2021 Curriculum - structure
The structure of the new curriculum
The new curriculum has three stages of training, which an anaesthetist in training must progress through and ultimately gain a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT). These are:
- Stage 1 encompassing CT1, CT2, CT3
- Stage 2 encompassing ST4, ST5
- Stage 3 encompassing ST6, ST7
There are 14 domains of learning in each stage, covering both specialty-specific and generic professional requirements, all of which must be demonstrated throughout the training programme.
Each domain has a High-level Learning Outcome that sets the scene for what constitutes an anaesthetist.
Below that is a stage learning outcome that provides a description of what needs to be achieved at the end of that stage in order to progress to the next.
Next follows a set of key capabilities, which are mandatory and must be evidenced by anaesthetists in training to meet the stage learning outcome.
Every stage learning outcome includes a selection of examples of evidence, which are examples of evidence within a range of clinical contexts that anaesthetists in training may use to support their achievement of the key capabilities.
These are described at a high level below:
Generic professional domains
|
Domain |
High-level Learning Outcome |
|
Professional Behaviours and Communication |
Demonstrates the professional values and behaviours that patients expect from their doctors |
|
Management and Professional and Regulatory Requirements |
Undertakes managerial, administrative and organisational roles |
|
Team Working |
Contributes to teams to enhance patient care |
|
Safety & Quality Improvement |
Improves the quality and safety of patient care |
|
Safeguarding |
Identifies vulnerable people and takes appropriate action |
|
Education and Training |
Helps others to develop their professional practice |
|
Research and Managing Data |
Expands the understanding of anaesthetic practice |
Specialty-specific domains
|
Domain |
High-level Learning Outcome |
|
Perioperative Medicine and Health Promotion |
Facilitates safe multi-disciplinary peri-operative care and promotes the principles of public health interventions and efficient use of healthcare resources |
|
General Anaesthesia |
Provides safe and effective general anaesthesia |
|
Regional Anaesthesia |
Provides safe and effective regional anaesthesia |
|
Resuscitation and Transfer |
Resuscitates, stabilises and transfers critically ill patients safely |
|
Procedural Sedation |
Provides safe & effective sedation |
|
Pain |
Manages pain |
|
Intensive Care |
Manages critical illness |
The learning syllabus
Details of the learning outcomes, capabilities and examples of evidence for each stage and domain of learning can be found here.
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 3 Special Interest Areas (SIAs)
If you would like to contact us, you can email the Anaesthetics Curriculum and Equivalence Team on training@rcoa.ac.uk or call on 020 7092 1550.
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Last reviewed: 31 December 2022
Next review due: 1 January 2024