​The structure of ACCS training is complex and often causes confusion for anaesthetic Educational Supervisors! The following will hopefully simplify the main areas of interest.

 

The ACCS website - https://www.accs.ac.uk/ - is an excellent repository of all the information you need.

​

​

Key concepts to get your head around

• The Educational Supervisor will be you if their parent specialty is anaesthesia. You will need to complete their ESSR, even if they are not with us in anaesthesia. During their 6-month anaesthetic block you will also be their Clinical Supervisor

• You may also find yourself acting as Clinical Supervisor (although termed Educational Supervisor by us) for a resident undertaking their anaesthetic block, whose parent specialty is not anaesthesia (Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine)

• There are specific ACCS Learning Outcomes (LOs) which need to be satisfied: https://www.accs.ac.uk/2021-curriculum/accs-los - during their anaesthesia block they need to satisfy clinical LOs 3, 5, 6 and 7. They also need to complete their HALO for sedation, a Multi-Trainer Report (MTR), their IAC (EPAs 1 and 2), and a Clinical Supervisor End-of-Placement Report

• There is an ACCS ARCP decision aid which is useful when ascertaining whether the necessary competencies have been covered

Role of the Educational Supervisor

• Make early contact with the resident

• Aim to have regular contact with them, so as to keep and overview of their progress

• Liaise with their Clinical Supervisor as needed

• Complete their End-of-Year Report on the relevant eportfolio (see below)

Role of the Clinical Supervisor

• Review progression against Learning Objectives (LO) with trainee

• Meet regularly to review progress

• Initiate multi-source feedback (see below)

• Complete End-of-Placement Report - including LO entrustment levels - on the relevant eportfolio (see below)

Eportfolios
Determined by parent specialty:

• Anaesthesia - LLP stage 1 ACCS - https://lifelong.rcoa.ac.uk/ 

• Emergency Medicine - Kaizen - https://auth.kaizenep.com/

• Internal Medicine - JRCPTB NHS portfolio - https://www.nhseportfolios.org/

• Intensive Care Medicine - LLP - https://lifelong.rcoa.ac.uk/

​

Multi-source feedback

Determined by parent specialty:

• Anaesthesia - Multi-Trainer Report (MTR)

• Emergency Medicine - Faculty Education Governance Statement (FEGS)

• Internal Medicine - Multi-Consultant Report (MCR)

• Intensive Care Medicine - Multi-Consultant Report (MCR)

​​

​

ACCS Trainers' Handbook can be viewed here