Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine
The evaluation of anaesthetic drugs and techniques on the postoperative quality of recovery - also offered as MBSc
Supervisors: Prof Colin Royse
Project Site: The Royal Melbourne and Epworth Hospital campuses
Contact: Prof Colin Royse colin.royse@unimelb.edu.au
Project description: Improving postoperative quality of recovery is a major initiative in anaesthesia and perioperative medicine. Different anaesthetic drugs and different techniques will be evaluated in clinical trails using the Postoperative Quality of Recovery Scale (PostopQRS) as the measurement tool. This tool measures recovery from the patient’s perspective in physiological, emotive, nociceptive, functional and cognitive domains. Projects are already established, ethics in place and commenced.