For anaesthesia trainees

Welcome to the Anaesthesia section of the ACCS Website.

On completion of the first two years of ACCS training, trainees will join the Anaesthetics programme at an appropriate point in CT2. Uncoupling and fixed entry dates for ST3 will mean that most trainees will undertake the entire CT2 year in Anaesthetics.

Trainees are not eligible for appointment to ST3 (Anaesthetics) until they have obtained the Basic Level Training Certificate i.e. have achieved all the basic competencies for Anaesthetics and ICM. ACCS trainees must undertake a minimum of 18 months training in Anaesthetics by the end of CT2 (Anaesthetics).

If a trainee does more than 3 months ICM in ACCS the second three months of ICM does not contribute to intermediate levels of competence because trainees will not have the wider experience that underpins intermediate level assessment standards. This will also usually mean that such a trainee will not have achieved all the necessary anaesthetic competences delivered in the 21 months of Anaesthetics in CT1/2 of the Anaesthetics programme. The missing competences and the “additional” ICM competences will be recorded on his/her Basic Level Training Certificate and the missing competences will have to be achieved within an agreed time frame.

Exams

Trainees moving from ACCS training will normally be expected to have passed the FRCA Primary MCQ assessment of knowledge before entering CT2 Anaesthetics and have acquired the entire primary FRCA (MCQ plus SOE & OSCE) before entering ST3 anaesthesia. See RCOA website for further information.