Aotearoa NZ Trainees' Day
Date: Sunday 8 June, 2025 | Venue: Dunedin Centre
Time: 8.30am - 4.30pm
Cost: $600
For FRANZCOG Trainees
Maximum 24 participants.
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.
Programme:
The programme will contain the Communications Skills Training in the morning and a Masterclass - obstetrics interventions in the afternoon (please read full details below). There will also be opportunity for two research presentations from South Island Trainees who would like to be considered for the Gerald Duff Research Prize.
| 8.30am | Mihi whakatau |
| 9.00am | Communication Skills Workshop with Dr Katy Culliney |
| 10.30am | Morning tea |
| 10.45am | Communication Skills Workshop continues |
| 12.30pm | Lunch |
| 1.15pm | Gerald Duff presentations |
| 1.45pm | Masterclass - obstetric interventions |
| 3.00pm | Afternoon tea |
| 3.15pm | Masterclass - obstetric interventions continues |
| 4.30pm | Finish |
Communication Skills Workshop
Facilitator: Dr Katy Culliney
For our clinical relationships to function well, it is important that we reflect on our communication skills and learn about new techniques to use in challenging situations. Challenging situations can arise with colleagues, patients, or in our inter-professional workspaces. It is necessary for us to have the tools to resolve conflict and work in harmony. Mō ngā hapori, communication is important for our communities.
The aim of this course is to support trainees in effective communications with colleagues, patients and their families and help identify appropriate tools/strategies to assist in the clinical work environment. The workshop covers:
• how individual and environmental factors can be optimised to facilitate communication
• identifying barriers to effective communication
• effectively delivering 'bad' or unexpected news
• how to identify individual areas for improvement and develop a personalised action plan
Please note that attendance at the Communication Skills Workshop meets the requirement for FRANZCOG trainees to complete a Communication Skills workshop or online modules by 104 weeks Basic Time in Training
Dr Katy Culliney
Katy is an Obstetrician Gynaecologist and Clinical Lead at Tauranga Hospital. She completed her training in New Zealand. Katy has an interest in education and simulation, having completed post-graduate study and a simulation Fellowship in Brisbane. Her clinical interests are in minimally invasive surgery, persistent pelvic pain and outpatient hysteroscopy. She is a member of the RANZCOG simulation, training, and advisory group (STAG) and the RANZCOG/AGES Endoscopic Surgery Advisory Committee (ESAC).
Masterclass - obstetric interventions
Lead Facilitator: Dr Celia Devenish
This session will involve rotation in small groups through workshops in obstetric interventions and emergencies with a facilitator. Topics will include:
- Manual rotation in labour
- AVD and pudendal block
- Face presentation
- Vaginal breech delivery
- Transverse lie second twin
- Maternal collapse including anaphylaxis, embolism, massive haemorrhage
- B-lynch O'Leary sutures and fistula recognition
Dr Celia Devenish will be lead facilitator for this workshop, supported by other Fellows.
Dr Celia Devenish
Originally from the UK, Celia has been a specialist Obstetrician and Gynaecologist consultant for over 40 years and currently practices in Te Whatu Ora - Southern. Celia has been heavily involved in RANZCOG governance and education for many years. She is currently the Deputy Chair of the NZ Training Accreditation Committee and the Specialist IMG Assessment Committee, Southern ITP Training Coordinator, and sits on many other College committees. Celia is also a Clinical Senior Lecturer in the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health at the University of Otago.