CA-1 year
The CA-1 resident will spend 8 months of the year in the
operating room where they will learn the basic skills associated
with providing anesthesia care to a wide variety of surgical
patients. Principles of patient pre-operative evaluation,
use and insertion of special monitors, as well as the physiology
of general anesthesia are stressed.
Additionally, the CA-1 resident spends 2 months on the labor
and delivery floor learning the principles of obstetric anesthesia,
regional blockade for vaginal and cesarean births, and neonatal
evaluation and resuscitation.
One month of the CA-1 year is spent with the Pain Service,
providing the resident with the opportunity to learn and
become proficient at a wide variety of nerve blocks, as well
as learn the principles of post-operative pain management.
The final month of the first year in anesthesia training
is spent in the Post Operative Care Unit, where the resident
manages a wide variety of patients and post-operative problems
while serving as an important liaison between the OR and
the recovery suite.
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CA-2 year
The CA-2 resident spends 8 months in the operating room,
where their responsibility for patient care will increase
commensurate with their abilities. This resident will
have extensive exposure to all types of cases, from complex
pediatric surgery, to major thoracic and vascular cases. To
this end, during this 8 month period, the CA-2 resident spends
1 month exclusively on pediatric anesthesia, and 1 month
of neuroanesthesia.
Three months of the CA-2 year are spent at the Ambulatory
Care Center, a free standing outpatient surgical facility
located 5 minutes from the medical center. At this
facility the resident learns the practice and principles
of anesthesia for outpatient surgery, experiencing a large
number of pediatric, orthopedic, gynecological, ophthalmic
and general surgery cases.
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CA-3 year
During this year, 4 months are allotted for elective time,
where the resident may pursue more in depth exposure to areas
of anesthesia they find interesting.
As a chief resident, 8 months of the year are spent in the
operating room, where the CA-3 resident is exposed to the
most challenging types of cases. Additional responsibilities
include the daily assigning of junior residents to specific
cases.
Autonomy is encouraged, and is commensurate with abilities;
the chief resident is often treated as a junior faculty member,
and functions as a liaison between the remaining faculty
and resident class as a whole.
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