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Dinwoodie debrief: updates on simulation

Dr Glaze, our Dinwoodie Simulation Fellow and an ST5 anaesthetist in training, updates us on some exciting developments in simulation.

I'm the RCoA’s Dinwoodie Simulation Fellow and an ST5 anaesthetist in training in the Thames Valley region. I’m pleased to take the opportunity to update you on some exciting developments in simulation.

Anaesthetics was an early pioneer in utilising simulation, recognising its benefits in rehearsing uncommon emergencies and how it can be used to develop non-technical skills. Anaesthetists in training can now expect simulation-based education to feature frequently throughout their training as they develop skills and practise the management of critical incidents, and it will continue to feature throughout our careers. Anaesthetists are also frequently seen delivering the simulation-based education, whether that is for peers or other members of the multidisciplinary team. Simulation as an educational tool has many guises, including part-task trainers to rehearse a skill before performing on a patient, sessions in a dedicated simulation suite and, most recently, immersive technologies such as virtual reality.

Quality Improvement Working Group update

The group updates us on their work to strengthen the Quality Network (QN), plan projects and events to promote QI development, and engage members.

Part of the Quality Improvement Working Group’s (QIWG) role is to deliver the College’s Quality Improvement (QI) strategy. To accomplish this, we have been working to strengthen the Quality Network (QN), plan projects and events to promote QI development, and consider how best to engage members.

Context

After previously focusing on the QI compendium1 and facilitating resource sharing during the COVID pandemic, this year the QIWG has worked to assess and strengthen the QN. Our ‘Prep, Stop, Block’ project was part of this strategy, a summary of which was included in July’s Bulletin,2 with the full report available on the our website.

Safety in Formula 1 Motorsport: Part 1

Dr Sarah Thornton talks to Dr Ian Roberts about his various role within Formula 1 Motor Sport in this two part episode of anaesthesia on air. In this episode, hear how Ian was drawn to motorsport and how he ended up in the medical car on the Formula 1 grid

Safety in Formula 1 Motorsport: Part 2

Dr Sarah Thornton talks to Dr Ian Roberts about his various role within Formula 1 Motor Sport in this two part episode of anaesthesia on air. In this episode, hear him describe his experience at the horrific crash of Romain Grosjean in Bahrain in 2021.

Chapter 2: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for the Perioperative Care of Elective and Urgent Care Patients 2025

Departments of anaesthesia should ensure that a named supervisory consultant or other autonomously practising anaesthetist is available to all non-autonomously practising anaesthetists based on the training and experience of the individual doctor and the range and scope of their clinical practice.278 Where an anaesthetist is supervised by a consultant or other autonomously practising anaesthetist, they should be aware of their...

Dr Claire Mallinson on why it’s important to join Council

With nominations to College Council open until 19 October 2020, Dr Claire Mallinson explains why being on Council is not only personally rewarding, but offers the chance to serve the specialty and “give something back to the profession”.

Chapter 9: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for an Obstetric Population 2025

It is recognised that, in smaller units, the workload may not justify having an anaesthetist exclusively dedicated to the delivery unit. If the duty anaesthetist does have other responsibilities, these should be of a nature that would allow the activity to be immediately delayed or interrupted should obstetric work arise. Under these circumstances, the duty anaesthetist should be able to...