Department of Anaesthesia

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General

The college tutors are Dr Robin Correa and Dr B.V.R.N. Murthy. Each trainee has an educational supervisor allocated to act as a guide and mentor. Training in each subspecialty of anaesthesia is guided by a lead supervisor who is a consultant with a special interest in that subspecialty. Modular training is practised while on the general on-call rotas; there are also special attachments for up to two months in intensive care medicine and obstetric anaesthesia. Particular emphasis is laid on achieving the recommended training in neurosurgical anaesthesia.

Senior House Officer training

Senior House Officer training is carried out in the Coventry hospitals on renewable six-month contracts. There is a close supervision of satisfactory training which is able to take trainees all the way from entry to the specialty, up to successful application for a specialist registrar position.

Specialist registrar training

The Coventry School of Anaesthesia comprises:

• University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
• Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull Hospital, East Birmingham
• George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton
• South Warwickshire Hospital, Warwick
• Alexandra Hospital, Redditch
• Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield

The program director of the School is Dr Jo James (Birmingham Heartlands Hospital). In addition to the usual experience found in a large general hospital, UHCW offers a particular training in:

• Cardiac anaesthesia
• Neurosurgical anaesthesia
• Obstetric anaesthesia
• Intensive care medicine

Specialist registrars rotate according to a planned program through the various hospitals, on a five-year program. Opportunities for further subspecialist training can be arranged outside the school if necessary and some of our trainees are able to spend periods abroad, especially the USA.

For further details please contact Dr Correa directly. 

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