Securing the Future Anaesthetic Workforce

Publication date: Available online 13 April 2018Source: Best Practice & Research Clinical AnaesthesiologyAuthor(s): Chris CareyAbstractA suitably skilled workforce that is of an appropriate size is essential for the provision of healthcare services. Anaesthetists play an essential role in a wide range of clinical areas and effective workforce planning and training are essential in maintaining service provision. Workforce planning requires consideration of a number of different factors related to the workforce itself and services that are required. Long term predictions must be made as the process of training a consultant workforce with the flexibility to adapt to changing services takes many years. Anaesthetic training in the UK has changed considerably over the last three decades as working hours and experience have decreased. Training and assessment have evolved from an apprenticeship model to an active and highly regulated process with a number of stakeholders although there is little evidence regarding the impact of these changes on clinical outcomes.
Source: Best Practice and Research Clinical Anaesthesiology - Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research