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Primary FRCA VIVA Course for Imperial Trainees
Managing Emergencies in Paediatric Anaesthesia (MEPA) is a single day course designed to equip anaesthetists with strategies for dealing with important emergencies in paediatric anaesthesia. The course is run in our high-fidelity simulation centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital, one of the leading centres for child healthcare in the world. Facilitated by experienced paediatric anaesthetists, the course provides a comprehensive update in paediatric anaesthesia and resuscitation.
One day intense CRQ practise course for Final FRCA candidates
Managing Emergencies in Paediatric Anaesthesia (MEPA) is a single day course designed to equip anaesthetists with strategies for dealing with important emergencies in paediatric anaesthesia. The course is run in our high-fidelity simulation centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital, one of the leading centres for child healthcare in the world. Facilitated by experienced paediatric anaesthetists, the course provides a comprehensive update in paediatric anaesthesia and resuscitation.
A one day course covering all aspects of anaesthesia and difficult airway management for the patient requiring one lung ventilation.
Overview
This one-day interactive course aims to address competency training of multidisciplinary teams caring for patients with tracheostomy, laryngectomy and known or unknown difficult airways. This multi-disciplinary initiative is facilitated by the anaesthetic and head and neck department here at the Royal Marsden; it is based on the National Tracheostomy Safety Project recommendations for clinical standards of practice with emergency algorithms including DAS guideline.
Course objectives
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Intensive Care Medicine specific interview course for ST3 applications run by team of doctors in Bristol providing lectures and interview practice.
Anaesthesia specific interview course for ST3 applications run by team of doctors in Bristol providing lectures and interview practice.
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Watford General Hospital is at the heart of the Trust’s acute emergency services – the core location for inpatient emergency care, and for all patients who need the specialist emergency facilities (such as intensive care) of a major district general hospital. It also provides elective care for higher risk patients together with a full range of outpatient and diagnostic services. There are approximately 600 beds and 9 theatres (including 1 local theatre). Watford is also the focus of the Trust’s Women’s and Children’s services including neo-natal care.The Trust’s maternity service is amongst the largest in south-east England with 6000 deliveries per annum.
St Albans City Hospital is the Trust’s elective care centre. It provides a wide range of elective care (both inpatient low risk surgery and day-case) and a wide range of outpatient and diagnostic services with in excess of 70,000 outpatient appointments. It has 40 beds and 6 theatres (including 1 procedure room for ophthalmology) and a Minor Injuries Unit (MIU).
Anaesthetic services for the trust are provided at two sites: Watford General Hospital (WGH) and Saint Albans City Hospital (SACH).Our Anaesthetic manager is Tara Lawrence (Tara.Lawrence@whht.nhs.uk) who is based at WGH and recently joined by Anne Philip (Anne.Philip@whht.nhs.uk) as the Anaesthetics administrator.
Being a very busy DGH, there is wealth of clinical experience to be gained during the trainee's placement at West Herts. The units of training offered for Intermediate trainees are all the General duties (except Airway and Head & Neck), Obstetrics, Paediatrics, Pain Medicine and Vascular Surgery. The units of training offered for Higher trainees are all the General duties (except Airway and Head & Neck) and Pain medicine. The college tutor will allocate the units of training according to the trainee's requirements.
There is protected half day teaching every week.The topics covered are based on the RCOA curriculum for Primary and Final FRCA exam. There are monthly Morbidity and Mortality and Clinical Governance meetings and the trainees are encouraged to present in these meetings. There is ample opportunity for getting involved in Quality Improvement Projects, Clinical Audits and Research. Dr Beena Parker is the Audit Lead and Dr Valerie Page is the Research Lead.
