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Residency Program Overview
The Temple
anesthesiology residency is an advanced entry program, beginning at
the Clinical Anesthesia-1 (PGY-2) year. The program has 24
residents, 8 in each year. As residents progress from the CA-1
through the CA-3 year they receive progressive levels of
responsibility. Our goal is for each resident to develop sound
clinical judgment and technical skills. In the pages that
follow there will be a general description of the three clinical
anesthesia years, a table outlining the distribution of rotations
among the three years, and a description of the various subspecialty
rotations and divisions.
Clinical Base Training
Prior to entering the program, residents
are required to successfully complete a year of clinical base
training (PGY-1) in a specialty area acceptable to the American
Board of Anesthesiology. Most residents complete a
transitional year or a preliminary year in internal medicine or
surgery.
Clinical Anesthesia-1
Year
The CA-1 year begins with a nine-week
orientation period during which residents are assigned faculty
preceptors with whom they work one-on-one. The preceptors
provide basic instruction in preanesthetic evaluation, preparation
of the operating room for an anesthetic, and the conduct of and
recovery from anesthesia. Residents are initially assigned to
simple cases so that the fundamental principles of safe anesthetic
practice can be learned.
During the CA-1 year residents will
primarily be assigned to non-subspecialty anesthesia cases (e.g.,
orthopedics, general surgery, gynecology, plastic surgery, ENT, oral
surgery). As residents progress they will be assigned more
complex patients having more complex surgical procedures. The
subspecialty areas that will be introduced in the CA-1 year are
obstetric anesthesia, preanesthetic assessment clinic, and cardiac
anesthesia (for approximately 75% of the CA-1 class), and
post-anesthesia care unit. An outline of the distribution of
rotations among the three clinical years is provided on the next
page.
Clinical Anesthesia-2
Year
The CA-2 year is primarily devoted to
the subspecialties of anesthesia practice. Residents have
rotations in cardiac anesthesia, critical care, neurosurgical
anesthesia, pain management, pediatric anesthesia, regional
anesthesia, and more advanced non-subspecialty anesthesia, including
anesthesia for bariatric surgery and burn surgery.
Clinical Anesthesia-3 Year
In the CA-3 year residents choose either
the advanced clinical anesthesia
track or the clinical scientist track. The advanced clinical
track is designed to provide residents with advanced anesthesia
experience. Through a combination of required and elective
rotations residents have the opportunity to consolidate and expand
their clinical skills. Each resident is required to complete
rotations in cardiac and pediatric anesthesia and pre-anesthetic
assessment. Additionally, residents may request specific
subspecialty rotations. The program director makes every
effort to design a CA-3 for each resident that includes the
residents' requests.
The clinical scientist track allows the
resident to pursue clinical or basic science research for up to 6
months. Residents can chose to work with a faculty member on
an established project or can develop their own research project.
A resident is expected to complete a project that can be submitted
for publication. Our residents who have chosen the clinical
scientist track have frequently been able to present the results of
their work at regional and national meetings.
The pages below
explore the various subspecialty rotations and provide information
about residents' benefits and responsibilities.
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