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 |
| Airway Management Refresher - VORTEX |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Regional Anaesthesia Dr Kathleen Lanigan 12 October 2024, 9-10.30am AEST Zoom | Regional Anaestheisa Refresher Dr Andrew Landsdown 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 Society of Anaesthetists of Papua New Guinea (PNG), 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 Anaesthesiologists 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 Suva.
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