Academics' Group Meeting 

Date: Sunday 8 June, 2025 | Venue: Dunedin Centre
8.30am - 3.30pm

Registration fee face to face: $95 or complimentary (for those who can attend face to face but are not CME funded)
Registration fee virtual: complimentary

To register for this workshop please use the general ASM registration form as linked here and you can either add it to your ASM registration or choose early in the registration process to register solely for a Pre-ASM workshop.

All RANZCOG Fellows, Trainees and interested clinicians are welcome to attend, if you have an interest in teaching (undergraduate and postgraduate levels) or research. Our focus will be on engaging students, registrars and clinicians in teaching and high quality research, improving curriculum resources and department culture, and taking a leadership role in the government’s Women’s Health Strategy.

The workshop is our second hui to facilitate collaboration on studies in gynaecology and reproductive health. From a teaching perspective, we will discuss upcoming challenges of a significant increase in med student class size for 2026 with impact on clinical experience (both time in O&G and breadth and depth of learning opportunities) necessitating revision of our joint curriculum. We also will discuss upskilling practitioners in primary care to manage common women’s health issues (such as menopause and abnormal uterine bleeding) due to increasing need in the community and fewer secondary care resources available. 

For more information, contact Dr Helen Paterson and Associate Professor Michelle Wise.

Programme

8.15amArrival tea and coffee and gather
Connect to zoom link for those accessing remotely
8.30amMihi whakatau, introductions

Session 1: As part of our introductions give an overview of their current and planned research with a view to networking across the country
10.15amMorning tea
10.30amSession 2: Supporting Registrars and Fellows to perform high quality research
12.00pmLunch
12.45pmSession 3:  Developing our academic Obstetrics and Gynaecology workforce, postgraduate Masters, MD, PhD
2.00pmAfternoon tea
2.15pmSession 4:  Teaching challenges   

  • Undergraduate: revising joint curriculum to accommodate increased class size for 2026, teaching improvement and collaboration
  • Postgraduate: diploma/certificate, upskilling practitioners in primary care

3.30pmClose

CPD available for the Academics' Group Meeting

We have applied for 5.5 hours CPD under the Educational Activities Domain. RANZCOG Fellows, who have provided their RANZCOG ID as part of their registration process,    will have CPD points automatically uploaded to their profile after the event. Other RANZCOG members can claim independently.

Attendance certificates are available on request.