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January 1, 1999Anaesthesia

Most departments taught airway management and intubation (97%), pre-operative assessment (92%), basic life support (92%), and pharmacology of anaesthetic drugs (83%).

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Population

65 university departments of anaesthesia and intensive care (out of 73 surveyed)

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

VCVincent CheungLCLester A. H. CritchleyCHC. B. Hazlett

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Overview

Regional differences persist despite widespread core teaching; leaves open whether standardization improves graduate competence.

Structured PICO

P
Population
65 university departments of anaesthesia and intensive care (out of 73 surveyed)
I
Intervention
Questionnaire containing 37 items ranging from departmental structure to curriculum content
O
Outcome
Curriculum content taught in undergraduate anaesthesia

There are significant regional differences in undergraduate anaesthesia curricula, though core topics like airway management and basic life support are widely taught.

Limitations

  • Did not assess the quality and outcome of teaching

Cite This Study

Cheung et al. (1999) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a734da72058c8ad78f12cebhttps://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.00640.x
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