Anaesthetic training in the UK: best practice for today and concepts for the future

Anaesthetic training in the UK continues to be among the longest and most challenging in the world. This produces a workforce of highly talented, skilled, and experienced senior anaesthetists who are able to tackle the ever-evolving challenges that we face in the NHS and healthcare. However, balancing a high quality training experience which promotes longevity and wellness within our workforce alongside the growing nature of problems with our healthcare infrastructure is a very real and present challenge.

This document aims to be a guide on ways in which we can do this today, and how we can conceptualise a better way of working in the future.

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Podcasts

Supporting this document, in this three-part series of exit interviews, we have informal conversations with previous UK anaesthetic trainees who left the traditional training structure to pursue another path. These paths include careers outside of medicine, and outside of the UK. We ask about their thoughts on their time as a trainee.

In this episode, Hiba Khaled shares her experience.

In this episode, Nilofer Ahmed shares her experience.

In this episode, Chris Smith-Brown shares his experience.

The Exit Interviews: Reflections on the anaesthetic training pathway

Supporting the release of this document, we had a collection of informal conversations with a few previous UK anaesthetic trainees who left the traditional training structure to pursue another path. 

These paths include careers outside of medicine, and outside of the UK. They have given their permission to be included in a series of videos where we ask about their thoughts on their time as a trainee.

Watch the videos