GASagain (Giving Anaesthesia Safely Again)

Combining simulation scenarios and workshops, the GASagain course is structured to provide you with the strategies for managing a return to work.

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Key details

Date: 17 January 2025 | 08:30 - 16:45

Location: Bradford, Bradford Royal Infirmary

Availability: Fully booked

Clinical content lead(s): Dr Jill Horn

CPD credits: 5 anticipated

 

Returning to work in anaesthetics after a period of time away, for example maternity leave, research or experience in a different specialty, can be daunting.

If you have had a break of three months to two years, the GASagain course is designed to build confidence and is structured to provide you with the strategies for managing a return to work. You will practice both common and unusual clinical scenarios in the simulator to refresh your skills and participate in a series of workshops, underpinned by short relevant lectures, to review key areas and update you on the latest in the world of anaesthesia.

The course is delivered in a supportive environment and complements keep in touch days or workplace support. 
 

To obtain maximum benefit from this course, all participants must have:

  • completed one year full-time employment in anaesthetics
  • an employer with whom they are planning their return to work
  • not been away from clinical practice for longer than two years.

If you don't meet the above eligibility criteria but feel that this course would be beneficial to you, then please contact events@rcoa.ac.uk or call us on 020 7092 1673.

  • confidence building
  • awareness of guideline updates and revision of algorithms (adult and paediatric resuscitation, DAS)
  • real time physiology simulation with medium/high fidelity
  • chance to practice non-technical skills (communication, team work)
  • insight into error and understanding your limitations (fatigue, anxiety on return to work)
  • debriefing sessions to learn from peers, share knowledge and to benefit from experimental and reflective learning.
  • airway
  • ICU
  • pre-assessment
  • paediatrics
  • obstetrics
  • A&E.

How to find us

Bradford Royal Infirmary

Field House Training Centre

Duckworth Lane

Bradford

West Yorkshire

BD9 6RJ

 

Friday 17 January 2025
08:30-08:45 REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
08:45-09:00 Welcome and introduction
09:00-09:30 Group activity
09:30-12:15 Delegates split into two groups and rotate through small group stations
Workshop start times: 75 mins per station 09:30-10:45 10:45-11:00 11:00-12:15
Airway workshop Group 1 REFRESHMENTS Group 2
Theatre scenarios 1 and 2 Group 2 Group 1
Delegates return to single group
12:15-12:45 Obstetric anaesthesia board round
12:45-13:30 LUNCH
13:30-15:00 Delegates split into two groups and rotate through small group stations
Workshop start times: 45 mins per station 13:30-14:15 14:15-15:00
Pre-assessment and updates workshop Group 1 Group 2
ICU scenario Group 2 Group 1
15:00-15:15 REFRESHMENTS
15:15-16:45 Delegates split into two groups and rotate through small group stations
Workshop start times: 45 mins per station 15:15-16:00 16:00-16:45
Paediatric workshop Group 1 Group 2
A&E scenario Group 2 Group 1
16:45 Summary and close

Please note this programme may be subject to change.

Pricing

Pricing table - GASagain Bradford 2025

Pricing Terms and Conditions

Payment must be made at the time of booking unless otherwise stated. The RCoA, FICM and FPM are unable to hold places on events without payment. Credit or debit card payments must be made online via our card payment handler Stripe, or by phone. We do not accept purchase orders or raise invoices for places on our events. 

Discounts are available for some membership types at the rates stated above. You must be eligible for the discount both at the time of the booking and at the time of the event itself. We may ask for proof of your member status at any point. If you are unable to prove your entitlement to the discount we may charge you the full event rate, or invite you to update your membership status accordingly. In such a situation we may withhold access to the event until your updated payment clears, or your new membership status is confirmed.

To view the Event terms and conditions please click here.

Clinical Content Lead

Dr Jill Horn

Dr Jill Horn is a Consultant Anaesthetist at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Having been College tutor and Training Programme Director, Jill is now Head of School for Yorkshire and the Humber. She has previously been the Simulation Lead for Bradford and is a Primary FRCA Examiner.

Jill has personal experience of returning to work both during her training and as a consultant and has been a course director for GASagain since 2010. Jill presents nationally for the RCoA, Association of Anaesthetists and HEE on return to work and runs workshops to help supervisors in supporting doctors who have taken time out of training. She also runs a Return to Acute Care Training Course and is now working within the RCoA Return to Work Network to improve resources across the UK. All of these projects have developed as a result of collaborative working and their success is due to the energy, commitment and expertise of many colleagues.