Residency in Anaesthesia and Analgesia

Location: Royal Veterinary College

Duration: 3 years

Link: https://www.rvc.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/residencies/comparative/anaesthesia

All Residents are also registered for a Master's degree in Veterinary Medicine (MVetMed).

This is a 3 year training program that fulfils the credential requirements of the European or American College of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia. Residents will be supported by a team of 5 ECVAA Diplomates, 1 ACVAA Diplomate, 3 experienced staff clinicians and 15 anaesthesia nurses. An anaesthesia service is provided for the full range of disciplines in the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals (QMHA), as well as for the Equine Referral Hospital (ERH), Farm Animal service and the exotics service of the Beaumont Animal Hospital for Animals (BSAH). Residents will be able to develop their clinical anaesthesia and analgesia skills allowing them to successfully manage both routine and complex cases in a wide variety of species, as well as becoming adept at coping with complications.

There is a large clinical component to the program but you will also be involved in student teaching and clinical research. Residents will have the opportunity to spend time with other clinical disciplines within the RVC and you will be expected to develop a thorough knowledge of the natural course and therapeutics of medical and surgical diseases in the practice of veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia.

You will also need to understand the problems encountered in the application of diagnostic techniques such as radiographic procedures, ultrasound scanning and MR imaging, and the influence of anaesthetic methods on these problems.