Anesthesiology Clinical Training
July 2010 – June 2011
CA-1 Year Curriculum
The CA-1 resident year emphasizes the principles of both general and regional anesthesiology necessary to function as an anesthesiologist.
New CA-1 anesthesiology residents undergo a 6-week orientation that includes a daily introductory lecture series and one-to-one attending supervision.
The CA-1 year is organized into discrete block rotations to ensure that every resident is exposed to all major areas of expertise. These rotations include general surgery, urology, airway management, gynecology, and orthopedic anesthesia in addition to prepoperative assessment and recovery room.
As more experience is gained, residents are expected to demonstrate increasing independence and insight as they are assigned to multiple focused clinical rotations.
Rotation | Hospital | Duration |
Introduction to Anesthesiology | Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH) | 2 months |
General Surgery | NMH | 1.5 months |
Urologic Anesthesia | NMH | 1 months |
Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) | NMH | 0.5 months |
Preoperative Assessment Clinic | NMH | 0.5 months |
Airway Management | NMH | 1 month |
Orthopedic Anesthesia | NMH | 1 month |
Neurosurgical Anesthesia | NMH | 1 month |
Gynecology & Surgical OB | Prentice Women’s Hospital (PWH) | 1.5 months |
Critical Care or | NMH | 1 month |
CA-2 Year Curriculum
The CA-2 year incorporates rotations in the subspecialties of anesthesiology, including pediatric, obstetric, cardiothoracic, and neurosurgical anesthesiology and neurosurgical critical care and chronic pain medicine.
Each clinical rotation is accompanied by an organized didactic program to ensure that the resident becomes both clinically proficient and knowledgeable about the fundamentals of each subspecialty.
Rotation | Hospital | Duration |
Cardiothoracic Anesthesia | NMH | 2 months |
Neurosurgical Intensive Care | NMH | 1-2 months |
Regional Anesthesia | NMH | 2 months |
Neurosurgical Anesthesia | NMH | 1 month |
Obstetric Anesthesia | PWH | 2 months |
Pain Medicine | Outpatient Pain Medicine Center | 0-1 month |
Pediatric Anesthesia | Children’s Memorial Hospital (CMH) | 3 months |
CA-3 Year Curriculum
The CA-3 year is designed to give the resident all the exposure necessary to develop into a perioperative physician and anesthesiology consultant by providing advanced training in transplantation/vascular, cardiothoracic, and neurosurgical anesthesia, cardiothoracic critical care and acute pain medicine as well as OR Management and OR Off Site training.
Seniors are offered five months of elective time including one-two months of research.
Mandatory Rotations | Hospital (s) | Duration |
Acute Pain | NMH | 1 month |
Vascular/Transplantation Anesthesia | NMH | 1 month |
Advanced Intensive Care | NMH | 2 months |
Ambulatory-Regional Anesthesia | NMH Ambulatory Surgery Center | 1 month |
Advanced Clinical Anesthesia, including OR Off Site (GI Lab, MRI, ECT, IR, EPS) and OR Management | NMH | 1.5 months |
Advanced Preoperative Assessment Clinic | NMH | 0.5 months |
Elective Rotations | ||
Ambulatory-Regional Anesthesia | NMH Ambulatory Surgery Center | 1 month |
Ambulatory Anesthesia | NMH Ambulatory Surgery Center | 1-2 months |
Advanced Cardiothoracic & TEE | NMH | 1-2 months |
Advanced Obstetric Anesthesia | PWH | 1-2 months |
Advanced Neurosurgical Anesthesia | NMH | 1-2months |
Advanced Pain Medicine (Outpatient) | NMH | 1-2 months |
Advanced Pediatric Anesthesia | CMH | 1-2 months |
Research | NMH | 1-2 months |
Clinical Base Year Curriculum (4-year Program)
Rotation | Hospital | Duration |
Emergency Medicine | NMH | 4 weeks |
Medical ICU | NMH | 4 weeks |
MICU Day Float | NMH | 4 weeks |
Neurosurgical ICU (Anesthesiology Team) | NMH | 4 weeks |
Cardiology Inpatient Medicine | NMH | 8 weeks |
Pulmonary Consults | NMH | 4 weeks |
Hematology-Oncology Ward | NMH | 4 weeks |
Ward Medicine | NMH | 8 weeks |
Ward Medicine | Veteran’s Administration Westside | 4 weeks |
Introduction to Anesthesiology | NMH | 8 weeks |