New Zealand committees


New Zealand National Committee 2012 - 2013

 NZNC 2012-2013

 

Pictured, from left: Professor Alan Merry, Drs Indu Kapoor, Sally Ure, Kieran Davis, Jennifer Woods, Geoff Laney, John Smithells, Vanessa Beavis, Joe Sherriff, Gary Hopgood, Geoff Long,  Vaughan Laurenson,  Kerry Gunn, Malcolm Stuart and Rachel Dempsey (for Sheila Barnett). Absent: Drs Sabine Pecher, Nigel Robertson, Rob Carpenter, Steuart Henderson and Tony Williams.


Functions and goals
The New Zealand National Committee (NZNC) is responsible for activities similar to those of the Australian regional committees but also represents the College in dealing with national agencies such as the Ministry of Health and the Medical Council of New Zealand. In this respect, some of its functions mirror those of the ANZCA Council in Melbourne.

 

The committee advises the ANZCA Council on New Zealand issues, convenes continuing medical education events for Fellows, runs examination preparation courses for trainees and provides a forum for liaison between training hospitals and the College.

 

In all of its activities, the committee’s guiding principle remains the College’s mission statement: "to serve the community by fostering safety and high quality patient care in anaesthesia, perioperative medicine and pain medicine". Because the community served by NZNC is the New Zealand public, College policy occasionally has to be interpreted to best meet the needs of New Zealand. In most cases, the aims of the committee are identical to those of the College in Australia.

 

There are four major areas in which the NZNC pursues its goals:

  • Promotion of the standards that the College sets for practice in anaesthesia and pain medicine, the aims of which are to offer the public care of a standard equal to that anywhere in the world.

  • Training supported through teaching programmes in hospitals throughout New Zealand. The hospitals are inspected regularly to ensure their facilities and staff are able to provide safe, comprehensive clinical experience and theoretical teaching. On behalf of the committee, some centres run pre-examination courses for the primary and final examinations. In addition, the committee contributes advice and teaching to the training programme for anaesthesia assistants. 

  • Continuing medical education is provided for all practitioners with the principal aim of maintaining specialist skills. Most of these activities are coordinated by the NZ Anaesthesia Education Committee (NZAEC), an educational initiative supported jointly by the NZNC and the New Zealand Society of Anaesthetists. Through its continuing professional development program, ANZCA encourages involvement in continuing medical education and audit.

  • In advising national agencies, the committee attempts to ensure that quality anaesthesia and pain medicine are provided safely to the public.

The commmittee's work and objectives are supported by seven full or part-time staff working in the New Zealand National Office in Wellington, including a general manager, communications manager, senior policy adviser, training and education coordinator, finance manager, NZNC administrator and assessments co-ordinator.

 

Terms of reference

The ANZCA Council has developed terms of reference for the committees that report to it, including the NZNC. The aim is to streamline both council and committee work by clarifying the purpose of and arrangements for committees, particularly to define which functions are delegated to committees (and reported through to council) and which require council approval. The terms of reference include standardised definitions of a quorum, voting rules and that electronic decisions should be recorded in the minutes of the next meeting.

 

2012-2013 New Zealand National Committee members

 

Name Title
Dr Geoff Long

Chair

NZNC representative on College of Intensive Care Medicine's NZ National Committee

chair@anzca.org.nz
Dr Nigel Robertson Deputy Chair
Dr Gary Hopgood Honorary secretary/honorary treasurer
Dr Indu Kapoor National education officer
Dr Joe Sherriff National quality and safety officer
Dr Jennifer Woods

Formal project officer

NZNC representative on NZ Anaesthesia Education Commmittee
Dr Kerry Gunn

Fellowship affairs officer NZNC representative on NZ Anaesthesia Education Commmittee (which he chairs)
Dr Malcolm Stuart NZNC representative on NZ Anaesthetic Technicians Society and NZ Resuscitation Council
Dr Sally Ure
Dr Sabine Pecher
Professor Alan Merry

Ex-officio, ANZCA councillor
Dr Vanessa Beavis

Ex-officio, ANZCA councillor

Chair, NZ Panel for Vocational Registration 

Immediate past NZNC chair
Dr Geoff Laney

Co-opted
Dr John Smithells Co-opted, new Fellows representative
Dr Kieran Davis Co-opted, Faculty of Pain Medicine representative

Dr Rochelle Barron

 Co-opted, chair, ANZCA NZ Trainee Committee
Dr Rob Carpenter Co-opted observer, president, NZ Society of Anaesthetists
Dr Tony Williams Co-opted observer, chair, College of Intensive Care Medicine's NZ National Committee
Dr Steuart Henderson In attendance, ANZCA director of professional affairs (assessor)
Dr Vaughan Laurenson In attendance, ANZCA director of professional affairs (deputy assessor)

 

2013 meeting dates

  • Friday March 8 (Wellington)
  • Friday June 28 and Saturday June 29 (Wellington; joint meeting with NZSA Executive on Friday morning)
  • Tuesday November 5 and Wednesday November 6 (Dunedin)


Annual general meeting

The annual general meeting for ANZCA's New Zealand Fellows was held on Thursday, November 15 during the NZ Anaesthesia Annual Scientific Meeting in Auckland. In his chair report, Dr Geoff Long outlined some of the NZNC's key achievements for the year. Click here to see his full report.


Contact

To contact the New Zealand National Committee, email anzca@anzca.org.nz.

 

New Zealand Trainee Committee

The New Zealand Trainee Committee (NZTC) advises the ANZCA Council, via the ANZCA Trainee Committee, about matters in New Zealand that may concern the College. The committee also considers matters that may be referred to them by the council. The committee meets by teleconference or in person about four times a year.

 

For information about ANZCA training in New Zealand, click here.

 

About the New Zealand Trainee Committee

 

2013 NZTC members 

 

Name

Hospital

Position
Dr Rochelle Barron Wellington  Chair
Dr Olivia Albert
 Auckland City
  
Dr Ruth Brown
Christchurch Deputy Chair
Dr Lizi Edmonds
 Nelson
  
Dr Julia Foley Auckland City
  
Dr Michael Hamilton Dunedin  
Dr Chang-Joon Kim
 Auckland City
  
Dr Laura Kwan
 Wellington
  
Dr Catherine Purdy Auckland City
 Co-opted
Dr Ghassan Talab
 Auckland City
  
Dr Richard Walsh Waikato  


Next meeting date

  • May 29, 2013


Contact

To contact the New Zealand Trainee Committee, email training@anzca.org.nz.

 

 

New Zealand National Education Sub-Committee

The New Zealand National Education Sub-Committee (ESC) reports to the New Zealand National Committee. The National Education Officer, Dr Indu Kapoor, chairs the ESC, which is composed of the supervisors of training at all the teaching hospitals in New Zealand and rotational supervisors, who are listed here. The NZNC chair and the chair of the New Zealand Trainee Committee are also members of the ESC.

 

The ESC meets twice a year, usually in May and November, to report on how ANZCA's Training Program is operating in the hospitals, to share information and to hear of developments in the ANZCA Training Program.

 

Contact

To contact the Education Sub-Committee, email training@anzca.org.nz


New Zealand Anaesthesia Education Committee

The New Zealand Anaesthesia Education Committee (NZAEC) is a joint committee of ANZCA's New Zealand National Committee and the New Zealand Society of Anaesthetists. It coordinates and promotes educational activities for anaesthetists in New Zealand, including the annual NZ Anaesthesia ASM. For further information about the committee, its membership and its activities, click here.

 

Contact

To contact the NZ Anaesthesia Education Committee, email nzaec@anaesthesia.org.nz.


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