Dr Ramai Santhirapala, Editor of the Bulletin, welcomes you to April 2023's anaesthetist in training (AiT) issue of the Bulletin and looks at why this year's theme 'Adapting to change' is very apt in these uncertain times.
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This article explains why the annual BKL camps demonstrate excellent partnerships between the UK and BKL Walawalkar Medical College and University Hospital, as well as superb training opportunities for UK and local anaesthetists in training.
Dr Mary Slingo, Consultant Anaesthetist from the University Hospital Southampton and her co-authors summarise the significant progress made in recent years on sustainable anaesthesia, through awareness, education, policy changes, and technology.
Anaesthetists are familiar with the ‘Schimmlebusch Mask’. This article evolves from Arusha, Tanganyika and a small boy’s memory of a white mask descending over his face circa 1963, having fallen while climbing the household log heap.
Dr Alexander James Churton, ST7 Anaesthetist, from Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, show us that resident doctors are not just tomorrow's consultants and future leaders, they're a driving force for change today.
As the 2021 curriculum enters its second year, the new curriculum continues to evolve. At each step, this process has been informed by feedback from anaesthetists in training and trainers to guide changes, aid additional clarification, and influence future improvements.
The Nuffield Department of Anaesthesia in Oxford is the largest clinical department in our trust. We are based across five different sites, with more than 200 anaesthetists. Our department has a strong history of engaging in national projects, including the National Audit Projects (NAPs).
Jason Williams-James, RCoA Patients Voices member with personal experience of surgery and anaesthesia, discusses the importance of DrEaMing with Eleanor Warwick, ST6 Anaesthetist and Perioperative Quality Improvement Programme (PQIP) Fellow. They discuss why patients, the surgical multidisciplinary team (MDT), and organisations should be interested in this quality improvement metric.
After a delay due to Covid, we are pleased to say we are in the final stages of NAP7. The baseline and activity surveys are complete and being prepared for publication. The NAP7 panel is working hard to digest all possible learning from the case registry. Here we provide a brief update, with the full report coming in late 2023. We are hugely appreciative of the contribution of all anaesthetists.
Dennis has an anaesthetic is an online Beano comic strip, developed by the RCoA in partnership with the Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland. Having surgery can be a worrying time for both children and parents and the comic strip aims to add an element of fun and play, while helping children understand what it’s like to have a general anaesthetic and how they can prepare for an operation.