MScDiploma in Anaesthesia Practice

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MSc/Diploma in Anaesthesia Practice

• Ian Power
• Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
• www.anaesthesiapractice.ed.ac.uk/

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NES- Anaesthesia Practitioners
www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/ap/
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Our bid

• Excellence in teaching
• A proven track record
• Delivery of project objectives
• Personnel - the Project Management Group and
  support services
• An outline Project Management Plan and Budget

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• Professor TMM OSheaPrincipal and
  Vice-Chancellor, University of Edinburgh
• Professor JS SavillVice Principal and Head of
  College (CMVM)
• Professor SG HillierDirector, Postgraduate
  Studies, CMVM

• Professor J BarbourChief Executive NHS Lothian
• Dr C SwainsonMedical Director NHS Lothian
• Professor S MacphersonPost Graduate Dean, SES
• Dr C SinclairRegional Adviser, SESSA

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• Janet JenkinsClinical Director Anaesthesia,
  Pain Medicine and Theatres, NHS Lothian
• Allan CummingProfessor of Medical Education,
  Director of Learning and Teaching, CMVM,
  University of Edinburgh
• Jake Broadhurst E-Learning Business Development
  Manager, CMVM, University of Edinburgh
• Peter Alston
• Consultant and part-time Senior Lecturer, NHS
  Lothian and CMVM, University of Edinburgh

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eMSc Pain Management
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eMSc Pain Management
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University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Diploma in
Anaesthesia Practice

• October 2006
• Anaesthesia Practitioner Curriculum Framework
• Blend of e-learning and face to face learning
• University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian staff
• Appropriate for Scotland (e.g. remote and rural)
• University of Edinburgh Senate academic quality
  assurance and governance criteria

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University of Edinburgh MSc/Diploma in
Anaesthesia Practice

• NES approval (partnership)
• RCoA/AAGBI
• University of Birmingham
• Napier University assessment of programme
  sustainability

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MSc/Diploma in Anaesthesia Practice

• A Physicians Assistant-Anaesthesia (PAA) is a
  new member of the anaesthetic team
• www.anaesthesiapractice.ed.ac.uk/about.htm

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MSc/Diploma in Anaesthesia Practice

• The emphasis is on working as part of a team
  duties delegated to them by their medical
  anaesthetic supervisor will include pre and
  post-operative patient assessment and care,
  maintenance of anaesthesia. A Physicians
  Assistant-Anaesthesia will also deputise for
  anaesthetists in a variety of situations where
  their airway and venous cannulation skills will
  assist in patient care.

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AP Entry requirements

• Registered healthcare practitioners
• and
• New entrants to healthcare (graduates or
  equivalent)

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Entry requirements

• 1. Registered healthcare practitioners e.g.
  nurses, operating department practitioners (ODPs)
  with one or both of the followingAt least
  three years, full-time, post-qualification work
  experience in a relevant area and evidence of
  recent and successful academic activity
  (Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning
  guidelines)A first degree in a health-related
  subject and relevant post-qualification work
  experience.

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Entry requirements

• 2. New entrants to healthcare (graduates or
  graduate equivalent)
• A biomedical science, or biological science
  background
• An upper second class Honours degree or better,
  or other evidence of recent and successful
  academic activity
• A demonstrable commitment to a career in
  healthcare

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AP Course structure

• Diploma, 12 two month modules
• Directed self study 70 hours
• Small group teaching 14 hours
• Clinical skills teaching 21 hours
• Workplace experience 140 hours
• (plus Record of In-Training Experience RITE)

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AP Assessment

• Module entry questionnaire
• Formative in module assessments
• Summative at 8 and 24 months -
• University of Edinburgh standardsRCoA
  partnership
• MCQ/Clinical skills/RITE/Tutor assessment/ OSCE

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MSc/Diploma in Anaesthesia Practice
8 month Assessment
24 month Assessment
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Curriculum Framework
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MSc/Diploma in Anaesthesia Practice

• Year 1 30/10/06 to 12/10/07
• Year 2 29/10/07 to 10/10/08
• Year 3 Dissertation (MSc)

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2006 Cohort

• 12 students (revised from 20)
• 50/50 split
• 8 month assessment - 5th June 2007.
• TutorsEdinburgh I Foo, G KeenanFife A
  DavisForth Valley M Hawkins, G
  WardallGlasgow B McCreathLanarkshire M
  Crawford

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2007 Cohort

• 11 students (revision)
• Application process
• Interviews in May (12 graduates)

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