Career Night 2012 Desiree Persaud MD FRCPC Program Director Anesthesia Associate Professor University of Ottawa University of Ottawa Anesthesia Residency Program

Our Program Ottawa Anesthesia training program one of the best in the country. Always matches in the first round! Second biggest in the country Flies through accreditation every cycle. One of the best track records for success on the royal college exams 7 CMG CaRMS positions.

Do anesthesioloigists put people to “sleep”? NOT what we do!! Medically induced coma. Highly potent anesthetic agents that have effects on every major body system. Must be pharmacology and physiology experts.

What so we do in anesthesia other than “put people to sleep”? –The one everyone calls when they need help! Peripheral lines Invasive lines The airway expert –Specialists in acute care medicine –Specialist in perioperative medical care –Specialist in acute pain management –Specialist in interventional surgical and chronic pain management –Code team member: cardiac arrest, trauma team –Interventional procedural training: – U/S lines, regional blocks, echo (transthoraic/esophageal)

Day to day experiences High variety: neurosurg, vascular, peds, cardiac, Extremes of Age, co-morbities, surgical pathology Clinic work: pre-assessment, chronic pain, acute pain Majority of our work is acute in nature Days have a defined beginning and end. When you are off you are off!! Job security: Always work for us: academic, community, locum. One of the first specialties that recognized the impact of work fatigue: 24 hour call for staff at TOH: non existent One of the first residency programs to embrace; duty hour restriction:

The Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus The Ottawa Hospital General Campus The Ottawa Hospital Riverside Campus The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario The University of Ottawa Heart Institute Major participating Hospitals

The Ottawa Hospital: Civic campus 46 staff Anesthetists residents at a time Major surgical specialties Vascular Center Neuro-surgery Center Regional Trauma Center Nationally/Internationally recognized Regional Anesthesia Centre Critical care unit Internationally recognized model Pre-Admission Unit

The Ottawa Hospital General Campus 31 Staff Anesthetists 8 residents at a time Thoracic Center Oncologic Surgery Center Hyperbaric Oxygen Unit High Risk Obstetrical Unit Critical care unit A multidisciplinary Chronic Pain Centre

Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (C.H.E.O) 17 Staff Anesthetist 5-7 residents at a time Serves Western Quebec and Eastern Ontario All major surgical procedures including Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

University of Ottawa Heart Institute 14 staff Anesthetists 2 rotations: one as a junior and one as a senior 1-2 residents at a time in CSICU TEE teaching emphasized in the senior rotation

Riverside Campus Ambulatory Care Outpatient Regional anesthesia catheter service Eye Care Center

Simulation Centre The uOSSC (University of Ottawa Skills and Simulation Centre) was newly opened in It is the largest centre in Canada. Each resident attends two simulation half days per year. In addition there are a number of multi-team sessions eg Obstetrics scenarios and a newly planned trauma team session. There are also a number of on-going education research sessions eg TEE training In May/June the PGY-1s also have a boot camps called the TIC course:(Transition to Independent call)

PGY 1 Rotation Requirements Emergency1 block Radiology1 block Cardiology1 block Respirology 1 block Adult ICU 1 block Pre-Assessment Unit/APS1 block Pediatric Emergency1 block General Surgery 1 block Electives 1 block Anesthesia3 blocks Obstetrics 1 block

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