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    Anesthesia 6

    Article in Critical Care · March 2005


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    Fundamentals of Anaesthesia and QBase Anesthesia 6
    Goetz Bosse1, Heiderose Ortwein1 and Claudia Spies2

    1Educational Supervisor, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin,

    Berlin, Germany
    2Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Corresponding author: Claudia Spies, [email protected]

    Published online: 1 March 2005


    Critical Care 2005, 9:E17 (DOI 10.1186/cc3492)
    This article is online at http://ccforum.com/content/9/5/E17
    © 2005 BioMed Central Ltd

    Pinnock C, Lin T, Smith T: Fundamental of Anaesthesia, 2nd ed. Cambridge: Greenwich Medical Media; 2003.
    ISBN 1-84110-114-1

    Pinnock C, Jones R, Maguire S, Barker JM, Mills S: QBase Anaesthesia 6: MCQ Companion to
    Fundamentals of Anaesthesia. Greenwich Medical Media; 2004. ISBN 1-84110-098-6

    With the second edition of Fundamentals of Anaesthesia, (e.g. topics on preoperative starvation, peri-operative β-
    Pinnock and coworkers present a textbook for residents in blockade, and application of antiarrhythmic agents). It will still
    anaesthesia to use to prepare for the Primary FRCA be necessary for the candidate to review the most recent
    (Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists) examination. literature on crucial areas in the field. For this reason, a more
    In many aspects, it is difficult to negotiate the fine line between up-to-date and consistent format for bibliographic references
    clinical handbook and extensive textbook. Combining the at the end of each chapter would be helpful to the reader.
    individual areas (i.e. physiology, pharmacology, clinical Additionally, more pictures or detailed graphical descriptions
    pathways, etc.) into one book is a complex task but one that is would be helpful in enhancing the reader’s understanding of
    required to meet the needs of examination candidates. basic anaesthetic techniques.
    Fundamentals of Anaesthesia achieves its ambitious goal of In summary, we believe that this thorough overview can not
    addressing all areas of interest, and it serves as a very useful substitute for a comprehensive textbook or a clinical
    tool in the review process before the examination. handbook, but it serves as valuable tool for reviewing
    The book is well organized within each chapter and advances previously acquired knowledge and skills.
    between chapters (and topics) in a logical manner. In an The companion book is a collection of multiple choice
    easy-to-read text format, even the most difficult and complex questions that reflect the content of the textbook. It is meant
    areas are rendered understandable, with take home to be a summary of the textbook as well as a tool to rehearse
    messages highlighted for further review. Whereas chapter 1 the format of the multiple choice examination. Questions are
    serves as an impressive introduction, touching on all supplied with corresponding correct answers and are
    important areas routinely encountered in daily peri-operative explained in good detail. However, the quality of the multiple
    practice, chapters 2 and 3 provide in-depth coverage of the choice questions requires improvement if they are to be used
    underlying principals of pathophysiology and pharmacology. to revise for important examinations. To enhance the quality of
    Nevertheless, the reader never gets the impression that they multiple choice questions, they should be reviewed and
    are reading a single textbook on either pharmacology or adapted to internationally accepted standards (e.g. using
    pathophysiology because the clinical relevance of the content patient vignettes) and provide a different answer format,
    is always made clear. The chapters are clearly orientated to preferably a ‘single, best answer’ for reliability reasons [1,2].
    the needs of the anaesthetist and explain what is essential in
    understanding the underlying principals of routine practice.
    Competing interests
    The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests.
    Additional information is given about useful competencies in
    areas such as management, leadership, and social and
    Acknowledgement
    All authors contributed equally to this book report.
    ethical dilemmas. The last chapter concentrates entirely on
    physics, basic statistics and clinical measurement.
    References
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    tions in assessment. Med Educ 2003, Suppl 1:65-71.
    However, medical knowledge changes quickly, and the 2. Schuwirth LW, van der Vleuten CP: ABC of learning and teach-
    comprehensive textbook is not up to date in a few sections ing in medicine: written assessment. BMJ 2003, 326:643-645. 1

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