Curriculum

• 2 months on regional anesthesia service at Sawgrass Surgery Center- busy, efficient outpatient center with various upper and lower extremity blocks.
• 5 months on Acute Pain Service at Strong Hospital- large tertiary care center with Level 1 trauma and high acuity, complex patients
• 1 month OR anesthesia in a primarily orthopedic trauma room
• 2 weeks optional at Sawgrass Outpatient Chronic Pain Clinic- specialized management of chronic pain and cancer patients
• 6 weeks of Elective Clinical Rotations (Highland Community Hospital- large geriatric population and joint surgery hospital; Orthopedic/trauma OR anesthesia; Palliative Care Medicine, etc.)

Education

Sample Weekly Lecture Topics

• Regional Anesthesia: Monitoring, Sedation, Equipment
• Upper Extremity Blocks
• Principals of Sonography
• Neuronal Anatomy and Physiology
• Pharmacology of LA
• Local Anesthetic Additives
• Regional Anesthesia and Outcomes
• Lower Extremity Blocks
• Anti-coagulation Guidelines
• Complications of Peripheral Nerve Blocks

• Anatomy of Neuraxial Space
• Neuraxial opioids
• Pharmacology and Management of Opioids
• Non-opioid Anesthesia
• Consent and Medical-Legal Concerns
• Epidural & Spinal Anesthesia and Analgesia
• Truncal Nerve Blocks
• IV Regional Anesthesia/ Catheters
• Biopsychosocial Influences on Pain

Additional education activities

• Grand rounds
• Multidisciplinary Conferences
• Journal Club
• Board review
• Teaching Residents
• A scholarly project in QI, education or research
• Research opportunities in collaboration with surgical teams (cardiothoracic, breast, plastics, etc)
• Production of multimedia online teaching modules for residents
• Opportunity to present at a local/regional conference