Learn more about the resources that will aid in assessment preparation for anaesthesia trainees. Specific PEx, FEx and PCIA-related resources can be accessed via the dedicated drop-downs. Further detail on assessments may be found in the ANZCA Anaesthesia Training Program Curriculum and ANZCA Anaesthesia Training Program Handbook.
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ANZCA library provides access to a large range of print items, specialising in anaesthesia and pain medicine-related titles.
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A note on exam texts
Several acronyms are used repeatedly by the texts listed in this guide. What follows is a summary of the key acronyms.
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Note: Resources located in Learn@ANZCA will require that you your first register before accessing.
Recommended general resources are listed below. See also the specific PEx and FEx resource lists on the corresponding tab dropdowns (including the PEx recommended reading list).
General
The ANZCA Primary Exam Companion
by
This book addresses all components of the anaesthetics primary exam with a focus on the vivas. Exam resources, exam technique, diagrams, opening viva questions, practice SAQs, a study template and 500 short format questions and answers that traverse the entire curriculum are contained within this book.
The First Year: What You Should Know After a Year of Anaesthesia Training (Revised Edition)
by
Recommended
This book is not an exam primer nor is it a comprehensive textbook of anaesthesia. This is the book you give to the trainee specialist who is about to embark on their anaesthesia training. It contains the information they need to formulate and develop a safe practice of anaesthesia. This book lucidly describes and justifies the core knowledge, behaviours and practical skills that a junior trainee would be expected to possess after a year of anaesthesia. Written specifically for Australasian specialist anaesthetic trainees and those doing the Rural Generalist Anaesthesia (RGA) training course, this book fills the gaping hole in the existing anaesthetic literature. The curriculum for the Introductory Training period and the RGA is comprehensively addressed in this book.
Looking for the Primary Exam (PEx) Recommended reading list? Access the Primary Exam (PEx) guide.
Looking for a complete list of our exam prep titles? Try the Exam Preparation guide.
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