Anaesthetists with interest or skills in a specific area of anaesthesia can participate and contribute to a Special Interest Group. There are currently 17 SIGs operating under the umbrella of the Anaesthesia Continuing Education Committee (ACE Committee). The main focus of each SIG is to provide a forum for continuing education for anaesthetists tending to specialise in these areas.
Membership of SIGs is open to specialists from all medical disciplines and is to be representative of the collegiate and collaborative nature of medicine and the multidisciplinary work of many SIGS. Importantly all members of the SIG (inclusive of the SIG executive) have voting rights.
Associate membership is also open to non-medical specialists. This may include associate members of the ASA and NZSA and/ or allied health professionals. Associate membership requires endorsement from the SIG executive committee. If you do not have a contact in the executive committee and you wish to submit a reference, please contact the ACE team.
If you are interested in joining a SIG, please complete a SIG membership application form and email it to ANZCA or ASA.
To apply for the Day Care Anaesthesia, History of Anaesthesia or Regional Anaesthesia SIGs, please click “Apply via ASA”.
Special Interest Group (SIG) and regional continuing medical education (CME) meetings should not be scheduled 10 days either side of the ANZCA Annual Scientific Meeting, the ASA National Scientific Congress and the NZSA Aotearoa New Zealand Annual Scientific meeting. The exception is Special Interest Groups that are selected and/or invited to hold a satellite meeting to any of these events.