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BLOCK 18

BLOCK 18. ANAESTHESIOLOGY GNK 586. ANAESTHESIOLOGY GNK 586. Block chair: Dr S Spijkerman. ANAESTHESIOLOGY GNK 586. If you have problems: Consult immediately after a contact session Appointment with lecturer as arranged with departmental secretary: Ms Hettie Steyn Tel:012 354 1892

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BLOCK 18

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  1. BLOCK 18 ANAESTHESIOLOGY GNK 586

  2. ANAESTHESIOLOGY GNK 586 • Block chair: Dr S Spijkerman

  3. ANAESTHESIOLOGY GNK 586 If you have problems: • Consult immediately after a contact session • Appointment with lecturer as arranged with departmental secretary: Ms Hettie Steyn Tel:012 354 1892 Ms Anna Wedderspoon Tel: 012 354 1510

  4. ANAESTHESIOLOGY GNK 586 Don‘t wait until it is too late....

  5. ANAESTHESIOLOGY GNK 586 • Syllabus theme aim: The Anaesthesiology component of the block comprises the basic principles of the theory and practice of Anaesthesiology relevant to the generalist

  6. ANAESTHESIOLOGY GNK 586 Prescribed text: • Anaesthesiology: Undergraduate course as available on ClickUP • Clinical Anaesthesiology G Edward Morgan et al Lange Medical Books McGraw-Hill

  7. ANAESTHESIOLOGY GNK 586 Morning Rotation Progress Tests Block Test 15%+15% 20% 50% Block mark

  8. ANAESTHESIOLOGY GNK 586 Block mark A 60% <60% PROMOTE! First Block Exam B Optional (A+B)/2 <50% 50% HOLIDAY! Pass! Second Block Exam

  9. ANAESTHESIOLOGY GNK 586 Second Block Exam 50% <50%

  10. What will be assessed? • Prescribed departmental text • Everything covered in: • Contact Sessions: • block 18 • morning rotation tuts (12:00-13:00) • Practical sessions: • morning rotation in theatre

  11. Click-UP • Block 18 formal contact session material may be available online (ClickUP) within 48 hours • The above is not guaranteed and is at the discretion of the individual lecturer

  12. 1st Progress Test • All work up to the test • If legitimately missed  cannot promote • If illegitimately missed  forfeit marks

  13. 2nd Progress Test • All the work since the previous test, thus excluding the work covered in 1st progress test • If legitimately missed  cannot promote • If illegitimately missed  forfeit marks

  14. ANAESTHESIOLOGY GNK 586 NB: Not all the study material can ever be covered in the formal contact sessions! Contact sessions serve to highlight, clarify and bring additional information ! Assessments will include work covered in formal sessions and prescribed lecture notesPLUS work covered during morning rotations (theory and practice)

  15. ANAESTHESIOLOGY GNK 586 No additional tests will be written (for missed progress test / block test) – such unfortunates cannot promote and will sit for the block exam! Absence from any assessment without a valid reason, as determined by the Faculty, will require a student to repeat the block…. Legitimate absence from the block exam will invoke the second block exam as the first and last block exam!

  16. ANAESTHESIOLOGY GNK 586 YOU CANNOT PROMOTE IF: • YOUR MORNING ROTATION LOGBOOK IS FOUND TO BE INADEQUATE! • YOU MISSED AN ASSESSMENT DURING BLOCK 18 (progress test / block test) • YOU HAVE LESS THAN 60% AS PROVISIONAL BLOCK MARK

  17. Scope of tests: • Class test 1: • 08:00-09:00 Wednesday 29/05/2013 • Covers: 1. Basic principles 2. Pre-operative assessment 3. Machine and breathing circuit 4. Respiratory physiology

  18. 5. Opioids and post-op analgesia 6. Monitoring 7. Intravenous induction agents 8. Local anaesthesia 9. Regional anaesthesia

  19. Class test 2: • 08:00-09:00 Monday 3/6/2013 • Covers: 1. Muscle relaxants 2. Muscle diseases 3. Renal and liver disease 4. Electrolytes and acid-base 5. Airway management 6. Respiratory disease 7. Inhalational agents 8. Trauma and head injuries

  20. Block test: • Friday 07/06/2013 08:00-11:00 • Covers: 1. Cardio-vascular physiology and disease 2. Geriatrics

  21. 3. ENT, eye and OPD anaesthesia, porphyria 4. Obstetrics 5. Paediatrics 6. Recovery room and PONV 7. Endocrine 8. Fluids and blood

  22. Test venue allocation • Please contact Ms H Steyn @ (012) 354 1892 for an allocation list regarding times and venues for tests and exams

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