Table Of ContentThe
Welsh
School
of
Anaesthesia
Induction
Handbook
2016
Edition
1.2
Edition
1.2
Compiled
and
edited
by
Jason
Walker
and
Mark
Knights.
Last
updated
2
July
2016.
Contains
material
previously
included
in
the
Core
Trainee
and
Intermediate
trainee
induction
handbooks.
Copyright
for
all
material
is
retained
by
the
individual
authors,
unless
otherwise
stated.
Illustration
credits:
Front
cover:
www.photodrome.co.uk
Page
28,
NHS
Wales
website.
Used
with
permission.
2
Contents
Introduction
.................................................................................................................................................................................
4
About
this
handbook
...................................................................................................................................................................
4
Preparing
for
Core
Training
.........................................................................................................................................................
5
Preparing
for
Intermediate
Training.
...........................................................................................................................................
8
The
Role
of
Programme
Director
&
The
ARCP
Process
.............................................................................................................
12
The
roles
of
the
College
Tutor
and
Educational
Supervisor
......................................................................................................
18
Why
do
some
trainees
struggle,
and
how
can
they
be
helped?
................................................................................................
20
Introduction
to
Cardiothoracic
Training
....................................................................................................................................
23
Pain
Medicine:
Training
Requirements
in
Wales
.......................................................................................................................
24
Transfer
Medicine
......................................................................................................................................................................
26
Other
resources
.........................................................................................................................................................................
27
Appendix:
Who’s
who,
and
what’s
what.
..................................................................................................................................
28
3
Introduction
Congratulations
on
your
appointment
and
a
warm
welcome
to
Wales
and
the
Welsh
School
of
Anaesthesia.
The
Welsh
School
of
Anaesthesia
is
responsible
for
ensuring
that
your
training
meets
the
requirements
of
the
curriculum
of
the
Royal
College
of
Anaesthetists,
and
for
ensuring
the
quality
of
training
across
Wales.
The
School
encompasses
12
hospitals
distributed
across
North
and
South
Wales
and
a
wide
variety
of
anaesthetic
training
opportunities
are
provided
within
the
hospitals
of
the
school.
Training
in
Anaesthesia
is
highly
structured
with
a
strong
emphasis
on
patient
safety
and
trainee
support.
During
the
first
2
years
trainees
gain
a
thorough
grounding
in
anaesthesia,
acquiring
the
core
basic
competencies
and
the
primary
FRCA
exam.
The
next
2
years
training
follows
a
fixed
curriculum,
encompassing
experience
in
all
the
main
sub-‐specialties
such
as
paediatric
anaesthesia,
obstetric
anaesthesia,
neuro-‐anaesthesia,
cardiac
anaesthesia,
intensive
care
and
chronic
pain.
During
these
2
years
trainees
pass
their
final
FRCA
exam.
The
final
3
years
are
more
flexible
allowing
trainees
to
develop
special
interests,
become
involved
in
research,
or
spend
time
abroad.
We
hope
you
will
enjoy
your
time
in
the
Welsh
School
and
that
you
will
emerge
with
the
competencies
and
confidence
to
further
your
career
in
Anaesthesia,
and
contribute
in
turn
to
the
training
of
the
next
generation
of
anaesthetists.
Training
is
about
more
than
the
acquisition
of
specific
skills,
however
complex;
it
is
also
about
developing
the
professional
attitudes
and
behaviors
required
of
all
doctors.
The
commitment
to
which
should
remain
with
you
throughout
your
career.
Eluned
Wright
Head
of
School
and
Regional
Educational
Advisor
June
2015
About
this
handbook
The
following
articles
were
put
together
as
a
companion
to
the
Welsh
School
of
Anaesthesia
Induction
Study
Day,
both
as
an
aide
memoire
for
those
who
attend
but
also
to
be
a
source
of
information
to
those
who
don’t
make
it
along
on
the
day
itself.
We
have
not
tried
to
reproduce
the
day
in
its
entirety,
but
rather
we
have
tried
to
identify
those
sections
which
we
feel
will
be
most
useful
to
you.
Each
article
is
intended
to
be
self
contained;
for
this
reason
you
may
find
that
certain
information
has
been
repeated
in
a
number
of
places.
Corrections
and
suggestions
should
be
sent
to
[email protected]
4
Preparing
for
Core
Training
Lucy
Emmett
Core
Training
STC
Representative
Keep
logbook
up
to
date
throughout
the
year
as
this
will
How
It
All
Works
be
reviewed
at
ARCP
(make
sure
you
also
take
a
paper
Core
Training
is
24
months
long,
of
which
3
months
will
copy
to
the
ARCP).
be
dedicated
entirely
to
Intensive
Care
Medicine.
Update
CV
regularly
–
you
will
need
a
copy
of
this
at
ACCS
Anaesthesia
is
36
months
long,
of
which
18
your
ARCP.
months
will
be
in
Anaesthetics,
6
months
Acute
Medicine,
6
months
Emergency
Medicine
and
6
months
Fill
in
the
GMC
survey
when
it
comes
out
in
March
–
this
Intensive
Care.
will
again
be
required
at
ARCP.
There
are
8
BASIS
units
which
form
the
Initial
The
Welsh
School
of
Anaesthesia
has
checklists
for
Assessment
of
Competency
(IAC),
with
19
separate
paperwork
that
are
required
at
each
ARCP
–
please
assessments.
These
assessments
must
be
signed
off
by
make
sure
you
follow
them.
consultants.
Once
achieved,
the
trainee
can
go
onto
the
on-‐call
rota.
Specific
information
about
each
unit
of
training
is
available
on
the
RCOA
website
(www.rcoa.ac.uk)
There
are
then
15
BASIC
units
to
get
signed
off
over
the
and
the
Welsh
School
of
Anaesthesia
website
course
of
the
following
18-‐21
months.
Each
unit
of
(www.welshschool.co.uk)
training
requires
at
least
1
A-‐CEX,
1
CBD
and
1
DOPS
(plus
1
ALMAT
for
General,
Gynae
and
Urology)
along
Exams
with
logbook
and
portfolio
evidence
(eg.
transfer
THE
PRIMARY
courses
and
pain
days).
• MCQ
and
OSCE/SOEs
(Vivas)
Full
Primary
Exam
must
be
completed
within
the
2
• Have
to
have
both
parts
for
Basic
Level
of
Training
years,
and
must
be
passed
at
the
time
of
application
for
Cert,
and
to
apply
for
ST3
ST3
(January
of
the
year
you
wish
to
apply).
• RCOA
run
both
parts
3
times
a
year
• Can
do
MCQ
in
Cardiff
(or
wherever
you
like!)
Must
also
have
an
Anaesthetic
MSF
each
year
–
do
this
• OSCE/SOE
in
the
College
in
London
with
a
few
months
to
spare
as
it
can
take
a
couple
of
months
to
sort
out.
MCQ
Courses
(The
comments
on
the
courses
below
are
from
previous
For
the
MSF,
there
is
no
specific
requirement
for
the
Core
Trainees)
number
of
doctors,
nurses,
or
ODPs
etc
but
list
is
reviewed
by
your
Educational
Supervisor
prior
to
Royal
College
of
Anaesthetists
Primary
FRCA
Masterclass
submission,
so
make
sure
there’s
a
mix
of
people.
• The
Royal
College
of
Anaesthetists
–
London,
4
days
Intensive
Care
may
also
ask
for
an
MSF.
This
is
not
the
• 3
times
per
year,
usually
2
months
before
the
exam
same
as
the
anaesthetic
one
and
a
separate
anaesthesia
• Approx
£310
MSF
is
required.
• ‘By
far
the
best’
• ‘Useful
starting
to
mid-‐point’
Quarterly
meetings
(or
more
frequent
if
desired)
with
• ‘Excellent
–
well
run
with
good
lectures’
Educational
Supervisor
to
review
progress.
Mersey
School
of
Anaesthesia
Educational
Supervisor
produces
Educational
Supervisor’s
Structured
Report
at
the
end
of
the
year
• Whiston
Hospital
–
Liverpool,
7
days
and
this
is
submitted
with
the
College
Tutor’s
Report
to
• 3
times
per
year,
usually
3
weeks
before
the
exam
the
ARCP
panel.
You
are
responsible
for
generating
the
• Approx
£400
ESSR.
• ‘Brilliant
experience,
but
some
people
didn’t
get
on
with
their
groups’
5
• ‘Very
good
if
you
get
on
with
your
group’
• ‘Brilliant’
• ‘Great
for
practising
a
huge
volume
of
questions’
• ‘Reasonable
course
–
very
restrictive
about
own
• ‘Better
later
on
in
revision’
course
materials’
• ‘Brilliant
–
provided
you
are
prepared
to
put
the
• ‘Relevant
content’
work
in!’
• ‘Self-‐directed
learning’
• ‘Pricey’
Other
popular
courses
include:
Coventry
Primary
FRCA
MCQ
Course
• South
Coast/Bristol
Intensive
Primary
• University
Hospital
–
Coventry,
3
days
• Leicester
• 3
times
per
year,
usually
3-‐4
weeks
before
the
• Coventry
exam
• South
West
OSCE
• Approx
£260
Exam
Tips
and
Tricks
• ‘Really
useful
as
they
went
through
the
answers
and
you
got
used
to
doing
the
questions
to
time’
• Decide
about
the
exam
–
when
is
best
for
you
• ‘Good
course’
• Start
in
plenty
of
time
• Buy
(or
borrow)
all
the
old
primary
guides
and
do
We
are
also
very
lucky
in
South
Wales
to
have
the
the
MCQs
in
the
couple
of
days
leading
up
to
the
‘SWABS’
teaching
taking
place
in
different
hospitals
exam
every
couple
of
weeks.
There
are
lots
of
opportunities
• E-‐learning
is
great
–
use
the
lectures
and
do
all
the
for
learning
and
discussing
questions
with
other
trainees
sets
of
MCQs
several
times
and
consultants.
(www.philcoles.org.uk/swabs2)
or
• Most
people
seem
to
use
a
mixture
of
bookwork
(www.swabs.me.uk)
and
question
practice
• Would
definitely
recommend
the
Masterclass
Programmes
available
on
the
websites
and
will
also
be
• Keep
one
eye
on
the
OSCE/SOE
emailed
a
couple
of
weeks
in
advance
out
via
your
• On
exam
day
leave
plenty
of
time
for
the
SBAs
–
college
tutors/head
of
exams
in
each
department.
they
are
worth
a
lot
of
marks
too!
• Get
Viva’ed
–
LOTS
Most
Core
Trainees
find
the
first
few
SWABS
sessions
• Ask
lots
of
different
people
–
including
consultants
hard
work
and
a
lot
of
theory.
This
is
to
get
you
up
to
and
other
trainees
the
standard
required
for
the
FRCA.
• Do
full
practice
vivas
(30
mins)
Trainees
in
North
Wales
don’t
miss
out
–
a
scheme
• Don’t
forget
the
OSCE
–
still
lots
to
learn
for
it
similar
to
SWABs
runs
in
the
three
North
Wales
Books
Hospitals
MCQ
Preparation
OSCE/SOE
Courses
SWAC
• Fundamentals
of
Anaesthesia
(Pinnock
et
al.)
• Training
in
Anaesthesia
• Cardiff
–
2
days
• Primary
FRCA
in
a
Box
• 3
times
per
year,
2
weeks
before
the
exam
• Oxford
Handbook
of
Anaesthesia
• £200
(£100
per
day
if
only
sitting
OSCE
or
SOE)
• A
to
Z
of
Anaesthesia
and
Intensive
Care
(Yentis)
• 60%
of
Welsh
trainees
attended
• Pharmacology
for
Anaesthesia
and
Intensive
Care
• ‘Very
good
–
lots
of
viva
practice’
(Peck
and
Hill)
• ‘Would
recommend
to
anyone
–
I
passed
both
first
• Drugs
in
Anaesthesia
and
Intensive
Care
(Smith)
time
and
this
was
the
only
course
I
attended’
• Essentials
of
Anaesthetic
Equipment
(Al-‐Shaikh)
• ‘Most
useful’
• Basic
Physics
and
Measurement
(Davis
et
al.)
• ‘Excellent
value
for
money’
• Physics
in
Anaesthesia
(Middleton)
• West
Respiratory
Physiology
Mersey
School
of
Anaesthesia
• Liverpool
–
OSCE
weekend
(2
days),
Viva
weekend
(2
days)
or
OSCE/Orals
course
(7
days)
• 3
times
per
year,
varying
timings
pre-‐exam
• 7
day
course
-‐
£600,
weekends
-‐
£250-‐£300
• 60%
of
Welsh
trainees
attended
6
OSCE/SOE
Preparation
Other
things
to
consider
• Try
to
get
as
much
out
of
lists
as
possible
–
initially
• Physics,
Pharmacology
and
Physiology
for
IAC
sign
off
and
then
consider
DOPS/CBDS/A-‐CEX
Anaesthetists
–
Key
Concepts
for
the
FRCA
(Cross
towards
Basic
Level
Training
Certificate.
and
Plunkett)
• Keep
logbook
up
to
date
–
you’ll
be
grateful
before
• The
OSCE
in
Anaesthesia
your
ARCP
if
you
do!
• Masterpass
Viva
Books
• Think
about
IAC/ARCP
early
–
get
paperwork
done
• The
Anaesthetic
Viva
in
time.
• Dr
Podcast
• Consider
joining
other
professional
bodies
such
as
the
AAGBI.
Online
Question
Banks
• Book
Annual
Leave
and
Study
Leave
with
plenty
of
• FRCAQ
time.
• OnExamination
• Don’t
forget
about
Audit/Quality
Improvement
• PasTest
projects.
• Enjoy
Anaesthetics!!
Websites
• Royal
College
of
Anaesthetists
www.rcoa.ac.uk
• FRCA
Headstart
–
www.frcaheadstart.org
• E-‐learning
Anaesthesia
• Anaesthesia
UK
7
Preparing
for
Intermediate
Training.
Jason
Walker
Having
achieved
all
that
was
required
of
you
in
Core
• Neuroanaesthesia,
Neuroradiology
and
Neuro
Training,
it
is
a
little
bit
daunting
to
have
to
start
all
over
Intensive
Care
again
at
intermediate
level.
In
what
follows
I’ll
try
to
give
• Paediatric
Anaesthesia
you
some
sort
of
idea
of
what
is
expected
of
you.
For
• Obstetric
Anaesthesia
this,
I’m
going
to
make
some
assumptions
–
if
any
of
• Pain
Management
these
don’t
apply
to
you,
have
a
chat
with
your
• General
Duties,
which
must
include
each
of
the
Educational
Supervisor
or
your
Royal
College
Tutor.
I’m
following:
assuming
that:
you’re
registered
with
the
College;
you
o Airway
management
keep
a
logbook;
you
are
registered
with
the
RCoA
e-‐ o Day
Surgery
portfolio;
and
finally
that
you
are
familiar
with
o Critical
incidents
workplace-‐based
assessments
(WPBAs)
–
CEX,
DOPS,
o General
Surgery
/
Gynaecology
/
Urology
etc.
(+/-‐
Transplantation)
o ENT,
MaxFax,
Dental
The
rules
o Regional
Anaesthesia
There
are
a
number
of
documents
which
lay
down
what
o Respiratory
and
Cardiac
Arrest
the
various
rules
of
engagement
are,
and
you
should
be
o Non
theatre
familiar
with
what’s
in
them.
The
first
of
these
is
the
o Orthopaedic
Anaesthesia
Gold
Guide,
or
to
give
it
its
full
title,
A
Reference
Guide
o Sedation
for
Postgraduate
Specialty
Training
in
the
UK.1
This
o Transfer
Medicine
covers
everything
to
do
with
training
–
how
training
o Trauma
and
Stabilisation
posts
are
managed,
how
appointments
are
made,
how
progression
is
assessed,
and
so
forth.
Most
trainees
will
The
3
essential
non-‐clinical
modules
(Annex
G)
are
never
need
to
refer
to
any
of
it,
but
if
you
want
to
do
Academic,
Teaching
and
learning,
and
Management.
anything
unusual
as
part
of
your
training,
the
Gold
Guide
contains
the
rules
which
must
be
adhered
to.
There
are
also
3
optional
modules:
Plastics/Burns,
Ophthalmic
Surgery,
and
Vascular.
The
next
document
you
should
be
aware
of
is
the
Curriculum
for
a
CCT
in
Anaesthetics.2
This
is
published
Competency
is
assessed
using
logbook
data
in
in
a
number
of
sections,
of
which
Annex
C
covers
conjunction
with
evidence
from
a
range
of
assessment
intermediate
training.
You
should
also
be
familiar
with
tools,
which
should
be
collated
on
the
RCoA
e-‐portfolio.
Annex
F
(Intensive
Care
Medicine),
and
Annex
G
Each
unit
of
training
has
a
list
of
learning
outcomes
(Teaching
and
Training,
Academic
and
Research,
and
(things
you
will
learn),
core
learning
outcomes
(things
Management).
Of
particular
interest
is
the
document
you
must
learn,
and
provide
evidence
of,
to
be
signed
CCT
in
Anaesthetics:
Assessment
Guidance.
This
is
a
off
for
the
unit
of
training)
and
knowledge
and
skills
summary
of
all
the
assessments
you
need
to
undertake
which
will
be
expected
of
you.
To
be
signed
off
you
need
to
fulfil
Annex
C.
appropriate
logbook
evidence
and
appropriate
WPBAs
to
demonstrate
that
you
have
met
the
core
learning
The
units
of
training
outcomes.
There
are
18
units
of
training
recognised
by
the
Royal
College
of
Anaesthetists
for
Intermediate
Training
It’s
worth
looking
at
one
of
the
units
in
a
little
more
during
which
competency
will
be
assessed.
There
are
7
detail.
Figure
2
(page
10)
shows
pages
25
and
26
from
essential
clinical
units
which
must
be
completed,
plus
3
Annex
C.
You’ll
see
that
there
is
a
short
description
of
essential
non-‐clinical
units.
the
unit,
the
learning
outcomes
and
then
the
core
learning
outcome.
Then
there
follows
a
list
of
the
Essential
Clinical
Modules:
knowledge
and
skills
that
you
will
be
required
to
achieve.
You
should
achieve
these,
but
you
do
not
• Cardiacthoracic
Anaesthesia
and
Cardiac
Intensive
necessarily
have
to
be
signed
off
on
them
–
this
list
is
Care
there
to
guide
your
learning.
If
you
can
comfortably
say
• Intensive
Care
Medicine
(Annex
F)
that
you’re
up
to
speed
with
everything
that’s
listed,
you
should
be
ready
for
the
exam.
If
we
now
look
to
the
Assessment
Guidance
Document
doing
a
list
and
then
asking
to
be
signed
off
for
(Figure
1),
we’ll
see
that
for
the
same
unit
it
lists
the
something
at
the
end
of
it.
core
learning
outcomes
and
suggests
possible
evidence
that
you
can
use
to
demonstrate
it.
For
this
unit
there
is
Changes
in
WPBAs
a
single
outcome,
and
you
can
demonstrate
it
with
a
From
August
2015
workplace-‐based
assessments
for
CEX/ALMAT,
or
a
CBD.
(There
is
also
the
option
for
Specialty
Trainees
will
change
to
being
formative
‘other
evidence,’
but
in
most
cases
you
should
have
a
assessments;
they
will
no
longer
be
marked
as
WPBA.)
For
each
signoff,
you
should
have
three
WPBAs,
“satisfactory/unsatisfactory,”
but
will
give
you
feedback
and
these
should
include
evidence
of
core
learning
on
how
you
performed.
The
unit
signoff
will
in
contrast
outcomes.
be
summative
–
you
will
be
marked
as
having
achieved
the
unit
or
not.
For
more
information
see:
It
is
important
to
plan
your
WPBAs:
they
are
meant
to
https://www.rcoa.ac.uk/sites/default/files/WPBA-‐
be
an
assessment.
Before
a
supervised
list
it
is
worth
FLYER-‐2015.pdf
getting
into
the
habit
of
thinking
about
what
you
would
like
to
achieve,
and
then
discussing
this
with
your
The
College
does
not
prescribe
a
set
number
of
cases
supervisor.
This
gives
a
far
more
sensible
approach
than
that
you
need
to
achieve
for
a
unit
to
be
signed
off.
This
depends
on
the
casemix,
the
unit
of
training
and
on
you.
Figure
1.
The
Assessment
Guidance
entry.
9
Figure
2.
An
example
of
a
unit
of
training.
10
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