Cedars-Sinai's facilities are among the most advanced in the world with state-of-the-art equipment and the application of new technologies.
Case Numbers
Total number of cases or patient encounters available for resident education in CSMC hospital for the last full year (7/1/08 through 6/30/09) preceding this report. |
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| Vaginal delivery |
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5100 |
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| C-Section |
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2100 |
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| Children < 12 y/o |
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3700 |
| Children < 1 y/o |
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700 |
Infants < 45 weeks postconceptual age
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800 |
| Cardiopulmonary bypass |
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900 |
| Other major vascular cases (inc. endovascular.) |
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1590 |
Intrathoracic non-cardiac
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920 |
| Open cranium (inc. Intracerebral vascular) |
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1300 |
| Management of patients undergoing ambulatory surgery |
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7052 |
| Epidural anesthesia including OB |
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6,406 |
| Major trauma cases |
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1465 |
| Subarachnoid blocks for surgical procedures |
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700 |
| Nerve blocks for surgical procedures |
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620 |
Library
The Department of Anesthesia library, also known as our Learning Resources Center (LRC) is located on the 4th floor. It is supplied with current medical texts books, journals, CD's, audio cassettes. There are computers with Internet access. Our LRC always contains recent anesthesia texts and literature to keep our residents and faculty abreast of the current literature.
Also located within hospital is a Medical Library. This is filled with a collection of books emphasizing clinical medicine and is searchable via the Library's electronic catalog. Also available are popular magazines, newspapers, and computers with internet access to health and medical resources.
Anesthesia Training Program Outline
Post Graduate Year I CBY 0
- Medicine Wards (3 months)
- General Surgery-Surgical ICU (2 months)
- Introduction to Anesthesia (1 month)
- Emergency Medicine (1 month)
- Ambulatory Medicine (1 month)
- MICU (2 months)
- Medicine Consultant Service (1 month)
- Vacation (1 month)
Post Graduate Year II Clinical Anesthesia Year CAY I
- Fundamentals of Anesthesia (CAY-I) (5.5 months)
- Acute Pain (1 month)
- Obstetric Anesthesia (1 month)
- Outpatient Anesthesia (1 month)
- Post Operative Care (2 weeks)
- Regional Anesthesia (2 months)
- Vacation (1 month)
Post Graduate Year III Clinical Anesthesia Year II CAY II
- General Anesthesia (2 month)
- Pediatric Anesthesia (2 months)
- Cardiovascular Anesthesia (2 months)
- Neuroanesthesia (1 month)
- Critical Care (2 months)
- Chronic Pain Management (1 month)
- OB Anesthesia (1 month)
- Vacation (1 month)
Post Graduate IV Clinical Anesthesia Year III CAY III
- The CAY III year provides clinical experience and advanced anesthesia training.
- The Program Director in collaboration with the resident will design the resident's CA3 year of training.
- The Advanced Anesthesia training:
1. Advanced Clinical Track - Residents in the Advanced Clinical Track are required to complete a minimum of six months of advanced anesthesia training. They may spend the remaining months in advanced anesthesia training in on to three selected subspecialty rotations or in research.
2. Clinical Scientific Track - The clinical Scientific Track may be fulfilled by completing six months of Clinical or Laboratory Research.
3. Vacation (1 month)
Participation in Research is mandatory for our residents. Residents in our program participate in ongoing research project management and learning technical skills necessary to carry out independent and original research. Academic endowers are strengthened according to prior individual experience through a tutoring and mentoring program with the Director of Research and the Program Director. This includes independent study, readings and attendance at departmental research and statistical seminars. The Director of Research, Co-Director and the Program Director will assist the resident/faculty in planning and carrying out independent research.
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