Library system maintenance: Access to library services will be impacted by a system upgrade on Sunday 21 December 2025, with intermittant access issues expected.

Further information

The college will be closed from 2pm (AEDT) on Wednesday 24 December 2025 until Monday 5 January 2026. We wish you a happy and safe festive period.

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What's happening in Victoria?

Explore the latest news, events, courses, and committee updates from our Victoria office.

VRC FPM CME evening meeting

The FPM Victorian Regional Committee’s last meeting of the year was on Wednesday, 12 November, and followed with the FPM VRC CME evening meeting on Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, drawing strong engagement from both in-person and online attendees. We extend our sincere thanks to presenter Dr Helen Cohen, Ms Hasina Patel and Dr Sanam Kia for an insightful session, and to evening convenor Dr Emily Rickman from the committee for leading the event. We are delighted by the overwhelming positive feedback received and thank all who joined us for making the evening a success.
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Victorian Trainee Day

Friday 21 November, 9.30am to 5.30pm

The Victorian Trainee Committee brought together a great Victorian Trainee Day which focused on welfare, research, fellowship and challenges. Everyone enjoyed an informative relaxed day with their colleagues, along with social drinks and networking afterwards. Overall, it was well-received with great feedback and we look forward to offering it again in 2026.


Please mark in your calendars Friday 13 November 2026 and join us again next year.
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Primary Refresher Course 

Our recent course was held from Monday 17 November to Friday 28 November, both face to face at the college and online via zoom. The course has continued to be popular with 126 registered for this sitting (80 in-person registrations, and 46 online registrations) We had trainees registered from all states and territories and a large number also from New Zealand.

A big thank you to our convenor Dr Adam Skinner and each of the following presenters involved in the successful delivery of this course:

Dr Abhay Umranikar, Dr Adam Nettleton, Dr Alister Ford, Dr Andrew Buettner, Dr Andrew Talman, Dr Aylin Seven, Dr Brian Chee, Dr Colin Bense, Dr David Olive, Dr David Roche, Dr Desmond McGlade, Dr Erin McCabe, Dr Frank Hsiao, Dr Gerard Harrop, Dr Hugh Platt, Dr Ian McKenzie, Dr James Koziol, Dr Jason Chou, Dr Lahiru Amaratunge, Dr Luxmana Jeganathan, Dr Nicholas Marsden, Dr Nicole Hunt, Dr Peter Howe, Dr Phil Peyton, Dr Rob Wengritzky, Dr Sarah Brew, Dr Tom Scodellaro, Dr Tze Ping Tan.

Upcoming courses and events

  • Final Refresher Course – Monday 9 to Friday 13 February 2026
  • Final Anatomy Course – Monday 16 February 2026
  • Introduction to Anaesthesia Course – Friday 6 March 2026
  • Primary Refresher Course – Monday 25 May to Friday 5 June 2026
  • Final Refresher Course – Monday 15 to Friday 19 June 2026
  • Final Anatomy Course – Monday 22 June 2026
  • Primary Refresher Course – Monday 16 to Friday 27 November 2026

2026 Melbourne Winter Anaesthetic Meeting – Save the date

Our annual Winter meeting has been scheduled for Saturday 8 - Sunday 9 August 2026 at Sofitel Melbourne on Collins. Registration for the event will be open in early 2026.

Please contact the secretariat should you have any queries and/or to express interest in attending either of our courses/events.

VICTORIAN REGIONAL COMMITTEE 

Secretariat: E: [email protected] T: 03 8517 5313

End of year operating hours

The ANZCA Vic Regional Office will be closed from the afternoon of Wednesday 24 December 2025 to Monday 5 January 2026. We wish everyone a wonderful festive season and look forward to working with you again in the new year.