Resident performance in the operating room is evaluated daily by staff. A faculty advisor provides each resident with feedback on their progress. As confidence and experience is gained, the new resident will begin overnight call responsibilities. In addition to caring for patients in the operating room and on labor and delivery, the call team provides 24 hour support for airway resuscitation, and trauma management throughout the hospital and in the Ronald Reagan Institute of Emergency Medicine. Overnight call responsibilities also include management of an active acute pain service.
Residents have no assigned departmental responsibilities on the day after overnight call.
During the CA-2 year, residents gain extensive clinical experience in the subspecialty areas of anesthesia by means of a specialty block rotation system. The CA-3 year constitutes advanced anesthesia training involving management of difficult or complex procedures and the care of seriously ill patients.