going back to the OR after 14 months

[heathermed]

hello everyone,

was hoping for some help.
Been a pain attending for the last 14 months exclusively due to needs of the group but we recently added some people so will be heading back to the OR a couple days a week.

I've been reviewing all my board exam materials and trying to freshen up.

Any advice on how to get back up to speed?

thank you!

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[pasto]

hello everyone,

was hoping for some help.
Been a pain attending for the last 14 months exclusively due to needs of the group but we recently added some people so will be heading back to the OR a couple days a week.

I've been reviewing all my board exam materials and trying to freshen up.

Any advice on how to get back up to speed?

thank you!

I would recommend spending a day or so shadowing a colleague. It may seem like a rookie move but no books can substitute reliving the flow of an OR day. While you’re shadowing, you’ll start to remember important aspects of clinical anesthesia (random drug doses, where emergency equipment is located, how to document everything, etc).

 

[anbuitachi]

hello everyone,

was hoping for some help.
Been a pain attending for the last 14 months exclusively due to needs of the group but we recently added some people so will be heading back to the OR a couple days a week.

I've been reviewing all my board exam materials and trying to freshen up.

Any advice on how to get back up to speed?

thank you!

do a retraining program

 

[MoMoGesiologist]

Ask the CRNA what they would do then just nod along and say "yup yup I was thinking the same thing"... you'll be back up to speed in no time!

 

[narcotics999]

Come on, just 14 months. Big deal.

Start with straightforward cases with healthy, skinny patients. Whatever you do, you can't kill them. You should be fine by the end of the day.

Motor memory is well preserved, even in demented human beings.

 

[aneftp]

It’s like riding a bike. Do your own cases have someone proctor you for 5-10 cases. By end of the week u will be fine. With the equipment available these days. Glidescopes, ultrasounds. The technical aspects of anesthesia isn’t hard.

 

[GAAA]

hello everyone,

was hoping for some help.
Been a pain attending for the last 14 months exclusively due to needs of the group but we recently added some people so will be heading back to the OR a couple days a week.

I've been reviewing all my board exam materials and trying to freshen up.

Any advice on how to get back up to speed?

thank you!

I went through the same thing in that I did an ICU fellowship then took 2 month off afterwards. That adds up to 14 month of no OR exposure.

I would recommend
1- Shadowing for a day,
2- Proctored with someone experienced for another 1-2 days. They could have their own rooms but at least you will feel like there is someone to bounce stuff of.
3- Look up the cases the day before as soon as you can then go over some manual to make sure you have a grasp of what to expect, I like using "Anesthesiologist's manual of surgical procedures".
4- In the morning ask your colleagues if they know which technique/way the surgeon does his thing and you will be all set.

Good luck
G

 

[2Fast2Des]

Prop roc tube

 

[psychbender]

Prop roc tube

Just jump right back in. Maybe just not a rapid-turnover peds ENT room the first day. This would be the time to ask for the DaVinci room with the slow GYN.

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[deleted697535]

Start with straightforward cases with healthy, skinny patients. Whatever you do, you can't kill them. QUOTE]

Hold on I wouldn't go that far now!! He is a pain attending...

 

[dhb]

This would be the time to ask for the DaVinci room with the slow GYN.

The patient might survive but he might not

 

[urge]

I would recommend spending a day or so shadowing a colleague.

More like a week or two.