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It is with great sadness that the College announces that Dr J Edmund Riding CBE, past dean of the Faculty of Anaesthetists (1976–1979), has died.
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Last month, the College took a ‘temperature check’ of the work our members on the frontline were doing and what impact their experience of the last year has had on their training, their skill set and their wellbeing.
This anonymous author gives their perspective on working with neurodiversity and the importance of building knowledge and raising awareness about neurodiversity in anaesthesia.
In a recent correspondence, I wrote: ‘So many ideas flying around in my head (ADHD). I need to pin them down, put them in order (ASD), and get started (ADHD inertia). I’m over the “I’m broken” phase and now feel that my mission before I finally retire is to help others realise they’re not broken either’.
Why? A Bulletin article entitled ‘Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI): what it means to the College’1 with no mention of neurodiversity! The College wants to ‘develop a dataset of the profile and diversity of their membership and workforce’, but without neurodiversity questions I feel excluded!
One in a hundred young people have an autism spectrum disorder (ASD); 10 per cent of these may become high-functioning adults.2 Between three and six per cent of children have attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD), and for one in seven of these ADHD will continue into adulthood.3 Also, adults with ASD are more likely to have ADHD!2 Everyone has individual attributes and characteristics. Experience of autism is also unique; this is the power of neurodiversity. Some professions, for example aerospace, screen positively for autistic traits4 – methodical, attention to detail, ability to hyperfocus, pattern recognition, visual memory, and novel approaches to problem solving.
Laura Smith a final year medical student at the University of Aberdeen explains what attracts her to anaesthesia as a specialty.
We are committed to improving the calibre of our examinations, ensuring that they are delivered in line with best practice in assessment for each medical specialty. As part of that commitment, we undertake regular internal reviews of the FRCA examination, the most recent of which we have published today.
Our Senior Conference, Event and Partnerships Manager debriefs us on the hugely successful Anaesthesia 2024.