Blueprint of the Primary FRCA examination mapped against the core level units of training

Published: 15/08/2019

Unit of Training	MCQ	OSCE	SOE 1	SOE 2
Preoperative assessment	√	√	√**	√
Premedication	√	√	√	√
Induction of general anaesthesia	√	√	√	√
Intra-operative care	√	√	√	√
Postoperative and recovery room care	√	√	√	√
Perioperative management of emergency patients	√	√	√	√
Transfer medicine		√		√
Management of respiratory and cardiac arrest in adults and children	√	√	√	√
Control of infection	√	√	√	√***
Academic and research		√*
Airway management	√	√		√
Critical incidents	√	√		√
Day surgery	√	√	√	√
General, urological and gynaecological surgery	√	√		√
Head, neck, maxillo-facial and dental surgery	√	√		√
Intensive care medicine	√	√	√	√
Non-theatre	√	√		√
Obstetrics	√	√	√	√
Orthopaedic surgery	√	√		√
Sedation	√	√	√	√
Paediatrics including child protection	√	√	√	√
Pain medicine	√	√	√	√
Perioperative medicine	√	√	√	√
Regional	√	√	√	√
Trauma and stabilisation	√	√		√
Anatomy	√	√
Physiology and biochemistry	√	√	√	√***
Pharmacology	√	√	√	√***
Physics and Clinical measurement	√	√		√
Statistical methods	√			√

OSCE: * Communicates risk information, and risk-benefit trade-offs, in ways appropriate for individual patients.

SOE1: ** All the drugs patients may be on preoperatively. SOE2: *** Partially covered