ABSTRACT
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) is moving toward competency-based medical education. This educational framework requires the description of educational outcomes based on the knowledge, skills, and behaviors expected of competent trainees. An assessment program is essential to provide formative feedback to trainees as they progress to competency in each outcome. This article describes the development of 2 model curricula for airway management training (basic and advanced) using a competency-based framework.
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Airway Management/methods , Anesthesiology/education , Internship and Residency/methods , Clinical Competence , Competency-Based Education/organization & administration , Curriculum , Delphi Technique , Humans , Models, Educational , Program DevelopmentSubject(s)
Anesthesia/methods , Lipoma/pathology , Stents , Tracheal Stenosis/surgery , Bronchoscopy/methods , Cardiomyopathies/pathology , Humans , Laser Therapy , Male , Mediastinal Neoplasms/pathology , Middle Aged , Perioperative Care/methods , Severity of Illness Index , Tracheal Stenosis/pathologyABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: The field of anesthesia continues to be poorly understood and underestimated as a career choice for graduating medical students. The anesthesia clerkship is an important educational experience in which students learn a wealth of medical knowledge. Our aim was to develop an anesthesia clerkship which exposed the students to many aspects of anesthesiology in a well structured supervised environment. Based on this, we hoped that a positive learning experience would attract medical students to choose anesthesiology as a career. METHODS: We structured a four week anesthesia clerkship for third and fourth year medical students, which comprised of time in operating room, intensive care unit, pain and perioperative environments. The students completed a survey anonymously at the conclusion of their clerkship. We gathered 25 medical students' opinion of their newly revised 4 week anesthesia clerkship and analyzed their comments in the hope of creating an optimal educational experience for future students. RESULTS: Students reported an overall satisfaction with the new curriculum. Ninety-six percent of students stated that the clerkship increased their desire to pursue a career in anesthesia. CONCLUSIONS: The response to our survey showed that a structured educational four week anesthesia clerkship was highly satisfactory and increased medical students desire to pursue a career in anesthesia.
