SPAN

This year’s APA Annual Conference is in Newcastle.

20th – 21st May 2024

Click here to go to the main conference site to view programme and to book.

The Conference is approved for 11CPD points.

The King sits in Dunfermline toun

Drinkin’ the blude-reid wine

‘O whaur can A gan tae get decent experience

Ae regional anaesthesia tae use oan these waens ae mine?

-anonymous, c 15th century

Our 2023 Winter Education Meeting will be…

PAEDIATRIC REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA

On Wednesday 6th December 2023

at

Queen Margaret Simulation and Training Centre

in Historic Dunfermline.

Places will be strictly limited and initially prioritised to those working within NHS Scotland who look after children undergoing anaesthesia. Waiting lists will be employed if necessary.

A morning of talks (which will be FREE to access online) followed by an afternoon of live scanning (not free).

See the bookcpd link for full details.

Contact us at span.webmaster@gmail.com with any other queries.

Thanks, see you there!

https://bookcpd.com/course/span-winter-education-meeting

Booking is now open for our 2022 Spring meeting, to be held in Edinburgh on Friday 20th May 2022.

We can’t wait to welcome as many of you there as possible, and even more of you online!

Remember to submit trainee abstracts by May 6th to spantraineerep@gmail.com

Follow the booking link below:

https://bookcpd.com/node/308

Updated 19th April 2022!

View the draft programme:

Programme v2

Please see details for another free webinar:

See below for some upcoming free webinars:

23^rd March 2022, 5pm to 6pm – Anaesthesia for Paediatric Hepatobiliary Surgery and Transplantation, Dr James Bennett, Birmingham

Go to: https://apagbionline.talkingslideshd.com/home

Good News Everyone!

SPAN are totally going to have a face to face, real, actual, literal meeting!!!! Like, literally!!!!

The date is set as Friday the 20th May 2022.

The venue is to be confirmed.

Videoconferencing will be available.

There will be trainee presentations. Submission deadline is 6th May 2022. Email spantraineerep@gmail.com for details on abstract format/word limit etc.

Can’t wait to see you all there in person, or on the big screen!

Calling all Scotland-based anaesthetists who are looking to learn more about how to gain maximum training in paediatric anaesthesia with a view to perhaps having non-tertiary paeds in your job plan! We have excellent news for you (for everyone really). On the afternoon of Tuesday March 15th 2022 SPAN trainee rep Dr Jennifer Coe will be hosting a webinar with guest speakers to advise you how to go about maximising your pre- and post-CCT paeds exposure. Previous tertiary fellows, current consultants with mixed adult/paed job plans and college tutors are being lined up to answer all your questions, maybe even before you’ve asked them!

The webinar is planned to be hosted on Teams, will be free of charge, will start at 1pm and last until 3pm.

Notes of interest and requests for more information can be sent to Dr Coe at

spantraineerep@gmail.com

We look forward to welcoming you then.

For those wishing the information, here is a link to the University of Manchester PGCert in Paediatric Anaesthesia:

https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/masters/courses/list/11817/pgcert-paediatric-anaesthesia/#course-profile

Anyone looking to improve their skills in paediatric vascular access need look no further. Details are below for a course run at Trafford General Hospital twice a year. The next course is quite soon, January 2022 but contact with the course organisers should get you more information on future courses.

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/vascularaccesscourse/596189

An opportunity has come along to work with SCOTSTAR West in a 6-12 month fellowship. The closing date for this job is the 16th December. Please see the links below for more information about the job. Dr Christina Harry, the contact for the post, is very approachable and keen to hear from anyone who has an interest in this post.

https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=80749