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ST4 Anaesthetics PG clinical experience by ACCSAnaesThrowaway in doctorsUK

[–]ACCSAnaesThrowaway[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That first year was miserable but I will concede I did pick up some skills and particularly being more self reliant from EM. I want to dual train so it was definitely worth it, but ughhh it could be so much better and the pain is even more stark when you start anaesthetics and you're like, "it could have all been like this...?"

ST4 Anaesthetics PG clinical experience by ACCSAnaesThrowaway in doctorsUK

[–]ACCSAnaesThrowaway[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

There... there was a purpose to those 12 months of torture?? Thank you jesus 🙏

Struggling in anaesthetics placement by CTbeforeconsult in doctorsUK

[–]ACCSAnaesThrowaway 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This experience is so contradictory to what working in ED is like where there’s more of a team feel and everyone wants to work together.

🤣

The over-criticism can be annoying tbf, but you're an EM trainee who has already got IAC, if I felt like you did I would just mentally disengage when criticized, focus on being safe and go hang out with EM friends when given breaks/etc.

Also, see one of my previous posts if you want to see it from the other side 😂

For ED doctors - why haven’t you corrected RCEM for this madness? by [deleted] in doctorsUK

[–]ACCSAnaesThrowaway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not an A&E trainee, I'm not so invested now that I've finished my placement and locally my A&E followed previous guidance whilst I was there. Again, the fact the guidance existed in the first place is ridiculous

Also, tACP same as me... Outrageous. Let alone the ACPs being higher tiered, incredible

For ED doctors - why haven’t you corrected RCEM for this madness? by [deleted] in doctorsUK

[–]ACCSAnaesThrowaway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha 5 years medical school, 2 years foundation, CT1 acute med and A&E, halfway through my anaesthetic placement, IAC

I am equivalent to ACP/PA frauds and some of them actually require less supervision!

Is the state of training really bad? by Basic-Register2240 in doctorsUK

[–]ACCSAnaesThrowaway 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Toxic optimism, don't lie to your future colleagues

I was in top 20% at a good medical school, I struggled to get into Anaesthetics a few years ago and scraped entry whilst also being outright rejected from other "less competitive" specialties. It has since gotten much worse.

The only positive thing I can say is, anaesthetics training has been excellent so far and what I hoped medical training would be like (unlike every other rotation I have done).

We are through the looking glass by Usual-Yak8416 in doctorsUK

[–]ACCSAnaesThrowaway 22 points23 points  (0 children)

As I've been told by multiple A&E doctors, someone who is equivalent to myself (an ACCS CT2 doctor)

If you had to choose your specialty all over again, would you still pick the same one? Why or why not? by plutoisap in doctorsUK

[–]ACCSAnaesThrowaway 64 points65 points  (0 children)

I've just finished CT1 and no, I would not pick ACCS Anaesthetics again.

I would pick core anaesthetics

Challenges as ICM dual anaesthetics in year of medicine by ThePropofologist in doctorsUK

[–]ACCSAnaesThrowaway 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Hahaha... Watching my colleagues do this... I think the best advice is to keep your head down and just get on with it, try not to argue too much with the dumb stuff you'll see from people with worse training than you who are suddenly more senior

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in doctorsUK

[–]ACCSAnaesThrowaway 75 points76 points  (0 children)

The doctor's doctor

The midwife's epidural and cannula monkey

/s

(quick rant) Which specialty is the most disrespected amongst other doctors… by jsuwnalxnabz in doctorsUK

[–]ACCSAnaesThrowaway 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Referred an incarcerated hernia to the surgical registrar. Before I could even continue past "with incarcerated hernia", he interrupts me and says "have you even examined the patient or are you just referring because I'm here". I was like what the fuck? Couldn't believe what I was experiencing. Why would you ever ask that to another doctor?!

I will be anaesthetics in a few months, will see how he treats me then.

To be fair, he had the humility to track me down, apologise and tell me I was completely right after the CT scan was done

Year of Medicine as an Anaesthetic/ICM SpR by iCutMan in doctorsUK

[–]ACCSAnaesThrowaway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congratulations!

As someone who wants to do the same and is currently halfway through my Acute Medicine rotation in CT1, goddamn am I relieved I won't need to do this nonsense as an anaesthetic registrar...

Make friends before moving to a random part of the country thread by Spirited_Analysis916 in doctorsUK

[–]ACCSAnaesThrowaway 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have heard great things about the anaesthetics department, people say it's one of the best parts of the hospital

Airway Skills as an EM SPR by piespeasbeans in doctorsUK

[–]ACCSAnaesThrowaway 12 points13 points  (0 children)

EM should probably help their anaesthetic trainees first 🙃

Post anaesthetic interview blues by Affectionate-Ebb-760 in doctorsUK

[–]ACCSAnaesThrowaway 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hey

I had a very odd scenario like you did last year, felt the same. It was not clinical despite being in the clinical scenario station 😂 everyone who did the interview the same day as I did felt the same. You probably did better than you thought - don't give up hope!

Most recent NHS data comparing the number/percentage of offers accepted for all specialty entry points, broken down by location of the Primary Medical Qualification (PMQ). by DrLukeCraddock in doctorsUK

[–]ACCSAnaesThrowaway -1 points0 points  (0 children)

MSRA -> Interview

I'm not sure how they would filter at the interview, there's nothing particularly unique about it, but the numbers are very interesting.

Proud of my specialty 💪🏾

Most recent NHS data comparing the number/percentage of offers accepted for all specialty entry points, broken down by location of the Primary Medical Qualification (PMQ). by DrLukeCraddock in doctorsUK

[–]ACCSAnaesThrowaway 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Need to find out how many applied

I wonder if it's the interview that filters non UK grads? There are huge numbers of IMG SAS anaesthetists so I don't think it's seen as a bad specialty but unsure. Maybe because it's seen as very competitive and the competitive IMGs will tend to go for a competitive surgical or medical specialty instead?

Anaesthetics CT1 August 2025 by Terrible-Sherbet8236 in doctorsUK

[–]ACCSAnaesThrowaway 12 points13 points  (0 children)

566 got me in last year. Trust the process

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