| Department of Anesthesiology at UF |
| Residency Training Options Available |
The residency training program in Anesthesiology at the University of Florida College of Medicine is fully accredited by the Council of Graduate Medical Education. There are four postdoctoral years of training in an anesthesiology residency. The first twelve months, the clinical base year, are devoted to clinical training in an area other than clinical operative anesthesia. The next twenty-four months are devoted to basic anesthesia training including rotations through subspecialty anesthesia. The final twelve months are called "advanced anesthesia training." During this year, the resident receives advanced and complex clinical anesthesia training, subspecialty training, or may combine this training with research. To receive proper credit for residency training from the American Board of Anesthesiology, the resident must successfully obtain state medical licensure prior to completion of residency. In this program, all residents must complete all 3 parts of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) by the end of the CA1 (PGY-2) year of residency.
The University of Florida College of Medicine offers two
training options that satisfy the requirements of the American Board of
Anesthesiology (TABLE 3) for medical students who plan to use the mechanism of
the National Resident Matching Program.
| TABLE 3: TRAINING OPTIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA | |||
| NRMP PROG # | LOCATION | (clinical base) | YEARS 2-3 (CA1-2) |
| 1824040CO | Gainesville PGY1-4 | 3 Months Trauma Care** 2 Months Neurology-Pain Management 1 Month Anesthesia 1 additional month critical care (SICU or PICU) Remainder - RAD, SURG, MED, ED, NSURG
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4 Months SICU 20 Months clinical anesthesia including at least 2 months of each subspecialty |
| 1824040AO | Gainesville PGY2-4 | approved transitional year or year of medicine, surgery, pediatrics, or community medicine |
same as above |
Both programs offer the advanced clinical anesthesia, subspecialty anesthesia, and research training options in year four.
In the first option all four years of training are conducted in Gainesville (NRMP #1824040CO). The first year of training is very flexible, and will be constructed with significant input from the resident. Required rotation include a 3-month integrated trauma rotation described above and a 2 month sequential neurology / pain management rotation which will give the resident a firm background in the neurologic evaluation of the patient with acute and chronic pain. Elective rotations are available in anesthesiology, surgical ICU, pediatric ICU, emergency medicine, radiology, medicine, and surgery. Program requirements in Anesthesiology only permit one month of training in Anesthesiology in the PGY-1 year. The PGY-2 year is spent in basic anesthesia rotations, critical care rotations, preoperative evalutation clinic, recovery room, and less complex subspecialty rotations. The PGY-3 year is devoted entirely to subspecialty training. The final portion of the residency training is described in the section about the CA-3 year of the residency (see below). Applicants graduating in 2008 who desire to apply to this program should choose NRMP #1824040CO. This program is available only through the NRMP to medical students graduating in the Spring of 2008.
As a second option, many graduating medical students prefer to spend one or more years in internal medicine, surgery, community health and family medicine, pediatrics, or a year in a transitional or flexible internship before starting their training in anesthesiology. We believe this can be very worthwhile because the student learns to accept direct patient care responsibility and increases his/her diagnostic and therapeutic skills. This type of training satisfies the clinical base year requirement of the American Board of Anesthesiology. The student electing this option can apply separately to enter our residency program at the CA1 level. Prior to starting residency, he/she must successfully complete the first year of postdoctoral training in a patient-care specialty at any accredited institution in the United States or Canada. The first year of postdoctoral training must be selected through the National Resident Matching Program. Students graduating from medical school in 2008 who elect this option should choose NRMP #1824040AO for clinical anesthesia training, which begins July 1, 2009. Residents graduating before May, 2008 applying for PGY-2 positions in July, 2009 will also be selected through the National Resident Matching Program. There are currently no PGY-2 positions starting July, 2008. Interested applicants should contact the residency office (352-265-0077) to determine if an unexpected opening has occurred. These positions will only be offered OUTSIDE the matching program since the matching program for those positions is already completed.
The PGY4 (or CA3) year of training, called "Advanced Anesthesia Training," is designed with the needs and goals of the individual resident in mind. Three tracks, as described by the American Board of Anesthesiology, are available as follows:
Residents in this track will complete a minimum of six months of experience in advanced and complex anesthesia assignments. The remaining six months may be spent in one to three selected subspecialty rotations or, alternatively, additional advanced experience in complex anesthesia assignments may be selected. The entire CA-3 training year is elective.
Residents in this track will complete six months of advanced experience in complex anesthesia assignments or, alternatively, in one selected anesthesia subspecialty rotation. The remaining six months will be devoted to laboratory or clinical investigation. Faculty in our own department as well as in allied departments contributes to residency training. In the third year, advanced training is available through the following in-depth clinical programs (see below for descriptions): adult and pediatric critical care medicine, hyperbaric medicine, neurosurgical anesthesia, cardiothoracic anesthesia, pain management (postoperative, chronic, and cancer), obstetric anesthesia, outpatient anesthesia, regional anesthesia, and pediatric anesthesia. In addition, research training programs are available in all of the above areas, and the following: basic anesthesiology, pharmacology, physiology, chemical engineering, neuroscience, veterinary medicine, reproductive biology, and biomedical engineering in anesthesia. Because our faculty has many interests, and our department is closely associated with others in the University, other special interests can be accommodated. Six month rotations in all of the clinical subspecialty areas or in research are available but limited in availability and are awarded on a merit basis.
When a resident completes his/her education at the
University of Florida, he/she is competent not only in clinical anesthesiology,
critical care medicine, and pain management, but also can function as a
consultant to other specialists. Our graduating residents, therefore, are in an
excellent position to obtain private practice or academic positions of their
choice.
RESIDENCY OUTCOME