Joshua M Tobin1. 1. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of Anesthesiology/Division of Critical Care, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The board certification process for qualification by the American Board of Anesthesiology is undergoing significant review. A basic sciences examination has been added to the process and the traditional oral examination is evolving into a combined oral interview and practical skills assessment. These recent developments, as well as the growing body of evidence regarding the resuscitation of trauma patients, call for a revision in the curriculum beyond the documentation of participation in the anesthetics of 20 trauma patients. RECENT FINDINGS: The implications of the 80-h work week are beginning to be appreciated. The development of a new trauma curriculum must take this significant change in residency training into account while incorporating modern educational theory (e.g. simulation) and new data on the resuscitation of trauma patients. SUMMARY: Currently, the curriculum for trauma anesthesia requires only that residents participate in the anesthetics of 20 trauma patients. There is no plan for, and little literature regarding, a more extensive educational program. This offers a unique opportunity to innovate a novel curriculum in the anesthesiology residency. The American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Trauma and Emergency Preparedness has designed a curriculum that can serve as a template for this important step forward in anesthesiology education.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The board certification process for qualification by the American Board of Anesthesiology is undergoing significant review. A basic sciences examination has been added to the process and the traditional oral examination is evolving into a combined oral interview and practical skills assessment. These recent developments, as well as the growing body of evidence regarding the resuscitation of traumapatients, call for a revision in the curriculum beyond the documentation of participation in the anesthetics of 20 traumapatients. RECENT FINDINGS: The implications of the 80-h work week are beginning to be appreciated. The development of a new trauma curriculum must take this significant change in residency training into account while incorporating modern educational theory (e.g. simulation) and new data on the resuscitation of traumapatients. SUMMARY: Currently, the curriculum for trauma anesthesia requires only that residents participate in the anesthetics of 20 traumapatients. There is no plan for, and little literature regarding, a more extensive educational program. This offers a unique opportunity to innovate a novel curriculum in the anesthesiology residency. The American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Trauma and Emergency Preparedness has designed a curriculum that can serve as a template for this important step forward in anesthesiology education.
Authors: Annette Rebel; Amy Dilorenzo; Rob Isaak; Stuart Mcgrane; Kenneth R Moran; Edward C Mobley; Demicha D Rankin; Marjorie Stiegler; Arna Banerjee; Robert M Craft; Randall M Schell Journal: J Educ Perioper Med Date: 2018-04-01