The Council of the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland formally approved a change to the FCAI examination at their recent meeting on 19^th October 2018.

The regulation change comes into effect immediately and only impacts examination candidates that are registered on our National Specialist Anaesthesiologist Training Programme.

The updated regulation now reads:

“An individual is eligible to enter for the Final Examination leading to the award of Fellowship of the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland who:

• Has passed within 10 years preceding the current examination date, or is exempt from, the Membership CAI (previously known as the Primary). Please see exemption details at 2.2
• Has completed 36 months in the practice of anaesthesiology. Additionally, where the applicant is on the Irish National Anaesthesiology Training Programme, he/she must have completed 36 months within the training programme. A trainee who has completed 24 months on the training scheme can have 12 months’ consecutive pre-scheme clinical anaesthesiology experience accredited towards the Final exam as long as it has taken place post internship and in a hospital approved by the CAI.

Where a candidate has previously attempted the FCAI and is subsequently accepted onto SAT they will remain eligible for the FCAI.”