Anaesthetist and anesthesiologist CVs share two consistent omissions that are both specific to the specialty and directly relevant to hiring decisions. The first is FRCA examination components not individually stated — Primary FRCA MCQ and Primary FRCA OSCE are distinct examinations from Final FRCA Written and Final FRCA SOE, and an anaesthetic registrar who has passed Primary FRCA MCQ but not the OSCE is at a different training stage from one who holds the full Primary FRCA. The second is regional anaesthesia competency described without naming the specific blocks, the approach, and the ultrasound guidance technique. "Experience in regional anaesthesia" covers an anaesthetist who has placed epidurals and a handful of femoral nerve blocks, and an anaesthetist who is competent in erector spinae plane, transversus abdominis plane, PENG, popliteal sciatic, adductor canal, and all upper limb blocks under ultrasound guidance. The hiring panel cannot distinguish between these two profiles from the phrase "regional anaesthesia experience."

What Anaesthesiologist Job Descriptions Require in 2026

Anaesthetic consultant and attending appointments require FRCA (UK) or ABA board certification (US), airway credentials, regional anaesthesia competency evidence, and subspecialty experience.

GMC registration and anaesthetic Specialist Register (UK): GMC full registration with licence to practise; Specialist Register — Anaesthetics subspecialty (or Intensive Care Medicine if dual CCT); CCT in Anaesthetics (date = consultant-appointment eligibility); CESR for overseas-trained anaesthetists; training pathway: Core Anaesthetics Training (CAT) — CT1, CT2 (2 years); ACCS (Acute Care Common Stem) — alternative first year combining emergency medicine, acute medicine, intensive care, and anaesthetics before CT1; Primary FRCA must be completed during or before CT2 for ARCP Outcome 1; Higher Anaesthetics Training (ST3–ST7) — 5 years; subspecialty focuses within ST4–7: general anaesthesia with cross-specialty competencies, cardiothoracic anaesthesia (cardiac bypass — CPB, minimally invasive cardiac surgery), neuroanaesthesia (craniotomy, spinal surgery, awake craniotomy), paediatric anaesthesia (GOSH, BCH, RACH — separate sub-specialty training; neonatal anaesthesia — NLS mandatory), obstetric anaesthesia (labour epidural, CSEC, post-partum haemorrhage, general anaesthesia for obstetric emergency), regional anaesthesia and acute pain (fellowship training in RA — RAFT — Regional Anaesthesia Focused Training), ICM (dual CCT with Intensive Care Medicine), chronic pain (RCoA/BPS Pain management curriculum — interventional pain including epidural steroid injection, SCS, intrathecal drug delivery), vascular anaesthesia (EVAR — endovascular repair, open AAA, carotid endarterectomy), trauma anaesthesia (damage control resuscitation, permissive hypotension, DCO — damage control orthopaedics).

FRCA — the mandatory anaesthetic fellowship (UK): FRCA administered by the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA); four examination components — all must be individually stated with pass dates: Primary FRCA MCQ (Multiple Choice Question paper — 90 multiple true/false questions; 3 hours; pharmacology, physiology, physics and clinical measurement, statistics and epidemiology — heavy on mechanisms and dose-response curves, receptor pharmacology, acid-base physiology, respiratory physiology, cardiovascular physiology, neuroscience; pass mark approximately 65%); Primary FRCA OSCE/SOE (5 OSCE stations + 2 structured oral examinations — SOE; OSCE stations include: anaesthetic machine check, breathing circuits, regional anaesthesia anatomy, resuscitation equipment, radiology/ECG interpretation; SOE covers: physiology (Part 1 — 20 minutes with 2 examiners covering cardiac output, renal physiology, neuromuscular junction, etc.), pharmacology (Part 2 — 20 minutes covering inhalational agents, NMBAs, opioids, local anaesthetics, TIVA agents)); Final FRCA Written (MCQ paper: 90 true/false questions covering advanced clinical anaesthesia topics; Short Answer Question (SAQ) paper: 6 questions from 12 — answer any 6, including one data interpretation question; cover: pain management, regional anaesthesia evidence, ICM topics, peri-operative medicine); Final FRCA SOE (2 structured oral examinations — first 35 minutes covering clinical anaesthesia, cardiothoracic, neuro, paediatric or obstetric scenarios; second 35 minutes covering ICM, anatomy for anaesthesia, history-taking and consent); FFRCA (Fellowship) awarded on completion of all 4 FRCA components; DEAA (Diploma of European Academy of Anaesthesiology) — European qualification, optional but valued for academic posts; EDAIC (European Diploma in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care — ESAIC) — European board exam equivalent; FICM (Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine) — dual CCT; FFICM (Fellowship of FICM): MCQ Part 1 (100 SBAs — single best answer) and OSCE Part 2 (15 stations × 7 minutes — includes clinical scenarios, ECG, CXR, blood gas, procedural skills, communication).

US anesthesiology training and board certification: Anesthesiology residency (4 years — PGY1: Transitional/TY or Categorical IM year; CA-1, CA-2, CA-3); ABA (American Board of Anesthesiology): BASIC examination (taken after CA-1; multiple choice; covers basic sciences including pharmacology and physiology); ADVANCED Examination (taken during or after CA-3; 200 MCQ; covers all clinical anesthesiology content including specialty-specific areas); ABA APPLIED examination (replaced the Oral Examination since 2020 — computer-based simulation-style examination) — or the OSCE for programmes in the new format; ABA board certification requires passing BASIC, ADVANCED, and APPLIED or OSCE; subspecialty ABA certifications: Pediatric Anesthesiology (1-year fellowship; ABA/ABP joint examination), Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology (1-year fellowship; ABA Subspecialty Certificate in Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology), Critical Care Medicine (ABA CCM certificate; 1-year fellowship or dual residency), Pain Medicine (ABA Pain Medicine Certificate; 1-year fellowship), Neurocritical Care, Obstetric Anesthesiology (ABOG/ABA joint), Sleep Medicine; DEA registration; state medical license.

Airway management — the highest-stakes anaesthetic competency: DAS (Difficult Airway Society) guidelines (Frerk et al., 2015 and recent 2023 updates): three clinical situations: Awake tracheal intubation guideline (ATI), Unanticipated difficult tracheal intubation in adults, CICO (Can't Intubate, Can't Oxygenate) management — scalpel-bougie-tube cricothyroidotomy; AFOI / ATI (Awake Fibreoptic/Tracheal Intubation): recommended technique for anticipated difficult airway (Mallampati 3-4, limited mouth opening <3cm, OSA with features of difficult intubation, unstable C-spine, predicted difficult video laryngoscopy — fixed subglottic mass, tracheal stenosis, large exophytic tumours of the posterior tongue, base of tongue, vallecula); technique components: consent and cooperation; topicalisation approach (lidocaine 4% nebuliser for 20 minutes — supraglottic; Krause technique — auriculotemporal branch, glossopharyngeal nerve at posterior tonsillar pillar — bilateral; spray-as-you-go through fibreoptic scope working channel as scope advances; cricothyroid membrane translaryngeal injection — lidocaine 2% 4ml trans-tracheal, withdrawn just before cough reflex); sedation (remifentanil TCI — Minto pharmacokinetic model, effect-site target 1.0–2.5 ng/ml; dexmedetomidine 1 mcg/kg over 10 minutes then 0.2–0.7 mcg/kg/hour — allows cooperation; avoid benzodiazepines and opioids that blunt protective airway reflexes); fibreoptic scope: Olympus BF-TE190 or Olympus BF-Q190 (2.8mm channel — allows 8.0 ETT), Karl Storz Uniscope; nasal route preferred (can pass scope behind nasal turbinates without patient cooperation for scope navigation); oral route via patented oral airways (Berman, Williams, Ovassapian); difficult scope navigation: navigating past epiglottis, through cords with Cormack-Lehane view 1-4 adapted for fibreoptic grading; rail technique for ETT advancement over scope; Aintree Intubating Catheter (AIC) for smaller scopes; videolaryngoscopy: hyperangulated blade (C-MAC D-Blade, McGrath, GlideScope Ranger) for Cormack-Lehane Grade 3-4; standard geometry (C-MAC Mac 3/4 blade) for most routine intubations; both should be routinely available at induction; video laryngoscopy is now recommended DAS first-line technique for anticipated difficult intubation when awake tracheal intubation is not indicated; supraglottic airway devices: i-gel (second-generation SADs with gastric access port — preferred for rSAD rescue in DAS algorithm); ProSeal LMA; LMA Supreme; surgical airway (CICO algorithm): scalpel-bougie-tube technique (preferred over needle cricothyroidotomy per DAS 2015 update; 10 blade scalpel — horizontal stab incision through cricothyroid membrane — bougie — size 6.0 cuffed ETT — cuff inflation — capnography confirm); jet ventilation (manual transtracheal jet ventilation MTTJV — Enk Oxygen Flow Modulator, Sanders injector — only in CICO as bridge to surgical airway): risk of barotrauma and surgical emphysema — used only when CICO and surgical airway being prepared.

Regional anaesthesia — ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks: USGRA (Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anaesthesia) is now standard for most peripheral blocks; machines: Sonosite Edge II, GE Vscan Extend, SonoSite iViz (point of care echo also used for LUS — lung ultrasound, cardiac echo for haemodynamic assessment peri-operatively); key blocks by surgery type (should be cited by name on CV): Upper limb: interscalene brachial plexus block (shoulder and proximal humerus; phrenic nerve palsy 100% — avoid if contralateral phrenic palsy, severe COPD, single lung), supraclavicular brachial plexus (hand, forearm, distal humerus), infraclavicular brachial plexus (elbow, forearm), axillary brachial plexus (hand and forearm — safest, minimal lung proximity), wrist blocks (3 nerves: median, ulnar, radial nerve), digital nerve block; Lower limb: femoral nerve block (anterior thigh and medial calf — quadriceps weakness), adductor canal block (saphenous nerve — knee analgesia without quadriceps weakness — FAST HUR and ADDUCTOR CANAL trial evidence for TKR analgesia), IPACK (Infiltration between Popliteal Artery and Capsule of Knee — posterior capsule analgesia for TKR), popliteal sciatic block (foot and ankle), ankle block (5 nerves: deep peroneal, superficial peroneal, tibial, sural, saphenous), PENG block (Pericapsular Nerve Group — hip joint capsule analgesia for hip fracture and THR — pubic eminence approach — iliacus fascia plane), fascia iliaca block (FIB — hip fracture; infrainguinal vs suprainguinal approach — suprainguinal distributes to obturator nerve more reliably); Trunk and abdominal: TAP block (Transversus Abdominis Plane — subcostal, lateral, posterior approaches; for lower abdominal and laparoscopic surgery analgesia), ESP (Erector Spinae Plane block — VATS, thoracotomy, rib fracture pain, abdominal — T4-T8 target level; injectate spreads to intercostal nerves and dorsal rami), PECS I and II (Pectoral Nerve block — breast surgery; PECS II — type II: serratus plane + pectoral fascia plane), Serratus Anterior Plane block (SALB/SAPB — thoracoscopy, rib fractures, VATS), QL block (Quadratus Lumborum — abdominal wall, hip; Types 1-3 by needle approach), rectus sheath block (midline abdominal incision, laparoscopy port site analgesia); spinal and epidural: labour epidural (Bupivacaine 0.1% + Fentanyl 2 mcg/ml PCEA, 10ml bolus, 5ml background, 20-minute lockout), combined spinal epidural (CSE — walking epidural, CSEC), intrathecal opioids (morphine 100-200 mcg intrathecal for CSEC — 24-hour analgesia), spinal for total knee/hip (hyperbaric bupivacaine 2-3ml, fentanyl 20 mcg or morphine 100 mcg intrathecal).

Cardiothoracic, neuroanaesthesia, and obstetric subspecialty credentials: Cardiothoracic anaesthesia: CPB (Cardiopulmonary Bypass) — arterial cannula (aorta/axillary), venous cannula (right atrium/bicaval), cardioplegia, temperature management, separation from bypass (inotropic support, de-airing, TEE-guided), protamine reversal; TOE (transoesophageal echo — TEE in US): perioperative TOE is mandatory for cardiac surgery; BCAS or ASE TOE accreditation; key views: ME 4-chamber, ME 2-chamber, ME LAX, Transgastric SAX — LV systolic function, regional wall motion, right heart, aorta, valves; IABP (Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump) management and ECMO (VV and VA) as for ICU; TIVA (Total IntraVenous Anaesthesia) — target-controlled infusion (TCI): propofol (Marsh or Schnider model — Schnider preferred for weight-effect-site target), remifentanil (Minto model), ketamine (Domino model); BIS (Bispectral Index) and entropy monitoring for depth of anaesthesia — NICE TA367 (EEG-based monitoring) for TIVA to reduce awareness; Neuroanaesthesia: ICP management, TIVA preference (isoflurane/sevoflurane cerebral vasodilation may increase ICP — TIVA preferred for raised ICP surgery), awake craniotomy (patient cooperation during tumour resection in eloquent cortex — speech mapping, motor mapping); Obstetric: rapid sequence induction (RSI — modified technique for pregnant patients: ramped position, preoxygenation to EtO₂ >90%, rocuronium 1.2 mg/kg — instead of succinylcholine if Sugammadex available, cricoid pressure — Sellick's, thiopentone 5-7 mg/kg or propofol 2 mg/kg); postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) management: uterotonic agents (Syntocinon 5 IU IV bolus — avoid rapid bolus — Obstetric Anaesthetists' Association OAA guideline; carboprost 250 mcg IM; ergometrine 500 mcg IM in non-hypertensive; misoprostol 800 mcg SL); tranexamic acid (TXA) 1g IV within 3 hours (WOMAN trial); Haemostatic resuscitation MHP activation; OAA/AAGBI Obstetric Anaesthesia training including the simulated PPH scenario and Grade 1 CSEC (immediate threat to mother or baby) management.

Non-obvious truth — AFOI volume and case complexity documentation: Awake Fibreoptic Intubation is the DAS-recommended technique for anticipated difficult airway and is documented as a core FRCA curriculum competency (final outcome 13.4). Despite this, AFOI volume and technique detail are absent from the vast majority of anaesthetist CVs. The consequence is that shortlisting panels for airway-intensive posts (ENT, maxillofacial, head and neck, thoracic, difficult airway clinic) cannot distinguish a candidate who has performed 45 independent AFOIs from one who has assisted at three and observed the rest. AFOI is a skill that requires deliberate practice, specific topicalisation expertise, and sedation technique knowledge — none of which is communicated by "airway management skills." An anaesthetist who performs AFOI regularly for difficult airway patients (post-radiotherapy neck, severe OSA with Mallampati 4, large tongue, fixed cervical spine) and who can describe their topicalisation and sedation technique in detail is demonstrably prepared for the independent difficult airway management that major airway centres need. Stating AFOI case volume (with nasal vs oral approach, topicalisation method, sedation agent and dose target) provides evidence that would otherwise only emerge at the clinical interview.

Anaesthesiologist salary context 2026: UK CT1–2 Anaesthetics: £43,923; ST3–7: £50,000–£62,000; Consultant Anaesthetist (NHS): £99,000–£126,000; private practice supplement: £30,000–£80,000+; US Anesthesiology Resident: $68,000–$85,000; US Anesthesiologist (Attending): $360,000–$480,000; US Cardiac Anesthesiologist: $400,000–$600,000+; US Pain Physician (Interventional): $350,000–$550,000.

ATS Keywords for an Anesthesiologist Resume

  • Title variants: Anaesthetist, Anesthesiologist, Consultant Anaesthetist, Attending Anesthesiologist, Anesthesiology Attending, Anaesthetic Registrar, ST Anaesthetics, Core Anaesthetic Trainee, CT1 Anaesthetics, Cardiothoracic Anaesthetist, Obstetric Anaesthetist, Paediatric Anaesthetist, Regional Anaesthesia Fellow, Pain Physician, Intensivist, ICU Physician
  • Registration: GMC, Specialist Register, CCT, CESR, ABA, board certified anesthesiologist, state medical license, DEA
  • Examinations: FRCA, Primary FRCA, Primary FRCA MCQ, Primary FRCA OSCE, Final FRCA, Final FRCA Written, Final FRCA SOE, FFICM, FICM, ABA BASIC, ABA ADVANCED, ABA APPLIED, DEAA, EDAIC
  • Airway: airway management, difficult airway, AFOI, awake fibreoptic intubation, ATI, awake tracheal intubation, DAS guideline, videolaryngoscopy, C-MAC, GlideScope, McGrath, cricothyroidotomy, CICO, supraglottic airway, i-gel, LMA, fibreoptic, AFOI, topicalisation, spray-as-you-go, Krause, TIVA
  • Regional anaesthesia: regional anaesthesia, USGRA, ultrasound-guided, nerve block, interscalene, supraclavicular, axillary, femoral, adductor canal, popliteal sciatic, PENG, TAP block, ESP, erector spinae, PECS, serratus, QL block, rectus sheath, epidural, spinal, CSE, intrathecal, labour epidural, PCEA, bupivacaine
  • Cardiothoracic: CPB, cardiopulmonary bypass, cardiac anaesthesia, TOE, TEE, transoesophageal echo, one-lung ventilation, DLT, double lumen tube, OLV, IABP, ECMO, cardiac surgery
  • Obstetric: obstetric anaesthesia, labour epidural, CSEC, caesarean section, RSI, rapid sequence, PPH, postpartum haemorrhage, uterotonic, TXA, tranexamic, OAA, MBRRACE
  • TIVA and monitoring: TIVA, TCI, propofol, remifentanil, BIS, entropy, depth of anaesthesia, Marsh model, Schnider model, Minto model, effect-site
  • ICM/critical care: mechanical ventilation, ARDS, ARDSNet, CRRT, ECMO, VV ECMO, VA ECMO, vasopressor, norepinephrine, RASS, CAM-ICU, FICM, FFICM
  • Long-tail phrases: anesthesiologist resume, anaesthetist cv, anesthesiologist cv, consultant anaesthetist cv, anaesthetist resume, how to write an anaesthetist cv, FRCA cv, regional anaesthesia cv, cardiothoracic anaesthesia cv, obstetric anaesthesia cv, anesthesiologist resume 2026, anesthesiologist resume examples, ST anaesthetics cv

Placement: FRCA examination components individually in qualifications (all four events with dates). AFOI in a separate bullet in airway section with technique and volume. Named peripheral blocks with ultrasound guidance in regional section. TOE accreditation (BCAS/FFICM) in qualifications or skills. FFICM if dual CCT holder — not buried at end.

Anaesthesiologist CV Structure and Example Bullets

Section order:

  1. Registrations and Credentials — GMC Number + Licence to Practise; Specialist Register (CCT date); ALS (date); ATLS (if held — valuable for trauma and neuroanaesthesia posts)
  2. Qualifications — Primary FRCA MCQ (date), Primary FRCA OSCE (date), Final FRCA Written (date), Final FRCA SOE (date) — each individually; FFICM (if dual CCT); DEAA/EDAIC (if held); ABA BASIC, ADVANCED, APPLIED (US — each individually)
  3. Clinical Appointments — chronological; each post: dates, hospital, grade, subspecialty focus; volume context (weekly lists, theatre sessions, emergency on-call structure)
  4. Airway Management Skills — AFOI with technique and volume; videolaryngoscopy systems used; cricothyroidotomy training; difficult airway clinic involvement
  5. Regional Anaesthesia Competencies — specific blocks named by type; ultrasound machine used; volume estimates; neuraxial (epidural, spinal, CSE) competency; any RA fellowship
  6. Subspecialty Competencies — Cardiothoracic (CPB, TOE, IABP, ECMO), Obstetric (labour epidural, RSI for CSEC, PPH), Paediatric (neonatal, laryngeal stenosis), Neuro (awake craniotomy, ICP management), Pain (interventional procedures)
  7. TIVA and Monitoring — TCI agents and models; BIS/entropy use; NIRS for carotid surgery
  8. Research, Audit, and Teaching — publications; RCoA quality improvement; simulation faculty
  9. Leadership and Service — difficult airway clinic lead; regional committee; curriculum development

Three pages for ST/registrar posts; four to six pages for consultant applications with subspecialty experience.

Three example anaesthetist CV entries:

  • FRCA and registration header: "FRCA — Royal College of Anaesthetists: Primary FRCA MCQ: passed September 2019 (first attempt). Primary FRCA OSCE/SOE: passed March 2020 (second attempt — first attempt September 2019). Final FRCA Written: passed March 2023 (first attempt). Final FRCA SOE: passed September 2023 (first attempt). CCT in Anaesthetics: awarded January 2025. GMC Number: [XXXXXXX] — Full Registration with Licence to Practise; Specialist Register (Anaesthetics) — January 2025."

  • Airway management bullet: "Difficult Airway Lead (Trainee Representative — West Midlands Anaesthetic Training Programme, 2023–2024): AFOI — 48 procedures as primary operator (2019–2025): nasal approach (36 cases — preferred for supraglottic pathology and Mallampati 4 without mouth opening limitation); oral approach via Williams airway (12 cases — preferred for limited nasal passage or anticoagulated patients); topicalisation: lidocaine 4% nebulisation 20 minutes + Krause's technique (glossopharyngeal nerve at posterior tonsillar pillar) + spray-as-you-go through Olympus BF-TE190 working channel as scope advances; sedation: remifentanil TCI (Minto model, effect-site target 1.0–1.8 ng/ml) — allows cooperative patient during scope advancement; dexmedetomidine 1 mcg/kg loading dose over 10 minutes used in 4 patients with severe OSA (adequate sedation without respiratory depression); no failed AFOI in independent practice; ETT placement confirmed — capnography + bilateral breath sounds + CXR in immediate post-intubation period; developed departmental AFOI checklist (team: drug preparation, monitoring, fibreoptic scope check, back-up plan (videolaryngoscopy, surgical airway kit open)); AFOI trainer for 3 CT2 registrar trainees; videolaryngoscopy: C-MAC D-Blade (hyperangulated — Cormack-Lehane 3-4) and C-MAC Mac 3/4 blade (standard geometry); McGrath MAC (backup system); GlideScope Ranger (handheld); competency in all major hyperangulated and standard geometry platforms; cricothyroidotomy: ALSG simulation training (2022); scalpel-bougie-tube technique — practiced in simulation; familiar with DAS CICO algorithm including sequential steps before declaring CICO."

  • Regional anaesthesia bullet: "Regional Anaesthesia Focused Training (RAFT) programme — St James's University Hospital, Leeds (2022–2023): 12-month focused regional anaesthesia training; Sonosite Edge II (linear probe — 15MHz for superficial structures; curvilinear probe — 5MHz for deep structures, obese patients); Blocks competency achieved (ISCP sign-off as primary operator): Upper limb: interscalene (22 cases — all with diaphragm excursion screening pre-block; avoided in COPD patients with FEV1 <60% predicted); supraclavicular (38 cases); infraclavicular (14 cases); axillary (45 cases — preferred for hand surgery due to absence of phrenic nerve involvement); wrist block (28 cases — 3-nerve approach for complex hand procedures); Lower limb: adductor canal (64 cases — TKR primary anaesthesia and analgesia protocol); IPACK block (18 cases — posterior capsule knee analgesia for TKR); PENG block (34 cases — hip fracture and elective THR; pubic eminence approach; confirmed spread of dye to articular branches at cadaveric workshop, Oxford 2023); popliteal sciatic (42 cases — prone and supine approaches); ankle block (22 cases); Trunk: TAP (posterior approach — 55 cases for laparoscopic and open abdominal surgery); ESP (42 cases — T5-T6 level for VATS and rib fracture pain); Neuraxial: labour epidural (88 placed during ST3-4 obstetric rotation — PCEA protocol: bupivacaine 0.1% + fentanyl 2mcg/ml, 10ml bolus, 5ml background, 20-min lockout); intrathecal morphine 100mcg for CSEC (42 cases); combined spinal-epidural (CSE) for TKR and THR (28 cases); PDPH management: epidural blood patch (EBP) performed for 4 patients with PDPH grade 3 (severe, requiring bed rest) — 15-20ml autologous blood — success rate 100% at first EBP."

Three Anaesthetist CV Mistakes That Cost Consultant and Fellowship Posts

FRCA components not individually listed. FRCA consists of four separate examination events — Primary FRCA MCQ, Primary FRCA OSCE, Final FRCA Written, and Final FRCA SOE — each sat at a different time and each independently assessable. An anaesthetic registrar who has passed Primary FRCA both parts but has failed the Final FRCA Written twice is at a materially different training stage from a registrar who has passed all four events on first attempt. Yet almost every anaesthetist CV that mentions FRCA states it as a single entry: "FRCA (2023)" — which is ambiguous as to which components are complete, on which attempts they were passed, and what the current examination standing is. Training programme directors reviewing ORIEL applications and consultant appointment panels reviewing CVs for senior registrar posts specifically want to know whether all four FRCA events are complete and whether the trainee is on track. Listing each event individually with date and attempt number removes ambiguity and provides the relevant assessment information in the correct format.

Regional anaesthesia technique not named. Every anaesthetist with more than two years of post-primary training has performed regional blocks. The differentiation between candidates is not whether they do regional anaesthesia but which specific blocks they perform, on which surgical populations, with what ultrasound technique, and in what volume. A consultant post at a major trauma centre with a high orthopaedic caseload (TKR, THR, hip fracture) specifically needs an anaesthetist competent in adductor canal block, PENG block, IPACK, and popliteal sciatic — and an anaesthetic CV that says "experienced in regional anaesthesia and nerve blocks" cannot confirm this. A CV that says "adductor canal: 64 cases (TKR primary analgesia protocol); PENG: 34 cases (hip fracture and THR); IPACK: 18 cases; popliteal sciatic: 42 cases (foot and ankle list)" answers the post-specific question before the interview. The same principle applies to airway subspecialty posts needing AFOI, obstetric posts needing labour epidural volume and CSEC RSI experience, and cardiothoracic posts needing TOE and CPB competency.

AFOI volume absent despite regular practice. Awake fibreoptic intubation is the recommended technique for anticipated difficult airway per DAS guidelines — and is listed as a curriculum competency in the RCoA FRCA training outcomes. Most anaesthetic CVs list "experience in awake fibreoptic intubation" without stating the case volume, the technique (topicalisation approach, sedation agent and dose), or the scope type used. This is the equivalent of a surgical CV stating "experience in laparoscopic surgery" without naming the specific procedures or volumes. The anaesthetist who provides detail — "48 AFOI procedures as primary operator; nasal approach preferred (36 cases); remifentanil TCI Minto model, target 1.0–1.8 ng/ml; Olympus BF-TE190; no failed AFOI in independent practice" — is demonstrable competent in a high-stakes technique. The anaesthetist who states "experience in airway management including difficult airway techniques" has provided a description that covers every qualified anaesthetist in the country.

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