This up-to-date study guide for the Final FRCA CRQ comprises questions based on every topic examined in the Royal College of Anaesthetists' Final written exam from the past 12 years. It therefore covers the areas of the syllabus that are key to exam success, offering factual learning and the opportunity to practise CRQ-style questions, with chapters that reflect the RCoA syllabus format to help organise learning.
The inclusion of diagrams and additional commentary ensure that that this book will help candidates to learn rather than just providing a list of suggested model answers. Advice is offered about revision approaches, best sources of learning for the examination, and guidance on structuring answers which will support exam success in all parts of the Final FRCA. This resource will save hours of work for anaesthetists preparing for the Final FRCA.
An up-to-date study guide to ensure exam success in the Final FRCA. The content reflects the exam format with its focus on critical reading questions. Anaesthetists preparing to sit their final FRCA exams will benefit greatly from this highly respected revision aid.
1. Anaesthesia for neurosurgery, neuroradiology and neurocritical care
2. Cardiothoracic anaesthesia and cardiothoracic critical care
3. Airway management
4. Critical incidents
5. Day surgery
6. General, urological, and gynaecological surgery
7. Head, neck, maxillo-facial and dental surgery
8. Management of respiratory and cardiac arrest
9. Non-theatre
10. Orthopaedic surgery
11. Perioperative medicine
12. Regional
13. Sedation
14. Trauma and stabilisation
15. Intensive care medicine
16. Obstetrics
17. Paediatrics
18. Pain medicine
19. Ophthalmic
20. Plastics and burns
21. Vascular surgery
22. Anatomy
23. Applied clinical pharmacology
24. Applied physiology and biochemistry
25. Nutrition
26. Physics and clinical measurement
27. Statistical basis for trial management
Dr Elizabeth Combeer BSc, MBBS, MRCP, FRCA, MA, is an anaesthetic consultant at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and runs the FRCA teaching program at Frimley Park Hospital. Her close involvement with trainees preparing for the FRCA exams means that she understands the requirements and level of knowledge needed to pass this assessment.
Dr Mitul Patel MBBS, BSc, FRCA, is an anaesthetic registrar in South London with an interest in medical education.
