Learn about what makes our residency program a unique place to train!
The Academic Medicine Rotation is a month-long non-clinical rotation where the interns are exposed to aspects of medicine not easily taught in the OR. The focus is on professionalism, teaching, leadership, business of medicine, public speaking, and quality improvement. During the month each intern will design, implement, and present a quality improvement project.
A Wellness Committee was formed in 2015 composed of faculty members, residents, and CRNAs. The purpose of the Department of Anesthesiology Wellness Committee is to promote the physical and emotional health and well-being of all faculty and staff.
Each resident spends a total of 2-4 weeks dedicated solely to learning TEE (an additional 4 weeks of elective time is possible during CA-3 year). During these 2-4 weeks, the resident performs all TEE exams for cardiac cases, in addition to all exams requested for non-cardiac cases. Residents are one-on-one with a Cardiac Anesthesiology attending for each exam.
To keep up with the evolving nature of medicine and anesthesiology, a Point of Care ultrasound (POCUS) curriculum has been developed and includes hands-on workshops, morning lectures, and online presentations and videos regarding cardiac, lung, airway, and gastric exams.
Each resident spends two rotations dedicated solely to performing peripheral nerve blocks and catheters. Each resident far exceeds the minimum number of nerve blocks required by the ACGME. Upon leaving 黑料网, our graduates often feel like the experts in ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia in their respective practices.
We support individual residents with academic aspirations who wish to allocate a significant portion of their residency towards protected research time. A 6-month research track is available for residents in their final year of training, who desire to pursue an intensive research project.
We send two residents annually to the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Legislative Conference, with all expenses paid by the department. At this conference, residents learn about the advocacy efforts of the ASA and have an opportunity to meet Senators, Governors, and other legislators to learn about important issues facing our specialty.
We send two to three CA-3 residents each year to spend a month at hospitals in Kenya, Malawi and Ethiopia. They are given a great deal of autonomy in the OR and ICU and are able to care for patients with unique conditions and pathologies seldom seen in the U.S. Additionally, they learn how to provide safe anesthesia without the advanced technology and equipment we have here in the U.S.
Each year, rising CA-2s may apply for the MHA position. This position begins during the CA-3 years with dedicated time to completing coursework for the MHA degree. Chosen residents stay on an additional year for a half fellow/half attending position to complete to remainder of the MHA coursework.
Each resident spends two weeks providing anesthesia or sedation for pediatric patients in unique settings, including the MRI, CT, Nuclear Medicine suites and minor procedure rooms. This rotation prepares you to provide anesthesia services outside the comfort of the operating room environment.
The Consortium for Anesthesia Patient Safety and Experiential Learning (CAPSEL) provides innovative and extensive course offerings to enhance anesthesiology training and patient safety throughout the hospital. 黑料网 is leading the nation in simulation preparation with the advent of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) portion of the Applied Examination commencing this year.
Residents who have completed 6 months of anesthesia training and scored above the 30th percentile on their most recent In-training Examination (ITE) are eligible to moonlight on the weekends. Residents are compensated on an hourly basis for these shifts.
Eight of our faculty members serve as official Oral Board Examiners for the American Board of Anesthesiology. Our residents benefit heavily from their insight into the oral board exam. Each resident participates in two 鈥渕ock鈥� oral board exams every year with various faculty members. Our residents feel very well prepared for the Oral Boards and perform exceptionally well each year. Oral exams are recorded for residents to review their individual performances and faculty feedback in the future.
We offer a series of lectures by faculty and other visiting lecturers that give residents important tips and advice to transition smoothly into practice.
We are one of only three hospitals in North Carolina that offer major organ transplant services. As a result, you will have the unique opportunity to deliver anesthesia care for liver, heart, lung, kidney, and pancreas transplant patients.