ANZCA & FPM trainee survey
We’ll be sending out the Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine Trainee Survey in mid-July 2025. We invite all anaesthesia and pain medicine trainees to participate.
Objectives
The trainee survey aims to gather valuable feedback from all current anaesthesia and pain medicine trainees to capture your perspectives on our training programs, training sites, and the broader trainee experience.
The survey will be administered by a third-party, Kantar, so you can provide us with anonymous and transparent feedback.
The survey will be split over two years, with each year focusing on different aspects of the training program.
In 2025, the survey will seek your feedback on the following:
- Training and assessment requirements.
- Training environment and experiences at training sites.
- Access to teaching and learning resources.
In 2026, the focus of the survey will shift to questions aimed at different aspects of the training program (for example, trainee wellbeing and support, quality of supervision, communications and cultural safety). We’ll confirm the details of the 2026 survey next year.
Look out for an email from us in mid-July with further information on the survey and when you can expect to receive the survey link invitation from Kantar.
FAQs
Who will be invited to the survey?
The survey invitation will be sent to:
- current anaesthesia and pain medicine trainees, and
- trainees who have trained since August 2024 (but may have since completed training).
Do I have to complete the survey?
While we encourage all trainees to complete the survey, it is not mandatory. We do strongly encourage all trainees to complete the survey to help inform improvements to the training program/experience. The survey has, historically, been a very useful tool to identify strengths and weaknesses in the training program.
Who is responsible for the survey?
The survey has been developed by the Trainee Survey Renewal Project Working Group in consultation with several ANZCA and FPM committees, as well as the Education and Research Unit within ANZCA. There has been extensive work across the college to develop the survey questions to elicit positive and tangible improvements to the training program and trainee experience.
Why is an external company administering the survey?
We’ve contracted a third-party (Kantar) to administer the 2025 trainee survey, and to analyse and report the results. The use of a third-party l ensures anonymity of your responses and will provide ANZCA & FPM with objective and data-driven findings to help us improve the quality of the training program/experience.
How are you ensuring my response is anonymous?
We have contracted a third-party (Kantar) to ensure all individual trainee responses will be anonymous, and only deidentified and aggregated findings (above a minimum-response threshold) will be reported to relevant ANZCA and FPM committees. Any analysis or reporting completed by Kantar at a site-level will be carefully managed by setting respondent criteria (for example, reporting will be provided only if more than eight trainees have rotated through the site over the previous 12 months, and more than three trainees from the site have responded).
Who sees the survey results?
Kantar will provide ANZCA & FPM with aggregated and de-identified analysis and reporting of the findings. The relevant ANZCA + FPM committees (including relevant trainee committees) will be provided with findings for the purpose of identifying opportunities for improvements in the training program/s.
How can I seek support for a technical issue?
Trainees participating in the survey will receive a survey invitation and link from Kantar, which will include relevant details if you require any technical support or further assistance.
What do I do if I haven’t received an invitation to participate in the trainee survey?
The survey invitation will be sent to:
- current anaesthesia and pain medicine trainees, and
- trainees who have trained since August 2024 (but may have since completed training).
If you haven’t received the invitation, please check your junk mail/spam folder for the invitation from Kantar. If this has not been received and does not appear in your junk mail/spam, please contact [email protected].
Other support
As part of our ongoing support, ANZCA has engaged the professional services of Converge International, a specialist in psychology, mental health and wellbeing. We encourage you to seek help from your local welfare advocate, mentor and/or general practitioner or the ANZCA Doctors’ Support Program (DSP) via 1300 687 327 (AU) / 0800 666 367 (NZ) or [email protected]. This is a professional counselling service that offers confidential and short-term support that is provided free to you and your immediate family members. Converge counsellors are experienced in working with individuals in the medical profession. In addition to this you may also seek support from Doctors Health Advisory Service. You can find more information on our website.
