Anaesthesia

Make sure you get through this syllabus!

Learn from the experience of SIMGs that have passed this exam -

Interview with Pooja - SIMG and passed the exam on her first attempt

Interview with Charles - SIMG and cardiac anaesthetist

General Exam Tips Audio

General Exam tips PDF

Useful Mnemonics and Formulas

How to structure your patient assessment

How to structure your patient assessment AUDIO

How to structure your patient assessment PDF

Patient assessment Quiz

How to approach Advanced Life Support in this exam

ALS framework audio

ALS Framework PDF

The initial approach to problems in theatre - The 4 Phase Approach

Phase 1 and 2 video lesson

Phase 1 and 2 audio file

Phase 3 and 4 video lesson

Phase 3 and 4 audio file

Problem solving presentation PDF resource

Crisis Resource Management in the exam

Crisis Resource Management Audio File

Crisis Resource Management PDF

How to read Arterial Blood Gases

ROTEM with Lee - 20/04/22

Viva Session 1 - Practice Vivas- 24 Aug 2021

Viva Session 2 - Practice Vivas- 31 Aug 2021

Viva session 3 - Opening Stem Drills- 7 Sept 2021

Viva Session 4 -Opening Stems- 14 Sep 2021

Viva session 5- Crises session 21 Sep 2021

Viva session 6- Obstetric Crises- 28 Sep 2021

Viva session 7 -ABGs- 5 Oct 2021

Viva Session 8- Practice Vivas- 12 October 2021

Viva session 9 - Rapid Fire Viva Practice-19 Oct 2021

ECG drills and vivas- 23 Nov 2021

Viva Opening Stems session - 30 Nov 21

Paediatric Viva session- Guest Speaker Dr Priya

Upper GI Viva session

Practice Viva Session- Guest Speaker Dr Charles

Random disease session with Lahiru

Practice Viva Session- Dr Jane

MedViva - Session 1 (09/03/22)

Anaesthetic Viva - Opening Stem Practice

MedViva - Complex Multisystem Diseases

MedViva - Being Succinct

Anaesthetic Viva - 4 more stems

NAP Studies - Viva Session with Lahiru

Practice Viva Session with Dr Alex Henry

Practice Viva Session with Dr Faith

Practice Viva Session with Dr James Correy

Neuro Disease in Pregnancy - VIVA practice with Lahiru

Difficult Decisions - VIVA practice with Lahiru

Subspecialty Topics- VIVA Practice with Sarah

Viva practice with Harsh

Viva drills with Lahiru

Medical VIVA - 9th March 2022

Med VIVA Final Session - 06/04/22

Perioperative Medicine with Archana Shrivathsa - 17/05/22

Rapid Fire Questions 31/05/22

SAQ Practice 12/07/22

Past Exam Revision Practice - 18/07/22

Airways + ENT Case Discussions (Part 1) - 30/07/2022

Airways + ENT Discussions (Part 2) - 02/08/22

Thoracics with Lahiru

Orthopaedic VIVA Drills with Lahiru

Anaesthetic Emergency Drills with Lahiru

Opening Statement Drills - 17/08/22

Examiner's tips and Opening Statement Drills - 30/08/22

Perioperative Issues with Narguess - 02/11/22

Vascular VIVAs with Lahiru

Eyes and ECT Cases with Narguess - 12/09/22

Endocrinology Cases with Lahiru

Obstetrics with Narguess - 11/10/22

Full VIVA's with Lahiru - 24/10/22

Opening Stems with Narguess (Part 1) - 30/11/22

Paediatrics with Lahiru - Dec 2022

Opening Stems with Narguess (Part 2) - 14/12/22

Bronchoscopy with Harsh - 21/12/22

Burns with Sarah - Jan 2023

Cardiac Anaesthesia 22/01/23

Common Medical Conditions with Narguess - 12/01/23

Medical conditions and anaesthetic implications with Narguess - 06/02/23

VIVA practice with Siak - February 2023

Obstetric Anaesthesia 22/03/23

Trauma cases with Siaavash 16/03/23

Mediastinal masses with Lahiru - 02/04/23

Liver cases with Lahiru - 01/03/23

ECG's with Lahiru - 9/4/23

Practice VIVA's with Lahiru (Obesity and Ophthalmology Cases) - 01/05/23

Obstetrics Cases - 23/04/23

VIVA practice with Siak - 11/5/23

Practice with Lahiru - 16.7.23

Practice with Siak - Oct 2023

Sarah 25.5.23

Radiology for the Part 2 Exam - with Narguess 2023

Phaeos and more - with Narguess 2023

Paediatrics - with Priya 2023

Opening stems 2 (part 1) - with Narguess 2023

Opening stems 2 (part 2) - with Narguess 2023

Obstetrics - with Narguess Sep 2023

Medical conditions and anaesthetic implications - with Narguess Sep 2023

Practice with Lahiru - 16/7/23

Anaesthesia for Endocrinology Surgery - Narguess 2023

Crisis Management - with Lahiru 2023

Airway (part 1) - with Lahiru 2023

Airway (part 2) - with Lahiru 2023

Perioperative Medicine - with Archie 2023

Practice VIVAs - with Louise 2023

Practice VIVAs - with Ed Oct 2023

Practice with Lahiru - May 2023

ERAS and Prehab - with Fernando Oct 2023

Paediatrics - with Rujata Oct 2023

Vascular Surgery - with Lahiru Oct 2023

Transgender Surgery - with Lahiru Nov 2023

Burns - with Simon Chong Nov 2023

VIVA Practice + Q&A - with Dr Harsh Nov 2023

VIVA Practice - with Dr Harsh Dec 2023

Decision Making - with Lahiru Dec 2023

VIVA Practice - with Alex Henry Jan 2024

VIVA Practice - with Jonathan Jan 2024

VIVA Practice - with Louise Boyle Jan 2024

Neurosurgical Anaesthesia - with Dr Priya Feb 2024

Paediatric Anaesthesia Part 2 - with Siak Feb 2024

Med VIVAs - with Dr Fernando Feb 2024

Trauma - with Dr Kiran Bharath Mar 2024 - Part 1

Trauma - with Dr Kiran Bharath Mar 2024 - Part 2

Trauma - with Dr Kiran Bharath Mar 2024 - Part 3

Opening Stems - with Dr Narguess Jahangiri Mar 2024

Exam Technique and VIVAs with Dr Michelle Hausler - Mar 2024

VIVAs with Dr Haran Nathan - Mar 2024

Thoracics - with Dr Lahiru Amaratunge Apr 2024

VIVAs with Dr Rukman Vijayakumar - Apr 2024

Perioperative VIVAs with Dr Archana Shrivathsa - Apr 2024

Performance Coaching with Dr Patsy Tremayne - Apr 2024

Obstetric and Orthopaedic VIVAs with Dr Viktor Duzel - May 2024

Vascular Anaesthesia with Dr Mike Robbins - May 2024

VIVAs with Dr Priya Rao - May 2024

VIVAs with Dr Fernando Arduini - May 2024

Lahiru's pre-exam VIVA session May 27 2024 - Part 1

Lahiru's pre-exam VIVA session May 27 2024 - Part 2

VIVAs with Dr Sophie Maslen - Jun 2024

VIVAs with Dr Svetlana Treshina - Jun 2024

Pulmonary hypertension in non-cardiac surgery with Dr Rahul Mudannayake - Jun 2024

VIVAs with Dr Saman Ali - Jul 2024

VIVAs with Dr Louise Boyle 2 - Jul 2024

VIVAs with Dr Faith Dyer - Jul 2024

VIVAs with Dr Sophie Maslen - Aug 2024

VIVAs with Dr Faith Dyer 2 - Aug 2024

VIVAs with Dr Siak Lee - Aug 2024

ROTEM Interpretation with Dr Gunjan Chawla - Aug 2024

Viva 1 Lahiru - Airway surgery

Mock VIVA with Anaesthetist Dr Archana Shrivathsa as Candidate

Vascular Anaesthesia with Malcolm Thompson - 10/05/22

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