Victoria Trainee Committee

The 2026 Vic Trainee Day will be held on Saturday 21st November 2026 at the college. The program has been put together by our Victorian Trainee Committee and will cover sessions on Wellbeing, Fellowship and 'Speed Dating', a great chance for networking. We look forward to seeing those that can make it on the day. For more details and to register see here. 

The Victoria Trainee Committee can be reached through the Vic ANZCA Office at [email protected] OR confidentially via: [email protected] 

Victorian trainees please join us on our socials:
FACEBOOK: Victorian Anaesthetic Registrars 
INSTAGRAM @vtc.anzca

^{Victoria Regional Committee}

The first committee meeting for the new term took place on Monday 22 June following an annual dinner to thank the outgoing chair Dr Dean Dimovski and welcome the new committee. We also thanked our retiring members Dr Dean Dimovski, Dr Nam Le and Dr Kaylee Jordan. A special mention was also given to Professor David Story for the valuable contributions he gave to the committee during his term as president. Dr Lucky De Silva was announced as the new chair and Dr Helen Roberts as the new deputy chair. The new elected committee members for 2026-2028 are: 

• Dr Lakmini (Lucky) De Silva - Elected member (Chair)
• Dr Helen Roberts - Elected member (Deputy Chair)
• Dr Lahiru Amaratunge - Elected member           
• Dr Kate Barrett - Elected member          
• Dr Fiona Brewster - Elected member   
• Dr Adriana Bibbo - Elected member (CME Officer)
• Dr Tabara Dione - Elected member                
• Dr Emma Goodyear - Elected member
• Dr Frank Hsiao - Elected member                       
• Dr Michelle Horne - Elected member     
• Dr Martin Nguyen - Elected member    
• Dr Patrick Tan - Elected member           

Victorian Anaesthetic Trainee Scheme

The VATS info night as held on Monday 25 May, in hybrid delivery with close to 60 in person and 100 joining online. Presentations covered the application process and information on each of the 4 rotations streams. The VATS interviews for each of the four rotations streams we held from Monday 24 to Wednesday 26 August as follows: 

• VRTN - online interviews held on Monday 24 August.
• Eastern - in person interviews held on Monday 24 August at the college.
• Northwestern - in person interviews held on Tuesday 25 August at the college.
• Monash - in person interviews held on Wednesday 26 August at Monash hospital.

A big thank you to Dr Tarin Ward (VATS Chair), Dr Heather Butler (VATS Deputy Chair) and all the Rotational Supervisors who volunteered their time to work through all the applications, interviews, selections and offers. It is a big effort for all the team. 

Also a big congratulations to all the trainees - both those who received offers and also those who made it to the interview stage. So many deserving applicants for the limited places! 

SOT meetings

A SOT meeting was held on Thursday 11 June. The day covered 2 educators’ workshops (Teaching in non-clinical settings and Facilitating Learning in Clinical Settings 2), updates from the Education unit and DPA, and a talk “The Final VIVA and what to expect” by Dr Chris Duffy. There was also a dinner held at L’Hotel Gitan following the meeting. The next is scheduled for Tuesday 10 November. 

Upcoming events

ANZCA Primary & Final practice viva sessions 

A series of dates have been organised with some of our Victorian hospitals to hold viva practice nights in September and October leading up to both the primary and final viva exams. Each of our Victorian trainees who receive a viva offer will be contacted to be offered some practice nights allocations.

SOT meetings

The next SOT meeting will be held on Tuesday 10 November, covering two educators’ workshops, updates from the Education unit and DPA, along with a talk covering ‘Difficult conversations' by Dr Mark Priestley. 

Primary Exam Refresher Course

Will be held from Monday 16 to 27 November 2026, hybrid delivery held both face to face at the college and online via Zoom. Due to lift upgrades at the college, we will be relocating the course to the Pullman hotel.

2027 Melbourne Winter Anaesthetic Meeting – Save the date

Our annual Winter meeting has been scheduled for Saturday 7 - Sunday 8 August 2027 at Sofitel Melbourne on Collins. 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