SECTION 1: Basic sciences 1 General principles of pharmacology 2 Data, statistics and clinical trials 3 Inhalational anaesthetic agents and medical gases 4 Intravenous anaesthetic and sedative drugs 5 Local anaesthetics 6 Physiology and pharmacology of pain 7 Nausea and vomiting 8 Muscle function and neuromuscular block 9 Cardiovascular system 10 Respiratory system 11 Renal system 12 Fluid, electrolyte and acid-base balance 13 Metabolism, stress responses and thermoregulation 14 Blood, coagulation and transfusion SECTION 2: Physics and apparatus 15 Basic physics for the anaesthetist 16 Anaesthetic apparatus 17 Clinical measurement and monitoring SECTION 3: Fundamentals of anaesthesia & perioperative medicine 18 Quality and safety in anaesthesia 19 Preoperative assessment and preparation 20 Intercurrent disease and anaesthesia 21 Consent and information for patients 22 The practical conduct of anaesthesia 23 Airway management 24 Pain management 25 Local and regional anaesthetic techniques 26 Complications during anaesthesia 27 Management of critical incidents 28 Resuscitation 29 Point-of-care ultrasound 30 Postoperative and recovery room care 31 Sustainability SECTION 4: Clinical anaesthesia 32 Anaesthesia for the older person and/or those living with frailty 33 Anaesthesia for the patient with obesity 34 Paediatric anaesthesia 35 Anaesthesia for day surgery 36 Anaesthesia for general, gynaecological and genitourinary surgery 37 Anaesthesia for orthopaedic surgery 38 Anaesthesia for ear, nose and throat, maxillofacial and dental surgery 39 Anaesthesia for ophthalmic surgery 40 Anaesthesia for vascular, endocrine and plastic surgery 41 Anaesthesia for neurosurgery 42 Anaesthesia for thoracic surgery 43 Anaesthesia for cardiac surgery 44 Obstetric anaesthesia 45 Emergency and trauma anaesthesia 46 Anaesthesia in resource-poor areas 47 Anaesthesia outside the operating theatre 48 Anaesthesia and organ transplantation 49 Intensive care