June 23: aim
SEMINAR AT PORTLAND PLACE with
the theme:
"TEAM WORK & COMMUNICATION"
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on the button for a full programme
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December 1: aim
8th ANNUAL CONFERENCE AT THE COLLEGE...
AS USUAL, AN UPDATE ON EVERYTHING
NEW IN MANAGING ANAESTHESIA, CRITICAL CARE, PAIN AND THEATRE SERVICES
and a return of our popular annual
TRAINEE ESSAY and POSTER COMPETITIONS
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We have recently held our
7th ANNUAL aim
CONFERENCE
focussing on
Quality and Risk
at the Royal College of Anaesthetists,
London
approved by the RCA for 5 CPD
points
Monday 9th November 2009
Conference Newsletter now available
with a resume of all the lectures
"Engaging selection of talks........Very
good thought-provoking meeting
highly interesting and informative.... I will certainly attend
in future"
Sponsored by: Deltex, Draeger,
Enturia, GlaxoSmithKline, Medical Defence Union, Medical Protection
Society and Schering-Plough Ltd
Keynote speaker: Dr David Whitaker,
recent President of Association of Anaesthetists
of Great Britain and Ireland: "Motivation and Team Leadership"
We followed on our Congress theme (see
below) with sessions on:
Defining & measuring quality:
Dr Liliane Field, Medical Protection
Soc'y....
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The patient's perspective of quality:
Mrs Anne Murray, Chairman of Patient
Liaison Group of the Royal College of Anaesthetists
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The right patient and right care environment:
Dr Paul Hughes, Wrexham..
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Improving and maintaining the
image of an Anaesthetic Department:
Dr David James, Guy's & St
Thomas' Hospitals London..
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Dealing with human factors in
safe surgery:
Dr Ellen O'Dell, Medical Defence
Union...
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The sessions allowed discussion time...
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and there was opportunity to meet
fellow anaesthetists with responsibilities and interests in management
and leadership, at coffee and lunchtime..
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....at the trade exhibition...
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...and also around the poster competition...
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aimAnnual Trainee essay prize, worth £250 to the winner,
£50 second prize. The theme this year was:
"10 Ways
of Improving the Quality of my Anaesthetics department"
The winner Dr Annie Hunningher presents her essay
PLUS : NEW
aim Poster Competition: Delegates
were invited to produce a poster for display on any topic on the
leadership, management or organisation of anaesthesia or theatre
services, with a £50 prize to the winner. Follow the live
links below to access the entries :
The focus in the NHS has been on Quantity
for many years now. However, with waiting times reduced and many
targets achieved, the Darzi report has now shifted the focus towards
Quality. aim will be organising a whole
session at the AAGBI Autumn Congress which concentrates on how we
achieve and demonstrate Quality in anaesthesia, whilst maintaining
Quantity: of interest to all anaesthetists, whether they have management
responsibilities or not.
With
the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) 48-hour deadline
just around the corner, in August 2009, we focussed on the different
ways of achieving this, by flexible use of all the Anaesthesia Team.
We looked at how we deal with the Problem Anaesthetist, and provided
an opportunity for networking, and for sharing problems and solutions,
both within plenary discussions, and in break times around the formal
sessions.
Lean thinking&operating theatre performance?.......Dr
James Clarke, London
Theatre efficiency and how to
measure it ..........Dr Jaideep Pandit, Oxford
Tackling inefficiency ..............Dr
Pieter Bothma, Great Yarmouth
Translational research
& service delivery? ............ Dr
James Murray, Belfast
Job planning...
making it work for you......... Dr Pamela
Bell, Belfast
Administrative dilemmas &
scenarios, questions were invited for submission beforehand,
for discussion by the panel and the audience:
**Topics discussed: The changing
name of the Clinical Director; How to deal with the aging colleague;
the poorly-performing/failing colleague; the drinking colleague;
allowing the younger consultant to develop and so gain Clinical
Excellence Awards; introducing new technology to senior colleagues.....
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there were opportunities to discuss all these, and other, topics,
and to network with other delegates and the speakers
and....
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5TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
29th November,
2007, Royal Coll of Anaesthetists, London
Departmental
Governance:
Maintaining a Safe Service
Quotes
from the feedback..."varied content and good quality...excellent
speakers...very relevant topics...well-organised...our DGH was no
worse than others!"
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1. "Improving
the Links with Non-Medical Management: medical engagement and leadership
are no longer an optional extra
Dr John Clark, Director of Medical
Leadership and International Relations, NHS Institute for Innovation
& Improvement
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2. Managing SPAs in an Anaesthetic
Dept
Dr Jaideep Pandit, Consultant Anaesthetist,
Oxford
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3. 2009: the impossible dream:
Prof Mike Harmer, Deputy Chief Medical
Officer, Welsh Assembly Government
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4. Poor Performance and Professional
Governance:
Prof Alastair Scotland, Chief
Executive and Medical Director, National Clinical Assessment Service
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5. Hospital at Night: Dr
John Coakley
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6. Cost Effectiveness of Critical
Care & its Interventions
Dr Saxon Ridley, past-President of
the Intensive Care Society
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7. The Nightmare of Workforce
Planning:
Dr Andrew Tomlinson
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Plus: presentation
by the winner of our 2007
Trainee Prize competition
Dr Pamela Bell, AIM Chairman, presents the prize
to Dr Matthew Thomas
...more details
in our March 2008 newsletterwhich was sent out
in hard copy to all paid-up aim
members, and is available on line here
Topics to improve your individual
effectiveness: Negotiating Skills; Dealing with Complaints;
Conflict Resolution; Success in Committees; Your Role in a Team
Topics to improve your team effectiveness:
What the Clinical Director expects; Leading a Clinical Team;
Developing a Business Case; Understanding Change in the NHS
4TH ANNUAL aim
CONFERENCE
“MAKING SENSE OF CHANGES IN THE NHS”
16th November, 2006
Royal Coll of Anaesthetists, London
...more details in our 3rd
newsletter.... this was sent in hard copy to all paid-up aim
members in February 2007
Do you need to join aim
or renew your membership? CLICK....
Making sure anaesthetists and their contribution to
the NHS are recognised and valued:
David Whitaker, President of AAGBI
Patient safety and medical performance: learning lessons
from Anaesthesia and Surgery: Sir
John Lilleyman, Medical Director, NPSA
Understanding reforms in the NHS – the big picture
and its local impact: Nigel
Edwards, Policy Director, NHS Confederation
Impact of ISTC on training and consultant job plans:
Jonathan Fielden, Chairman of CCSC
Trainee essay prize winner: Management Competencies
I will need as a Consultant: Dr Seema Quasim
New disciplinary procedures for Doctors: Allan
Cole, Medical Director, Leicester
Delivering and achieving
the SpR Management competencies: Prof
David Whitney, Clinical Management Unit, Keele University
Recruitment and Selection into Run-Through Training:
Griselda Cooper, Vice-President
of Royal College of Anaesthetists
plus.....
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Annual General Meeting (for AIM members
only)
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aimseminar
at Portland Place, London 7 March 2006 Another
in our popular series of updates for medical managers at the Association
HQ..easy to get to for the day from most of the UK. Topics covered:
Working outside the NHS (the changing face of practice);
Patient choice (what choice for the anaesthetist?); Modernising
medical careers; the Anaesthesia Team in the Healthcare
Environment of the Future; plus lots of time for discussion
and networking.
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at Portland Place, Tuesday 19 July 2005 This followed
on our successful (and over-booked) event at Portland Place on
January 19 ( for ... ..). Topics covered: NHS Structure and Organisation;
The Roles of the Clinical and Medical Director; Skills
every clinical leader must acquire; Advanced Care Practitioners;
Dealing with Difficult Colleagues.
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aimworkshops
at Association of Anaesthetists Conference, Manchester: 20-23
September 2005We
had run satellite workshops at the Bournemouth meeting in 2002,
and at Cardiff in 2004, and they were well received. We were invited
back to run more workshops in Manchester, on management and leadership
topics essential for leaders in anaesthesia, including Payment
by Results; Management of SPAs in anaesthesia; Difficult
colleagues; Surviving and succeeding in Committees. We hope
to run further workshops at future Association conferences.
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Satellite
workshops at AAGBI Annual Scientific Meeting in Cardiff September
2004, including the Negotiating Skills Workshop (click
on .... ... )
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3rd
aimconference was held at the Queen's
Hotel, Leeds 18-19 March 2004
Thursday 18 March, 2004
Introduction from retiring chair of
aim Gavin Thoms;
Patients at the heart of healthcare? Madeleine Wang, Patient
Representative; A chief executive's perspective; Anaesthetists:
invisible from primary care? David Colin-Thomé, National Clinical
Lead for Primary Care; A pharmacist's perspective Tony Dunne,
Directorate pharmacist critical care and anaesthesia, Manchester
Royal Infirmary
Friday 19 March, 2004
What's new, including foundation
years Peter Simpson, President Royal College of Anaesthetists;
Appraisal and revalidation for anaesthetists David Hatch,
Professional Standards Advisor Royal College of Anaesthetists; Improving
efficiency of emergency work Mark Radford, Nurse Specialist
in Emergency Care Coordination, Good Hope Hospital; Treatment
centres - where next? Fran Murray, Consultant Anaesthetist Good
Hope Hospital; Job Planning for Anaesthetists Keith Judkins,
Medical Director Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust; The new practitioners
in Anaesthesia Lynn Sbiah, Project Lead, NHS Modernisation Agency
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2nd aimconference:
Modernising Anaesthesia Services was held on 3-4
April 2003 at the Moat House Hotel, Stratford upon Avon
....in Stratford, we explored:
Education, training and Manpower - the changing career structure
Theatre utilisation and Day Surgery performance
Using information to improve anaesthesia services
We networked with colleagues, sharing experiences on effective
ways of managing and leading.
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Basic Survival Skills in Management
In September 2002 we
ran satellite workshops at AAGBI ASM, Bournemouth
entitled "Basic survival skills in management",
covering:
ˇ five rules for gaining access and taking control (finding NHS
money)
ˇ five rules for coming away victorious (negotiation)
ˇ roll with the waves of change (change)
ˇ maximise your position, minimise your risk of pain and heartache
(HR).
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Annual
Congress in Liverpool
We
had run satellite workshops at the Bournemouth meeting in 2002,
and at Cardiff in 2004, and they were well received. We were invited
back to run more workshops in Manchester, on management and leadership
topics essential for leaders in anaesthesia, including Payment
by Results; Management of SPAs in anaesthesia; Difficult
colleagues; Surviving and succeeding in Committees. We hope
to run further workshops at future Association conferences.
Satellite
workshops at AAGBI Annual Scientific Meeting in Cardiff September
2004, including the Negotiating Skills Workshop (click
on .... ... ) 
3rd
aimconference was held at the Queen's
Hotel, Leeds 18-19 March 2004
....in Stratford, we explored: 