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

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

The TGA has announced changes to how medicine labels will show ingredient names.

Rural Generalist Anaethesia trainees must successfully complete the multiple choice question examination (MCQs) and the RGA Standardised Structured Scenario-based Assessment (RGA-SSSA) during training.

As pain medicine is a multi-disciplinary specialty, specialist pain medicine physicians come from a variety of backgrounds.

Program for the 2023 Rural Special Interest Group and Mackay Anaesthetic Community (MAC) joint meeting at Airlie Beach from 16-18 June 2023.