“TopMedTalk Down Under” continues ‘as live’ coverage of the 2024 Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) and Faculty of Pain Medicine’s Annual Scientific Meeting.

This piece explores the challenges and rewards of working in global health and the importance of collaboration and education in improving healthcare systems.

Presented by Andy Cumpstey, Clinical lecturer, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Southampton, England, and Kate Leslie, Professor, Specialist Anaesthetist and Head of Research at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the University of Melbourne with their guests Amanda Baric, Order of the Polar Star, Deputy Director of the Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at Northern Health and Debra Devonshire, visiting medical officer at Monash Health, Cabrini and Peninsula private hospitals.