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Clinical Base Year

Twelve months of non-anesthesia training are required for entry into the ABA examination system. Anesthesia residents entering at the PGY-1 level via the NRMP receive clinical base year training at affiliated hospitals of Baylor College of Medicine. The clinical base year is designed to expose residents to a variety of inpatient and outpatient clinical settings which provide a foundation upon which anesthesiology training can be built. Residents rotate through the departments of Medicine (General, ICU, Cardiology, Pulmonary, Gastroenterology, Hematology, Nephrology, Infectious Disease), Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics (Inpatient), Pathology (Transfusion and Blood Bank) and ENT (Outpatient).

Clinical Anesthesia Continuum

Residents rotate through all of the participating hospital services during the clinical anesthesia training period. During the first 12 months of clinical anesthesia training, residents focus on learning the fundamentals of anesthetic management of patients undergoing elective and emergent general, ophthalmologic, plastic, ENT, oral, orthopedic, gynecologic, cariovascular, obstetric, and urologic surgery. During the next 12 months of training, residents learn to manage increasingly complex patients undergoing pediatric, cardiothoracic, and neurosurgical procedures, and obtain extensive experience in pain management, critical care, and regional anesthetic techniques. During the final 12 months of anesthesia training, residents tailor the clinical experience to meet individual interests while meeting the challenge of managing patients in a variety of clinical settings.

All residents perform pre-anesthetic evaluations and post-anesthetic rounds in direct consultation with the faculty. Residents are given graduated responsibility for the independent provision of anesthetic care based upon progress in the training program. Faculty members are continuously available for consultation and supervision.