Anaesthesia Home Page
Welcome to the Anaesthesia section of the ACCS Website.
During the two years of the ACCS programme you will spend between six and nine months in anaesthesia depending on the deanery in which you are working. During this time you should complete the Initial Assessment of Competence, complete the portfolio, anaesthetic competency documents and logbook, complete the work place assessments and attend the specific tutorials and education sessions as required by your deanery.
New Anaesthesia e-Learning Website:
www.e-LA.org.uk
There is now an e-learning website for trainees in Anaesthesia. The aims to deliver the first two years of the Anaesthesia curriculum (ST1/2) through a series of teaching sessions, accessible through a central website. The interactive lessons and self-assessment sessions will follow the academic block structure of the Anaesthesia curriculum and support the acquisition of knowledge and skills as trainees’ progress through the training program. The e-Learning resource will operate in synergy with existing resources to prepare trainees for the Primary Examination. It will record the learner’s progress through the curriculum, offer formative assessment/feedback and enhance their knowledge base and clinical skills ready for progression into more advanced training. The first phase of the project will be available on-line in the Autumn 2008 and you will be able to register using your RCoA registration details.
Non-Anaesthetic ACCS trainees can now register for access to the e-learning Anaesthesia website. You can register on the website: www.e-LA.org.uk and no charge is made for this. Non-Anaesthetic ACCS trainees may also apply for inclusion on the Voluntary Register of the RCoA. Benefits include receiving the British Journal of Anaesthesia, Continuing Education in Anaesthesia Critical Care and Pain (CEACCP) and the RCoA Bulletin. Further details and an application form can be obtained from Membership: tel: 020 7092 1701/1702; email subs@rcoa.ac.uk. An annual subscription of £60 is required.
For ACCS (Anaesthesia) Trainees:
The majority of ACCS trainees who are appointed to run-through or core training in ACCS (Anaesthesia) will undertake two years of ACCS training, as above, followed by an additional third year of pure anaesthesia training. Trainees who complete ACCS training will normally join the anaesthesia CCT programme at an appropriate point in ST 2 (CT 2). The subsequent content and duration of an individual’s anaesthetic CCT training will depend on the competences already achieved during ACCS training. ACCS (Anaesthesia) trainees may have acquired some of the intermediate level Intensive Care Medicine competences at the expense of basic level anaesthesia competences. This imbalance should not prevent the progression of these trainees from ST 2 to ST 3, but the “missing” anaesthetic competences must be acquired at an early stage of ST 3 and before starting intermediate level training. These arrangements must be recorded on the Basic Level Training Certificate.
Anaesthesia portfolio
This document is paper based and contains appraisal information as well as details on your logbook summaries and cases. It can be downloaded below.
Anaesthetic Logbook
As in all ACCS speciality modules, a logbook is required to be kept for your time spent in anaesthesia which will form a vital part for the yearly assessment procedures (ARCP's). This should be completed as shown in the ACCS Manual. ACCS (Anaesthesia) trainees should be aware that the anaesthetic component of their ACCS log book is expected to continue through and form a vital part of their anaesthesia training. For further guidance and facilities on downloading the electronic logbook, see the Royal College of Anaesthetists (ROCA) and Anaesthesia UK websites.