CRQs in Anaesthesia – Constructed Response Questions for Exams PDF Free Download

The Royal College of Anaesthetists has introduced Constructed Response Questions (CRQs) as an innovative way of testing trainees, in the fields of anaesthesia and intensive care medicine, in their final FRCA examinations from September 2019. CRQs are a more structured way of assessing knowledge and understanding; they also assess the application of knowledge, evaluation and judgement. This book categorises questions based on the Royal College model, with six mandatory sections of training and two separate sections on general duties and optional units. It is an ideal companion for candidates who are preparing for their final exams in anaesthesia and will help to assess their preparation and guide appropriate revision. The topics are pertinent for other anaesthetic exams worldwide, including the European exams, Australian and New Zealand fellowships and the Indian DNB exams. The authors have extensive experience in anaesthetic teaching and lead anaesthetic intermediate teaching in the UK, running regular and successfully attended courses. This book will help candidates to adapt to the recent exam changes and revise in an efficient manner. It will not only be an invaluable educational resource for trainee anaesthetists but also for practising anaesthetists. Medical students and junior doctors, who are about to embark on a career in anaesthesia or intensive care medicine, will also find the book to be a useful educational tool.

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Editorial Reviews: About the Author Thanthullu Vasu MBBS MD DNB FRCA FFPMRCA Dip Pain Mgt, Consultant in Pain Medicine, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, UKMahesh Kodivalasa MBBS MD FRCA FFPMRCA, Consultant in Anaesthetics and Pain Medicine, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, UKPradeep Mukund Ingle MBBS MD Dip Critical Care FRCA FFPMRCA, Consultant in Anaesthetics and Pain Medicine, University Hospitals of North Midlands, Stoke-on-Trent, UKMehar Ahson MBBS MD FRCA, ST7 trainee in Anaesthetics, East Midlands School of Anaesthesia, UKLohita Rilesh Nanda MBBS MD FRCA, ST7 trainee in Anaesthetics, East Midlands School of Anaesthesia, UK –This text refers to the paperback edition.

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

The RCoA have decided to introduce CRQs into the final examination. With a paucity if sample questions available to those us taking the exam, it is perhaps inevitable that the format of questions is still not entirely clear to everyone.Unfortunately, based on the material from the college, it seems that this book has misjudged the content of the CRQs. The questions are formatted more like the older (and now obsolete) short answer questions. As a resource for SAQs, it therefore falls short, and I would recommend the book by Ashraf Akuji et al as a better resource for questions in the style likely to be used by the college.The answers are also dubious in places – as an example, one answer suggests topping up an epidural could be a solution to a failed spinal anaesthetic.However, this book still has strengths. It covers the curriculum well, and identifies areas that are likely to come up in the examination. The book is subdivided into curriculum areas that do a good job of covering the common question types in those fields. This has therefore been a useful means of targeting my revision in weaker areas.Just a shame that they aren’t CRQs.

This book is unfortunately a bit missold. The questions are not CRQs, they’re SAQs – if you look at the answers section you’ll see that the answers are often in short essays rather than the very structured and super short answers that apply to CRQs. Sometimes the questions are a bit vague and unclear, again lending themselves to a short essay response rather than being good practice for CRQs. This makes it difficult to tell where you would and would not score points, which is frustrating.I can imagine if you were looking to just do a bit of reading around the topics then this might be a good quick reference book, maybe at the beginning of your revision, but it’s really quite frustrating to use as a CRQ practice book before the final FRCA. If you’re wanting to buy something for that then just stick with the college guides and the other CRQ book that’s on the market (which has questions that are structured much more like the college questions).

This book is a compilation of SAQ’s from RCoA past papers with most answers from BJA Ed articles. It is definitely not a CRQ book (although the authors have attempted to structure it as one). I’ve found it useful as there are few CRQ books currently available (as it is still quite new in the FRCA) and also, the majority (if not all) of the questions are from past SAQ FFRCA exam questions so does cover the most relevant topics.

Not exactly a CRQ type of questions but still common is commonThe authors didn’t really bother to read Chairman’s report to write a good answer