Education Program for Anesthesia Trainees

Abstract

  Clinical training in anesthesia has become an essential part of the new resident education system which was started in 2004. Although this system may give us the opportunity to help residents become familiar with clinical anesthesia, the education program might have to be changed so as to reduce the complications which are mainly related to a lack of skilled technique. Using a self-assessment questionnaire, we evaluated the resident learning curves of anesthesia-related issues and found that technical improvement preceded the accrual of medical knowledge. It might be difficult to foresee how this program works in choosing a specialty, however, the perception of a controllable lifestyle accounts for most of the variability in recently changing patterns in the specialty choices of graduating US medical students, and anesthesia is reported to be one of the specialties which offers controllable lifestyle.