March 2025
Committee news
Tasmania Regional Committee news
The Tasmania Regional Committee held its first meeting for 2025 on Thursday 27 February at the ANZCA office and via zoom. The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday 29 May at 7pm.
Tasmania Trainee Committee news
The Trainee Committee completed its first meeting for 2025 on Tuesday 18 February via Zoom and at the ANZCA Tasmania Office. Establishment of the new committee’s positions and portfolios were determined. Dr Matthew Holmes and Dr Cassandra Brown were nominated unopposed as Co-Chairs of the 2025 Committee. The next meeting is scheduled to be held on Thursday 22 May at 7pm.
Supervisor of Training Meeting and Workshop
The Tasmania Supervisors of Training Committee will be holding their first meeting for the year on Tuesday 25 February in a hybrid format via Zoom and in person at the ANZCA Tasmania Office.
Upcoming courses and events
2025 Introduction to Anaesthesia
Tasmania’s Introduction to Anaesthesia course was held on Saturday 15 February at the Silos in Launceston. 17 trainees attended the full day workshop. Local speakers provided information on the trainee experience, study and trainee success, wellbeing and the primary exam.
2025 Tasmania Winter ACE Meeting
The ANZCA Tasmania Winter ACE meeting is scheduled for Saturday 23 August at Josef Chromy Vineyard, Relbia in the beautiful Tamar Valley near Launceston.
Local and interstate speakers have been confirmed to present a varied range of interesting topics covering environmental sustainability through to social media addiction.
Registration for the event will open in late March 2025. For further information please contact the Tasmania office.
2025 Trainee Day
Our annual Trainee Day will be taking on a different format this year due to the ASURA conference being held in March 2025. A social event is being planned by our Trainee Committee for Friday 22 August 2025 in Launceston to coincide with the Winter ACE meeting the same weekend.
Registration for this event will be open shortly. For further information please contact us.
ANZCA Educators Program (AEP) – Hobart
The Tasmania office is hosting the ANZCA Educators Program workshop on 24-25 November 2025. The AEP aims to equip fellow and trainees with from ANZCA & FPM across all disciplines with the skills and knowledge to enable effective learning. The following link provides further information about the event. ANZCA | ANZCA Educators Program: Hobart.
General News
ANZCA Prize - University of Tasmania, Tasmanian School of Medicine - Declaration of Geneva Prize Ceremony
Dr Lia Freestone attended the 2024 Declaration of Geneva Prize ceremony in December 2024 to meet with the Tasmanian School of Medicine recipient of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists prize.
Congratulations to Struen Vanderplas on receipt of this award. Struen is currently an intern based on the North West Coast of Tasmania and a UTas Rural Clinical School Graduate in 2024. He is looking forward to working at the North West Regional Hospital, Mersey Community Hospital and at King Island this year.
As a medical student his favourite clinical placements were in anaesthetics and intensive care. Struen looks forward to gaining more experience in these areas in the future.
Tas directory
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Elected annually by Tasmanian trainees, the Tasmania Trainee Committee acts as a conduit between trainees and fellows in the region, and the ANZCA Council to which they report.
The Tasmanian Regional Committee is an elected body that act as a conduit between fellows and trainees in the Tasmanian region and the ANZCA council to which they report.