ANZCA Interview Basics (Medical expert)

Question 1

What are the 7 ANZCA roles?

Answer 1

Medical expert
Communicator
Collaborator 
Manager
Health advocate 
Scholar 
Professional

Question 2

Medical expert

Answer 2

Integration in all roles, apply medical/clinical skills/professionals attitudes in provision of patient-centred care

Question 3

Communicator

Answer 3

Facilitate the dr-pt relationship, through shared decisional making, and effective dynamic interactions with others

Question 4

Collaborator

Answer 4

Effective work within a healthcare team to achieve optimal patient care and to work with others to prevent, negotiate and resolve INTERPERSONAL conflict

Question 5

Manager

Answer 5

Integral participants in HC organizations, organizing sustanble practices, allocating resources appropriately.
Contribute to effectiveness of health care system

Question 6

Health advocate

Answer 6

Advance the health and well being of individuals to communities

Question 7

Scholar

Answer 7

Lifelong commitment to reflective learningf

Question 8

Professional

Answer 8

Committed to ethical practice, professional led regulation, and abide legal and ethical does of conduct, competence

Question 9

Why Anaesthetics?

Answer 9

Challenging - physiology/pharmacology/physics, crisis, resuscitation
Rewarding - providing the patient with comfortable operative experience, managing acute pain
Opportunity - sub-specialize
Strong scientific focus
Interventional/Procedural
Variety of work

Question 10

Downsides of Anaesthetics

Answer 10

Stressful
Isolation
Boredom
Competition
Nights

Question 11

Proud moment in Medicine

Answer 11

S: Patient admitted with hot flushes and insominia on private, background of mental health, O/D
T: Review patient as nurses state refusing medication
A: spent over 20 minutes discusssing how she felt
R: Felt better, and took the medication
R: Sometimes need to talk to patients and empathize with their situation

Question 12

Bend the rules to better a patient’s care

Answer 12

S: Patient complaining about insomnia, had trialled temazepam, still unable to sleep.
T: Nurses concern about patient who wanted to speak to doctor
A: Review patient, went to ICU to get some Melatonin for the patient.
R: Went back to check on patient and had fallen asleep.
R: Need to be more resourceful and empathize with patient

Question 13

How do you handle stress?

Answer 13

Maintain personal health and wellbeing
Find a mentor (or two, in case one is unavailable).
Maintain your professional and personal networks. •
Avoid professional isolation
Ensure ongoing Continuing Professional Development activities that put you in contact with colleagues. • Recognise times of high stress and ensure that you have sufficient support from others.
In highly stressful times, it may be beneficial to consult your GP, a relationship counsellor, or clinical psychologist.

Question 14

Where you see yourself in 5/10 years time?

Answer 14

Work: Passed my Primary exam, working towards fellowship exams
Active role in teachign
Rural/overseas experience
Life: married, +/- children

Question 15

What does an anaesthetic registrar do?

Answer 15

I’d like to split the roles of an anaesthetic registrar into
Preoperative: Assess patients during preadmission, optimize as needed, prepare drugs/equipment
Intraoperative: Airway, Breathing, Circulation. Maintenance, emergence.
Postoperative: ensure smooth recovery, PONV, pain
Ward: assist in IVC, pain, airways, regional on ward. Epidurals, Pain rounds etc
Academic - teach students, attend meetings, complete assessments