Anesthesia syllabus for MBBS in India (Competency based Education/CBME 2019)
Topics & competencies in Anesthesia for MBBS as per the CBME
Topic | Competencies | Practicals | Procedures for certification | Integrations |
1. Anaesthesiology as a specialty | 4 | NIL | Nil | V-1 / H-0 |
2. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation | 2 | 2 | Nil | V-2 / H-0 |
3. Preoperative evaluation and medication | 6 | 5 | Nil | V-1 / H-5 |
4. General Anaesthesia | 7 | 5 | Nil | V-3 / H-0 |
5. Regional anaesthesia | 6 | 4 | Nil | V-3 / H-1 |
6. Post-anaesthesia recovery | 3 | 3 | Nil | V-0 / H-1 |
7. Intensive Care Management | 5 | 5 | Nil | V-2 / H-4 |
8. Pain and its management | 5 | 5 | Nil | V-5 / H-2 |
9. Fluids | 4 | 4 | Nil | V-1 / H-2 |
10. Patient safety | 4 | 4 | Nil | V-2 / H-2 |
Total: 10 | 46 | 37 | NIL | V-20 / H-17 |
Sample of the detailed description of the competencies:
No | Competency | DLC | Teaching | Assessment | V/H |
AS5.2 | Describe the correlative anatomy of the brachial plexus, subarachnoid and epidural spaces | K-KH-Y | Lecture, Small group discussion | Written/ Viva voce | V: Human Anatomy |
AS5.3 | Observe and describe the principles and steps/ techniques involved in peripheral nerve blocks | S-KH-Y | Lecture, Small group discussion, DOAP session | Written/ Viva voce | V: Human Anatomy |
AS5.4 | Observe and describe the pharmacology and correct use of commonly used drugs and adjuvant agents in regional anesthesia | S-KH-Y | Lecture, Small group discussion, DOAP session | Written/ Viva voce | V: Pharmacology |
- Abbreviations & details:
- No & Competencies: No – serial number of the competency with subject/topic coding, & Competencies – description of competencies
- Domain/level-Core (DLC):
- Domain (Identifies the domain): K- Knowledge, S – Skill, A – Attitude/professionalism, C- Communication.
- Level (Identifies the level of competency): K – Knows, KH – Knows How, SH – Shows how, P- performs independently.
- Core: Y – must achieve/compulsory, N – non-core/desirable/optional
- Skills required to certify: P – many procedures must be done independently for certification/ graduation.
- Integration: V – Vertical Integration, H – horizontal integration.
General Objectives of Anesthesia for MBBS
- The purpose of anesthesia:
- To give students knowledge of basic concepts used in anesthesia
- To teach them skills of airway management and vascular access that may be useful to them in other areas of medical practice.
- Objectives (Knowledge) students should be able to:
- Introduce principles of acute medicine as it is practiced in managing the anesthetized patient in the operating room and in managing the patient in the recovery unit.
- Discuss and demonstrate principles of applied physiology and applied Simulation on Human patient Simulator (HPS) Is ideal to teach many aspects of applied physiology and
pharmacology. - Review principles of and teach skills in resuscitation (cardiopulmonary, cerebral, fluid and others).
- Teach care of the unconscious patient, including airway and ventilation
- Teach management of blood ,fluid, electrolyte balance , and metabolic disturbances in the surgical patient, with specific emphasis on those derangements which are encountered in the anesthetized patient.
- Review management of acute and chronic pain
- Introduce concepts of drug interactions, especially as they apply to patients receiving anesthesia
- Demonstrate the evaluation of patients relative to surgical and anesthetic risk.
- Introduce the various techniques of anesthesiology
- Introduce the various techniques of anesthesiology
- Pharmacology of muscle relaxant, application and monitoring
- Pharmacology: Basic / Applied of local anaesthetics : Various types of blocks advantages / Problems with each. Descriptive for same main blocks. Local inflitration , Brachial Plexus, Caudal
- Objectives (Skill) students should be able to:
- Maintenance of Clear airway
- Bag-Mask Ventilation
- Starting A Venous Access
- CPR — Basic and advanced
- Giving a simple infiltration block, Some nerve block
- Performing A lumbar puncture
Teaching and learning methodology in Anesthesia for MBBS
- Details of the competencies, lectures, practicals & skills to be acquired are mentioned in the table given above.
- Teaching Learning Method:
- Learner centric didactic lectures with Vertical/horizontal integrations (CBME).
- Tutorial & Seminars
- Problem-based Learning (PBL) & Small group discussions (especially focus on practical & clinical implications of the knowledge through cases)
- Conventional Practical classes & DOAP session (Demonstrate, Observe, Assess, Perform),
- Self-directed learning +/- multimedia aids (Audiovisual presentations).
- Seminars, symposia & quizzes.
Distribution of approximate teaching hours in Anesthesia for MBBS
- NBE provided the particulars of competencies, teaching methodology, Vertica/.horizontal integrations, AETCOM & Exam methodology however the distribution of hours per class/tutorial & practicals are left for the individual universities to be handled therefore subjected to inter-university variability.
- Total number of teaching hours: approximately 150 hrs (teaching hours & distribution might differ slightly per university).
- Theory:
Topic | Hours | |
1 | Introduction to Anesthesia | 2 Hours |
2 | History of Anaesthesia | 1 Hour |
3 | Pre-anaesthesia assessment and preparation | 2 Hour |
4 | Premedication | 1 Hour |
5 | Anaesthesia machine and related equipments | 2 Hour |
6 | Oxygen therapy and devices | 2 Hour |
7 | Spinal and epidural anaesthesia | 1 Hour |
8 | Local anaesthesia drugs and techniques | 1 Hour |
9 | General anaesthesia | 1 Hour |
10 | Endotracheal intubation | 2 Hours |
11 | Introduction to ventilators | 1 Hour |
12 | Care of unconscious patient. | 1 Hour |
13 | CPR and emergency drugs for resuscitation | 2 Hour |
14 | Orientation to pain clinic, analgesics chronic pain and cancer pain management | 1 Hour |
- Practicals:
Skills | Hours |
1.I/V Cannulation | 5 |
2. Oropharyngeal/Nasopharyngeal Airway insertion | 10 |
3. Bag Mask Ventilation first on Mannekin | 5 |
4. Mask Ventilation in unconscious patient | 5 |
5. Attaching pulse oximeter,BP cuff and ECG | |
6. electrodes and setting up a monitor | 5 |
7. Lumbar puncture | 2 |
8. Infiltration block | 2 |
9. Demonstration of epidural/nerve block | 2 each |
10. LMA insertion demo | 5 |
11. Intubation demo | 5 |
12. CPR on mannekin | 5 |
Examination pattern & marks distribution in Anesthesia for MBBS
- Exam pattern:
- The formative or internal assessment will not be added to the university examination marks.
- Should score 50 % & in theory and practical combined to be eligible to sit for university exams.
- University exam: Each subject will have two papers.
- 200 marks will be reserved for the theory of two papers.
- Another 100 will be reserved for either practical, oral, or clinical exam.
- Should secure 50 % in theory and practical to pass in university examinations
- The formative or internal assessment will not be added to the university examination marks.
- Formative Assessment:
- Theoretical assessment: clickers, one-minute papers, and muddiest point
- Practical/clinical assessment: one-minute preceptor (OMP) and/or viva voce.
- Scheduling: during teaching-learning activities & planned by the teachers on a day to day basis and modified depending on the tasks at hand.
- Internal assessment
- Theory: Written tests, should have essay questions, short notes, and creative writing.
- Practical / Clinical: practical/clinical tests, Objective Structured Clinica/Objective Structured Practical Examination (OSPE) and/or viva voce.
- Scheduling:
- Minimum Number of tests during the year: 2
- Clinical subjects should also be tested at end of each posting (EOP)-Theory and Practical
- There should be at least one short question from AETCOM in each subject
- One of the tests in Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology/Forensic Medicine & Toxicology/ Community Medicine should be prelim or pre-university examination
- Summative assessment (For Universities)
- Theory Papers: 2 papers for 200 marks
- Suggested combination of various types of question:
- Structured essays (Long Answer Questions – LAQ)
- Short Answers Questions (SAQ)
- Objective type questions (Various type of MCQs: < 20% weightage)
- Distribution of the competencies: The examiner must sample the contents appropriately from competencies.
- Suggested combination of various types of question:
- Practicals for 100 marks:
- Application-oriented exercises (Should not be simple tests of knowledge).
- Objective Structured Practical Examination (OSPE), One- Minute Preceptor (OMP), Directly Observed Procedural Skills (DOPS) etc. can be suitably modified for this purpose and/or viva voce.
- Scheduling:
- Theory Papers: 2 papers for 200 marks
List of recommended books in Anesthesia for MBBS
- “The book of Anaesthesia” edited by Alan R. Aitkenhead, David J. Rowbotham, Graham Smith published by Churchill
- “Fundamentals of Anaesthesia” edited by Colin Pinnock, Ted Lin, Tim Smith Published by Greenwich Medical Media
- Fundamental Principles and practice of Anaesthesia, Ed. Petter Hurtton, Cooper Butterworth, Published by Martin Dunitz,
- Principles and Practice of Anaesthesiology Edited David E. Longnecker Published by Mosby St.
Also watch:
- Lecturer in final year MBBS Anesthesia:
- Practical class in final year MBBS Anesthesia: