PACT - Pacific Anaesthesia Collaborative Training
The NZSA Global Health Committee launched PACT to support the costs of training anaesthetists within
To celebrate International Women's Day, we're sharing an interview that GHC Trainee Representative Dr. Dominic John-Pillai did with Dr. Cecilia Vaai-Bartley in 2021.
Dr. Vaai-Bartley is an anaesthetic trainee from Samoa, currently completing her Masters in Medicine & Clinical Anaesthesia through Fiji National University. In 2020, she was the recipient of the first PACT education grant which has helped to financially support her through her training. In this interview, Dr. Vaai-Bartley shares her journey into anaesthesia and highlights areas of personal growth. She also speaks about the current staff shortages faced by the anaesthesia workforce in the Pacific and the challenges this presents to our Pacific colleagues.
Please visit https://anaesthesia.nz/community/global-health-committee/donation/ for more information about how to contribute to supporting safe and sustainable anaesthesia in the Pacific.
03/03/2022
As omicron cases continue to rise throughout the Pacific, oxygen and oxygen-delivery devices will become limited. This ANZCA, WFSA, ACEM and Pacific Community endorsed document outlines the key points for practical oxygen therapy & prevention of hospital staff infections.
The full document is available for download on the NZSA website
https://anaesthesia.nz/community/global-health-committee/pacific-society-of-anaesthetists-psa-page/
02/12/2021
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