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 Block mark 20% 15%+15% 50%

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

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

13. 2 nd Progress Test All the work since the previous test, thus excluding the work covered in 1 st 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 ! PLUS 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: -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