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With the conclusion of my final year of residency training comes a time for reflection. I've written similar posts at the end of my intern year, CA-1/PGY-2 year, and CA-2/PGY-3 year, but this post is far more sentimental as I'm now done…
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Let me preface my response to the title by saying that I don't intend to compare physician anesthesiologists to nurse anesthetists or anesthesiology assistants in any capacity. We have our respective roles in the team-based approach to…
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In most academic settings, the operating room is composed of the surgical team (attending, fellow, residents), anesthesia team (attending, fellow, residents, nurses), techs (scrub tech, anesthesia tech), circulating nurses, students,…
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As seniors, we oversee our junior trainees' cases while coordinating the case flow through the operating rooms with our front desk during call shifts. While the junior residents and SRNAs check our "stat rooms" and emergent airway boxes…
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As members of admissions committees, we're obligated to provide applicants with an informative and representative experience of what our respective training opportunities are.
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