Our

Workshops

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) 

ANZCA Emergency Response certified

Acute severe behavioural disturbance (ASBD)

ANZCA Emergency Response certified

Wellbeing Decks by Jo Sinclair

Create your own definition of wellbeing! The Wellbeing Deck is a tangible way to tap into our own insights; to notice, reflect and create an action plan. By labelling emotions and noticing what gets us there, we start to see patterns that help us manage the low points and maintain thriving. It’s a reminder that how we feel is connected to the things we do. And that is empowering.

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Our 

Invited Speakers

Prof Kirsty Forrest


Professor Kirsty Forrest is Dean of Medicine at Bond University and Treasurer of the Executive Committee of Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand (MDANZ). Kirsty is a Consultant Anaesthetist at Gold Coast University Hospital and a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA).

She is the Chair of the Education, Development and Evaluation Committee and the Professional Practice Research Network of ANZCA. Her research focus is Medical Education, and she is co-author and editor of several best-selling medical textbooks including ‘Understanding Medical Education: Evidence, Theory and Practice’ and ‘Healthcare Simulation at a Glance’. 

Dr Suyin Tan

Dr Tan is a specialist anaesthetist and pain management physician with nearly 40 years clinical experience. She completed her training in the UK prior to emigrating to Australia. She has spent most of her professional career working at Nepean Hospital, Sydney in both anaesthesia and pain manage-ment and was Director of the Anaesthetic Dept for 7 years and Nepean Pain Unit for 10 years. Her research interests focus on communication and pain. Her clinical interests include non pharmacological management of pain, hypnosis as an adjuvant therapy in pain management and improving access to care in regional communities. She is also a Voluntary Assisted Dying practi-tioner. She regularly contributes to local and national meetings and has re-cently co-edited a communication textbook for anaesthetists.
She is currently working as a VMO in Anaesthesia and Pain Management at South East Regional Hospital in Bega NSW.
She is the mother of 5 children and 2 grandchildren and enjoys remote desert travel, cooking and tall ship sailing when not at work!
Dr Jo Sinclair


Jo is an Anaesthetist at Counties Manukau and Health NZ’s Chief Wellbeing Officer. She has a career long interest in the wellbeing of doctors and in recent years the broader healthcare workforce. Jo has been working at Counties as an SMO Wellbeing Lead since March 2020 and then as an interim clinical lead for Employee Wellbeing with Health NZ since October 2022. She works collaboratively with colleagues in the People and Culture Team to begin shifting our organisational culture to one that supports healthcare workers to thrive at work.

In 2023, she attended the Stanford Chief Wellbeing Officer Course in San Francisco to further her capability in this area, and has undertaken additional training in coaching and mentoring, critical incident stress management, leadership and communication. She is an Associate Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators and is on the executive committee of the ANZCA Wellbeing Special Interest Group.

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Local Favourites

Dr Sara Allen

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Dr David Sidebotham

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Amber, Nola & Tom (a.n.t.) are 3 anaesthetists focused on improving the work lives of healthcare professionals in Aoteoroa New Zealand.

Based on Level 8 at Te Toka Tumai, we believe that many small incremental changes add up to lasting organisational change over time.

That means creating an organisation that sees you, values you and invests in you so you can work with us for a long time. It’s easy to see  the system as bigger than us, but in reality the system is us - so we can improve it.