Didactic Program
The Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine offers a well rounded educational program during residents' training.
Mondays
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
- All Residents: Anesthesia Core Curriculum. 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
6:15 a.m. - 6:45 a.m.
- All Residents: Written Board Review, journal club, case discussion.
Curriculum
CA-1 Curriculum
- Mastery of the basics of clinical anesthesia
- Weekly Monday didactic sessions
- Anesthesia knowledge test
- Annual in-training examination
- Clinical assignment to general anesthesia cases
- Quarterly 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

