About the North West London Obstetric Anaesthesia Education Project
Labour ward can be a high-risk isolated environment and is often the first time a junior anaesthetist is working with distant supervision out of hours. A robust understanding of the management of common and uncommon clinical situations is vital to maintain the delivery of safe patient care.
The North West London Obstetric Anaesthesia Education Project has been designed to cover the key curriculum areas for Stage 1 and 2 Obstetric Anaesthesia. The content has been developed to provide practically useful information to support you on labour ward whether you are brand new to obstetric anaesthesia or you need to re-familiarise yourself with labour ward after time away or this is your first time working on labour ward in the UK. We hope the material will make obstetric anaesthesia on-calls less daunting as well help you to achieve the required competencies to progress in your training programmes.
The video podcasts have been recorded by anaesthetists working in obstetric units across North West London and we would like to thank all those that have contributed to this material.
Course Format
Our course is currently only available as a standalone online course consisting of video podcasts that can be viewed at a self-directed pace. Each topic is stand-alone and approximately 5 – 15 minutes duration. The content has been divided in this way to allow it to be viewed in easily digestible chunks with a low risk of screen fatigue.
Later this year, we hope to introduce a hybrid course where the video podcasts will be complemented by face-to-face simulation sessions.
If you are not a trainee within the North West London School of Anaesthesia but would like to access our course, you would be most welcome, please get in touch with us at info@nwlobsanaesthesia.com
We wish you a warm welcome to life as The Anaesthetist on Labour Ward! We hope our course makes things a bit easier. Good luck!