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Anaesthesia on Air

Royal College of Anaesthetistswww.rcoa.ac.uk
Anaesthesia on Air is the Podcast from the Royal College of Anaesthetists. The Royal College of Anaesthetists is the professional body responsible for the speciality throughout the UK. We are the third largest Medical Royal College in the UK by membership. With a combined membership of 23,000 fellows and members, we ensure the quality of patient care by safeguarding standards in the three specialities of anaesthesia, intensive care and pain medicine. We are always looking for new content, so if you have any ideas, or would like to get involved, please contact us at: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) .

Episodes

S1 Ep51: Dr Fiona Donald: The RCoA Presidency & Me

The College is sharing a special podcast interview with Dr Fiona Donald, the new President of the RCoA, Dr Fiona Donald: The RCoA Presidency & Me, gives us an insight into what drives her, her ambitions for the College, what its new strategy will mean for us all. Fiona also shares advice she'd give her younger self as a way of encouraging those entering the specialty today.

Jan 24, 202231 minSeason 1Ep. 51

S1 Ep49: My Life in Global Health

Recorded 12th May 2021 In this podcast, Professor Ellen O' Sullivan interviews Professor Kathryn Maitland about her experiences working in global health.

Dec 29, 202132 minSeason 1Ep. 49

S1 Ep47: Patient Safety in Perioperative Practice: Identifying and mitigating latent safety threats using in-situ simulation with human factors feedback delivered by pilots

Recorded on 18 June 2021 In this podcast, Dr David Selwyn, CPOC Director, interviews Dr Megan Griffiths and Captain Alex Jolly about the winning presentation at the RCoA/CPOC Patient Safety in Perioperative Practice Event 2021 - identifying and mitigating latent safety threats using in-situ simulation with human factors feedback delivered by airline pilots.

Dec 16, 202132 minSeason 1Ep. 47

S1 Ep46: Experiences of the ACSA anaesthetic department accreditation scheme

Recorded on 4 Nov 2021. In this podcast, Dr Emma Hosking, Vice-Chair of the ACSA Committee talks to Dr Tony Shambrook- ACSA Lead at Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor and Dr Euan McGregor- ACSA Lead at Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh about their department’s experience of pursuing accreditation through the ACSA Scheme.

Dec 09, 202129 minSeason 1Ep. 46

S1 Ep45: Debate: this house believes doctors tackling COVID-19 be immune from negligence liability claims: (For) (Against)

In this episode, following on from their topical debate at the Anaesthesia 2021 event in May 2021, Dr Claire Mallinson interviews Dr Michael Devlin and Dr Craig Purshouse (since the time of recording, Dr Purshouse is now a Senior Lecturer in Law at Liverpool University) about their views on doctors tackling COVID-19 being immune from negligence liability claims looking at arguments for and against. This conversation looks at both sides of the debate and from different perspectives, including the...

Nov 22, 202129 minSeason 1Ep. 45

S1 Ep43: PTSD and wellbeing in the COVID era

Dr Sue Walwyn interviews Professor Dame Clare Gerada and Professor Sir Simon Wessely about wellbeing and how we can support anaesthetists, particularly in light of the pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic

Oct 11, 202148 minSeason 1Ep. 43

S1 Ep42: Global perspectives: The COVID-19 response in Zambia

In this podcast Professor Ellen O' Sullivan interviews Dr Sonia Akrimi, Dr Emma Coley, Dr Sompwe Mwansa - Chanda and Dr Arthur Polela to discuss the experiences of anaesthetists in Zambia in tackling the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and drawing on experiences in the UK as well.

Oct 05, 202134 minSeason 1Ep. 42

S1 Ep40: RCoA Curriculum podcast: The assessments - episode 3 (part 1)

In this podcast Dr Oli Pratt chats with Dr Jo Budd and Dr Gethin Pugh about the changes to assessments in the new curriculum and the developments made to help support training progression. This is episode 3 in a series of 3 podcasts on the 2021 Anaesthetics Curriculum and has been split into 2 parts.

Sep 24, 202121 minSeason 1Ep. 40

S1 Ep39: Data science and artificial intelligence for better healthcare

Dr Jamie Strachan, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at Milton Keynes University Hospital and RCoA Council rep for Anaesthetists in Training discusses how Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be used and will change clinical practice in the years to come with Professor Niels Peek, Professor of Health Informatics, University of Manchester. Jamie and Niels lift the lid on how datasets will be gathered and how AI will interact with the data and the governance that will keep patients and cli...

Sep 16, 202118 minSeason 1Ep. 39

S1 Ep37: RCoA Curriculum podcast: The philosophy.

In this podcast Dr Oli Pratt discusses the philosophy that underpins the new curriculum, how this is reflected in the curriculum, and what the benefits of this shift in thinking are. This is episode 2 in a series of 3 podcasts on the 2021 Anaesthetics Curriculum

Aug 20, 202138 minSeason 1Ep. 37

S1 Ep36: What can we learn from COVID-19

This podcast is about lessons learnt during Covid-19. The RCoA has launched a report that identifies 10 lessons that the UK healthcare system can learn from the pandemic which will be discussed in the podcast.

Aug 12, 202141 minSeason 1Ep. 36

S1 Ep35: RCoA 2021 Curriculum podcast - episode 1

In this podcast Dr Oli Pratt puts the difficult questions about the curriculum to Dr Chris Carey and Dr Andy Whallett. Why do we have to have a new curriculum? Why did we change the structure of the training programme? Will there be enough CT3 posts? How is transition to be managed for LTFT anaesthetists in training? This is episode 1 in a series of 3 podcasts on the 2021 Anaesthetics Curriculum

Aug 04, 202134 minSeason 1Ep. 35

S1 Ep34: Procedure induced anxiety in children

Dr Claire Shannon, RCoA Council Member speaks with Dr Richard Martin, Paediatric Anaesthetist from Great Ormond Street Hospital, about the management of procedure induced anxiety in Children.

Jul 21, 202128 minSeason 1Ep. 34