Looks like we are moving in the right direction

[urgewrx]

Resident Education Changes in Anesthesiology

In 2006, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) approved a new core anesthesiology curriculum with which programs must comply by July 2008. Notable changes in curriculum requirements include an increase from two to four months of critical care medicine and a change in pain medicine from one month of chronic pain clinic exposure to three months of pain medicine — one in chronic pain, one in acute pain and one in regional anesthesiology. Further, the curriculum includes a month-long new requirement in preoperative assessment and additional new months in cardiac anesthesiology, neurosurgical anesthesiology, obstetric anesthesiology and pediatric anesthesiology.
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[VolatileAgent]

Resident Education Changes in Anesthesiology

In 2006, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) approved a new core anesthesiology curriculum with which programs must comply by July 2008. Notable changes in curriculum requirements include an increase from two to four months of critical care medicine and a change in pain medicine from one month of chronic pain clinic exposure to three months of pain medicine — one in chronic pain, one in acute pain and one in regional anesthesiology. Further, the curriculum includes a month-long new requirement in preoperative assessment and additional new months in cardiac anesthesiology, neurosurgical anesthesiology, obstetric anesthesiology and pediatric anesthesiology.
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i know of more than a few programs that are going to struggle to implement all of that by 7/08.

 

[urgewrx]

i know of more than a few programs that are going to struggle to implement all of that by 7/08.

They'll probably need more people. What a wonderful reason to have AA's licensed in all states!

 

[Noyac]

UNM may not be on anyones radar as a top tier program but I did more than all of this during my residency.

SICU 4 months
MICU 1
PICU 1
NICU 1
Trauma (lots of ICU including Burn unit) 2
Pain 6
This includes my intern year. Everyone should look at the amount of CCM and pain they get from their programs. If they don't fill the bill, go elsewhere.

 

[VolatileAgent]

so did we. your list pretty much reflects my training experience, but not that much pain.

 

[Noyac]

so did we. your list pretty much reflects my training experience, but not that much pain.

I chose to do that much pain. I also did 1 month of research. My ICU knowledge is pretty much gone now but the pain knowledge is still there for the most part. I may just be behind in some of the newer stuff. But it definitely comes in handy with regards to in house pain issues.