Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) is responsible for examining and qualifying anaesthetistsin Australiaand New Zealand. The College maintains standards of practice in anesthesiology.

Membership

The College has approximately 3200 fellows; about a fifth are female. (Among trainees in the field the gender ratio is nearly even, however.) In addition to Australia and New Zealand, the College has accredited training hospitals in Hong Kong, Singaporeand Malaysia. In all, nearly eight hundred trainees learn in 140 ANZCA-accredited hospitals worldwide.

History

In 1952, sixty-nine anaesthetists of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeonsestablished the Faculty of Anaesthetists within the College of Surgeons. Prior to 1952, Australian anaesthetists were subsumed within general organizations of physicians.

By 1992, the Faculty of Anaesthetists had grown to 2100 Fellows and five hundred trainees, and represented Australia's third-largest group of medical specialists. This group dissociated itself from the College of Surgeons, forming the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists.

Training with the Australia and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

Completion of the Fellowship of the ANZCA requires:

• Acceptance to an accredited registrar position in a hospital for 5 years total
• Completion of the Primary Physiology and Pharmacology Examinations
• Completion of the Final Examination
• Completion of all 12 Modules in various areas of Anaesthesia, including Neuroanaesthesia, Cardiothoracic Anaesthetic and Paediatric Anaesthesia

This time will usually spent with four years at one hospital, and a fifth year (the Provisional Fellow Year) at another hospital).

Those completing the above are eligible to become a Fellow of the ANZCA.

External links

ANZCA website

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