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STUDY DAYS
2008—2009
EXAM PRACTICE DAYS
2009
27 & 28 Nov Post-Grad Education Centre
Stepping Hill Hospital
Dr Cindy Hardy
8 & 9 Dec Learning Centre
Blackburn Royal Hospital
Dr Ian Stanley
Jan tbc
2009
Blackpool Victoria Hospital
Dr Chris Dunkley
North West
Anaesthesia
PRIMARY FRCA COURSE
&
ANAESTHESIA
COURSES/WORKSHOPS
CALENDAR
2008—2009
OSCE/VIVAs
6 & 7 Jan
MCQs
tbc
OSCE/VIVAs
20 & 21 Apr
Post-Graduate Centre
North Manchester
General Hospital
Dr Simon Chadwick
Post-Graduate Education Centre
Chorley
Education & Research Centre
Wythenshawe Hospital
Dr Abhay Vaidya
26 & 27 Feb Nowgen—Manchester
Dr Adam Pichel
Dr Paul Foster
24 & 25 Mar Venue tbc
Dr Antony Richards
Dr Khalid Sultan
28 & 29 Apr Education Centre
Royal Preston Hospital
Dr Lawrence Azavedo
May tbc
Education Centre
Royal Bolton Hospital
Dr Sarah Thornton
Dr Nervana Mahmoud
25 & 26 June Education & Research Centre
Wythenshawe Hospital
Dr Christopher Tolhurst-Cleaver
The Primary FRCA Course is a rolling
programme & comprises of 9 Study Day Blocks
and includes Exam Practice Days & 4 Primary
FRCA Anaesthesia Workshops.
Please note that registration is
essential to attend ALL Primary FRCA Courses
&
separate registration is required for
ALL Exam Practice Days
& Primary FRCA AnaesthesiaCourses
Please refer to the Primary FRCA Course
Information section of the North West
Anaesthesia Website for guidance on how to
register and course fees
www.nwanaesthesia.rog.uk
If you have any queries relating to the Course,
please contact Janet Coulson by email to:
nwanaesthesia@aol.com
MCQs
10—12 Aug
OSCE/VIVAs
3 & 4 Sep
OSCE/VIVAs
17 & 18 Dec
Education & Research Centre
Wythenshawe Hospital
Dr Christopher Tolhurst-Cleaver
Education & Research Centre
Wythenshawe Hospital
Dr Christopher Tolhurst-Cleaver
Education & Research Centre
Wythenshawe Hospital
Dr Simon Chadwick
Or
/Text to 07517 456401

Mandatory Primary FRCA Courses
Intensive Care Medicine for StRs
PLEASE SEE POSTER IN OTHER PRIMARY COURSES SECTION
OF THE SCHOOL WEBSITE
2008
Fri 3 Oct
Thurs 16 Dec
2009
Tues 24 Mar
Tues 16 Jul
Further info to
follow
Dr Jo Rodgers
Greater Manchester Critical Care
Skills Institute
Trafford General Hospital
Dr Jo Rodgers
Greater Manchester Critical Care
Skills Institute
Trafford General Hospital
Obstetric Courses
PLEASE REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE VIA JANET COULSON
ON MAILTO:nwanaesthesia@aol.com
2009
Tues 13 Jan
Fri 17 Jul
2010
tbc
Education & Research Centre
Wythenshawe Hospital
Education & Research Centre
Wythenshawe Hospital
Information is sent out to your email address to confirm
registration/programmes/pre-course work if appropriate.
If information is not received prior to a course, please
ensure that you contact
the person with whom you registered, or contact Janet
Coulson via email nwanaesthesia@aol.com
Attendance Guidance
for
Anaesthesia Workshops & Courses
All Trainees should ensure that they
attend each of the following Training
Courses/Workshop at the appropriate
time.
♦ Intensive Care Medicine Course
should be attended when doing
the ICU Module
♦ Transfer Course should be
attended during the first
year/before being On-Call
♦ SIMMAN Workshops should be
attended prior to doing
OSCE/VIVA Exam Practice
♦ Obstetric Course should be
attended when in Year 2 and
before/working in Maternity
On-call
Please note:
Places on each course is limited and
should be booked in advance when
departmental leave has been
agreed.
Anaesthesia Courses & Workshops
SIMMAN Workshops
PLEASE REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE VIA
JANET COULSON MAILTO: nwanaesthesia@aol.com
2008
Thurs 11 Dec
Thurs 11 Dec
Wed 1 Oct
Wed 19 Nov
Wed 28 Jan
Wed 11 Mar
Royal Bolton Hospital
Further info to follow
Royal Preston Hospital
North Manchester
General Hospital
Further info to follow
Transfer Courses
PLEASE SEE POSTER IN OTHER PRIMARY COURSES
SECTION OF THE SCHOOL WEBSITE
2008
Wed 17 Sep
Fri 3 Oct
Thurs 13 Nov
Thurs 4 Dec
2009
Wed 11 Feb
Mon 9 Mar
Thurs 23 Apr
Fri 19 Jun
Tues 14 Jul
Wed 2 Sep
Fri 4 Sep
Mon 2 Nov
Thurs 5 Nov
Fri 4 Dec
ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL
ROYAL BOLTON HOSPITAL
Royal Preston Hospital
Royal Bolton Hospital
Royal Preston Hospital
Royal Bolton Hospital
Royal Bolton Hospital
Royal Preston Hospital
Royal Bolton Hospital
Royal Bolton Hospital
Royal Preston Hospital
Royal Bolton Hospital
Royal Preston Hospital
Royal Preston Hospital
Royal Bolton Hospital
Royal Bolton Hospital
Information is sent out to your email address to confirm
registration/programmes/pre-course work if appropriate.
If information is not received prior to a
course, please ensure that you contact
the person with whom you registered, or contact Janet
Coulson via email nwanaesthesia@aol.com

Nov
Dec
Jan
Physics of heat and temperature,
monitoring temperature.
Manufacture and storage of gases, pipelines,
suction systems, cylinders.
Principles of emergency anaesthesia
Physiology of fluid and electrolyte
balance, renal. Diagnosis and treatment of
dehydration. Cricoid pressure,
regurgitation and vomiting. Anaesthesia
for eye ops and Laparoscopy. Anatomy for
regional blocks and pharmacology of local
anaesthetics.
***
Physics of gases, Capnography and pulse
oximetry. Measurement of gas
concentrations. Principles of anaesthetic
machine, pressure regulators, flow meters,
Vaporizers, breathing systems. Absorption
of carbon dioxide. Implications to
anaesthesia of respiratory diseases. CXRs,
Pulm. Function. Cardiovascular physiology.
Induction techniques. Blood Gas Machines.
Special circulations. Pacemakers/defib.
***
Physics of humidity and measurement.
Basic measurement concepts – linearity,
drift, hysteresis, signal:noise ratio,
dynamic response. Interpretation of
blood gases. Heat temperature monitoring.
Principles of Obstetric anaesthesia.
Physiology of pregnancy. Spinals and
epidurals. Modes of action of drugs.
***
Feb
Mar
North West
Anaesthesia
PRIMARY FRCA COURSE SYLLABUS
The topics listed will be taught in the
respective 2 day Study Day Blocks for that
month. Pre-course reading is advisable for
each Month’s Workshops.
Monitoring the cardiovascular Thank you system,
minimum monitoring. Basic concepts of
electricity and magnetism. Capacitance,
inductance, impedance. Amplifiers, filters,
amplification of biological potentials.
Sources of interference. Processing
storage and display of physiological
measurements. Principles of lasers,
cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators.
Principles of pressure transducers,
resonance, damping, frequency response.
Measurement of blood pressure. Cardiovascular
Pharmacology & Physiology.
Cardiac anatomy & coronary circulation.
Interpretation of ECG.
***
Sterilisation and cleaning of equipment.
Implications of, and anaesthesia for
patients with infectious diseases (Hep B,
HIV). Pain – physiology and pharmacology,
measurement. Neuromuscular junction and
muscles – physiology/pharmacology,
Measurement. Pharmacokinetics
Apr
May
June
Function and use of related equipment – airways,
tracheal tubes, laryngeal masks, oxygen
therapy equipment, transfusion devices.
Implication, diagnosis and management of sickle
cell disease, anaemia. Immunology – immunity
and allergy, inflammatory response, blood
groups. Blood – cells, clotting. Blood
transfusion and intravenous fluids. Intra-and
post-op fluid management. Prevention
thromboembolic phenomena. Positioning.
Obesity and anaesthesia. Doppler effect and
the use of Doppler ultrasound devices. Intra-op
fluids & IV Fluids.
***
Pre-use checks of anaesthetic machine,
breathing systems and monitoring apparatus.
Anaesthetic records and critical incidents.
Electrical hazards, causes and prevention.
Diathermy and its safe use. Endocrine diseases
and anaesthesia – diabetes, thyroid disease,
pituitary, adrenals, - physiology and
Pharmacology. Premedication. Physiology of
nervous system. Principles of anaesthesia for
neurosurgical procedures. Anatomy of nervous
system.
Environmental control
***
of op.theatres,
scavenging. Physiology of liver and
metabolism, anaesthesia and the liver.
Physiology of gastrointestinal system
Principles of transfer of critically ill
Anatomy – areas of special interest (base
of skull, thoracic inlet, 1 st rib, intercostal
and paravertebral space, abdominal wall
antecubital fossa, large veins of neck, leg,
diaphragm, tracheostomy, cricothyroid,
eye, axilla). Trauma patients – anaesthetic
Implications. Statistics: data collection,
descriptive statistics, inferential
statistics.

Booking Departmental Leave:
Jul
Measurement of volume and flow in gases
and liquids. Principles of lung ventilators,
disconnection monitors. Respiratory physiology
and pharmacology. Assessment of
airway, anatomy of reps. System. Indications
for intubation. Techniques of maintenance
of anaesthesia awareness. Post-op
nausea and vomiting (mechanisms, prevention
and treatment). Principles of the care
of children.
***
Please note that there are no Study Day
Blocks during the months of August,
September and October
***
Notification of all programmes is sent
out via email by Janet Coulson from
email address nwanaesthesia@aol.com
Please ensure that you contact via this
email address if you do not receive
Information pertaining to any Study Day
or Exam Practice Day. It is advisable to
check Spam Boxes and Junk Mail Boxes
to ensure that any information has not
been delivered there and to check that
information from this email address is
not blocked as attachments will be sent
to you.
***
Exam Practice Days: All Study leave should be booked in advance in
accordance with your Department’s Study Leave
Guidelines.
MCQ Exam Practice Days - 3 days
OSCE/VIVA Exam Practice Days - 2 days
If you have any queries relating to the
Please only register to attend Exam Practice Primary FRCA Course please contact
Days if you are sitting the Exam the following Janet Coulson either by email to
month and your application has been accepted nwanaesthesia@aol.com
by the College.
Or by 07517 456 401
Each Exam Practice Course must be registered
for separately and at least 4 weeks prior to the
Course.
These days are supported by the Consultants
and Senior SpRs in the North West region who
volunteer their time to teach and it is imperative
that we have a sufficient number of Trainers
available each day to ensure that the high
standard and quality of training delivered to you
is not compromised.
Your co-operation to register promptly would
therefore be appreciated to assist the
administrative organisation of these days as
late registration will not be permitted.
Attendance:
Please ensure as far as possible that known nonattendance
of any course is advised in good time,
i.e. annual leave. In the event of any sickness on
any day, please advise Janet Coulson by email to
nwanaesthesia@aol.com
Please note that Departments will be advised
of non-attendance on the day.