ACGME requirements for Anesthesiology training

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* 1. Which of the following best describes your current level of experience:

medical student

anesthesiology resident

anesthesiology sub-specialty fellow

anesthesiologist in practice <5 years

anesthesiologist in practice at least 5 years

Other (please specify)

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* 2. Do you participate in the hiring process for new anesthesiologists in your department/organization?

Always

Sometimes

Never

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* 3. The ACGME continues to expand mandated time blocks for training in non-OR subjects. Since the residency program is limited to 3 years, these mandates can only be satisfied by reducing the time spent in the OR. Which one of the following statements do you most agree with?

The ACGME mandated reduction in OR experience has no impact on the development of OR clinical skills

The ACGME mandated reduction in OR experience adversely impacts the development of OR clinical skills

The ACGME mandated reduction in OR experience improves the development of OR clinical skills

Other (please specify)

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* 4. With the expanding role of anesthesiologists in pain management, intensive care medicine and other areas, which one of the following statements do you most agree with?

Anesthesiology residency training should be expanded to four years beyond internship.

The internship year (PGY-0) should be modified to partially satisfy some of the non-OR ACGME requirements (e.g. ICU and pain management experience) in order to keep post-internship anesthesiology training to the current three years.

Anesthesiology residency training can easily accommodate these expanded ACGME mandated non-OR training requirements as is.

To preserve OR time during residency, experience in non-OR topics should be reduced from the current ACGME mandates. This change recognizes the increasing need for fellowship training in areas like ICU or pain management in order to be competitive in those non-OR job markets.

Other (please specify)