The Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine course aims to provide advanced professional education for anaesthetists which extends beyond the CCT curriculum and FRCA exam. The goal is to train students taking the course to develop the skills to become high achieving consultants and clinical leaders of the future by providing a blend of clinical knowledge with learning in the three key professional domains of Research, Leadership and Communication & Learning, along with the development of research and publishing skills. In particular, this course emphasises the developing nature of the profession by encompassing “perioperative medicine” within the title. This is reflected in the course content which aims to provide teaching in areas at the forefront of developments in health care practice and provision. It moves beyond the traditional hospital and theatre-based model of anaesthetic practice and introduces key advances in clinical care and the developing role of the Anaesthetist.