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Frequently Asked Questions

 

Hours Worked Per Week

 

  • Average 55 hours including call
    (Hours can range from 50-60 hours per week depending on specific rotations)
  • Residents are non-clinical on the day following in-house call

 

Call Schedule

 

Year Average Frequency
CBY Every fourth night
(varies depending on specific rotation)
CA-1 Every seventh night
CA-2 Every seventh night
CA-3 Every seventh night

 

Vacation and Meeting Times

(Effective October 1, 2010)

Year Vacation Meeting Salary
CBY 3 weeks $46,984
CA-1 3 weeks up to 5 days $48,622
CA-2 3 weeks up to 5 days $50,203
CA-3 3 weeks up to 5 days $51,306

 

Clinical Experience


Each resident can expect to do more than 1,500 cases during their three years of Anesthesiology training

Total Cases 35,264
General Anesthetic 27,876
Regional Anesthetic 4,862
MAC Anesthetic 2,526
Pediatric Surgeries 10,592
Anesthesia-assisted, non-surgical deliveries 1,828
Anesthesia-assisted C-sections 984
Cardio-Thoracic Surgeries 1,938
Neurosurgeries 948
Total Organ Transplants: 139
Kidney 65
Lung 12
Heart 19
Liver 43
Outpatient Surgeries 20,214
Total Pain Clinic Visits 6,125
Total Pain Clinic Procedures 1,800
Total Acute Pain Cases 469
Total Acute Pain Rounds 2,418
Acute Pain Consultations 243
Acute Pain Procedures (outside OR) 631

 

Educational Benefits Package

 

  • CBY year
    • Clinical Anesthesiology by Morgan and Mikhail
  • CA-1 year
    • I-Pad for use during Residency
    • $3000 for approved meeting and book fund
        • NCSA, ASA, IARS, SCCM, SPA, SAAMBA, SCA, SOAP

 

Educational and Meeting Support

 

  • Plan to attend Carolina Refresher Lectures during residency (w/support)
  • ABA Exam fee covered for CA-3's
    • $1400
  • Other Travel Awards possible for presentations with merit/approval
    • NCSA, GAARC, Regional Subspecialty meetings, National meetings
  • USMLE Step 3 fee
  • NCMB Training License Renewal
  • ASA and IARS annual dues

 

Resident Origins


Our current residents come from the following medical schools:

Indiana University
Johns Hopkins
Louisiana State University
Marshall University
Medical College of Georgia
Medical University of South Carolina
Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Northwestern University
Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Ross University
State University of New York at Syracuse
St. Louis University
SUNY Buffalo
Temple University School of Medicine
Texas Tech
Tulane University
University of Alabama

 

University of Cincinnati
University of Colorado
University of Florida
University of Maryland
University of Michigan
University of Missouri-Columbia
University of Missouri-Kansas City
University of Nairobi
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
University of Texas Medical Branch
University of Toledo
University of Virginia
University of Washington
Virginia Commonwealth University
Wake Forest University
Wayne State University
Wright State University