Course: Perioperative Medicine in Action

In this second video, Professor Tim Cook discusses the learning points from NAP 7 and the the relevance of NAP 7 findings for perioperative care. Take some time to reflect …

In this video filmed in 2024, Dr John Whittle (Consultant in Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at UCLH and Honorary Associate Professor at UCL) describes the barriers to setting up a …

In this second article on digital transformation, Dr Dan Bendel now looks at ways in which data from EHRS can be used to answer research questions and ultimately improve perioperative …

In this article, Dr Dan Bendel (ST7 in Anaesthesia, UCLH) describes a new phenomenon known as ‘Digital Transformation’. In this first article he describes what digital transformation in healthcare is, …

In this step Professor Tim Cook introduces the RCoA National Audit Projects. Prof Cook is a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Trust …

In this step Dr Douglas Blackwood, an Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine Consultant, continues discussing the barriers to effective advanced care planning in the perioperative period and reflects on the future …

Dr Mo Khaku (Consultant in Anaesthesia at UCLH) & Dr Sam Moore (CPOC Fellow) introduce the concept of Enhanced Perioperative Care and summarise the recent CPOC guidance on this area. …

In this second article on prehabilitation, Dr Dan Bendel explains the key elements of a prehabilitation programme and how they fit together. Prehabilitation physiology: training for a marathon! The surgical …

Mary is 74 years old. She had been suffering for years from severe arthritis of her left hip. Her general practitioner had been managing this with painkillers in the community, …

In the video Dr Nial Quiney, consultant anaesthetist at the Royal Surrey County Hospital and leader of ELPQuiC, and Dr Geeta Aggarwal, a fellow working alongside Dr Quiney, detail the …