The ANZCA Executive Committee reviews and consolidates documentation and financial matters; makes recommendations to the ANZCA Council, and acts on behalf of the council where appropriate.
At ANZCA’s inauguration, it received the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) Faculty of Anaesthetists’ share of the RACS Foundation Fund. These funds were used to establish the ANZCA Foundation, which continues to support medical research and education to save lives, help people to optimise their health, and work to make life as pain-free as possible.
The Education Executive Management Committee (EEMC) oversees, guides and reports on ANZCA education activities and the operations of the Education Development and Evaluation Committee (EDEC), the Training Accreditation Committee (TAC) and Specialist International Medical Graduate (SIMG) Committee.
The Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee assists the council in discharging its duties with regard to the financial affairs of the college.
The ANZCA ICT Governance Committee will consider all matters relating to planning and governance of information management (IM), information and communications technology (ICT) and project management of major strategic initiatives.
The ANZCA Research Committee assesses research applications for projects related to anaesthesia, resuscitation, perioperative medicine, intensive care or pain medicine carried out in Australia or New Zealand.
The Professional Affairs Executive Committee (PAEC) reports to ANZCA Council on issues relevant or important to fellows of the college including fellowship engagement, policy, advocacy and community development.
The Safety and Quality Committee works with fellows and ANZCA Council to support safe clinical practice in anaesthesia and pain medicine.
The Training Accreditation Committee (TAC) implements council policy in relation to the accreditation of approved training sites (usually approved hospital departments, but also other sites such as retrieval services), and rotational training programs in anaesthesia. Rotations are approved by the New Zealand National Committee and the Australian regional committees.
Committees of the ANZCA council are assisted in achieving objectives by several subcommittees.
Elected regional and national committees in each state of Australia and in New Zealand support the function of national office.