Overview
ANZCA's professional documents are crucial for promoting the quality and safety of patient care for those undergoing anaesthesia for surgical and other procedures.
The professional documents define the College’s requirements for training and for hospitals providing such training, to provide guidance to the College’s Fellows on standards of anaesthetic practice, to define the College’s policies, and for other purposes that the College deems appropriate. Professional documents are also referred to by government and other bodies, particularly with regard to accreditation of healthcare facilities.
The professional documents are regularly reviewed and amended in accordance with changes in knowledge, practice and technology. A document regarding this process, ADP1 Professional Documents, was recently developed. For further information or feedback about the professional documents, please e-mail profdocs@anzca.edu.au. Current documents are available below.
Please note that on January 1, 2010, the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM), formerly the Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (JFICM), was established as an independent entity. All references to JFICM within professional documents should be interpreted as references to CICM.
The codes of two professional documents have recently been amended as follows:
- TE20: Guidelines for Hospitals Seeking College Approval of Posts for Vocational Training in Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine (previously PS47)
- TE21: Recommendations for Retrieval Services Seeking College Approval for Vocational Training in Anaesthesia (previously PS52)
Professional standards
- PS1 : Recommendations on Essential Training for Rural General Practitioners in Australia Proposing to Administer Anaesthesia
- PS2 : Statement on Credentialling and Defining the Scope of Clinical Practice in Anaesthesia
- PS3 : Guidelines for the Management of Major Regional Analgesia
- PS4 : Recommendations for the Post-Anaesthesia Recovery Room
- PS6 : The Anaesthesia Record. Recommendations on the Recording of an Episode of Anaesthesia Care
- PS7 : Recommendations on the Pre-Anaesthesia Consultation
- PS8 : Guidelines on the Assistant for the Anaesthetist
- PS9 : Guidelines on Sedation and/or Analgesia for Diagnostic and Interventional Medical or Surgical Procedures (new version soon to be released)
- PS10 : Guidelines on the Handover of Responsibility During an Anaesthetic
- PS12 : Statement on Smoking as Related to the Perioperative Period
- PS15 : Recommendations for the Perioperative Care of Patients Selected for Day Care Surgery
- PS16 : Statement on the Standards of Practice of a Specialist Anaesthetist
- PS18 : Recommendations on Monitoring During Anaesthesia
- PS19 : Recommendations on Monitored Care by an Anaesthetist
- PS20 : Recommendations on Responsibilities of the Anaesthetist in the Post-Anaesthesia Period
- PS26 : Guidelines on Consent for Anaesthesia or Sedation
- PS27 : Guidelines for Fellows Who Practise Major Extracorporeal Perfusion
- PS28 : Guidelines on Infection Control in Anaesthesia
- PS29 : Statement on Anaesthesia Care of Children in Healthcare Facilities Without Dedicated Paediatric Facilities
- PS31 : Recommendations on Checking Anaesthesia Delivery Systems
- PS37 : Statement on Local Anaesthesia and Allied Health Practitioners
- PS38 : Statement Relating to the Relief of Pain and Suffering and End of Life Decisions
- PS39 : Minimum Standards for Intrahospital Transport of Critically Ill Patients
- PS40 : Guidelines for the Relationship Between Fellows and the Healthcare Industry
- PS41 : Guidelines on Acute Pain Management
- PS42 : Recommendations for Staffing of Departments of Anaesthesia
- PS43 : Statement on Fatigue and the Anaesthetist
- PS44 : Guidelines to Fellows Acting on Appointments Committees for Senior Staff in Anaesthesia
- PS45 : Statement on Patients' Rights to Pain Management and Associated Responsibilities
- PS46 : Recommendations for Training and Practice of Diagnostic Perioperative Transoesophageal Echocardiography in Adults
- PS49 : Guidelines on the Health of Specialists and Trainees
- PS50 : Recommendations on Practice Re-Entry for a Specialist Anaesthetist
- PS51 : Guidelines for the Safe Administration of Injectable Drugs in Anaesthesia
Technical
- T1 : Recommendations on Minimum Facilities for Safe Administration of Anaesthesia in Operating Suites and Other Anaesthetising Locations
- T3 : Minimum Safety Requirements for Anaesthetic Machines for Clinical Practice
- TG4 : Equipment to Manage a Difficult Airway During Anaesthesia (**PILOT**)
Training and educational
- TE1 : Recommendations for Hospitals Seeking College Approval for Vocational Training in Anaesthesia
- TE2 : Policy on Vocational Training Modules and Module Supervision
- TE3 : Policy on Supervision of Clinical Experience for Vocational Trainees in Anaesthesia
- TE4 : Policy on Duties of Regional Education Officers in Anaesthesia
- TE5 : Policy for Supervisors of Training in Anaesthesia
- TE6 : Guidelines on the Duties of an Anaesthetist
- TE7 : Guidelines for Secretarial and Support Services to Departments of Anaesthesia
- TE8 : Guidelines for the Learning Portfolio for Trainees in Anaesthesia
- TE9 : Guidelines on Quality Assurance in Anaesthesia
- TE10 : Recommendations for Vocational Training Programs
- TE11 : Policy on the Formal Project
- TE13 : Guidelines for the Provisional Fellowship Program
- TE14 : Policy for the In-Training Assessment (ITA) Process (**PILOT**)
- TE17 : Policy on Advisors of Candidates for Anaesthesia Training
- TE18 : Policy for Assisting Trainees in Difficulty (**PILOT**)
- TE19 : Policy on Trainee Illness or Disability (**PILOT**)
- TE20 : Guidelines for Hospitals Seeking College Approval of Posts for Vocational Training in Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine (previously PS47)
- TE21 : Recommendations for Retrieval Services Seeking College Approval for Vocational Training in Anaesthesia (**PILOT**) (previously PS52)
Examinations
Related documents
Review process for professional documents
- ADP1 : Professional Documents
