Threadreader: Dr Ian Jackson tweets on patient safety and Anaesthesia Associates (13 February 2024)

Summary

This Twitter thread summarises the views of Dr Ian Jackson, a retired consultant anaesthetist and former Foundation Training Programme Director, on the patient safety and training issues relating to Anaesthesia Associates (AAs). He highlights issues with the length of training AAs receive compared with anaesthetists, the difference in training individuals who have experience in healthcare and theatre roles and those who have not and the supervision model in the current AA scope of practice.