Master of Perioperative Medicine M6033

Information regarding the capstone project is available on top of this web page. Information has been kept deliberately sparse to encourage you to think about what is relevant to your work and your institution and how you might use this opportunity to instigate change in your workplace. We are always very happy to discuss project ideas.

The word count is meant as a guide only and as an indicator of the amount of time and work that is expected for the project. Clearly if your project is presented as a (very) long essay or mini-thesis then the word count is relevant. However, if you include video, podcasts, information brochures, posters, business plans etc the assessors will make an assessment of the time that was likely involved in preparing such resources.

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• Development of a protocol for the care of #NOF patient.
• Development/extension of a perioperative medicine service for a hospital or a subgroup of patients (elderly, complex urology, hip fractures etc).
• Development of a geriatrician led perioperative service in a regional hospital.
• The association between post-anaesthetic care unit length of stay and post-operative deterioration.
• PCA and its effect on postoperative outcomes in older cohort of patients undergoing elective orthopaedic surgeries.
• Proposal to introduce point of care (viscoelastic) testing at a tertiary hospital.
• Prehabilitation for older patients having surgery.
• PAC training module for junior doctors.
• iSAP on complex geriatric patient concentrating on frailty and surgical outcomes, and advance care planning.
• The development of an ERAS/perioperative medicine pathway for major urology patients.
• Audit of time to surgery of patients with diabetic foot ulcers.
• The development of an ERAS/perioperative medicine pathway for major urology patients.
• Implementation of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Protocol for Cardiac Surgery.
• Factors associated with postoperative blood transfusions following renal transplantation.
• Anaesthetist led information sessions for obstetric patients on epidural analgesia during labour.
• ISAP - Management of a Jefferson's fracture in the context of dementia and newly diagnosed progressive supranuclear palsy.
• Assessing the risk factor for perioperative AKI and analysing the validity of simple postoperative AKI risk (SPARK) classification before non-cardiac surgery.
• Fit testing of N95 respirator for anaesthetist and anaesthetic nurses.
• Perioperative pathway for patients having elective hip and knee arthroplasty surgery.
• Perioperative management of the palliative patient undergoing surgery.
• What are the benefits of pre-assessment clinics?.
• Analysis of Patient Selection for Rapid COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) Testing
• Neuromuscular Monitoring Project.

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