Dr Elizabeth Combeer BSc, MBBS, MRCP, FRCA, MA, is an anaesthetic consultant at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and runs the FRCA teaching program at Frimley Park Hospital. Her close involvement with trainees preparing for the FRCA exams means that she understands the requirements and level of knowledge needed to pass this assessment.Dr Mitul Patel MBBS, BSc, FRCA, is an anaesthetic registrar in South London with an interest in medical education.

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• 1. Anaesthesia for neurosurgery, neuroradiology and neurocritical care. 2. Cardiothoracic anaesthesia and cardiothoracic critical care. 3. Airway management. 4. Critical incidents. 5. Day surgery. 6. General, urological, and gynaecological surgery. 7. Head, neck, maxillofacial and dental surgery. 8. Management of respiratory and cardiac arrest. 9. Non-theatre. 10. Orthopaedic surgery. 11. Perioperative medicine. 12. Regional anaesthesia. 13. Sedation. 14. Trauma and stabilisation. 15. Intensive care medicine. 16. Obstetrics. 17. Paediatrics. 18. Pain medicine. 19. Ophthalmic. 20. Plastics and burns. 21. Vascular surgery. 22. Anatomy. 23. Applied clinical pharmacology. 24. Applied physiology and biochemistry. 25. Nutrition. 26. Physics and clinical measurement. 27. Statistical basis for trial management.

Dr Elizabeth Combeer BSc, MBBS, MRCP, FRCA, MA, is an anaesthetic consultant at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and runs the FRCA teaching program at Frimley Park Hospital. Her close involvement with trainees preparing for the FRCA exams means that she understands the requirements and level of knowledge needed to pass this assessment.Dr Mitul Patel MBBS, BSc, FRCA, is an anaesthetic registrar in South London with an interest in medical education.

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• 1. Anaesthesia for neurosurgery, neuroradiology and neurocritical care. 2. Cardiothoracic anaesthesia and cardiothoracic critical care. 3. Airway management. 4. Critical incidents. 5. Day surgery. 6. General, urological, and gynaecological surgery. 7. Head, neck, maxillofacial and dental surgery. 8. Management of respiratory and cardiac arrest. 9. Non-theatre. 10. Orthopaedic surgery. 11. Perioperative medicine. 12. Regional anaesthesia. 13. Sedation. 14. Trauma and stabilisation. 15. Intensive care medicine. 16. Obstetrics. 17. Paediatrics. 18. Pain medicine. 19. Ophthalmic. 20. Plastics and burns. 21. Vascular surgery. 22. Anatomy. 23. Applied clinical pharmacology. 24. Applied physiology and biochemistry. 25. Nutrition. 26. Physics and clinical measurement. 27. Statistical basis for trial management.

Dr Elizabeth Combeer BSc, MBBS, MRCP, FRCA, MA, is an anaesthetic consultant at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and runs the FRCA teaching program at Frimley Park Hospital. Her close involvement with trainees preparing for the FRCA exams means that she understands the requirements and level of knowledge needed to pass this assessment.Dr Mitul Patel MBBS, BSc, FRCA, is an anaesthetic registrar in South London with an interest in medical education.

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• 1. Anaesthesia for neurosurgery, neuroradiology and neurocritical care. 2. Cardiothoracic anaesthesia and cardiothoracic critical care. 3. Airway management. 4. Critical incidents. 5. Day surgery. 6. General, urological, and gynaecological surgery. 7. Head, neck, maxillofacial and dental surgery. 8. Management of respiratory and cardiac arrest. 9. Non-theatre. 10. Orthopaedic surgery. 11. Perioperative medicine. 12. Regional anaesthesia. 13. Sedation. 14. Trauma and stabilisation. 15. Intensive care medicine. 16. Obstetrics. 17. Paediatrics. 18. Pain medicine. 19. Ophthalmic. 20. Plastics and burns. 21. Vascular surgery. 22. Anatomy. 23. Applied clinical pharmacology. 24. Applied physiology and biochemistry. 25. Nutrition. 26. Physics and clinical measurement. 27. Statistical basis for trial management.