Anaesthetic and Academic Meetings
The School organises meetings for trainees at all levels and for Consultants. We have listed listed here the regular meetings that make up the core of our School programme. We have separately listed the dates and details of current meetings.
- Autumn Scientific Meeting - Dingle, Ireland
- Core Knowledge Days
- Fibreoptic Intubation Practical Course at UCLH
- Fibreoptic Intubation Practical Course in Colchester
- Introduction to Anaesthesia - Foundation Course for Novices
- SpR 345 Study Days
- Winter NTAM Scientific Meeting - French Alps
Autumn Scientific Meeting - Dingle, Ireland
This is a three-day meeting, held in an area of outstanding beauty. The conference is chaired by Monty Mythen, Jim Down and Mike Grocott, and speakers are invited from London and the UK, Ireland and the USA. The Skellig Hotel, where the conference is held, is a 4-star 110-bedded hotel, with first class conference and leisure facilities.The conference program is broad-based, and there is a full social program and Partners Programme for non-anaesthetists. Sailing, golf, horse-riding and boat excusrsions are available.
Further details of the programme, and an application form, are available from http://www.ucl.ac.uk/anaesthesia/meetings/
Core Knowledge Days
The School runs a series of Core Knowledge Days. These are intended to guide SpR 1/2 Trainees through the Competencies that they require, and the curriculum is based around the syllabus.Further details can be obtained from Clare Prudden, UCH Anaesthetics Secretary or tel: 0207 691 5827. The most recent courses will be advertised on the News Page. They can also be seen at
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/anaesthesia/meetings/
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Fibreoptic Intubation Practical Course at UCLH
There is now a monthly one-day course, held at UCLH.The aim of the course is for registrars to learn how to anaesthetise the airway and pass a fibreoptic scope in an awake patient (each other!!). Basic training on cleaning & handling the scope will be included.
Candidates can get dates, further information & application form by emailing Simon Clarke. The course fee will be £100.
Fibreoptic Intubation Practical Course in Colchester
We are running an awake fibreoptic training course at Colchester hospital. The delegates are the subjects, and to ensure 1:1 training, numbers are limited to 4 participants and two observers only. The course is running every two months and there are places available in June, October and December. The cost is £175 for participants and £150 for observers. All grades of staff are welcome-SHOs, SpRs , staff grades and Consultants. The morning consists of lectures followed by mannequin and model practice,during the afternoon there is supervised endoscopy and intubation. It is anticipated that each participant will perform three endoscopies and one intubation.More information is available at the website fibreopticintubation.co.uk
The course is accredited for 5 CPD points from the RCoA. PLease contact Marion Brown on 01206 742149 for further information and an application form.
Introduction to Anaesthesia - Foundation Course for Novices
This course has been designed to give ST1s in anaesthesia an introduction to the specialty, and to cover the core requirements necessary for the Competency Assessments which should be carried out after 3 months training. The course is held on Fridays. It consists of 5 weeks of classroom teaching at the Royal Free, a one day ALS/Critical care Workshop teaching and one day in the Anaesthesia Simulator at Barts.The topics covered in the classroom sessions include preoperative assessment, management of the airway, anaesthetic equipment, drugs used in anaesthesia, regional analgesia and dealing with common adverse events.
The cost of the course is £495.
The course is open to trainees in the North Central Thames School. Places are limited and the course is very popular. Trainees in other schools are welcome to apply if places are available.
Application forms are available for downloading on the download page on this site.
http://www.schoolofanaesthesia.co.uk/downloads/Novice%20Anaesthetic%20Course%20Application%20Form.doc
For further information, contact Leo Minnion, Course Administrator, on 0207 7472 6294
SpR 345 Study Days
These meetings are held 4 times a year, jointly with the other anaesthetic schools in north London. They cover a wide range of topics, including clinical matters, current research and developments in anaesthesia, clinical governance and management. Talks are regularly included on the appointment procedure for Consultant posts. Once a year the meeting is devoted to current research going on within the School.We consider that attendance at these meetings is an important Training Objective. Details of the next meeting are posted on the News Page.
