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Alan Macfarlane
@ajrmacfarlane.bsky.social
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Anaesthetist | Past president RA-UK http://www.ra-uk.org | Hon Professor @UofGlasgow | Assoc Editorial Board BJA | Editor BJA Education
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Reposted by Alan Macfarlane
maffygirl.medsky.social
I have quite the topic for the #MedSkyDebate this weekend.
Do you use Chat GTP and how has it affected your practise??
ChatGTP did this infographic.
Is AI bad for us or can we use it to assist us?
Pro’s and Con’s.
This should be the best debate!!
August 8, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Reposted by Alan Macfarlane
rcoanews.bsky.social
Our Summer Bulletin is out now📥

Check out our interactive teaser 👉https://ow.ly/rv7g50Wj7Vs

And remember to check your mailbox for the full version 📥

#ansky #medsky
July 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Reposted by Alan Macfarlane
rcoa-cri.bsky.social
Don't miss this month's @rcoanews.bsky.social Bulletin, with plenty of @rcoa-cri.bsky.social research content including #NAP8 and #SNAP3 - lots of exciting work going on in the research department right now!
@iainmoppett.bsky.social @ajrmacfarlane.bsky.social
rcoanews.bsky.social Royal College of Anaesthetists @rcoanews.bsky.social · Jul 1
Our Summer Bulletin is out now📥

Check out our interactive teaser 👉https://ow.ly/rv7g50Wj7Vs

And remember to check your mailbox for the full version 📥

#ansky #medsky
July 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Reposted by Alan Macfarlane
emarianomd.bsky.social
I'm very happy to share that our new letter has been published - a great collaboration with @ajrmacfarlane.bsky.social and @dr-amit-pawa.bsky.social to improve patient safety in regional anesthesia

kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
June 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Reposted by Alan Macfarlane
rcoa-cri.bsky.social
#NAP8 are recruiting Local Coordinators at each hospital in the UK and Ireland. Visit rcoa.ac.uk/research/res... for information on the role and to register your interest!
@rcoanews.bsky.social @ra-uk.org @ajrmacfarlane.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Reposted by Alan Macfarlane
ra-uk.org
#RAUK25 in-person ticket sales close on 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟯𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱!!

Don’t forget to get your tickets and don’t miss out on an amazing conference!!

🤺Debate
👩‍⚕️Live demos
🧐Workshops

⏳ Closing Soon!
🗓️ Leeds, May 8-9th 2025
➡️ ra-ukmeetings.com
April 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Reposted by Alan Macfarlane
ra-uk.org
Check out the entire faculty for #RAUK25

We hope you are as excited as we are to see this amazing lineup - and that there are more women than men! 👩‍⚕️

Join us for our ASM this May!
🗓️ 8-9th May 2025, Leeds UK
➡️ ra-ukmeetings.com
#RASky
March 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
ajrmacfarlane.bsky.social
Great to see the ESRA board in Lisbon this weekend. Lots of discussions/hard work but also nice to get out for a quick run/see the sun/enjoy some nice dinners with the ESRA family 😎🤗

Join us in Oslo for the ASM in September

esracongress.com

@esra-society.bsky.social is is now on Bluesky 👍
March 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Reposted by Alan Macfarlane
ra-uk.org
We’re excited to announce that #RAUK25 tickets are selling fast to doctors across the UK & the rest of the world!

To celebrate we are giving away a FREE workshop place to 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲 #𝟭𝟬𝟬

Book today and grab that spot!

⏳Early bird closes soon
➡️ www.ra-ukmeetings.com
February 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Reposted by Alan Macfarlane
jennyferry.bsky.social
Pleased to report the Android version is now running too!

#planA is free for all (but you will need to register)

Everything unlocks with @ra-uk.org membership!

#RASKY
ajrmacfarlane.bsky.social Alan Macfarlane @ajrmacfarlane.bsky.social · Jan 31
It’s been SO much work by our board member Dr Sim West over so long I can’t even remember exactly when we started this!!

But very exciting the @ra-uk.org app is launching 🤩

Join up for full access (a bargain!) and also for discount on #RAUK25 registration 👇

www.ra-ukmeetings.com
February 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Reposted by Alan Macfarlane
ra-uk.org
#IWD2025
February 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
ajrmacfarlane.bsky.social
It’s been SO much work by our board member Dr Sim West over so long I can’t even remember exactly when we started this!!

But very exciting the @ra-uk.org app is launching 🤩

Join up for full access (a bargain!) and also for discount on #RAUK25 registration 👇

www.ra-ukmeetings.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Reposted by Alan Macfarlane
dr-amit-pawa.bsky.social
I have a series of 3 videos out:

Counting ribs: youtu.be/JqbS-eqxEss?...

Transverse PVB: youtu.be/AMHCqxP7-RU?...

Paramedian Sagiital PVB: youtu.be/Gkc7jqmAyew?...

All compliment our latest @bilih.bsky.social #BILIH #BlockItLikeItsHot episode! @jeffgadsden.bsky.social #RAsky #AnSky #POCUSky
January 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Reposted by Alan Macfarlane
dr-amit-pawa.bsky.social
Delighted that the long overdue infection control guidelines for RA & Pain are out.

So many Authors, Lots of Hard Work - and possibly some things that will spark debate!

Check them out!

#RAsky #PainSky #AnSky #POCUSky #MedSky #InfectionSky (made that last one up!)

rapm.bmj.com/content/earl...
ASRA Pain Medicine consensus practice infection control guidelines for regional anesthesia and pain medicine
Background To provide recommendations on risk mitigation, diagnosis and treatment of infectious complications associated with the practice of regional anesthesia, acute and chronic pain management. M...
rapm.bmj.com
January 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Reposted by Alan Macfarlane
rcoa-cri.bsky.social
A brilliant first meeting for the #NAP8 steering panel today. Lots discussed and some exciting things to work on!
@iainmoppett.bsky.social @ajrmacfarlane.bsky.social @rcoanews.bsky.social
January 21, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Reposted by Alan Macfarlane
iainmoppett.bsky.social
SNAP3:
We are delighted to share the first major publication from SNAP3: Characteristics of older patients undergoing surgery in UK @claireswarbrick.bsky.social @rcoanews.bsky.social @cri.bsky.social @uniofnottingham.bsky.social What does it tell us? 🧵 1/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39765405/ #AnSky
Characteristics of older patients undergoing surgery in the UK: SNAP-3, a snapshot observational study - PubMed
In the UK, one in five older patients undergoing surgery is living with frailty, and almost two-thirds of older patients are living with multimorbidity. These data highlight the importance of frailty ...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Reposted by Alan Macfarlane
jama.com
RCT: Perioperative intravenous lidocaine infusion did not improve the return of gut function after elective minimally invasive colonic resection.

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January 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Reposted by Alan Macfarlane
petermerjavy.bsky.social
💥 Incredible interest for ESRA-DRA Online 2A exam on 12th April 2025. The registration has only opened today and almost half of the 104 places available are gone. Do not wait and reserve you place now to avoid disappointment.
January 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Reposted by Alan Macfarlane
iainmoppett.bsky.social
The Centre for Research & Improvement @rcoanews.bsky.social is looking for a new Director and Deputy Director. NAPs, SNAPs, NELA, eFONA, CTN... We've got plenty of brilliant projects (and acronyms) to get your teeth into. Could this be you? #AnSky
www.rcoa.ac.uk/about-us/cur...
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Interested GIF by reactionseditor
giphy.com
January 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Reposted by Alan Macfarlane
bjaeducation.bsky.social
Learn more about the peripartum management of the patient taking anticoagulant medications with the #BJAEd article from Drs Reale and Farber www.bjaed.org/article/S205...
DEFINE_ME
www.bjaed.org
January 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Reposted by Alan Macfarlane
dr-amit-pawa.bsky.social
In our end of season episode of @bilih.bsky.social #BILIH #BlockItLikeItsHot

@jeffgadsden.bsky.social & I discuss Post-Block nerve injury and shout out Tom Quick, @ajrmacfarlane.bsky.social , @ra-uk.org & #NAP8!

Check out full episode open.spotify.com/episode/44vZ... or at usual pod provider!
January 6, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Reposted by Alan Macfarlane
bjaeducation.bsky.social
Read about the anaesthetic management of abdominal trauma with this excellent #BJAEd review article from Drs Edwards, Organ, Hancorn & Egan at www.bjaed.org/article/S205...
DEFINE_ME
www.bjaed.org
January 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Reposted by Alan Macfarlane
bjajournals.bsky.social
Interested in Science Communication & Social Media? We are recruiting Social Media Fellows to join the BJA & BJA Open team. #science #SoMe #anaesthesia #Ansky

www.bjanaesthesia.org/news-do/call...
December 29, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Reposted by Alan Macfarlane
bjajournals.bsky.social
In May, we published a special issue on #regional #anaesthesia in partnership with #RAUK24 #ansky

Check it out here: www.bjanaesthesia.org/issue/S0007-...
December 27, 2024 at 10:58 AM
ajrmacfarlane.bsky.social
Not sure the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 sugary treats @RCoA went down well today @rcoanews.bsky.social 🤣😬

📈Been busy few months behind scenes…

➡️Steering group formation
📄Draft protocol
✅Navigating regulatory pathways
💰Funding

😊Looking forward to appointing fellows and working with the team toward a ?2026 launch
December 18, 2024 at 5:19 PM