Clinical Experience & Didactics
With such a wide variety of patients, cases, and facilities,
anethesiology residents at UT emerge with a well-rounded education and
proficiency in a broad range of anesthetic procedures and settings. Supervision
in the operating room is generally on a 1:1 or 1:2 level, depending on
rotation and individual skills. On average, each resident is involved
in 490 cases each year. With experinece and increasing proficiency, residents
tackle more chalenging cases with greater efficiency. The chart below
gives an overview of this rich clinical experience by providing the average
number of cases per resident for the 1999-2000 year.
| Average no. cases per resident per
year |
|
Rotations |
| Intra-abdominal |
122 |
|
CA-1 Year |
| Intra-thoracic |
50 |
|
12 months located at: |
| Intra-cranial/neuro |
15 |
|
The Regional Medical Center (the
MED) |
| Vaginal delivery |
30 |
|
The Veterans Administration Hospital
(TheVA) |
| Cesarean section |
17 |
|
Crump Women's Hospital |
| General anes. |
296 |
|
|
| Spinal |
30 |
|
CA-2 Year |
| Epidural |
10 |
|
1 mo. Cardiovascular |
| Other nerve blocks |
15 |
|
1 mo. Neuroanestesia |
| Monitored anes. care |
42 |
|
2 mo. Critical Care |
| Pain consults |
20 |
|
1 mo. Obstetrical Anesthesiology |
| Ambulatory anes. |
85 |
|
2 mo. Pediatric Anesthesiology |
| Less than 2 years |
30 |
|
1 mo. Pain Management |
| 2-12 years |
35 |
|
1 mo. Regional Anesthesia |
| Didactics
are a key element of the UT anesthesiology resident experience. The
program includes: an introductory lecture series designed to prepare
the CA-1 resident for the operating room work; a two-year continuum
of lectures in the clinical sciences which provides CA-1, CA-2, and
CA-3 residents with specific training in the anesthesiology subspecialties
and prepares them for board exams; a monthly journal club; and a monthly
Quality Assurance Conference and a monthly research symposium. |
|
1 mo. Post-Anesthesia
Recovery Room Care |
| |
| CA-3 Year |
| Subspecialty Track:
|
| Obstetrical anesthesia: |
| 6-9 months* |
| Pain Therapy |
| 6-9 months* |
| Pediatrics |
| 6-9 months* |
| Advanced Clinical
Track: |
| Minimum of 6 months* |
| -trauma |
| -obstetrics & gynecology |
| |
|
|
-pediatric anesthesiology |
| |
|
|
-Sr. resident Chandler OR in The
MED |
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|
-Sr. resident The Bowld |
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-Sr. resident The VA |
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|
Clinical Scientist Track |
| |
|
|
6 months research |
| |
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6 months in related advanced clinical
track |
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*Elective rotations complete the
schedule |
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