New Zealand committees
- New Zealand National Committee
- New Zealand Trainee Committee
- New Zealand National Education Sub-Committee
- New Zealand Anaesthesia Education Committee
New Zealand National Committee (NZNC)
Pictured, from left: Professor Alan Merry, Drs Jennifer Woods, Leona Wilson, Vanessa Beavis, Malcolm Stuart, Sheila Hart, Indu Kapoor, Sally Ure, Nigel Robertson, Geoff Long, Vaughan Laurenson, Gary Hopgood, Sabine Pecher, Joe Sherriff and Kerry Gunn. Absent: Drs Rob Carpenter, Kieran Davis, Steuart Henderson, Gerard McHugh and Tony Williams.
Functions and goals
The New Zealand National Committee
(NZNC) is responsible for activities similar to those of the Australian
regional committees and 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.
In all of its activities, the committee’s guiding principle remains the College’s mission statement: “To serve the community by fostering safety and quality patient care in anaesthesia, intensive care 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 it goals:
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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.
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Training is 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.
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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.
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In advising national agencies, the committee attempts to ensure that quality anaesthesia and pain medicine are provided safely to the public.
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.
Committee members
Name
Title
Dr Geoff Long
Chair
Dr Nigel Robertson
Deputy Chair
Dr Gary Hopgood
Honorary Secretary/Honorary Treasurer
Dr Vaughan Laurenson
Chair, NZ Panel for Vocational Registration (also ANZCA Director of Professional Affairs, Deputy Assessor)
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 Vanessa Beavis
Immediate past chair
Dr Kerry Gunn
Fellowship Affairs Officer and NZNC representative on NZ Anaesthesia Education Commmittee, which he chairs
Dr Gerard McHugh
NZNC Representative on College of Intensive Care Medicine's NZ National Committee
Dr Malcolm Stuart
NZNC Representative on NZ Anaesthetic Technicians Society and NZ Resuscitation Council
Professor Alan Merry
Ex-officio, ANZCA councillor
Dr Leona Wilson
Ex-officio, ANZCA councillor
Dr Sally Ure
Co-opted
Dr Sabine Pecher
Co-opted, New Fellows representative
Dr Kieran Davis
Co-opted, Faculty of Pain Medicine representative
Dr Sheila Barnett
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
2012 meeting dates
- Friday March 9
- Friday June 22 and Saturday June 23 (joint meeting with NZSA Executive on Friday morning)
- Friday November 9
Contact
To contact the New Zealand National Committee, please email anzca@anzca.org.nz.
New Zealand Trainee Committee (NZTC)
The New Zealand Trainee Committee 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. For further information about ANZCA training in New Zealand, please click here.
About the New Zealand Trainee Committee
Committee members
| Name |
Hospital |
Position |
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| Dr Sheila Barnett | Dunedin | Chair |
| Dr Rochelle Barron |
Hawke's Bay |
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| Dr Rachel Dempsey | Wellington | Deputy Chair |
| Dr Julia Foley | Middlemore | |
| Dr Michael Hamilton |
Dunedin | |
| Dr Daniel Levine | Wellington | |
| Dr Catherine Purdy | Auckland City |
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| Dr Sarah Sew Hoy | Wellington | |
| Dr Jonathan Taylor | Auckland City |
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| Dr Olivia Thomas |
Auckland City |
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| Dr Richard Walsh | Waikato |
2012 meeting dates
- Friday February 17 (teleconference)
- Others to be confirmed but usually held in May, August and early December
Contact
To contact members of the New Zealand Trainee Committee, please email training@anzca.org.nz.
New Zealand National Education Sub-Committee (NEC)
The New Zealand National Education Sub-Committee reports to the New Zealand National Committee. The National Education Officer, Dr Indu Kapoor, chairs the NEC, which is composed of the supervisors of training at all the teaching hospitals in New Zealand. The NZNC chair and the chair of the New Zealand Trainee Committee are also members of the NEC.
The NEC 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 NEC, please email training@anzca.org.nz
New Zealand Anaesthesia Education Committee
The New Zealand Anaesthesia Education Committee (NZAEC) is a joint committee of both ANZCA New Zealand and the New Zealand Society of Anaesthetists. It coordinates and promotes educational activities for anaesthetists in New Zealand. For further information on the committee, its membership and its activities, please click here.
Contact
To contact the New Zealand Anaesthesia Education Committee, please email nzaec@anaesthesia.org.nz.
