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Large project to re-write the anaesthetic curriculum in line with new GMC standards.
This report presents findings from a survey of a cohort of anaesthetists whose training was affected in the transition to the 2021 curriculum.
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Writing an article of approx 500 words. National/international. No travel required.
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As a professional body responsible for the specialty of anaesthesia, critical care and pain medicine throughout the UK, the RCoA takes seriously its responsibility to protect clinicians and the public from contracting COVID-19 and to ensure that the NHS is as prepared as it can be for increased demand.
As most of those attending our events are doctors and other health professionals, this move signals the RCoA’s concern to protect the NHS frontline workforce as best it can.
As most of those attending our events are doctors and other health professionals, this move signals the RCoA’s concern to protect the NHS frontline workforce as best it can.
At the Heart of the Matter: report and findings of the 7th National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists examining perioperative cardiac arrest.
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Biography of Dr Vernon Frederick Hall
We chat with our new President, Dr Claire Shannon to find out more about who she is and what she thinks about several hot topics.
My first President’s View features edited highlights from a podcast I recorded with fellow Council Member and Bulletin Editor Dr Ramai Santhirapala. We discussed several topics including questions submitted by our membership engagement panel.
You can listen to the full conversation on our Anaesthesia on Air podcast. I also recommend that you take a moment to watch or read the CEO update, in which Jono Brüün provides an update on recent decisions about Churchill House and finding a new home for the College.
This article looks at an innovative approach to improve the understanding and implementation of perioperative opioid stewardship and transform practice.
- Dr Dermot McGuckin, ST7 Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine, University College London Hospitals
Email Dr McGuckin - Dr Fausto Morell-Ducos, Consultant in Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine, University College London Hospitals
- Dr Jamie Smart, Consultant in Anaesthesia & Pain Management, University College London Hospitals
- Dr Brigitta Brandner, Consultant in Anaesthesia & Pain Management, University College London Hospitals
Opioids play an important role in facilitating recovery and return to function after surgery.
However, it is now well-established that surgery is a risk factor for persistent postoperative opioid use,1 and preoperative opioid use is associated with an increased risk of perioperative complications.2
Perioperative opioid stewardship is a practical approach providing a systemic, multi-layered framework aimed at minimising the risks associated with opioid use around the time of surgery, while allowing their safe administration to those patients most likely to benefit from them. It is increasingly regarded as a solution to the problem of prescription opioid-related harm but there is a lack of structured curricula to develop healthcare professionals’ skills in competent opioid management.
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As part of the 2021 curriculum change, we have also updated workplace based assessments and have developed some new assessment types to support the development of anaesthetists in training.