9 June 2021Some highlights: President's message | Registrations open - Aotearoa NZ A ASM | Mental health awareness | End of Life Choice Act | Art exhibition & social event | Support our Pacific colleagues | webAIRS | New look Visiting Lectureships President's messageNZSA President Dr Sheila Hart It's the big, not-to-be missed NZ anaesthesia event on our 2021 calendar. Registrations are now open for the Aotearoa New Zealand Anaesthesia Annual Scientitic Meeting - jointly hosted by the NZSA, ANZCA NZNC and NZATS. You can attend in person or online. I look forward to welcoming you to our ASM and connecting with as many of you as possible! See you in October. Aotearoa New Zealand Anaesthesia ASM - registrations openRegistrations are open for the Aotearoa/New Zealand Anaesthesia Annual Scientific Meeting (27-30 October, Christchurch). Join us and be part of thought-provoking and exciting conversations about our specialty. Mental health awareness and actionNZSA President Dr Sheila Hart put her best feet forward to support #crazysocks4docs day on 4 June. The campaign aims to raise awareness about mental health, and to encourage conversations and actions to support the wellbeing of doctors and other healthcare workers. Dr Hart says she commends the clinical leaders who have shared their mental health stories to help others. Dr Geoff Toogood, an Australian Consultant Cardiologist who suffered from depression and anxiety, experienced first-hand stigma and discrimination at many levels. Once recovered he founded Crazy Socks 4 Docs Day in 2017. Geoff recently did an interview about the campaign and what changes are need to support doctors who are struggling with mental health. Listen to it here End-of-Life Choice Act - updateIf you missed our President's recent blog about the implementation of the End of Life Choice Act 2019 (the Act) and what it may mean for anaesthetists, we encourage you to read it here. The Ministry of Health is leading the work program to implement the Act and to introduce an assisted dying service in New Zealand from 7 November 2021. The Ministry is providing guidance, information and training to support health professionals prepare for the introduction of assisted dying services. More here. Writ in Water exhibition and functionAn art exhibition and social function to bring senior doctors together from across Auckland (18 September). The Organising Committee Sustainability conferenceThe Sustainable Healthcare and Climate Health Aotearoa Conference (22-23 June) will be held in Wellington with conference hubs in Auckland and Christchurch (or full online option). Visit the website to view the program and register. The conference theme Re-thinking Sustainable Health in Aotearoa will focus on regeneration and mitigation on day one, and adaptation and innovation on day two. Speakers will include Dr Rhys Jones on climate change research and innovation, Dr David Pencheon (University of Cambridge, UK) on a low carbon health sector, and India Logan-Riley on our future focus. Support our Pacific colleagues - PACTLearn more about our Global Health Committee here. Contribute to supporting a sustainable anaesthesia workforce in the Pacific by donating the equivalent of one $5 coffee a week (or more). Your contribution will help to fund the cost of the Masters program for a Pacific trainee's education at the Fiji National University. webAIRSwebAIRS will present a session on designing safe and efficient systems at the conjoint Australian Society of Anaesthetist's National Scientific Congress and Queensland ACE meeting on Sat 24 July. The conference (23-25 July) will be held in Brisbane (and virtually) and the theme is Collaboration in Challenging Times. More here The webAIRs session will feature the talks below, followed by a panel discussion: · Setting up STARS: Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Services, Dr David Sturgess and Dr Jessica Taylor. · Using Bowtie Diagrams for Predicting, Preventing and Preparedness, Dr Martin Culwick, Dr Yasmin Endlich and Dr Stavros Prineas. Are you contributing to quality anaesthesia? Visit the webAIRS website to register for this anaesthetic incident reporting system or email anztadc@anzca.edu.au New-look Visiting Lectureship SeriesDr Nick Lightfoot and Dr Rob Burrell are preparing to inform and entertain you with the inaugural new-look Visiting Lectureship Series which will be online at 6pm on 2 September in a webinar format. The series was set up originally to get presentations out to the smaller regional hospitals. However, now that so many of us are webinar and Zoom savvy, courtesy of the year of COVID-19, the Aotearoa New Zealand Anaesthesia Education Committee (ANZAEC) has decided to give the whole country the opportunity to see our top researchers and presenters. Registration details to be advised.
Nominations for Visiting LectureshipsHeads of departments are invited each year to nominate members of staff who have given an outstanding presentation at a CME session and are willing to present at two regional NZ centres in the following year. Nominations for Visiting Lectureships for 2022 are now open. Forms to nominate a speaker or to express interest in hosting a lecture are available on the Aotearoa New Zealand Anaesthesia Education Committee (ANZAEC) website. Nominations close 30 September 2021. Virtual World Congress 2021In light of the ongoing impact of COVID, this year's World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (1-5 Sept 2021) will be entirely virtual. Without travel and accommodation expenses, WFSA aims to welcome the largest global community of anaesthesia and perioperative care providers ever assembled for a congress. EventsFor more NZ events visit the NZSA events page
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