The Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine offers a well rounded educational program during residents' training.

Mondays
4 p.m. – 5 p.m.

• CA-1 & CA-2 Residents:  Anesthesia Core Curriculum

• CA-1, CA-2, & CA-3 Residents:  Problem-based learning, mock orals, case discussions, morbidity and mortality conferences, journal club, and written board reviews

Tuesdays
6:45 a.m. - 7:45 a.m.

• Departmental Grand Rounds

Wednesdays
6:10 a.m. - 7:00 a.m.

• CA-3 Residents:  Advanced Topics in Anesthesia

CA-1 Curriculum

• Mastery of the clinical basics of anesthesia
• Weekly Monday didactic lectures
• Anesthesia knowledge test
• Annual in-training examination
• Clinical assignment to general anesthesia cases
• Biannual meeting with mentor

CA-2 Curriculum

• Mastery of subspecialties of anesthesia: four-week rotations in cardiac anesthesia, pediatric anesthesia, obstetric anesthesia, pain management, regional anesthesia, ambulatory anesthesia, post-care anesthesia, and transplant anesthesia
• Two four-week critical care medicine rotations
• Anesthesia knowledge test
• Annual in-training examination
• Clinical assignment to cases on subspecialty rotations, call on subspecialty rotations
• Biannual meeting with mentor

CA-3 Curriculum

• Weekly Wednesday advanced topics in anesthesia
• Demonstrated mastery of general and subspecialty anesthesia
• Demonstrated mastery of general and subspecialty anesthesia clinical and techniques
• Demonstrated mastery of application of theoretical materials in the clinical setting
• Rotation to Shriners Children Hospital
• Four-week cardiac anesthesia rotation
• Four-week pediatric anesthesia rotation
• Anesthesia knowledge test
• Annual in-training examination
• Clinical assignment to advanced and complex cases, specialty and general call
• Biannual meeting with mentor
• Senior project