Library resource guides: SIMG resources: Post-assessment resources

Guide index

Fellowship

A large number of resources are available to support both fellows and the wider anaesthetic specialist community.

ANZCA fellowship: Member benefits
ANZCA is the professional membership organisation for more than 6000 specialist anaesthetists and 460 specialist pain medicine physicians who've met our rigorous training or assessment requirements to become a fellow.

Your membership gives you access to a wide range of resources, opportunities, and services - including full library access - specially designed to support you professionally and personally throughout your career and into retirement.

ASA: ASA Membership Benefits
Established in 1934, the Australian Society of Anaesthetists is a peak not-for-profit representative body of anaesthesia in Australia.

Continuing professional development (CPD)

All specialist anaesthetists and specialist pain medicine physicians are required to participate in a continuing professional development (CPD) program.

ANZCA and FPM CPD Program
Access to ANZCA's world-leading online CPD program is free for fellows, and available to other registered medical practitioners for an annual fee.
ANZCA and FPM CPD Program Resources Library Guide
The purpose of this guide is to assist fellows to locate information and resources relevant to their CPD activities, including those resources available through the ANZCA library. The target audience is those with clinical roles.
ANZCA: CPD for Clinical Support Roles Library Guide
The purpose of this resources guide is to assist fellows to match CPD activities with the nature of the work roles that they undertake. The target audience is those with clinical support roles alongside their work with patients and those who practice without direct patient care.

ASA: Learning Resources
ASAEd is a place where ASA’s Anaesthetic Fellows and Trainees can find professional resources for all facets of anaesthetic learning. Here you have access to quality resources wherever and whenever you need it.

Professional development hub

This hub has been designed for ANZCA and FPM CPD Program participants - as well as other medical professionals - to identify resources suitable for keeping up-to-date with current research in the area of anaesthesia and pain medicine.

ANZCA: Professional Development Resources Hub
Access information and resources to help you with your professional development, including specialist guides designed for ANZCA's CPD Program.

Specialist interest groups (SIGs)

Anaesthesia Continuing Education (ACE) is a partnership between ANZCA, the Australian Society of Anaesthetists and the New Zealand Society of Anaesthetists.

Anaesthesia Continuing Education (ACE)
ACE was established to promote and co-ordinate combined continuing medical education activities in anaesthesia and related disciplines. It manages 17 Special Interest Groups (SIGs) that allow anaesthetists and others to study, report and develop educational events in specific areas of anaesthesia in which they have an interest or skills.

Special interest group hub

This hub brings together resources related to the ACE Special Interest Groups., including those resources available through the ANZCA library.

ANZCA: SIG Resources Hub
Access information and resources related to the ACE Special Interest Groups (SIGs), including dedicated guides for each of the SIG areas.

Course completion information

ANZCA: Information for new fellows
This covers everything you need to know as a new fellow, from being presented at the college ceremony and finding your regional representative to building your professional networks.

Registration

Information concerning medical registration in Australia and New Zealand (Aotearoa).

Ahpra - Medical Board of Australia: Registration
The Medical Board of Australia is responsible for regulating medical practitioners practising in Australia. Australian medical students and doctors seeking to practise medicine in Australia must be registered with the Medical Board.
Medical Council of New Zealand - Te Kaunihera Rata o Aotearoa: Getting registered
If you wish to practise medicine in New Zealand you must first gain registration from us. To do this, you must show us that you are qualified, competent and fit for registration.

Medical indemnity insurance

In Australia, it is compulsory for all registered health professionals to hold medical indemnity insurance under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009.

Ahpra - Medical Board of Australia: Professional indemnity insurance arrangements
All health practitioners who undertake any form of practice in their respective profession(s) must have professional indemnity insurance (PII) arrangements that comply with the relevant registration standard, for all aspects of their practice.