patients. Whenever you dial the nobs on the ventilator, have you ever wonder, how much is too much or too little?

The workshop will cover the physiological basis of ventilation, the new features in advance ventilator and the protective ventilation strategies to minimise ventilator associated lung injury

Come and discover how you can individualise your therapy!

pre-CongreSS WorkSHop 4

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pre-CongreSS WorkSHop 5

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)

dATe & Time

27th April 2017 (0730 to 1700)

venUe

Berjaya Waterfront Hotel

0730 – 0830 RegISTRATIOn

0830 – 0835 Welcome note Yong Chow Yen

0835 – 0900 evidence, patient selection and outcome Lim Chew Har

0900 – 0925 Physiology of VV and VA eCMO Lim Chew Har

0925 – 0950 Cannula, tubing, pump, oxygenator, monitors Mohamad Hanafi Mohd

0950 – 1015 Cannulation and surgical considerations Faisal Ismail

1015 – 1040 Initiation and stabilization (VA and VV) Zuraini Md Nor

1040 – 1110 Tea

1110 – 1135 Anticoagulation Mohamad Hanafi Mohd

1135 – 1200 Monitoring and eCMO circuit management Hamidah Ismail

1200 – 1225 nursing care of patient on eCMO Nur Asmayanti Leman

1225 – 1250 Complications and management Hamidah Ismail

1250 – 1315 Weaning and decannulation (VA and VV) Zuraini Md Nor

1315 – 1430 Lunch

1430 – 1630 Practical sessions in 4 groups rotation

A. Cannula selection Faisal Ismail, Mohamad Hanafi, Hj Halim

B. Circuit jigsaw puzzle Yong Chow Yen, Faradh Anas Masdokhi

C. Circuit assembly, priming, initiation, trouble shooting

Hamidah Ismail, Hermi Safian

D. Monitoring and documentation Zuraini Md Nor, Nur Asmayanti Leman

1630 – 1700 Tea & enD OF SCIenTIFIC PROgRAMMe

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progrAmme SUmmArY

DateTime

28th April 2017 Friday

29th April 2017 Saturday

30th April 2017 Sunday

0700 – 0730MEET-THE-EXPERT 1 MEET-THE-EXPERT 2

0730 – 0800RegISTRATIOn

0800 – 0830PLENARY 2

0830 – 0900PLENARY 1 PLENARY 5

0900 – 0930

PLENARY 30930 – 1000OPenIng CeReMOnY

SYMPoSiA

1000 – 103018 19

1030 – 1100 Tea Break SYMPoSiA

1100 – 1130 SYMPoSiA9 10 11

Tea Break

1130 – 12001 2 3

SYMPoSiA

1200 – 1230PLENARY 4 20 21 22

1230 – 1300

Lunch Symposium 1

Friday Prayers

1300 – 1330Lunch Symposium 2

1330 – 1400

1400 – 1430SYMPoSiA

SYMPoSiA

12 13 141430 – 15004 5 6

1500 – 1530

1530 – 1600 Tea BreakTea Break

1600 – 1630 SYMPoSiAMSA /

YiA

SYMPoSiA

1630 – 17007 8 15 16 17

1700 – 1730

1730 – 1900 College of Anaesthesiologists AGM

Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologists AGM

2000 onwards

FACULTY DINNER (by invitation only)

2000 – 2300

GALA DINNER

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SCienTifiC progrAmme

0730 – 0830 REGISTRAT ION

0830 – 0930 PLENARY 1Anaesthesia response in conflict areas : The MSF experienceMiguel Trelles

0930 – 1030 OPENING CEREMONY*

1030 – 1100 Tea Break

1100 – 1230 SYMPoSiUM 1 EMERGING TRENDS

SYMPOSIUM 2PAIN MANAGEMENT

SYMPOSIUM 3PERIOPERATIVE MEDICINE

1100 – 1130

The return of nitrous oxideNurfadhlina Ariffin

1100 – 1130

Pain free hospital and its implementationMary Cardosa

1100 – 1130

Optimization of perioperative haemoglobinAndrew Klein

1130 – 1200

Anaesthesia for the aging populationOmar Sulaiman

1130 – 1200

Procedural pain management in adultsUngku Kamariah

1130 – 1200

Perioperative care of the high risk surgical patientsSoon Yuen

1200 – 1230

Real-time clinical debriefingRafidah Atan

1200 – 1230

Consent and ethics in pain managementMarzida Mansor

1200 – 1230

Pre-op investigation: Keeping it relevantJahizah Hassan, Kiung Sze Ting

1230 – 1315 Lunch Symposium 1 (MSD)Role of the anaesthetist in enhanced recoveryJan Mulier

1315 – 1415 Fr iday Prayers

1415 – 1545 SYMPOSIUM 4NEUROANAESTHESIA

SYMPOSIUM 5RESEARCH & TRAINING

SYMPOSIUM 6SPECIAL INTEREST

1415 – 1445

Future and direction of neuroanaesthesia in MalaysiaLim Wee Leong

1415 – 1445

POSA TRIALEleanor Fe Fey Chew

1415 – 1445

Field anaesthesiaMiguel Trelles

DAY 1 | 28th April 2017 (FRIDAY)

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SCienTifiC progrAmme (continued)

1445 – 1515

Traumatic brain injury : The Malaysian ExperienceFahmi Lukman

1445 – 1515

Patient centric healthcareAriffin Marzuki

1445 – 1515

Donation after cardiac death: Are we ready?Omar Sulaiman

1515 – 1545

The brain bulge: Management strategiesVanita Sivanaser

1515 – 1545

Simulation as an essential training tool in anaesthesiaRichard Riley

1515 – 1545

Medical cannabisMary Cardosa

1545 – 1600 Tea Break

1600 – 1730

SYMPOSIUM 7ALLIED HEALTH 1 : COMMUNICATION DURING PATIENT CARE

SYMPOSIUM 8AMBULATORY ANAESTHESIA

MSA / YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARDS

1600 – 1630

KISS – Effective communicationSivasakhti

Velayuthapillai

1600 – 1630

TIVA in daycareGordon Wong

1630 – 1700

ISBAR and graded assertivenessRafidah Atan

1630 – 1700

MIS practice in daycareSoon Yuen

1700 – 1730

Communicating treatment goals in acute pain managementUngku Kamariah

1700 – 1730

Extended criteria for daycare surgeryEleanor Fe Fey Chew

1730 – 1900 COLLEGE OF ANAESTHESIOLOGISTS AGM

2000 onwards FACULTY DINNER (by invitation only)

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SCienTifiC progrAmme (continued)

0700 – 0800 MEET THE EXPERT 1What editors look forAndrew Klein

0800 – 0900 PLENARY 2The truth about medico-legal issues in anaesthesia practiceHassan Ariff

0900 – 1030 PLENARY 3Haemodynamic monitoring for perioperative optimization : What is the evidence?Sabino Scolletta

1030 – 1200 SYMPOSIUM 9POST ANAESTHESIA CARE

SYMPOSIUM 10AIRWAY MANAGEMENT

SYMPOSIUM 11UPDATES IN MONITORING & TECHNOLOGY

1030 – 1100

Essential setup of PACURaha Abdul Rahman

1030 – 1100

Muscle relaxant for the difficult airwayJan Mulier

1030 – 1100

Arterial pressure monitoring in anaesthesiaSabino Scoletta

1100 – 1130

Myths & facts of PONVNora Azura Zain

1100 – 1130

Airway ultrasoundAdi Osman

1100 – 1130

Adequacy of anaesthesia – NMT/ENTROPY/BISJoseph Abeugh

1130 – 1200

Best practice with health informaticsAriffin Marzuki

1130 – 1200

Future of supraglottic devicesFahmi Lukman

1130 – 1200

CVP – The forgotten monitorHassan Ariff

1200 – 1300 PLENARY 4Save blood, save livesAndrew Klein

1300 – 1400 Lunch Symposium 2 (Pfizer)(Topic to be confirmed)Supranee Niruthisard

1400 – 1530 SYMPOSIUM 12VENTILATION STRATEGIES

SYMPOSIUM 13CARDIOTHORACIC ANAESTHESIA

SYMPOSIUM 14PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS

1400 – 1430

Management of atelectasisJoseph Abeug

1400 – 1430

Optimizing oxygen delivery during extracorporeal circulationNurhayati Mohd Idris

1400 – 1430

Nightmare of anaphylaxisKwok Fan Yin

DAY 2 | 29th April 2017 (SATURDAY)

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SCienTifiC progrAmme (continued)

1430 – 1500

Helmet NIVAdi Osman

1430 – 1500

Viscoelastic test of coagulation in cardiac surgeryHaslan Ghazali

1430 – 1500

Safety standards in management of drugs listed under Dangerous Drugs ActLim Wee Leong

1500 – 1530

Nasal high flow therapyRaha Abdul Rahman

1500 – 1530

Liberal vs restrictive transfusion strategy in cardiac surgeryAndrew Klein

1500 – 1530

Timeout & SSSL: Doing it right!Andrew Gunn

1530 – 1600 TEA BREAK

1600 – 1730

SYMPOSIUM 15MEDICOLEGAL & ETHICS ISSUE IN ANAESTHESIA

SYMPOSIUM 16TRAUMA ANAESTHESIA

SYMPOSIUM 17ALLIED HEALTH 2 : CARING FOR THE ANAESTHETISED

1600 – 1630

Bullying and harassment in OTRichard Riley

1600 – 1630

Preoperative trauma stabilizationAdi Osman

1600 – 1630

Pregnant mothers and anaesthesiaChan See Yun

1630 – 1700

Inappropriate surgery? The anaesthetist as patient’s advocateNoorjahan Haneem

1630 – 1700

War surgeryLynette Dominguez

1630 – 1700

I’m confused: Post op delirium / emergence delirium/POCDHaslan Ghazali

1700 – 1730

Consent of the minorTeo Shu Ching

1700 – 1730

ALS – Trauma prioritiesAndrew Gunn

1700 – 1730

Patient positioningVanitha Sivanaser

1730 – 1900 MALAYSIAN SOCIETY OF ANAESTHESIOLOGISTS AGM

2000 – 2300 GALA DINNERTheme: Simply Traditional

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SCienTifiC progrAmme (continued)

0700 – 0800 MEET THE EXPERT 2

0830 – 0930PLENARY 5Hypnosedation in the 21st Century : Is It time for anaesthetists to embrace hypnosis?Alan Soh Hock Guan

0930 – 1100 SYMPOSIUM 18OBSTETRIC ANAESTHESIA

SYMPOSIUM 19ALLIED HEALTH 3 : CRISIS MANAGEMENT

0930 – 1000

Abnormal invasive placenta – Avoiding bloodbathAzlina Masdar

0930 – 1000

ALS Update 2015Murniati Mustafa

1000 – 1030

Point of care coagulation testChan See Yun

1000 – 1030

Crisis resource management rolesNoorjahan Haneem

1030 – 1100

ERAS – LSCSNora Azura Zain

1030 – 1100

Avoiding hypothermia in neonatesLakshmi Thiayagarajan

1100 – 1130 Tea break

1130 – 1300 SYMPOSIUM 20PAEDIATRIC ANAESTHESIA

SYMPOSIUM 21UPDATES IN CRITICAL CARE

SYMPOSIUM 22PRACTICALS IN CLINICAL HYPNOSIS

1130 – 1200

Challenge of the neonatesLakshmi Thiayagarajan

1130 – 1200

Fluids 2017: Balance or unbalanced?Nor’Azim Mohd Yunos

Alan Soh Hock Guan

1200 – 1230

TIVA in childrenTeo Shu Ching

1200 – 1230

Steroids in pneumoniaMahazir Kassim

1230 – 1300

URTI anaesthesia risk? Evidence versus traditional practice?Yoga Bhavani

1230 – 1300

Advances in ICU: What can microcirculation can tell us?Sabino Scoletta

DAY 3 | 30th April 2017 (SUNDAY)

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CongreSS SeCreTAriAT

MALAYSIAN SOCIETY OF ANAESTHESIOLOGISTSg-1 Medical Academies of Malaysia, 210 Jalan Tun Razak, 50400 Kuala LumpurTEL (603) 4023 4700, 4025 4700, 4025 3700 FAx (603) 4023 8100EMAIL secretariat@msa.asm.org.my WEBSITE www.msa.asm.org.my

regiSTrATion feeS

CategOrY On or before 28th February 2017

1st March 2017 to15th april 2017 On-Site

MSA / CoA Member / Allied Health Professional / Trainee RM 600 RM 650 RM 750

non-MSA / CoA Member RM 750 RM 800 RM 900Overseas Delegate USD 200 USD 250 USD 300

PRE-CoNgRESS WoRkSHoPS 27th April 2017 (Thursday)

(Places are limited and on first come first-served basis)

On or before 28th February 2017

1st March 2017 to15th April 2017

1. Field Surgical Care Gleneagles Medini Hospital (0830 – 1700)

RM 150 RM 180

2. Crisis For The Anaesthetists: Short, Sharp, Intense

Monash Medical School (0800 – 1400)RM 100 RM 130

3. Basic Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) Berjaya Waterfront Hotel (1200 – 1800)

RM 100 RM 130

4. How To Ventilate Like Intensivists! Berjaya Waterfront Hotel (1200 – 1800)

RM 100 RM 130

On or before 31st March 2017

1st April 2017 to15th April 2017

5. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Berjaya Waterfront Hotel (0730 – 1700)

RM 150 RM 180

For online registration and payment, please log on to www.msa.asm.org.my

pAYmenT

All payments should be issued to “MALAYSIAN SOCIETY OF ANAESTHESIOLOGISTS”.

Payments can also be made via telegraphic transfer to:Account name : Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologistsname of Bank : CIMB Bank BerhadAddress of Bank : Kuala Lumpur Main Branch 11, Jalan Raja Laut, 50350 Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaAccount number : 80-0021098-1Swift Code : CIBBMYKL

Please return the bank remittance note along with the Registration Form either by fax or email. Document image by email is also acceptable.

CongreSS informATion

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HoTeL ACCommodATion

BERjAYA WATERFRONT HOTEL, jOHOR BAHRU – MALAYSIA88 Jalan Ibrahim Sultan, Stulang Laut, 80300 Johor Bahru, Johor Darul TakzimAttention : Shahrul erwanTEL (607) 221 9999 FAx (607) 221 5303EMAIL shahrul.erwan@berjayahotel.com;bwh.rsvn@berjayahotel.comWEBSITE www.berjayahotel.com/johorbahru

ROOM TYpESROOM RATES

Single Double

Deluxe RM 186 nett per night with 1 breakfast

RM 209 nett per night with 2 breakfasts

Extra bed RM 93 nett per night with breakfast

RM 93 per night with breakfast

Club Suite – RM 396 nett per suite / night with 2 breakfasts

Corner Site – RM 513 nett per suite / night with 2 breakfasts

For reservation at Berjaya Waterfront Hotel, please use attached reservation form

SUpporTing HoTeLS (within 1 Km from congress venue)

1. GRAND BLUEWAVE HOTEL9R, Jalan Bukit Meldrum, 80300 Johor Bahru, Johor, MalaysiaAttention : Salassa AizaEMAIL salassa.aiza@grandbluewavejb.com.my orEMAIL reservation@grandbluewavejb.com.myTEL (607) 221 6666 FAx (607) 222 9473 / 221 3090 / 221 0514 WEBSITE www.grandbluewavejb.com.my

ROOM TYpES ROOM RATES

Deluxe RoomSingle RM 180 nett with 1 breakfast

Twin RM 205 nett with 2 breakfasts

CongreSS informATion (continued)

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2. HOTEL SENTRAL jOHOR BAHRUno :17, Jalan Tenteram, Tanjung Puteri, 80300 Johor Bahru, JohorAttention : norlaily ToripTEL (607) 222 7788 FAx (607) 2223 7788EMAIL hsjbsales1@hsm.my WEBSITE www.hotelsentral.com

Room types Room Rates

Superior twin/king RM 120 nett/night with 2 breakfasts

For reservations, please contact hotels 1 & 2 directly

CAnCeLLATion And refUnd poLiCY

The Congress Secretariat must be notified in writing of all cancellations.

Refund will be made after the Congress. The refund policy is as follows:

Cancellation on or before 31st March 2017 : 50% refund

Cancellation after 31st March 2017 : nil

CerTif iCATe of ATTendAnCe

A Certificate of Attendance will be issued to all delegates.

L iAbiL iTY

The Organising Committee will not be liable for personal accidents, loss or damage to private properties of participants during the congress. Participants should make own arrangements with respect to personal insurance.

CongreSS informATion (continued)

diSCLAimerWhilst every attempt will be made to ensure that all aspects of the

Congress as mentioned in this publication will take place as scheduled, the Organising Committee reserves the right to make changes should the need arises.

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The Scientific Committee welcomes the submission of free communication abstracts for presentation at the Annual Scientific Congress 2017.

Free communications will be presented in one of the following formats:

a) Oral (for MSA-AZ Young Investigator Award and MSA Award)

b) Poster (for all other scientific communications)

Awards for best poster presentations :

1st Prize – RM1,000

2nd Prize – RM750

3rd Prize – RM500

Top 10 posters will be shortlisted. The presenters for these shortlisted posters must present their work to the judges in a 5-minute presentation.

Delegates are encouraged to submit abstracts for free papers / poster presentation online at:

www.msa.asm.org.myPlease log-on to our website for full details on how to submit abstracts. The closing date for

receipt of abstracts is 28TH FEBRUARY 2017.

gUideL ineS for SUbmiSSion of AbSTrACTS

v Abstracts are to be submitted in english.

v Organise the abstract under the headings: Title, Researchers (underline the Principal Investigator), Institution, Background, Objectives, Methods, Results and Conclusions.

v Abstracts of case reports will have the heading ‘Report’ instead of ‘Objectives’, ‘Methods’ and ‘Results’.

v Abstracts must be accompanied by payment of registration fees. If the abstract is subsequently not accepted for presentation, the registration fee will be refunded to the author in accordance with the cancellation policy.

v Scheduling details and guidelines for the final preparation of accepted presentations will be included with the notification of acceptance.

v Authors who have applied to compete in the MSA-AZ Young Investigator Award or MSA Award and whose abstracts are not selected, can opt for the poster presentation if they so wish.

v The final selection will be the responsibility of the Scientific Committee.

SCienTifiC CommUniCATionS

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SCienTifiC CommUniCATionS (continued)

SpeCiAL noTeS

1. All submissions of abstract for medical research on human subjects (excluding case reports/ case series and health system audits) should be accompanied by ethics committee approval letter

2. For those clinical research done in MOH facilities must have nMRR registration and nIH approval

3. For retrospective data analysis, authors can submit protocol to nMRR for expedited MReC approval.

4. All accepted abstracts will be compiled by the organizer and sent for approval by the Director general of Health by 20th March 2017.

inSTrUCTionS for poSTer preSenTATion

v Abstracts selected for posters will be presented as printed posters during the Congress. Authors will receive an e-mail with all technical information and details of the poster presentation prior to the event.

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mSA-AZ YoUng inveSTigATor AWArdThe Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologists and AstraZeneca Sdn Bhd are proud to announce the Young Investigator Award for original work in the fields of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine. The award is given in recognition of outstanding original work and consists of an honorarium of RM 3,000 and a certificate of merit. This competition is open to Malaysians below the age of 40 as of 1st January 2017.

mSA AWArdThe Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologists initiated the MSA Award to encourage medical investigators in the country to participate in the proceedings of the Annual Scientific Congress. The MSA recognises the importance of research in the advancement of the discipline and supports efforts to develop this activity. This award is given to the researcher who has shown great achievement in research and consists of an honorarium of RM 3,000 and a certificate of merit. This competition is open to all Malaysian medical practitioners. There is no age limit.

AWArdS

rULeS (for boTH AWArdS)

1. The award will be given to the doctor who presents the best oral free paper on any topic in Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care or Pain Medicine at the Annual Scientific Congress.

2. The work must have been carried out substantially in Malaysia.3. Only original work not previously published or presented, will be considered.4. A 250 to 300 words abstract has to be submitted before the closing date. The abstract should include a short discussion on how this work will enhance clinical

practice.5. The Organising Committee shall appoint the panel of judges. The decision made by the

panel of judges shall be final.6. In the event that no entry of sufficient merit is presented, the panel of judges may

recommend that no award be made.7. Closing date for applications in this competition is 28TH FEBRUARY 2017.