Below is a growing list of notes from people just like yourself who have pushed through the books and tried to condense the syllabus into just a few hundred pages.

They’re all heroic efforts and you can be assured that each one of these people has passed or will pass because they did the leg work. If you just go off this, you might pass. I’m putting them up here for two reasons. Firstly, the idea of ritualistic burning of this number of hours of work once you get through cause a visceral reaction.

More importantly, these resources can be looked at as guide for how deep to go with your own reading. While we’re not part of the examination process, careful review of the college feedback gives the impression that these notes overshoot the required depth. I would rather be on that side of the divide and I expect you would too?

Notes from Candidates:

These are great. Credit has been given when possible. If I have it wrong, let me know.

These are from mixed anaesthetic ICU candidates, the syllabus is very, very similar, ignore them at your peril.

	Subject Matter	Bianca	Kerr
A	PHARMACEUTICS	Bianca – Pharmaceutical aspects and drug development
B	PHARMACOKINETICS	Bianca – Pharmacokinetics
C	PHARMACODYNAMICS	Bianca – Pharmacodynamics
D	VARIABILITY IN DRUG RESPONSE	Bianca – Variability in drug response Bianca – Pharmacological basis of poisoning
E	CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY	Bianca – Cellular Physiology
F	RESPIRATORY SYSTEM	Bianca – Respiratory Physiology Bianca – Respiratory pharmacology and therapeutic gases	Kerr – Airway management Kerr – Respiratory physiology and pharmacology
G	CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM	Bianca – Cardiovascular Physiology Bianca – Therapy of cardiac arrest, ischaemia and failure Bianca – Cardiovascular Pharmacology	Kerr – Cardiovascular physiology and pharmacology Kerr – Resuscitation, trauma, crisis management
H	RENAL SYSTEM	Bianca – Renal Physiology	Kerr – Renal physiology and pharmacology
I	BODY FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES	Bianca – Fluids and Electrolytes Physiology Bianca – Intravenous fluids
J	ACID BASE PHYSIOLOGY	Bianca – Acid Base Physiology
K	NERVOUS SYSTEM (including PAIN)	Bianca – Nervous System Physiology Bianca – Neuropharmacology Bianca – Pain Physiology Bianca – Pain Pharmacology Bianca – Anaesthetic Pharmacology Bianca – Local Anaesthetic Drugs	Kerr – Neurophysiology and pharmacology Kerr – Pain medicine Kerr – Regional and local anaesthesia Kerr – Paediatric anaesthesia
L	MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM	Bianca – Muscle Physiology Bianca – Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
M	AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM	Bianca – Pharmacology of the autonomic nervous system Bianca – Anticholinergic drugs Bianca – Anticholinesterease drugs
N	LIVER PHYSIOLOGY	Bianca – Liver Physiology
O	GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM	Bianca – Gastrointestinal Physiology Bianca – Gastrointestinal pharmacology Bianca – Anti-emetic drugs
P	NUTRITION & METABOLISM	Bianca – Nutrition and Metabolism
Q	HAEMATOLOGICAL SYSTEM	Bianca – Haematology Bianca – Drugs and coagulation Bianca – Chemotherapeutic drugs	Kerr – Haematology and immunology physiology and pharmacology
R	THERMOREGULATION	Bianca – Thermoregulation
S	IMMUNOLOGY & HOST DEFENSE	Bianca – Immunology Bianca – Histamine and Serotonin	Kerr – Haematology and immunology physiology and pharmacology
T	MICROBIOLOGY
U	ENDOCRINE SYSTEM	Bianca – Endocrine Physiology Bianca – Endocrine Pharmacology	Kerr – Metabolic and endocrine physiology and pharmacology
V	OBSTETRICS	Bianca – Maternal Physiology Bianca – Obstetric pharmacology Bianca – Foetal and neonatal physiology	Kerr – Obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia (including neonatal)
W	PRINCIPLES OF MEASUREMENT AND MONITORING	Bianca – Clinical Monitoring Bianca – Principles of Measurement	Kerr – Safety and quality in anaesthetic practice
X	PROCEDURAL ANATOMY
Y	PHARMACOPEDIA

Notes from the Web:

The following links come from departmental sites or pay sites. That doesn’t make them better.

If you have put in the massive effort of writing something for the syllabus and would like to contribute, please drop us a line. This is about helping others clear the barrier (and not pointlessly burning all those hours of effort you made on your notes in some post exam cathartic episode of pyromania!).

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