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We also provide a number of other educational resources including online courses, webinars and Learn@ - the online learning platform for Association members.
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We recognise both the rewarding and the more challenging elements this career stage as an anaesthetist can bring.
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The motto of the Association of Anaesthetists is 'In somno securitas' or 'Safe in sleep' and we remain committed to keeping both patients and anaesthetists safe.
We offer a range of research grants and undergraduate electives. We also offer an award for innovation in healthcare.
Find out more about what we do, and get advice and information on green anaesthesia.
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We actively support the health of the anaesthesia specialty. The links below include helpful information relating to managing your own health and wellbeing.
It’s vital, in your role as an anaesthetist, that you’re aware of the need to look after your own mental health.
It's time to change the culture of fatigue in the healthcare profession. We need to #FightFatigue together.
Mentoring is not about offering advice and sharing experiences. It's about helping someone else become effective at developing their opportunities and resources, and managing their problems, helping them to become better at helping themselves.
Learn about the European Working Time Directive, less than full time training (LTFT), get tips as a first year consultant anaesthetist, read about a day in the life of a variety of hospital staff and get advice on maternity, paternity, adoption and pensions.
Our different networks help to maintain links between our members and the Association. Discover more about the different networks across the UK and Ireland, how they help, and how you can get involved.
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Our advocacy and campaigns and policy work includes public affairs, stakeholder engagement, public relations and media and communications.
The Anaesthesia Museum holds a series of events across the year, usually linked to the temporary exhibition.
The Heritage Centre has been collecting oral histories from notable anaesthetists for several years. You can also view a a series of training films for anaesthetists here.
View our previous exhibitions, discover biographies for important figures in the history of anaesthesia, and take look at a timeline of the history of anaesthesia.
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Contemporary collecting is defined as the collecting of objects, stories and material culture that reflect the recent past and what is happening today.
The museum is preparing to tell the story of the COVID-19 pandemic through the voices of anaesthetists, intensivists and patients, and by collecting anaesthetic equipment which was critical to patient care and safety. Read about the project and how to get involved.
Dr Alan McGlennan, Medical Director, Nightingale Hospital
Dr Jane Lim, Deployed to a COVID-19 ward
Dr Tim Meek, Redeployed and contracted COVID-19
Dr Carl Waldmann, Intensivist, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Dr John Shubhaker, Training Team, Nightingale Hospital
Dr Natalie Mincher, Redeployed to COVID-19 ICU
Dr Alison Pittard, Dean of the Faculty of Intensive Care
Dr Sarah Ramsay, Scottish perspective on COVID-19
Dr Michael Spiro and Dr Marc Wittenberg, CoVent ventilator
Dr Shanath Ramachandran, Contracted COVID-19 and spent eight days in ICU intubated
Dr Nuala Lucas, MBE recipient for services to anaesthesia during COVID-19
Dr Rory Dwyer, Irish perspective on COVID-19
Professor Andrew Farmery, Part of the team who designed OxVent
Dr Fiona Roberts, Worked as an anaesthetist during the pandemic while pregnant
Explore previous exhibitions from the Heritage Centre
Explore biographies for important figures in the history of anaesthesia and pain relief