Workforce and capacity building in Asia-Pacific

The college works alongside colleagues in Papua New Guinea and other Pacific nations to help build and support their workforce capacity though educational and support initiatives as guided by colleagues in-country.

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 details confimed upcoming and past sessions available for the year. Please note, all times are displayed in Australian Eastern Standard Time.


Junior doctors and traineesAnaesthetic nurses and ASOs 


 

Anaesthesia for the critically unwell patient  
Dr Nilru Vitharana and Dr Sally Wharton
22 February 2025, 9am-

10.30am AEST

Difficult Airway Management
Dr Rosalyn Boyd
22 March 2025, 9-10.30am AEST
Paediatric critical care: Respiratory
Dr Gerard Moynihan
5 April 2025, 9am-10.30am AEST
Obstetric Anaesthesia
Dr Anna Loughnan
12 April 2025, 9-10.30am AEST

Paediatric critical care: Cardiac
Dr Liz Croston
26 April 2025, 9am-10.30am AEST
Trauma 
Dr Kat Meldon
21 June 2025, 9-10.30am AEST
Anaesthetic Machine Check
Dr Michael Stone
31 May 2025, 9am-10.30am AEST
Exam preparation 
Dr Yasmin Endlich 
19 July 2025, 9-10.30am AEST
Acute Pain
Dr Michelle Masta
14 June 2025, 9am-10.30am AEST
Paediatric Anaesthesia
Dr Kim Fuller
16 August 2025, 9-10.30am AEST

Chronic and Cancer Pain
Dr Moira Rush
26 July 2025, 9am-10.30am AEST
Regional Anaesthesia 
Dr Stuart Andrews and Dr Hilbert Tovirika
21 September 2025, 9-10.30am AEST
Regional Anaesthesia
Dr Andrew Lansdown
27 September 2025, 9-10.20am AEST
Pain for a pain specialist
Dr Mark Alcock
18 October 2025, 9-10.30am
Regional Anaesthesia
Dr Andrew Do
25 October 2025, 9-10.20am AEST

Crisis Management
Dr Jess Lim
22 November 2025, 9-10.30am AEST

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.