To celebrate ANZAHPE’s 50th anniversary, a series of articles are being published this year in Focus on Health Professional Education (FoHPE). The articles address ANZAHPE’s core values, looking back over the past 50 years and ahead to the next 50 years of health professional education in Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand and globally.

The first 50th anniversary article has just been published in FoHPE’s March 2023 issue, 24.1. Titled The Future Role of Healthcare Mentors and Coaches in Navigating Workplace Culture, the article represents Core Value 6, ANZAHPE is a nurturing organisation. The article was a cross-Tasman collaboration between Romany Martin, Jodie Coley, Ruth Dunwoodie, Roma Forbes, Laura Joyce, Allison Mandrusiak, Christie Noble, Anne Pearson, Jan Radford, Tim Wilkinson and Dale Sheehan.

The selection of 50th anniversary articles has been through expression of interest or nomination by the ANZAHPE Committee of Management. Each article is written by key contributors to ANZAHPE and their colleagues, and addresses one of ANZAHPE’s core values, outlined below. Series editor is David Prideaux, in collaboration with Tim Wilkinson, Andy Wearn and Karen Scott.

Core Value 1 ANZAHPE is a multi-professional organisation

Paper: Inter-professional education for the next 50 years

Core Value 2 ANZAHPE has always maintained a flat structure

Paper: Health professional education for inclusive health services in the next 50 years

Core Value 3 ANZAHPE is built upon critical reflection on its past and purposeful debate about its future

Paper: Health Professional education for culturally safe practice in the next 50 years

Core Value 4 ANZAHPE has maintained a commitment to innovation in learning, teaching, assessment and scholarship in health professional education

Paper: Learning, teaching and assessment in health professional education and scholarship in the next 50 years.

Core Value 5 ANZAHPE is a collaborative organisation

Paper: Health professional education for a globally interdependent world in the next 50 years

Core Value 6 ANZAHPE is a nurturing organisation

Paper: Mentoring, support and workplace learning for health professionals, educators and researchers in the next 50 years.

The remaining articles from ANZAHPE’s 50th anniversary collection will be featured in upcoming issues of FoHPE.