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Perioperative Medicine Fellowship at UCLH August 23



Candidates are invited to apply for our new and exciting post aimed at senior trainees / post-CCT doctors in Anaesthesia/Critical Care Medicine.  Our objective is to develop future leaders in this important emerging field.  We offer a one-year fixed term contract with a start date of August 2023.

Based at University College Hospital, successful candidates will partake in an innovative programme aimed to improve a model of care for high-risk patients contemplating, undergoing and recovering from major surgery.

A key feature of the post is the opportunity to undertake the funded (to £12,000) UCL Perioperative Medicine MSc led by Professor David Walker, which will underpin the academic component of the fellowship.

Find out more: http://uclh.healthjobsuk.com/vacancy/4704726

Final FRCA Writers Club



Trainees aiming to sit the Final FRCA written exam in September 2022 are invited to join the 6th cycle of the East London Writers’ Club which will be kicking off on Tuesday 17th May 2022!

Weekly CRQ questions will be sent out which will cover recent BJA Ed articles, previous CRQ exam topics as well as the RCoA curriculum. These will then be followed by ‘model answers’ a week later. The club will run for 12 weeks in total.

For more information and to register your interest, please drop us an email at: ELwritersclub@outlook.com.

The Gasman’s Shanty

Are Anaesthetists the unsung heroes of healthcare? Not any more. Now we have an anthem. Sing it loud, sing it proud. Hoorah! The Gasman’s come.