For SA/NT trainees preparing for the primary exam.

This year’s Combined SIG meeting was held on 23-25 June 2023 at QT Gold Coast.

Register now for the 2024 ANZCA CTN Strategic Research Workshop on 1-4 August 2024 in Coogee.

Join us for the 2023 Australia Asia Pacific ERAS+ conference from 26-29 October at the Park Hyatt Melbourne.

To address workforce shortages, particularly in rural areas, the Australian government has recommended the implementation of an expedited registration pathway for specialist international medical graduates (SIMGs).

The Rural SIG is one of 17 SIGs jointly managed by ANZCA, the Australian Society of Anaesthetists (ASA), and the New Zealand Society of Anaesthetists (NZSA) through the Anaesthesia Continuing Education (ACE) partnership.

The TCRGA is a collaboration between ANZCA, the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. It oversees development of the RGA training program.

In May 2023, the TC-RGA agreed that Rural Generalist Anaesthetists (RGAs) would be recommended to undertake the Continuing Professional Developement (CPD) program-level requirements identified in the ANZCA and FPM CPD standard.

College feedback on the Medical Board of Australia’s consultation on the recognition of rural generalism as a new field of specialty practice within the specialty of general practice, under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law.

Regional and rural workforce strategy