M.Sc. (Anaesthesia & Operation Theatre Technology)

OVERVIEW

Course description

MSc in Anaesthesia and Operation Theatre Technology is a 2-year course designed to provide in depth knowledge & impart skills for working under supervision of the consultant Anaesthesiologist as well as preparation of operation theatre before & during an elective or emergency surgery Both in Anaesthesia & Surgery side. The post-graduate student must take part in seminars, short topic discussions, case discussions, journal club presentations and clinical postings.

This program will help the students with forming a strong base in anesthesia technology which will equip them with the skills of choosing the right anesthetic that should be given to any patient based on their medical condition. They also gain a good knowledge of the correct equipment that needs to be used and the dosage of the anesthetic that they would be giving. They will be able to prepare project proposal with selected research design and interpret the evaluate outcome measures (using sound data processing techniques and statistical methods). He/she will be able to practice in their specialty area with advanced knowledge and skills.

The outcomes of the course are:

Understand the safe anesthesia &surgical techniques for various elective and emergency procedures in and outside the operation theatre.
Obtain knowledge about the proper functioning of various anesthetic equipment's such as the workstation, anesthesia monitors, ventilators, syringe pumps etc.
They are trained to do all the procedures & also can administer anaesthetic drugs & advanced anaesthesia techniques under supervision of Anaesthesiologists.
Perform Basic skills of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, post-operative and intensive care unit.
Learn the basic & advanced skills of various surgical procedures including the surgical instruments used in the surgical procedures.
Perform Quality control procedures and to maintain asepsis.
The course is designed as a full-time residency program with responsibilities in managing the patients in the intraoperative and postoperative periods.
Operation theatre technologists are required over all emergency clinics and hospitals to assist medical procedures like general surgery, plastic surgery, neurosurgery, gynaecology surgery, cardiothoracic surgery so on.

Focus

As part of the curriculum, students are posted to relevant departments of the hospital and gain exposure to the actual working of the department at the organisation.
Focuses on performance-based outcomes pertaining to operation theatre technology.
Patient care, Airway Equipment, monitoring devices are presently areas where research is oriented for Anaesthesia and Operation Theatre Technology a the postgraduates have ongoing research activities in these fields.