Welsh School of Anaesthesia

Educational Development Time In order to support trainees achieving the GPC domain capabilities, the RCoA have produced guidance on the provision of specific time in the working week i.e. Educational Development Time (EDT) for developing and assessing skills to support learning and assessment in professional practice. The RCoA has a suggested time required for each stage of training, recommending trainees in anaesthetic posts in Stages 1 and 2 of the curriculum on both Core Anaesthetic Training and ACCS pathways should be allocated up to 2 hours of EDT per week. Those in Stage 3 should be allocated up to 4 hours per week, reflecting the requirement for greater involvement in some of these areas in the later stages of the training…

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Next ES Update meeting - March 24th 2022 The next ES Update TEAMs meeting will be held on March 24th 9.30-11.30am and we will cover pre-ARCP planning content. The meeting link will be forwarded to all ESs in Anaesthesia prior to the date. We will also record and ensure the content is uploaded to the ES webpage after the event.

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The next NSWAC course will be May 3rd 2022. If you wish to attend this online course then please complete the booking form via this link. For further information please contact the course organisers at nswac@doctors.net.uk.

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The ARCP dates and revised School ARCP Checklists for 2022 have all been published on the ARCP webpage - see here These Checklists supersede all previous COVID checklists and are differ depending on the relevant curriculum to each current training year. All ARCPs will continue virtually for the foreseeable future.

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See attached documents for CT3 and ST3 trainees attempting to evidence Stage 1 Equivalence.

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As we move into our major ARCP season, I wanted to remind you of the ARCP requirements and give a few updates on where we are with the GMC survey, recruitment, the new 2021 curriculum, plus a number of educational resources that are available to you all through the different sections of HEIW. GMC NTS 2021 Firstly, can all trainees and trainers ensure that they have completed the GMC National Training Survey for 2021. The deadline has been extended to midday tomorrow, May 25th - the survey can be accessed via your GMC Online account Recruitment There has been a significant amount of reported discontent across the UK with the outcome of ST3 recruitment this year. I wanted to clarify the situation in Wales and would…

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Professor Tom Lawson writes an open letter to trainees and trainers on issues raised at the last recruitment round to Higher training, and what HEIW have done to offset some of the problems: 14th of May 2021 Message to anaesthesia trainees and trainers in Wales from Dr T Lawson PG Dean, HEIW Dear Colleagues, You will I'm sure be aware of the recent publicity surrounding recruitment to higher training in anaesthesia across the UK. I understand the disappointment of those trainees completing core and ACCS anaesthesia training in Wales, who may not have secured the higher training posts they wanted for August 2021. Many factors have contributed to the high application numbers including the planned change to the anaesthesia curriculum, curriculum derogations, the lack…

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Shielding Trainees - Training advice Following the Wales CMO announcement on December 22nd, new instructions have been issued to the most vulnerable individuals who were previously shielding in this document https://gov.wales/written-statement-new-advice-those-who-are-clinically-extremely-vulnerable-previously-shielding All affected trainees will need to re-do their individual risk assessments with their employer, who will follow the advice as it is set out. Pregnant trainees should continue to follow the latest guidance from the RCOG, which can be found here: https://www.rcog.org.uk/globalassets/documents/guidelines/2020-09-10-occupational-health-statement-rcog-rcm-fom.pdf The School Leads have put together non-clinical training opportunities for affected trainees which are available on our resources webpage - they provide a range of options for the most vulnerable training grade anaesthetists who will need to work remotely. Any trainee who has returned to shielding and remote working should keep Libby…

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Message from the Head of Specialty School for Anaesthesia & ICM As COVID Wave 2 is now upon us and patients continue to flow into our ICUs, wards and maternity units, I would like to express my sincere thanks to everyone who continues to do their utmost to deliver the best possible patient care, and at the same time deliver high quality training in anaesthesia and ICM in Wales. The feedback from trainers across Wales has been universally positive on the adaptability of junior anaesthetists as they step up to this continuing challenge. Elective surgery and anaesthesia remains reduced in content across Wales, but has continued throughout this wave in protected surgical units and the use of independent sector hospitals, to…

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