Education and Conferences - Anesthesiology Residency

Education and Conferences - All Department of Anesthesiology faculty participate in an active and current didactic education program. Components of our didactic program include:

• CA-1 Lecture Series - Weekly two-hour lectures provide a comprehensive exposure to clinical anesthesiology. Residents are assigned reading material and led through discussion by a faculty member with expertise in the topic area. This lecture series is aimed at introducing first-year residents to the entire scope of the field of anesthesiology through guided lectures and reading in each subspecialty.

• CA-2/3 Lecture Series - Weekly two-hour lectures based on detailed texts in physiology, pharmacology, and the anesthetic implications of co-existing disease. This 24-month series of lectures guides trainees through in-depth discussions of the entire range of knowledge expected of a consultant in anesthesiology.

• Anesthesia Grand Rounds and Morbidity and Mortality Conferences - Departmental Grand Rounds are held on a weekly basis, bringing together all of the members of the department. Grand Rounds presentations feature visiting professors, non-departmental UVM/Fletcher Allen faculty, and Departmental faculty. Morbidity and mortality conferences are case-based and are aimed at learning more from problems and challenges that have arisen in the course of delivering clinical care.

• Journal Club – This monthly conference is held on a weekday evening at the home of a faculty member. Residents are assigned articles and asked to present a brief synopsis of the published findings in an informal discussion style. Critical elements of our Journal Club include highlighting research design and statistical considerations with a goal toward developing skills in critical analysis of scientific literature.

• Key Words – This monthly conference is intended for all residents and is a systematic review of the American Board of Anesthesiology key word phrases. With faculty supervision, assigned reading material is reviewed in the context of ABA in-training examination-style questions.

• Thursday Morning Clinical Conference – This is a weekly conference in which interesting cases are discussed by residents with the Program Director and other faculty members. Emphasis on sharing experiences and providing an evidence-based approach for patient management is encouraged.
• Simulation - Department faculty are involved in the College of Medicine's newly opened Clinical Simulation Center and each week a subset of residents experience a simulation session.

• Regional and National Meetings – Our residents are encouraged and supported to attend regional and national meetings during the course of their residency. Two annual regional meetings, the Vermont Perspectives in Anesthesia and The Northern New England Critical Care Conference, are organized by Departmental faculty.