Thanks Dr Priya and Dr Patricia and for all your great work on this Maddi and Luka! Here are some useful resources: Pregnancy and the anaesthetist https://libguides.anzca.edu.au/ld.php?content_id=48309025 https://libguides.anzca.edu.au/wellbeing Still a Boys' club article https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1…

I was honoured to interview Professor Daniel Martin OBE Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Derriford hospital PhD in applied physiology, University College London 2013 Prof of perioperative and intensive care, University of Plymouth Member of Caudwell Xtreme Everest expedition 2007 Former Director of the UCL Centre for Altitude, Space and…

Thank you for your time Dr Cooray! Dr Cooray has been an examiner since 2012, and also won the prestigious Rentona nd Cecil Grey Prizes - which is a legendary feat --------- Find us at Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abcsofanaesthesia/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/abcsofa Website: http://www.anaesthesiacollective.com Podcast: ABCs of Anaesthes…

Thanks Luka, great idea for this podcast episode especially from the perspective of a medical student! --------- Find us at Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abcsofanaesthesia/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/abcsofa Website: http://www.anaesthesiacollective.com Podcast: ABCs of Anaesthesia Primary Exam Podcast: Anaesthesia Coffee Break Facebook Pa…

Thanks Ruth and Paolo for a fantastic session! Check out these playlists for more useful information! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKoga8GNPk1UXMPF5ekMymno4N7Y_G1sZ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKoga8GNPk1Xr5_ZZ2oRCmMqKsy2ANp0j --------- Find us at Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abcsofanaesthesia/ Twitter: https://twitter.…

Amazing to have you on the podcast Dr Anne! for more resources check out our airway playlists https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKoga8GNPk1WTHr8FsZ8L5Y-vM2EYoVbF https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKoga8GNPk1XVIBJQwGbv5smUFYKeToBV Articles https://www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(17)33209-9/fulltext https://www.rcoa.ac.uk/research/…

Thanks for all the fantastic information and lessons in cardiac bypass Dr Grant! Check out our podcast ABCs of Anaesthesia on all platforms --------- Find us at Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abcsofanaesthesia/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/abcsofa Website: http://www.anaesthesiacollective.com Podcast: ABCs of Anaesthesia Primary Exam Podcast:…

Thanks Dr James for sharing your insights and all your extremely considered thoughts and professional approach to anaesthetic practice! --------- Find us at Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abcsofanaesthesia/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/abcsofa Website: http://www.anaesthesiacollective.com Podcast: ABCs of Anaesthesia Primary Exam Podcast: Ana…

Thanks Dr Megan for a great exam performance! For the full video, check out the Final Exam Course https://anaesthesia.thinkific.com/courses/finalexam Exam Stem You are asked to review a 76-year-old man for planned abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair on your list in seven days time. His aneurysm extends above the renal arteries. He has a backgrou…

Thanks Dr Michelle for a candid and honest discussion on how to pass this exam after a major set back Check out our online course for trainees needing extra help https://anaesthesia.thinkific.com/courses/I-EXCEL https://anaesthesia.thinkific.com/courses/FinalExam --------- Find us at Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abcsofanaesthesia/ Twitter: …

Amazing to chat to a specialist with the lived experience of how anaesthesia has changed over the last 4 decades! Please check out her book The Chloroformist https://www.mup.com.au/authors/christine-ball Dr Christine is an anaesthesiologist at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne and co-convenor of the Master of Perioperative Medicine at Monash Univers…

Really interesting chat about rapid sequence inductions and the history, method, myths, facts and how we use the RSI in the modern day Check out these great resources! References: · https://litfl.com/rapid-sequence-intubation-rsi/ · Oxford Handbook for Anaesthesia, 5th Edn · ACE Course Notes final 2023 · https://sjtrem.biomedcentral.com/articles/10…

Thanks Dr Rebecca! great performance and congratulations on passing the ANZCA Final Exam! welcome to the other side ;) Here are some useful resources VIVA STEM You are asked to review your next patient. A 25yo 130kg transgender female (She/her/hers) for augmentation mammoplasty (implants and lipofilling). Past history Asthma Anxiety Depression Obes…

Thanks Dr Megan for a great exam performance! For the full video, check out the Final Exam Course https://anaesthesia.thinkific.com/courses/finalexam Exam Stem You are on the night shift at your tertiary hospital. You are called to resus bay in ED as a 55yo male presents to emergency with severe respiratory distress. You arrive to see a patient wit…

Thanks Dr Ralph for a great exam performance! For the FULL video check out https://anaesthesia.thinkific.com/courses/FinalExam The Stem 13yo male presents to emergency department in a small rural hospital (2 theatres, 1 ward, no HDU/ICU) with right iliac fossa abdominal pain. Past history Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy Wheelchair bound Severe scolio…

Thanks Dr Catherine for sharing your insights! Here are some useful links: https://sash.asn.au/training/ https://www.amazon.com.au/Handbook-Communication-Anaesthesia-Critical-Care/dp/0199577285 https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1365-2044.2009.05887.x --------- Find us at Instagram: https://ww…

Thanks Dr Rahul for the insights into ophthalmic anaesthesia! check out this link https://www.bjaed.org/article/S2058-5349(23)00008-2/fulltext and check out this episode on our podcast ABCs of Anaesthesia on all podcast players --------- Find us at Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abcsofanaesthesia/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/abcsofa Website:…

Fantastic work Dr Alain Don't forget to utilise these mnemonics to sharpen your answer - STARR approach - CAMP - PIES For more info check out this very detailed video on ABCs of Anaesthesia on YouTube https://youtu.be/Tru57g20Zwk --------- Find us at Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abcsofanaesthesia/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/abcsofa Websit…

There's so many easy ways that each of us can do a little better for the environment Reduce Reuse Recycle Check out https://dea.org.au/ for more ways you can help! --------- Find us at Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abcsofanaesthesia/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/abcsofa Website: http://www.anaesthesiacollective.com Podcast: ABCs of Anaesthes…

Thanks Dr Max for joining us for an interesting discussion about consent in anaesthesia! Check out his youtube channel here https://www.youtube.com/@MaxFeinsteinMD --------- Find us at Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abcsofanaesthesia/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/abcsofa Website: http://www.anaesthesiacollective.com Podcast: ABCs of Anaesthes…

Thanks Dr James for chatting with me on the podcast! Great insight into careers, and what a successful career means and the different trajectories it may take. --------- Find us at Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abcsofanaesthesia/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/abcsofa Website: http://www.anaesthesiacollective.com Podcast: ABCs of Anaesthesia P…

Thanks for listening! If you are in anaesthesia training, we would love to have your support as a mentor! For more details and to sign up, click on this link: https://forms.gle/jK5rgpdAgqaGiTvU8 --------- Find us at Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abcsofanaesthesia/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/abcsofa Website: http://www.anaesthesiacollective…

Thanks Dr Max for sharing your experiences with your prize exam! For everyone listening, here is what he recalled of the scenarios for you to follow along. Scenario 1: You are a resident on an anaesthesia rotation called to the ward to assess a 75-year-old female patient in pain. She presented with a fractured neck of femur and is waiting for theat…

Thanks for the great practical info Tim! Some of the things we talked about: Trichotomy of control Negative visualisation Setbacks & framing Mindfulness If you want to learn more about this check out https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/contact-us https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29093292-the-daily-stoic https://www.williambirvine.com --------- Fi…

Thanks to Dr Sarah for a fantastic exam session! Check out more exam focussed practice in my Final Exam Online Course https://anaesthesia.thinkific.com/courses/FinalExam --------- Find us at Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abcsofanaesthesia/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/abcsofa Website: http://www.anaesthesiacollective.com Podcast: ABCs of Ana…

Thanks Dr Siak for the fantastic exam session! Check out all my resources below and the final exam course for more examples of worst case scenarios https://anaesthesia.thinkific.com/courses/FinalExam Viva Stem You are asked to review a 76-year-old man for planned abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair on your list in seven days’ time. His aneurysm …

A huge thank you to Dr Casey Parker for his insights and life experience working as a GP Anaesthetist, emergency doctor and GP in all parts of Western Australia. In this episode we delve into obstetric anaesthesia and the referral process to tertiary hospitals. For those training anaesthetists, I find the framework of considering the Patient, Patho…

Thanks Nick for taking your time to come on our podcast and youtube channel. Great questions as an interviewer and hope my ramblings were useful! Check out all of our online courses and zoom teaching sessions here! https://anaesthesia.thinkific.com/collections https://www.anaesthesiacollective.com/courses/ Please support me at my patreon https://ww…

In this episode, we are talking about vasopressors and inotropes in Anaesthesia. The information and detail provided here are for residents and junior registrars starting in their first few months of Anaesthesia. There is a lot more detail to know for the Primary Exam, but this will give you a good starting point to perform at your best when starti…

Great viva Dhir! Thanks for sharing your experience with others to help everyone improve their knowledge and technique. Check out these resources for more information: Guideline for the management of hip fractures 2020: AAGBI Anaesthesia 2021, 76, 225–237. R. Griffiths, S. Babu, P. Dixon, N. Freeman, D. Hurford, E. Kelleher, I. Moppett, D. Ray, O. …

Great work Stephany! Muy Bien! Well done on answering the questions with good structures and content and all the best for this exam! Check out these resources for more information: BJA Education, 20(11): 388e395 (2020) Anaesthesia for the obese patient Please rate, post a review and subscribe! Check out https://anaesthesiacollective.com/ for more u…

Great viva Rao! Well done on answering the questions with good structures and content and all the best for this exam! Check out these resources for more information: CHADS2VAS2C https://www.mdcalc.com/cha2ds2-vasc-score-atrial-fibrillation-stroke-risk HASBLED https://www.mdcalc.com/has-bled-score-major-bleeding-risk Stroke article https://www.bjaed…

In this episode, we are talking about Volatile gases in Anaesthesia. The information and detail provided here are for residents and junior registrars starting in their first few months of Anaesthesia. There is a lot more detail to know for the Primary Exam, but this will give you a good starting point to perform at your best when starting out. Reso…

In this episode, we are talking about Local Anaesthetics in Anaesthesia. The information and detail provided here are for residents and junior registrars starting in their first few months of Anaesthesia. There is a lot more detail to know for the Primary Exam, but this will give you a good starting point to perform at your best when starting out. …

This episode, we are talking about Hypnotics/Sedatives/Amnestics in Anaesthesia. The information and detail provided here are for residents and junior registrars starting in their first few months of Anaesthesia. There is a lot more detail to know for the Primary Exam, but this will give you a good starting point to perform at your best when starti…

This episode, we are talking about Opioids in Anaesthesia. The information and detail provided here are for residents and junior registrars starting in their first few months of Anaesthesia. There is a lot more detail to know for the Primary Exam, but this will give you a good starting point to perform at your best when starting out. All opinions e…

In this series, we will do a basic introduction to the common medications used in anaesthesia, starting with Muscle Relaxants. The information and detail provided here are for residents and junior registrars starting in their first few months of Anaesthesia. There is a lot more detail to know for the Primary Exam, but this will give you a good star…

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Thanks Elle for joining us on our podcast to be interviewed. You were fantastic and seriously takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there. You demonstrated a great manner and tone, and additionally had great frameworks for structuring your answers which will be useful for anyone listening to model. All the best in your interview and career! Al…

This is part 6/6 episodes of interview tips and techniques for anaesthesia training jobs. We discuss Lahiru's experience being on the panel, some inside info and how best to prepare for a zoom interview. There will be a clear focus on anaesthetics and critical care, but the principles covered will be relevant to all specialty training college inter…

For this 5th episode we will cover clinical problems and our suggested framework, as well as some lateral thinking questions . Kas also asked me an impromptu clinical scenario of a patient in recovery with an LMA who is now regurgitating gastric contents. A really tricky situation especially as a HMO, but I try and give an answer to this question i…

In this episode of interview tips we chat about how to talk briefly about: clinical governance, audits, the national standards, ethical questions, the impaired colleague or colleague not fulfilling their role. This is the frawework for the impaired colleague PIES Patient safety investigate Escalate to senior nurse, consultant, director, CMO, mentor…

In this 3rd part of interview techniques, we will introduce situational questions eg, Tell us about a time you did something well? - were a leader - worked in a team - were criticised - did poorly at your job In this video we discuss how to approach these kinds of questions using the STAR or SCARR approach. There will be a clear focus on anaestheti…

In the next few episodes, we will begin a series looking at interviews for postgraduate medical specialty training programs. For this 2nd episode of interview tips and techniques for anaesthesia training jobs, we go though your motivation and your unique brand. Also we discuss personal attributes and how to structure answers to name a few. There wi…

In the next few episodes, we will begin a series looking at interviews for postgraduate medical specialty training programs. In this first episode, we will introduce what is an interview, why they are so highly valued, and what the potential formats and logistics are. There will be a clear focus on anaesthetics and critical care, but the principles…

In this episode, we will cover the basics of what is required in a cover letter and how to start thinking about preparing your CV. There will be a clear focus on anaesthetics and critical care, but the principles covered will be relevant to all specialty training college applications, and even to trainees applying for resident and internship positi…

Today we're going to cover everything about references! How to get them, who to ask, and common problems encountered by trainees in trying to get references. In future episodes, we will cover the application process in more detail and go through advice on how to prepare your cover letter, CV and interviews. All opinions expressed here are own, and …

n this episode, we discuss the process of applying for critical care jobs and the anaesthetics program, and things to do in the lead up to the application process! All opinions expressed here are own, and based on our experiences. Please refer to ANZCA, hospital and training network-specific documents and information for the most up to date informa…