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ATIUM: structured anaesthetic training for undergraduates

With such a minimal amount of time in the undergraduate curriculum allocated to anaesthesia, it is crucial that we maximise learning opportunities to inspire and develop future clinicians. Here is how we revolutionised the undergraduate anaesthetic placement at Northwick Park Hospital.

Authors:

  • Dr Chima Oti, Consultant Anaesthetist, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust; Anaesthetic Lead for Undergraduate Medicine
  • Dr Kimberley Hodge, Squadron Leader, RAF ST6 Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Kimberley.hodge@nhs.net
  • Dr Cara Lewis, ST5 Anaesthetics, London North West School of Anaesthesia
  • Dr Aynkaran Dharmarajah, Consultant Anaesthetist, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

With such a minimal amount of time in the undergraduate curriculum allocated to anaesthesia, it is crucial that we maximise learning opportunities to inspire and develop future clinicians. Here is how we revolutionised the undergraduate anaesthetic placement at Northwick Park Hospital.

Why do medical students spend so little time on clinical placement with anaesthetics? As a foundation doctor one must be knowledgeable about a broad collection of topics; these include practical skills such as phlebotomy and cannulation, acute- pain management, and recognition and treatment of an acutely deteriorating patient. All of these are skills found within an anaesthetist’s armamentarium, placing us in the privileged position of being able to impart our knowledge to the next generation of doctors. As anaesthetics is a postgraduate specialty, our primary opportunity to help develop these skills for our colleagues is during their undergraduate attachment.

POM Journal Watch: October 2022

Perioperative Journal Watch is written by TRIPOM (trainees with an interest in perioperative medicine – tripom.org) and is a brief distillation of recent important papers and articles on perioperative medicine from across the spectrum of medical publications.

Author: Dr Stuart Connal, ST5, North Central London Deanery

Perioperative Journal Watch is written by TRIPOM (trainees with an interest in perioperative medicine – tripom.org) and is a brief distillation of recent important papers and articles on perioperative medicine from across the spectrum of medical publications.

Translating vision into reality

Dr Alison Pittard, OBE: "The end of my tenure brings an opportunity to reflect on the last three years. COVID-19 has dominated and it is easy to focus on the negatives, but, as an eternal optimist, I see many positives. I had three objectives when I became dean, the first of which was to promote our specialty."

Thoughts from a management trainee

Dr Harry Craven, ST6 Anaesthetics talks through his journey and how he overcame self-consciousness and self-doubt during his anaesthetic management training.

As we were: my Pask certificate of honour

Dr Richard Knight provides a gripping first-hand account of military surgical facilities during the Falklands War..."The doctrine under which the unit had trained was essentially the same as was used during the Second World War: treat a wound, evacuate and repeat to a major facility. The Falklands were 8,000 miles from any tertiary facility. Helicopter evacuation at night, when most battles took place, was extremely difficult."