Specialist international medical graduate (SIMG) Dr Sharon D'Souza completed her anaesthesia training in India, before moving to Adelaide and then Melbourne.

In September 2022, we visted Darwin to talk to specialist anaesthetists, trainees, and medical students about living and working in Australia's Top End.

For the Spring 2023 edition of the ANZCA Bulletin, we visited Tasmania to talk to anaesthetists and trainees who live and work there.

Revised Reconsideration, Review, and Appeal Policy and the Special Consideration Policy.

A bank of scenarios is being developed to support the introduction of the SES assessment for introductory trainees in 2025.

Your annual continuing professional development (CPD) cycle for 2024 is ending on the 31 December 2024.

Dr Shireen Edmends is an anaesthetist living in Albany, Western Australia.

ANZCA Foundation research grants are now open

In 2025, the patient interaction component of the final exam medical viva will be re-introduced as the patient clinical interaction assessment (PCIA).

The following advice to anaesthetists is provided by the Chair of ANZCA’s Safety and Quality Committee, Associate Professor Joanna Sutherland in response to a widespread shortage of intravenous fluids.