CA-1: Basic Anesthesia Training

In July of each year, the Department of Anesthesiology conducts a series of tutorial sessions for residents beginning their first year of Clinical Anesthesia. Each new CA-1 resident is paired with a higher-level resident who serves as the new resident's mentor during the first month of training. 

The first three months of the CA-1 year emphasize basic concepts and are devoted to fundamental aspects of anesthetic management. Subsequently, each CA-1 resident is selectively assigned to cases designed to provide graded experiences of increasing difficulty that progressively challenge the resident's clinical performance in the provision of anesthesia for :

• General surgery

• Gynecological surgery

• Orthopedic surgery

• Urologic surgery

• ENT/Ophthalmologic surgery

• Outpatient procedures

• Burn injuries

• Major Vascular surgery

• Neurosurgery

• Non-OR procedures

• Recovery room management