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WSM 2024 is taking place 11-12 January at the QEII Centre, Westminster.
A full list of our conferences.
A full list of seminars and Core Topics.
We also provide a number of other educational resources including online courses, webinars and Learn@ - the online learning platform for Association members.
More about the seminars, webinars, Core Topics meetings, conferences and other educational events we offer.
The Association of Anaesthetists quality assures its educational output in line with its Quality Assurance Manual and CPD Code of Practice. Browse and download resources on Quality Assurance.
FAQs, past abstracts submissions and abstract submission timetable.
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Membership categories and membership rates for 2022-23.
Becoming a part of this supportive and respected community gives you access to a range of benefits.
We recognise both the rewarding and the more challenging elements this career stage as an anaesthetist can bring.
SAS doctors are important members of any department, especially in anaesthesia.
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Browse and download our wide range of patient safety and care guidelines.
Browse and download our award-winning publications.
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.
Use our online forum to connect with other members.
Don't face your problems alone. There are lots of services with emotional and practical advice that can help.
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.
Read the latest news related to healthcare, anaesthesia, and the Association.
Read the latest briefings from the Association.
Read the latest responses to consultations from the Association.
Our advocacy and campaigns and policy work includes public affairs, stakeholder engagement, public relations and media and communications.
The Anaesthesia Heritage Centre tells the remarkable story of anaesthesia, from its first public demonstration in 1846 to modern day anaesthetists working in the aftermath of wars and terrorist attacks.
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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The Association of Anaesthetists welcomes diversity and is committed to equality and inclusion in all aspects of our work. Diversity is valued within the organisation. We positively seek to reflect diversity in the composition of our governance bodies and workforce and to ensure there is equality of access to the services we provide and that we are responsive to the needs of the diverse population of patients and health professionals in the UK and Ireland.
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Since 2012 the Association has collected data on gender of speakers at the three main conferences: Annual Congress, Group of Anaesthetists in Training (GAT; now Trainee Conference), and Winter Scientific Meeting (WSM) as well as Core Topics, seminars, regional seminars, and one webinar. Approximately 40% of our non-retired membership and 49% of our trainee membership are female. These are proposed as benchmarks for the percentage of female speakers.
Read more... (this article features in our June 2021 issue of Anaesthesia News)
Want to talk to us about our work on diversity and equality or send us correspondence? Just email diversity@anaesthetists.org
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Anaesthetics was consistently the speciality where I encountered members of the LGBT community, and allies who accepted the individual in front of them.