Anaesthetic updates
Our two-day online conference is to help you stay informed when it comes to the key issues surrounding best anaesthetic practice.
Hear about best anaesthetic practice, maintain your competence and earn CPD points to aid revalidation at our June anaesthetic updates conference.
Covering a variety of topics across the 2 days from the clinical challenges of managing the older patient to the anaesthetists’ role in the management of big data. UK leaders from across the specialty will come together to share their knowledge with you to improve outcomes for your patients.
Session Topics to include:
- Paediatrics
- AI
- Trauma
- Obstetrics
- Robotic Surgery
- Sustainability
- Pre-habilitation
Speakers and lecture titles confirmed:
- Dr Jacques Diacono, Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist, Manchester - 'Paediatric vascular access'
- Dr Felicity Plaat, Consultant Anaesthetist - 'Obstetrics - what the anaesthetist needs to know in 2023'
- Dr Rachel Kearns, Consultant Anaesthetist - 'Feotal and early childhood outcomes of obstetric anaesthesia'
- Dr Michel M.R.F Struys, Professor and Chair, Department of Anaesthesiology, The Netherlands - 'Environmental footprint of anaesthesia: More than inhaled anaesthetics!'
- Professor Francesco Carli, Professor of Anaesthesia, Montreal, Canada - 'Prehabilitation for the anaesthesiologist'
- Dr May Chan - 'Is training in paediatric anaesthesia sufficient for the average CCT holder?'
- Professor Ramani Moonesinghe - 'Clinical risk prediction models - how to use and which is the best?'
Where permitted, talks will be recorded and made available to delegates post event. Once registered you will have access to the recorded material for up to six months after the live event. Viewing of the recording will carry the same number of CPD points.
09:25–09:30 |
Attendees to start logging on | |
09:30–09:35 | Introduction | |
Session 1: | Paediatrics | |
09:35-10:00 | Paediatric vascular access | Dr Jacques Diacono, Manchester |
10:00-10:25 | Paediatric difficult airway management | Dr Annery Garcia-Marcinkiecz, Philadelphia |
10:25-10:50 | Is training in paediatric anaesthesia sufficient for the average CCT holder? | Dr May Chan, London |
10:50-11:05 | DISCUSSION/ Q&A SESSION | |
11:05-11:20 | BREAK | |
Session 2: | Robotic Surgery | |
11:20-11:45 | Robot-assisted thoracic surgery | Speaker to be confirmed |
11:45-12:10 | Robotic anaesthesia: the future? | Dr Alexandre Joosten, Paris |
12:10-12:20 | DISCUSSION/ Q&A SESSION | |
12:20-13:15 | LUNCH | |
Session 3: | ||
13:15-13:40 | Clinical risk prediction models – how to use and which is the best? | Prof Ramani Moonesinghe, London |
13:40-14:10 | Pension & pension tax update – what’s changed (really, quite a lot!) | Dr Tony Goldstone, Hull |
14:10-14:35 | Falling Down | Dr John Large, Salford |
14:35-14:50 | DISCUSSION/Q&A SESSION | |
14:50-15:00 | BREAK | |
Session 4: | ||
15:00-15:25 | Training in trauma anaesthesia | Dr Jo Organ, London |
15:25-15.50 | DKA in pregnancy | Dr Jonathan Webber, Birmingham |
15:50-16:00 | DISCUSSION/Q&A SESSION | |
16:00 | CLOSE |
**programme subject to change**
09:25–09:30 | Attendees to start logging on | |
09:30–09:35 | Introduction | |
Session 5: | Obstetrics | |
09:35-10:00 | Obstetrics – what the anaesthetist needs to know in 2023 | Dr Felicity Plaat, London |
10:00-10:25 | Neuraxial blocks in obstetrics | Dr Ruchira Patel, London |
10:25-10:50 | Fetal and early childhood outcomes of obstetric anaesthesia | Dr Rachel Kearns, Glasgow |
10:50-11:05 | DISCUSSION/ Q&A SESSION | |
11:05-11:20 | BREAK | |
Session 6: | AI | |
11:20-11:45 | AI to read Datix reports | Dr Nabeel Amiruddin & Dr James Blundell, Birmingham |
11:45-12:10 | AI - title TBC | Speaker to be confirmed |
12:10-12:20 | DISCUSSION/ Q&A SESSION | |
12:20-13:15 | LUNCH | |
Session 7: | Sustainability | |
13:15-13:40 | What’s my carbon footprint during anaesthesia? | Dr Cliff Shelton, Manchester |
13:40-14:05 | Environmental footprint of Anaesthesia: More than inhaled Anaesthetics! | Dr Michel M.R.F Struys, Netherlands |
14:05-14:30 | Net zero healthcare | Dr Forbes McGain, Melbourne |
14:30-14:45 | DISCUSSION/Q&A SESSION | |
14:45-15:00 | BREAK | |
Session 8: | ||
15:00-15:25 | Shaky foundations: Are our 4 ethical pillars still sound in the 21st century? | Dr Paul McConnell, Glasgow |
15:25-15:50 | Prehabilitation for the Anaesthesiologist | Francesco Carli, Montreal, Canada |
15:50-16:00 | DISCUSSION/Q&A SESSION | |
16:00 | CLOSE |
**programme subject to change**
Call for content
We are actively seeking proposals from our Members for content ideas for our lecture based events.
If you have an idea for a topic or a speaker please let us know.
We also welcome proposals from individuals who wish to share their own work, innovative idea or project.
Please fill in our proposal form here