Anesthesiology Residency Program

Clinical Training

CA-1/CA-2

MCG rotations include introductory lectures and beginning clinical anesthesia. Toward the end of the CA-1 and beginning of the CA-2 years, experience in the subspecialties is introduced. By the end of the CA-2 year, the resident will be experienced in all the subspecialties.

Critical care experience is included in these years with rotations in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit and the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. Both units are under the direction of anesthesiologists.

CA-3
The CA-3 resident is expected to participate in the educational and scholarly activities of the program and begins to assume responsibilities for planning anesthesia care and teaching and supervising other residents and students when appropriate.

Requirements: Clinical rotations in the CA-3 year must follow the successful completion of the Clinical Base, CA-1 and the CA-2 years.

Options

1. Advanced Clinical Track: Minimum of 6 months in advanced clinical anesthesia, 6 months in 1-3 selected subspecialty areas or additional complex anesthesia assignments
2. Subspecialty Clinical Track: 9-12 months in one subspecialty rotation along with up to 3 months of advanced clinical anesthesia
3. Clinical Scientist Track: 6 months of clinical and or laboratory investigative research and 6 months of advanced clinical or subspecialty rotations
   
   Election of options for the CA-3 year will be in consultation with the chairman and course director or his designee. In cases of duplicate requests, assignments will be decided by the Education Committee. Postgraduate teaching is limited to the residency program, but residents from other services may affiliate by appointment. Teaching of second-, third-, and fourth-year students is integrated with the Medical College of Georgia curriculum and is conducted by the anesthesiology faculty. Residents are expected to participate in medical student education.