Workforce and capacity building in Asia-Pacific
The college works alongside colleagues in Papua New Guinea and other Pacific nations to help build and support their workforce capacity though educational and support initiatives as guided by colleagues in-country.
Pacific online learning and education sessions
To support our colleagues in the Pacific, ANZCA host regular online education sessions thoughout the year. Sessions are broken up into target audience and topic. The table below details confimed upcoming and past sessions available for the year. Please note, all times are displayed in Australian Eastern Standard Time.
| Junior doctors and trainees |
Anaesthetic nurses and ASOs |
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Airway Management Refresher - VORTEX
Dr Jess Lim
23 March 2024, 9am -10.30am AEST
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Airway Management - Difficult Airway
Dr Andrew Downey
27 April 2024, 9am-10.30am AEST |
Crises in Anaesthesia
Dr Kathryn Meldon
11 May 2024, 9am-10.30am AEST |
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Paediatric Anaesthesia
Dr Kim Filler
15 June 2024, 9-10.30am AEST |
Paediatrics - difficult vasc. access
Dr Nilru Vitharana
22 June 2024, 9am-10.30am AEST |
Obstetric Anaesthesia
Dr Anna Loughnan
13 July 2024, 9-10.30am AEST |
Obstetric Anaesthesia - High Risk Patients
Dr Bec McNamara
20 July 2024, 9-10.30am AEST |
Exam Preparation
Dr Yasmin Endlich
10 August 2024, 9-10.30am AEST |
Referencing
Dr Andrew Duckworth
24 August 2024, 9-10am AEST |
ENT and Airways
Dr Rosalyn Boyd
21 September 2024, 9-10.30am AEST |
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Regional Anaesthesia
Dr Kathleen Lanigan
12 October 2024, 9-10.30am AEST
Zoom |
Regional Anaestheisa Refresher
Dr Andrew Do
26 October 2024, 9-10.30am AEST
Zoom
Meeting ID:834 2028 9915
Passcode: 276804 |
9am AEST (Timor Leste 8am; PNG 9am; Micronesia 10am; Fiji 11am; Tonga 12pm)
Please contact the Global Development team if you have any questions or would like further information.
Papua New Guinea
ANZCA has been working with the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Society of Anaesthetists and Intensivists, the medical university and hospitals for many years and over that time has built strong relationships based on mutual respect. ANZCA initiatives in PNG include:
- In-country support for anaesthesia training and examinations including three to four-yearly teaching visits.
- Prizes and awards in anaesthesia at the undergraduate, diploma and final master of medicine level.
- Workshop, lecture and speaker support at the annual PNG Medical Symposium and Society of Anaesthetists and Intensivists meeting.
- Support to attend international conferences and meetings.
Timor Leste
In supporting Timor Leste to build their anaesthesia and pain medicine workforce, ANZCA supports a doctor from Timor Leste to undertake their master of medicine training in anaesthesia, at the Fiji National University in Dili.