15th-28th August 2018
1) 1 Year at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
2) 6 months at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital at Stanmore.
3) 6 months at the Royal National ENT Hospital, Gray’s Inn Road.
MDT educational program in lung isolation techniques
A FREE course for any anaesthetic trainee who has been away from clinical practice for any reason. There is a generic day for all specialties focusing on issues around returning to practice followed by an anaesthetic skills and simulation day in which you can network with other trainees and practice your skills in a safe environment.
Pan London Preoperative Audit and Research Network Autumn Meeting - Friday 12th October 2018
The RCoA is pleased to be hosting the ACCS Trainer Day again in 2018.
This is a great networking opportunity for ACCS trainers to meet other doctors from around the country and receive ACCS specific guidance and updates. Sessions will include topics such as resilience, fatigue, and mentoring.
5 CPD credits are expected for this event.
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Booking information
Registration is open to ACCS trainers of all parent specialties. To book a place on this event cl
A full day of education and conversation around global health, including speakers from Medicine San Frontier, WaterAid and London School of Tropical Medicine; plus workshops on getting involved in global surgery.
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
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A highly practical one day course delivering:
Consultant led teaching and advice, by clinicians using TCI and BIS everyday
Small group ‘hands on’ clinical workshops, using simulation with BIS
Problem solving and trouble shooting
TCI in a wide range of settings
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.
