Getting that Diploma in Anaesthesia

congratulations to all those that have passed their DA recently. We are so proud and love watching you all achieve your academic goals !!

We asked our very own Dr Dawie Smith for some advice on passing and heres what he had to say !

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The DA is a quite a practical exam and they ask things that you see on a day to day basis at Steve Biko.

-Attend our morning meetings
-Read up on your cases for the next day, examples that came up are topics like TURP syndrome, Molar pregnancy which you would see in theatre.
-Do not get caught up in all the different resources, have a dedicated text book like Morgan and Mikhail and work through it. -Read the articles that are sent on our anaesthesia group
-Be present in theatre and know how to manage emergecies such as bronchospasm, laryngospasm, malignant hyperthermia
-Ultimately do your part, work hard, study hard and you will pass.

all the best and good luck to everyone writing.. reach out for help and remember you are not alone