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Our latest Newsletter (no 9) contains reports of all the presentations from our November Conference. This was previously e-mailed to all aim members and is now freely available

Links to PAST NEWSLETTERS...

No 8 Autumn 2009....................No 7 Spring 2009

No 6 Summer 2008....................No 5 Spring 2008

No 4 Autumn 2007 ................. No 3 Spring 2007

No 2 Autumn 2006 ..................No 1 Spring 2006

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aim library: INDEX OF ARTICLES ON aim WEB SITE

Hospital League Tables...

" Were such reports of the various hospitals throughout Great Britain annually published, and the amount of expenditure given, a comparison of them would produce economy in the several departments. It might induce the medical officers to be more anxious to dismiss their patients, as soon as compatible with the strength of the convalescents, and to be more scrupulous in admitting slighter cases of disease, while the comparison of the expenditure for each patient would produce enquiry into the causes of its being higher in one hospital than in another, and the administration of hospitals would thus be conducted on better defined principles than at present"

35th Annual Report of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary for 1829. Glasgow Med. J. 1830

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aim Education Strategy

ANAESTHESIA, Ensuring the value of anaesthesia is recognised, Whitaker, AIM Newsletter #3 p2: AIM conf 2006

ANAESTHETIC DEATH: Davies, AIM Newsletter #8, p7: AIM seminar at AAGBI 2009

ANAESTHETIC SERVICES: Improving the image of anaesthetic services, James, AIM Newsletter #9 p7: AIM Conf 2009

ASSESSMENT: see NCAA

BALANCE, Balance between managing & representing, Rawlinson, AIM Newsletter #2 p6

CARING: Caring for your staff: Dixon, AIM Newsletter #8, p4: AIM seminar at AAGBI 2009

CARSON, Conversation with Dr Ian Carson, Bell, AIM Newsletter #2 p2

CHANGE: 60 years of change in leadership of the NHS, Knowles, AIM Newsletter #7, p5: AIM conf 2008

How to cope with organisational change, Ralston, AIM Newsletter #7, p6: AIM conf 2008

Risk management in the face of change: Gemmell, AIM Newsletter #7, p7: AIM conf 2008

CLINICAL DIRECTOR, Memoirs of a new clinical director, Turley, AIM Newsletter #1 p3

Clinical Director Programme 2003

Clinical Director: A Role by any other name, Rawlinson, AAGBI Newsletter Autumn 2008

COLLEAGUES: Dealing with underperforming colleagues: O'Dwyer, AIM Newsletter #8, p6: AIM seminar at AAGBI 2009

COMMITTEES, Committees, People & Personalities presentation; Committees, People & Personalities handouts, Jones, AAGBI workshop Manchester

GMEX Manchester

Surviving & Using Committees presentation, Rawlinson, AAGBI workshop Manchester

CONFLICT, Conflict resolution, Bell, June 2007

CONSULTANT, Questions that may be asked at consultant interview, Thornley, AIM Newsletter #4 p5

My day as a consultant anaesthetist, Hull, Trainee prize 2006: AIM Newsletter #4 p4

CRITICAL CARE, Cost effectiveness of critical care & interventions, Ridley, AIM Newsletter #5 p7: AIM conf 2007

DARZI REPORT: David Law, AIM Newsletter #7, p7: AIM conf 2008

DEATH: An anaesthetic death, Davies, AIM Newsletter #8, p7: AIM seminar at AAGBI 2009

DISCIPLINE, New disciplinary procedures, Cole, AIM Newsletter #3 p3: AIM conf 2006

Poor performance & professional governance (the NCAA), Scotland, AIM Newsletter #5 p3: AIM conf 2007

DIFFICULT PEOPLE and Situations: Bell, Portland Place seminar July 2005

Managing Difficult People & improving the working environment: Bell, September 2005

EFFICIENCY, Lean thinking and operating theatre performance, Clarke, AIM Newsletter #6 p2: AIM seminar08

Measuring efficiency, Pandit, AIM Newsletter #6 p4: AIM seminar08

Attacking inefficiency, Bothma, AIM Newsletter #6 p5: AIM seminar08

Translational research, Murray, AIM Newsletter #6 p2: AIM seminar08

EIGHTEEN WEEKS Target implementation: Young, AIM Newsletter #7, p9: AIM conf 2008

EUROPEAN WTD, 2009 - the impossible dream (EWTD), Harmer, AIM Newsletter #5 p3: AIM conf 2007

Eurpean Working Time Directive: Watt, AIM Newsletter #8, p4-5: AIM seminar at AAGBI 2009

Feedback from Seminar at AAGBI Portland Place January 2005

HUTHWAITE, Negotiating skills: Huthwaite research, Negotiating Skills workshop, AAGBI Cardiff 2004

IMAGE, Improving the image of anaesthetic services, James, AIM Newsletter #9 p7: AIM Conf 2009

INTERVIEW, Questions that may be asked at consultant interview, Thornley, AIM Newsletter #4 p5

INVESTING, Investing in services, O'Dwyer, AIM Newsletter #2 p4

ISTC, An ISTC is coming to a town near you, Dichmont, AIM Newsletter #1 p6

Effect of ISTCs, Fielding, AIM Newsletter #3 p2: AIM conf 2006

JOB PLANNING, see workforce planning

LEADERSHIP: 60 years of change in leadership of the NHS, Knowles, AIM Newsletter #7, p5: AIM conf 2008

LEAN THINKING, Lean thinking and operating theatre performance, Clarke, AIM Newsletter #6 p2: AIM seminar08

MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES & SKILLS, Management competencies for SpRs 3, 4, 5, Jones, AIM Newsletter #1 p2

Management competencies for SpRs, Whitney, AIM Newsletter #3 p3: AIM conf 2006

Management skills for trainees: AIM proposal, AIM Statement on Management Skills for Trainee Anaesthetists, 2005

Trainee prize 2006: 10 management competencies I will need, Qasim, AIM Newsletter #3 p4: AIM conf 2006

Training to be a Manager: Bell, AIM seminar June 2009. Also reviewed in AIM Newsletter #8, p3

MODERNISING, Modernising medical careers, Thornley, AIM Newsletter #1 p5

MOTIVATION & Team Leadership, Whitaker, AIM Newsletter #9 p4: AIM Conf 2009

NCAA, National Clinical Assessment Authority: Poor performance & professional governance, Scotland, AIM Newsletter #5 p3: AIM conf 2007

NEGOTIATING: Negotiating Skills workshop, AAGBI Cardiff 2004,

Negotiating skills

Huthwaite research Cardiff

NHS, Understanding NHS reforms, Edwards, AIM Newsletter #3 p2: AIM conf 2006

Understanding NHS structures, Jones, AIM seminar at Portland Place

60 years of change in leadership of the NHS, Knowles, AIM Newsletter #7, p5: AIM conf 2008

NIGHT, Hospital at Night, Coakley, AIM Newsletter #5 p6: AIM conf 2007

NON-MEDICAL MANAGERS, Improving links with non-medical managers, Clark, AIM Newsletter #5 p2: AIM conf 2007

NORTHERN IRELAND, Conversation with Dr Ian Carson, Bell, AIM Newsletter #2 p2

Future of chronic pain in Northern Ireland, Bell, AIM Newsletter #1 p8

PAIN, Future of chronic pain in Northern Ireland, Bell, AIM Newsletter #1 p8

Future challenges for chronic pain services: Hester, AIM Newsletter #7, p.10: AIM conf 2008

PATIENT'S perspective of quality, Murray, AIM Newsletter #9 p3: AIM Conf 2009

PERFORMANCE: Dealing with underperforming colleagues: O'Dwyer, AIM Newsletter #8, p6: AIM seminar at AAGBI 2009

PLANNING, People, planning, politics & prioritising, Jones, Clinical Director programme

PMETB, How to survive a PMETB visit, Thornley, AIM Newsletter #2 p5

PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT, future challenges: Murthy, AIM Newsletter #7, p.10: AIM conf 2008

PRIORITISING, People, planning, politics & prioritising, Jones, Clinical Director Programme 2003

QUALITY, Defining quality, Field, AIM Newsletter #9 p2: AIM Conf 2009

The patient's perspective of quality, Murray, AIM Newsletter #9 p3: AIM Conf 2009

10 ways to improve quality in the anaesthetic department, Hunningher, Trainee prize essay 2009: AIM Newsletter #9 p6: AIM Conf 2009

RECOGNITION, Ensuring the value of anaesthesia is recognised, Whitaker, AIM Newsletter #3 p2: AIM conf 2006

REFORMS, Understanding NHS reforms, Edwards, AIM Newsletter #3 p2: AIM conf 2006

REVALIDATION: Rollin, AIM Newsletter #7,p4: AIM conf 2008

RIGHT PATIENT/RIGHT CARE: Hughes, AIM Newsletter #9 p5: AIM Conf 2009

RISK MANAGEMENT in the face of change: Gemmell, AIM Newsletter #7, p7: AIM conf 2008

ROLES, Clinical Director: A Role by any other name, Rawlinson, AAGBI Newsletter Autumn 2008

Your role in a Team: Handouts or Powerpoint presentation: Bell, June 2007

SAFE SURGERY : Safe surgery, O'Dell, AIM Newsletter #9 p8: AIM Conf 2009

SAFETY, Patient Safety Agency, Lilleyman, AIM Newsletter #3 p2: AIM conf 2006

Briefing & de-briefing for Patient Safety, Hobbs, AIM Newsletter #8 p2: AIM seminar at AAGBI 2009

SAS DOCTORS, Develop the SAS to help manage your department, Alladi, AIM Newsletter #1 p4

Encouraging SAS doctors to develop special interests, Alladi, AIM Newsletter #2 p9

What SAS need to know about management, Alladi, AIM Newsletter #4 p3

SPAs, Supporting Programmed Activities: Managing SPAs, Pandit, AIM Newsletter #5 p2: AIM conf 2007

SPECIALIST REGISTRARS, see trainees

STRUCTURE, Understanding NHS structures, Jones, AIM Seminar July 2005

SUPPORT, Support for anaesthetists in a management role, Jones, AIM Newsletter #2 p8

SYRINGES, Trainee prize 2007: the day the syringes changed, Thomas, AIM Newsletter #5 p4: AIM conf 2007

TARGET: 18 Weeks Target implementation: Young, AIM Newsletter #7, p9: AIM conf 2008

TEAM: Your role in a Team: Handouts or Powerpoint presentation: Bell, June 2007

Team Leadership & motivation, Whitaker, AIM Newsletter #9 p4: AIM Conf 2009

TIME MANAGEMENT, Time Management presentation, AAGBI workshop Manchester

TRAINEE PRIZE, Trainee prize 2006: 10 management competencies I will need, Qasim, AIM Newsletter #3 p4: AIM conf 2006

My day as a consultant anaesthetist, Hull, Trainee prize 2006: AIM Newsletter #4 p4

Trainee prize 2007: the day the syringes changed, Thomas, AIM Newsletter #5 p4: AIM conf 2007

Trainee prize 2008: 10 ways in which I would change the NHS, Lambden, AIM Newsletter #7, p8: AIM conf 2008

Trainee prize essay 2009: 10 ways to improve quality in the anaesthetic department, Hunningher, AIM Newsletter #9 p6: AIM Conf 2009

TRAINEES & TRAINING, AIM Education Strategy

Benefits of being a trainee member of AIM, Chhatwani, AIM Newsletter #4 p2

IT-based recruitment: MTAS and Run-Through-Training, Cooper, AIM Newsletter #3 p3: AIM conf 2006

Management competencies for SpRs 3, 4, 5, Jones, AIM Newsletter #1 p2

Management competencies for SpRs, Whitney, AIM Newsletter #3 p3: AIM conf 2006

Management skills for trainees: AIM Statement on Management Skills for Trainee Anaesthetists, 2005

Modernising medical careers, Thornley, AIM Newsletter #1 p5

Training to be a Manager: Bell, AIM seminar June 2009. Also reviewed in AIM Newsletter #8, p3

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH, Translational research, Murray, AIM Newsletter #6 p2: AIM seminar08

TREATMENT CENTRE: see ISTC

VALUE, Ensuring the value of anaesthesia is recognised, Whitaker, AIM Newsletter #3 p2: AIM conf 2006

WALES, News from Wales, Jones, AIM Newsletter #1 p7

WORKFORCE PLANNING, Job planning - making it work, Bell, AIM Newsletter #6 p3: AIM seminar08

Managing SPAs, Pandit, AIM Newsletter #5 p2: AIM conf 2007

Nightmare of workforce planning, Tomlinson, AIM Newsletter #5 p7: AIM conf 2007

WORKING TIME DIRECTIVE, see European WTD