Thus, our program boasts a highly individualized curriculum, enhanced by a strong academic environment. Learning is furthered by participation at grand rounds, colloquia, subspecialty journal clubs and lectures by visiting professors, that residents attend weekly. Our team approach to medicine is readily apparent when residents are on-call. With three to five residents across all PGY levels, supervised by in-hospital attendings, support is always available. By working together in study groups outside the hospital, colleagues develop close friendships.
Graduates also participate in study groups led by faculty to prepare for the oral boards.
Our mentoring program allows residents to choose from among the attending staff a guide who will be available to them throughout residency training and who will help assure their success. These relationships make the program cohesive, both socially and professionally, and add to the strength of a viable network of alumni who are committed to job placement for our graduates. New pathways in anesthesia continue to evolve. Technological advances position the specialty at the forefront of academic and clinical medicine. At SUNY Downstate, we are committed to meet the challenges of Medicine in the twenty-first century.