1. BLOCK 18
ANAESTHESIOLOGY
GNK 586

2. ANAESTHESIOLOGY GNK 586
Block organiser: 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:
Ms Anna Wedderspoon Tel:

4. Don‘t wait until it is too late....
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% + Morning Rotation50%
<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  cannot promote
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 notes PLUS 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:
YOU FAILED THE MORNING ROTATION TEST!
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: 08:00-10:00 31/05/2012 Covers:
1. Basic principles
2. Pre-operative assessment
3. Machine and breathing circuit
4. Airway management

18. 5. Opioids and post-op analgesia 6. Monitoring 7
5. Opioids and post-op analgesia 6. Monitoring 7. Intravenous induction agents 8. Local anaesthesia 9. Regional anaesthesia 10. Inhalational agents From day 3!

19. Class test 2:
07:00-09:00 04/06/2012
Covers:
1. Muscle relaxants
2. Muscle diseases
3. Obstetrics
4. Electrolytes and acid-base
5. Respiratory physiology
6. Respiratory disease

20. Block test:
NB: Thursday 07/06/2012
13:00-16:00
Covers:
1. Cardio-vascular physiology
and anaesthesia
2. Geriatrics

21. 3. ENT, eye and OPD
anaesthesia, porphyria
4. Trauma
5. Paediatrics
6. Renal and liver disease
7. Recovery room and PONV
8. Endocrine
9. 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