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i was wondering how the programs handle the training of fresh new CA-1 residents and how you all got accustomed to it after a yr of no anesthesia as a pgy-1?
Starting the CA-1
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At Southwestern, we are given one to one supervision but you are in a room from day one (hey you have to get started sooner or later). Lectures on the basics are 4 times a week for three months plus weekly afternoon PBLD's, Q&A's, and simulator sessions for both basic and emergency skills. All are then shifted to advanced topics for the remainder of the year.
The senior residents function as mentors and if you are on an overnight call team, the call leader who is a senior resident, will provide you with more teaching. All in all I thought that I really began to feel comfortable by the second month. Lots of cases = lots of repetition and fewer mistakes as the year progressed.
The senior residents function as mentors and if you are on an overnight call team, the call leader who is a senior resident, will provide you with more teaching. All in all I thought that I really began to feel comfortable by the second month. Lots of cases = lots of repetition and fewer mistakes as the year progressed.
All of the general anesthesia texts provide that information.
Having read Baby Miller, Clinical Anesthesiology by Morgan & Mikhail, and parts of Barash, I would go with the Morgan & Mikhail text. It provides recommended medications for each type of case you do although the dosages may be in the clinical pharmacology section of the text.
I think that page for page, Morgan & Mikhail provides more info than other texts that can be read in a reasonable amount of time (i.e. not big Miller).
Having read Baby Miller, Clinical Anesthesiology by Morgan & Mikhail, and parts of Barash, I would go with the Morgan & Mikhail text. It provides recommended medications for each type of case you do although the dosages may be in the clinical pharmacology section of the text.
I think that page for page, Morgan & Mikhail provides more info than other texts that can be read in a reasonable amount of time (i.e. not big Miller).
