SpR Study Day November 7th 2008

The programme has now been published - it looks a good meeting so please book study leave asap.
The venue is the Royal College of Anaesthetists in Red Lion Square

9-9.30 Registration & Coffee

9.30- 10.15 Pre-op for difficult post-op cases
Glynn Towlerton, Consultant Anaesthetist, C&WH

10.15- 11 POEMS for children- An Introduction
Dr Richard Martin, Consultant Anaesthetist, GOS

11- 11.30 Coffee

11.30- 12.15 Stabilisation of the critically ill child for retrieval
Dr P Ramnarayan, Consultant in Paediatric ICU, CATS

12.15- 1300 The organisation of paediatric anaesthetic services in UK
Dr Nargis Ahmad , Consultant Anaesthetist, GOS

13 00- 1400 Lunch

14 00- 14.40 Pulmonary Hypertension (Part II)
Dr John Wort, RBH

14.45- 15.15 LSCS in patients with Pulmonary Hypertension
Mr David Alexander, RBH

15.15- 15.45 Pain and symptom control in advanced illness: whose job? 
Dr Urch, Palliative care Consultant. RBH

Primary FRCA Course at UCH

This 2 day exam revision course for the Primary FRCA consists of 1 day of OSCES and tutorials, covering essentials for the Primary FRCA examination, and 1 day of VIVAs.

The next course runs on the 24th and 25th April 2008 and will be held in Riding House St, London W1. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

For further details please contact Alison Lambert on 0207 679 6455, or by e-mail.

The 1st Great American Fluid Debate

Sonoma Mission Inn, Sonoma, California
27-28 March 2008
Following the successful Great Fluid Debates held in London in 2005 and 2006, this is the definitive meeting on fluids, fluid management, targeted volume therapies, and blood management.  The world class faculty, including Jean-Louis Vincent (Belgium), Henrik Kehlet (Denmark), Joachim Boldt (Germany), and Mike James (South Africa), to name just a few, will debate the hot issues of the day.  Held in the beautiful winelands of Sonoma Valley, California, it also immediately precedes the International Anesthesia Research Society Meeting in San Francisco, California.
Special discounted rate for North Thames School of Anaesthesia Trainees.
Meeting Chairs:
Tony Roche
Monty Mythen
T.J. Gan

For more information, please have a look at the website, or feel free to contact tony.roche@duke.edu
http://anesthesia.mc.duke.edu/gafd/

Primary FRCA Course at Colchester

There is a new Primary FRCA OSCE preparation course in Colchester. It has evolved from a successful in-house session into something for a wider audience.

The morning focuses on practice stations with immediate feedback, and the afternoon will be as realistic as possible. There will also be tutorials on OSCE technique and on Statistics. T

There is a website at www.oscefrcacourse.co.uk which also has an application form.

Obstetric Anaesthesia Introductory Course

There is a one day ‘survival course’ in obstetric anaesthesia, which is aimed at SHOs / SpRs just starting out on the labour ward.

The course consists of lectures with a practical emphasis, followed by a question and answer session.

It is held at the Courthauld Lecture Theatre, Middlesex Hospital. Basic lunch / refreshments are provided. Further details can be obtained from Siobhan in the Centre of anaesthesia. (uch.acru@btinternet.com)

Final FRCA Course - UCH

This two-day exam revision course for the Final FRCA consists of 1 day of small group tutorials, covering essentials for the Final FRCA examination, and 1 day of Basic Science VIVAs and Clinical VIVAs. It will be held in Riding House St, London W1, and lunch and refreshments will be provided.

For further details please contact Alison Lambert on 0207 679 9526, or by e-mail.

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 or

on 01206 742149 for further information and an application form.

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/

North Thames Autumn 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/

North Thames Winter Meeting - French Alps

This annual meeting is held in the Alps and combines the opportunity to experience the delights of the mountains with an exceptional academic programme. Further details can be obtained from their website http://www.ntam.org.uk

North Thames Foundation Course in Anaesthesia

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 or by email to

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.
The 2008 dates are
14.3.08
23.5.08
12.9.08
7.11.08