![]() Despite how hard we may work or how hard our day may have been, our patients are suffering from cancer or are about to have open heart surgery. Continue to exercise, get plenty of sleep and always remember why it is we do what we do. Because of how difficult this time can be, don t forget to continue to live your life. You have a whole department of people here to help you through this process never hesitate to ask for it. The next three years will be some of the most challenging but rewarding years yet. Take it all in stride and learn why different people do things different ways so you can establish your own style of practice. We were all residents at one point and know it can be frustrating to be told to do something one way, just to be told the very next day to do it some other way. You will learn multiple ways to accomplish the same task. We are all learning and trying to get better, so take any suggestions as ways you can improve. Every day, find out what they think you could have done better. This is priceless information that you will never really be able to get again. Use your faculty to get feedback about your practice. Learn from them what you can t learn from a book. You have three years with your attendings, you a have a lifetime with your books. Your attendings are there to help you apply that knowledge and to help you develop judgment. 2Ĥ Your textbooks are there for you to accumulate knowledge. Other times you will be exhausted and will only be able to get through the highpoints for your cases the next day. Some nights you will have more time and energy and will be able to get an hour of reading done. Make a commitment to read at least 5 minutes every night. The department buys you several books to assist you in this process but they are only useful if you read them. ![]() You need to know the implications of each of your patient s comorbidities and the medications they are on. It comes from learning about your patients and the surgeries they will be having. This ability to anticipate and be prepared doesn t come by accident. You would never say of a racecar driver that they are so skilled because every time they hit another car, they recover really well. Anesthesiologists are not measured by how well they manage a crisis it is by how well they prevent it from ever happening. With experience, you will anticipate what might happen and will take steps to ensure that it never does. Early on you will feel like you are just responding to things that happen in the OR. Initially, you will be overwhelmed by the routine of delivering a basic anesthetic and it will seem like there is so much to do and remember. ![]() Understanding the why is crucial to being able to apply what you learn to the new and often unpredictable situations that you are sure to encounter in the future. Take every opportunity to understand the rationale behind the decisions and techniques you use in the OR. You will never again be able to get the opinion of a faculty member on each aspect of each and every case that you do. ![]() Keep in mind you only have three years to see and do as much as you possibly can with the advantage of having the continuous backup of another anesthesiologist. You are learning the practice of anesthesia so that you can safely deliver anesthetics and take the best possible care of your patients. Think about how hard you ve worked to get to this point and now is the time when it matters most so pour your heart into it! You no longer are learning tidbits of information in preparation for an exam or in order to get a good grade. The practices you establish and knowledge you gain will be far more relevant to your future careers then anything else you ve learned up until this point. As you transition from all prior stages of medical training to this, your anesthesia residency, keep in mind that this final stage is by far, the most crucial. 2 CHAPTER 1 Introduction This is your introduction to the UCSD Department of Anesthesiology Residency Program.ģ SECTION 1 Welcome! - your Education team: Dan, Byron, Bev, Preetham Welcome to the UCSD Department of Anesthesiology!! We, the current members of the department, are very excited to have you join us.
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