THE AUSTRALIAN PAIN SOCIETY
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Postal Address
APS Secretariat
c/- DC Conference &
Association Management
PO Box 637
North Sydney NSW 2059
Australia
Head Office
Secretariat Office
c/- DC Conference &
Association Management
Suite 103, Level 1
3 West Street
North Sydney NSW 2060
Australia
Distinguished Members
At the Strategic Planning meeting in July 2006 the Australian Pain Society (APS) Board of Directors decided that the Distinguished Member Award should replace the Honorary Life Membership.
Further, at the Strategic Planning meeting in August 2009 the Board felt that the APS membership should also be asked if they have any nominations, which could be submitted to the membership committee.
At the face to face APS Board meeting in April 2019 it was agreed to apply more rigour to these guidelines to ensure future consistency. It was further agreed that generally, Distinguished Member nominations should not be made/accepted until a member is approaching retirement.
This award will be made available annually and presented to Australian Pain Society member/s who have satisfied the following:
Eligibility Criteria
Candidates must be Australian Pain Society member/s who generally have had a lengthy career in the field of pain and have:
- Made a major contribution1 towards the Society, and
- Significantly contributed to the science of pain management, and/or
- Played a significant clinical, educational or research role in the field of Pain Management in Australia
1 Major contributions include, but are not limited to:
- SPC involvement
- Pain research
- APS projects
- Subcommittee involvement
- Board liaison
- Contributions to ASM presentations
Nomination Guidelines
- A Nomination for Distinguished Member Award form must be completed
- As a guide, it is desirable that nominees have held continuous APS membership for over 10 years
- Nominations must include an 800-900 word biography of the nominee. The Board will not consider incomplete nomination forms.
- Unsuccessful nominations are not automatically put forward in subsequent years.
- The nominator must be prepared to present a brief summary of the Distinguished Member biography in the ASM program, or arrange a suitable alternate for the presentation segment.
Submission
- All nominations to be submitted to the APS Secretariat by 31 October each year.
Notification
- The APS Board will notify successful nominees, if any, by 31 December each year.
- Distinguished Member recipients are actively encouraged to attend the Annual Scientific Meeting in order to receive their award in person from the APS President.