Commencing Aug 2019. Work towards an educational qualification, develop your teaching skills including high fidelity simulation and beef up your CV
Hi Everyone,
Myself and a Jen (Anaesthetic/ICM trainees currently at King’s) are hoping to set up a teaching programme aimed at Primary FRCA revision. We plan to target those topics which people tend to find most difficult; be it the physics behind MRI, infusion kinetics, or ABG analyser electrodes to name but a few.
We have designed a survey to help find out which topics are found difficult by trainees.
It'll take 2-3 mins to complete the survey. We will close it at the end of Feb.
Thank
North West London Maternity Human Factors Training Collaborative
Fellowship in Ophthalmic Anaesthesia, with good experience of TIVA and Paediatrics.
Dedicated time for research or Quality Improvement Projects.
This is a great opportunity for ACCS trainees to receive training and career guidance specific to them.
Post FRCA Teaching – Paediatric Anaesthesia
This 2-day course, led by Professor Mervyn Singer, Professor of Intensive Care, UCL is designed for trainee or junior grade doctors working in any field of medicine where a medical emergency may be encountered.
2-day course designed as an update for Consultants and senior grade doctors working in any field of medicine where a medical emergency may be encountered. Informative, animated and interactive sessions with questions and comments encouraged throughout.
Monthly multidisciplinary education meeting in airway management
A full immersion simulated OSCE scenarios day with individualised feedback by a Faculty which will include previous FRCA examiners, ideal for anyone planning to sit the Primary exam in the coming year.
St Mary's Hospital in Paddington was founded in 1851 from small philanthropic beginnings based on 'Christian and genteel values' in an area teeming with sailors and prostitutes at the time. It was one of the first London institutions to be conceived from the start as a teaching hospital with a medical school attached and has a rich medical history. The hospital boasts a profusion of famous clinicians and researchers including Sir Alexander Fleming (Nobel Prize for the discovery of penicillin), Dr Rodney Porter (Nobel Prize for the structure of antibodies), Lord Ara Darzi, Health Minister, to name just three. There are also famous sporting alumni, Sir Roger Bannister, JPR Williams and Tuppy Owen-Smith as well as future heirs to the Royal throne being born here.
In 2007, St Mary’s joined Charing Cross, the Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea hospitals to form Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and the UK’s first academic health science centre. As such it supports training for a very large group of medical students, researchers and fellows in many different sub-specialities with plenty of ongoing research.
St Mary’s is home to Lord Darzi’s Surgical Innovation Centre (SIC) receiving delegates from all over the world for training and education including robotic surgical techniques. There is also a high fidelity simulation suite in the centre which focuses on both clinical and non technical skills training.
In 2010, St Mary’s became one of the first four Major Trauma Centres in the UK, covering the widest geographical area in London extending from the Watford area in the north to the M4 motorway in the west.
The anaesthetic service is delivered by a large team ranging from experienced consultants through to all grades of anaesthetic trainees well as ACCS and foundation year doctors. It is a very busy department covering both elective and emergency care for a diverse range of surgical specialities including obstetrics, paediatrics, major trauma, adult and paediatric intensive care.
In terms of anaesthetic training, the department provides experience in
The current medical spotlight at St. Mary’s has been on its Major Trauma and Emergency services, with anaesthesia playing a leading role within a multidisciplinary team. There are weekly Trauma meetings with case discussions and process development. The department has been instrumental in setting up the British Anaesthetic Trauma Society (BATS), a national society aimed at promoting high quality trauma care and education in this field.
Fellowships
There is currently a Chronic Pain fellowship which runs for 6 months to a year. Fellowships in Major Trauma, Vascular Anaesthesia and advanced Obstetric Anaesthesia are currently in development.
On-calls and Teaching
On-calls are busy due to the hospital being a Major Trauma Centre. They are comprehensively covered with a junior anaesthetic trainee, 2 senior trainees (one for obstetrics, a senior anaesthetic registrar level trainee to cover major trauma and theatres) and separate ITU trainees as well as 2 consultants for adult care, 1 for paediatric care and 1 consultant for adult intensive care.
There are excellent direct clinical educational opportunities, as well as formal teaching session including regular biweekly lectures (protected), workshops (advanced airway, trauma) and simulation (obstetrics, trauma, vascular and paediatrics). There is also plenty support for the preparation of both the FRCA written and viva exams. Trainees also have opportunity for clinically based research projects, audit projects as well as gaining management skills.
The department currently has active members within the AAGBI, including the current President and past honorary secretary.
Audit Lead: Dr Jeavon Hood
