Temple Anethesia Res
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Temple anesthesia chief residents here. We wanted to open up a thread to tell you about our program, as well as answer any questions that you may have.
Temple University Hospital is a major academic center that performs a wide variety of cases in every surgical discipline. Collectively, the Temple Health System performs >12,000 inpatient surgeries and nearly 17,000 outpatient surgeries annually. Our clinical training primarily takes place at Temple University Hospital (TUH); a 722-bed tertiary care center situated in North Philadelphia. Temple University Hospital is the ‘safety net’ hospital to many in underserved patients in our community, while at the same time, it has earned the distinction of being destination care for many complex acute medical and surgical conditions. We enjoy a robust cardiac surgery service. Temple is the #1 lung transplant center by volume for the past 2 consecutive years and is a national leader in performing pulmonary thromboendarterectomies. With 335 annual solid-organ transplants annually, the anesthesia residents are exposed early to complex cases with high acuity including heart, lung, kidney, and liver transplants. Additionally, as a level 1 Trauma Center, our anesthesiology residents quickly become adept at resuscitation of critically ill trauma patients involving massive transfusion protocol. Our busy obstetric floor averages >2,600 births annually providing excellent obstetric anesthesia exposure. A busy orthopedic, vascular, and general surgery department allow significant exposure to regional anesthesia, and our residents perform many regional blocks for both intraoperative anesthetic and postoperative pain management. Pediatric rotations occur at the top-ranking Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) during CA-2 year, and St. Christopher’s Children’s Hospital during CA-3 year. Several elective rotations are offered to our CA-3 residents including multiple international electives in Kijabe Kenya, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, and Kigali Rwanda.
Our recently revamped didactic curriculum has greatly benefited our residents with a 100% board pass rate since changes have taken effect. The education program begins in the CA 1 year with an intensive one-month orientation program. Throughout the CA-1 year, a series of brief online lectures focused on ABA keywords provides complete exposure to the curriculum for the Basic Exam. Every Tuesday, residents of each class participate in a half-day didactic, simulation, or oral board/OSCE preparation activity, and several of our faculty have served as oral board examiners for the national exam. Our state-of-the-art simulation center at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine provides every opportunity to hone our clinical skills in a simulation environment including becoming oriented and adept at acquiring and recognizing standard basic echocardiographic views on the recently purchased an interactive transesophageal and transthoracic echo simulation model.
Every academic year, residents are given a two-week research block to pursue quality improvement or research interests, and residents are encouraged early in the CA-1 year to work on case reports for presentation at the ASA annual meeting. Participation at other regional and national anesthesia meetings is also supported and encouraged. The department subsidizes travel to these meetings for residents who are presenting authors. Last year we have sent residents to the ASA, SCA, SOAP, and ASRA annual meetings.
Our residents have demonstrated a propensity for leadership and success through various appointments on national, state, and hospital-wide councils, and our graduates have matched to many prestigious fellowships in every subspecialty (OB, acute pain, chronic pain, cardiothoracic, critical care). We feel that when you graduate from Temple’s anesthesiology residency, your clinical training will be second to none and you will be well positioned to pursue fellowship opportunities, take academic appointments, or join private practice.
We hope that our passion for the training offered at Temple is apparent, and we would be happy to answer any question you may have.
Temple anesthesia chief residents here. We wanted to open up a thread to tell you about our program, as well as answer any questions that you may have.
Temple University Hospital is a major academic center that performs a wide variety of cases in every surgical discipline. Collectively, the Temple Health System performs >12,000 inpatient surgeries and nearly 17,000 outpatient surgeries annually. Our clinical training primarily takes place at Temple University Hospital (TUH); a 722-bed tertiary care center situated in North Philadelphia. Temple University Hospital is the ‘safety net’ hospital to many in underserved patients in our community, while at the same time, it has earned the distinction of being destination care for many complex acute medical and surgical conditions. We enjoy a robust cardiac surgery service. Temple is the #1 lung transplant center by volume for the past 2 consecutive years and is a national leader in performing pulmonary thromboendarterectomies. With 335 annual solid-organ transplants annually, the anesthesia residents are exposed early to complex cases with high acuity including heart, lung, kidney, and liver transplants. Additionally, as a level 1 Trauma Center, our anesthesiology residents quickly become adept at resuscitation of critically ill trauma patients involving massive transfusion protocol. Our busy obstetric floor averages >2,600 births annually providing excellent obstetric anesthesia exposure. A busy orthopedic, vascular, and general surgery department allow significant exposure to regional anesthesia, and our residents perform many regional blocks for both intraoperative anesthetic and postoperative pain management. Pediatric rotations occur at the top-ranking Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) during CA-2 year, and St. Christopher’s Children’s Hospital during CA-3 year. Several elective rotations are offered to our CA-3 residents including multiple international electives in Kijabe Kenya, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, and Kigali Rwanda.
Our recently revamped didactic curriculum has greatly benefited our residents with a 100% board pass rate since changes have taken effect. The education program begins in the CA 1 year with an intensive one-month orientation program. Throughout the CA-1 year, a series of brief online lectures focused on ABA keywords provides complete exposure to the curriculum for the Basic Exam. Every Tuesday, residents of each class participate in a half-day didactic, simulation, or oral board/OSCE preparation activity, and several of our faculty have served as oral board examiners for the national exam. Our state-of-the-art simulation center at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine provides every opportunity to hone our clinical skills in a simulation environment including becoming oriented and adept at acquiring and recognizing standard basic echocardiographic views on the recently purchased an interactive transesophageal and transthoracic echo simulation model.
Every academic year, residents are given a two-week research block to pursue quality improvement or research interests, and residents are encouraged early in the CA-1 year to work on case reports for presentation at the ASA annual meeting. Participation at other regional and national anesthesia meetings is also supported and encouraged. The department subsidizes travel to these meetings for residents who are presenting authors. Last year we have sent residents to the ASA, SCA, SOAP, and ASRA annual meetings.
Our residents have demonstrated a propensity for leadership and success through various appointments on national, state, and hospital-wide councils, and our graduates have matched to many prestigious fellowships in every subspecialty (OB, acute pain, chronic pain, cardiothoracic, critical care). We feel that when you graduate from Temple’s anesthesiology residency, your clinical training will be second to none and you will be well positioned to pursue fellowship opportunities, take academic appointments, or join private practice.
We hope that our passion for the training offered at Temple is apparent, and we would be happy to answer any question you may have.
