Primary MCQ / SOE - OSCE Resources

 

Teaching

 

  • BLSA Primary Teaching

  • Click here for access to Primary FRCA Teaching presentations and handouts.

 

General

 

  • How to Survive in Anaesthesia: A Guide for Trainees (Robinson & Hall)

  • Oxford handbook of anaesthetics/critical care

  • AtoZ of Anaesthesia (Yentis)

  • Fundamentals of Anaesthesia (Smith & Pinnock)

  • Primary FRCA Guide from RCoA

  • Training in Anaesthesia (Spoors & Kiff)

  • British Journal of Anaesthesia (BJA)

  • CEACCP: Continuing Education in Anaesthesia Critical care and Pain

  • Anaesthesia News

  • Anaesthesia UK

 

 

Physics

 

  • Anaesthetics Equpiment (Stacey)

  • Basic Physics and measurement (Davis & Kenny)

  • Wards Anaesthetic Equpiment (Davey)

  • Howequipmentworks.com

  • Freshgasflow.com

 

Pharmacology

 

  • Drugs in Anaesthesia and ITU (Sasada & Smith)

  • Pharmacology for anaesthesia (Peck & Hill)

 

 

Physiology

 

  • Physiology for the Anaesthetist (Kam & Power)

  • West’s Respiratory Physiology (West)

  • Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology (Ganong)

 

OSCE/VIVA

 

  • Primary FRCA in a box (Davies, Armstrong & Clifton)

  • Physics, Pharmacology and Physiology for Anaesthetists Key concepts for the FRCA (Matthew Cross & Emma Plunkett)

  • Dr Podcast Scripts for the Primary FRCA

  • The Anaesthesia VIVA 1 Physiology and Pharmacology (Mark Blunt and Colin Pinnock)

  • The Anaesthesia VIVA 2 Physics and Clinical (Mark Blunt, John Urquhart and Colin Pinnock)

  • The Structured Oral Examination in Anaesthesia: Practice Papers for Teachers and Trainees (Cyprian Mendonca & Shyam Balasubramanian)

  • The Primary FRCA Structured Oral Examination Study Guide 1 and 2  (Kate McCombe, Lara Wijayasiri, Amish Patel)

  • The Objective Structured Clinical Examination in Anaesthesia: Practice Papers for Teachers and Trainees (Cyprian Mendonca and Shyam Balasubramanian)

  • Anaesthesia OSCE (Arthurs)

  • Anatomy for Anaesthetists (Ellis)

 

Courses

 

  • Primary FRCA masterclass (RCoA)

  • Medical education, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire

  • Mersey school of Anaesthesia, Liverpool

  • Angila Ruskin University, Chelmsford

  • South Coast intensive Primary Course, southampton