Academic Aspects[]
Preceptors[]
- Each hospital has a group of anesthesiologists who practice primarily at one hospital; each day a resident is assigned to a specific operating room and anesthesiologist
Teaching to Service ratio[]
- generally good; each individual anesthesiologist is generally very open to answering questions or giving mini-lectures during the day between cases □ Anesthesia department also has monthly resident rounds that family medicine residents can participate in.
Other Learners Were you working with other residents/students?[]
there was rarely more than one learner per operating room, but there are always other residents (anesthesia, family medicine) and medical students on rotation at the same time
Location[]
Practice Population[]
- patients from London, Ontario and south western Ontario 1) University Hospital - only centre in London with cardiothoracic surgery; mix of high and low acuity cases; no obstetrics 2) St. Joseph's Hospital - greater proportion of lower acuity and day surgeries; obstetrics and hand and upper limb surgery also at this centre 3) Victoria Hospital - higher proportion of higher complexity cases; obstetrics, urology and trauma surgery at this centre
Accommodations[]
N/A
Week in the Life of...[]
- Monday through Friday full day, with Wednesday afternoon fam med academic half day; Each day spent in a different operating room, often with a new staff anesthesiologist
Call requirements[]
- no call shifts are required of family medicine residents; earlier days or later days may be required if you need to review the charts of inpatients who are on your case list the next day
Other Things to add[]
- Excellent teaching around airway management and physiology and pharmacology, opportunity to put in central lines and iv's
Date of Last Edit: November 2010