Perception becomes reality and reality become perception. To increase the number of Anesthesiologists, it will require a much more intense involvement with Medical Students. Competition for Medical Student curriculum time will be intensified as specialty Residency positions are reduced as mandated by federal governmental central health policy. The future has become the prologue to the present. It is our responsibility as a University Department to help today's Students transform themselves into tomorrow's leaders.
New problems require new solutions.
This takes more than science to avoid being part of the problem rather than an architect of the solution. This is your future and you must step up and accept this responsibility with enthusiasm. Failure to do so will inevitably destroy what is still left of a Health Care System formerly built upon total dedication to patient welfare. History teaches us that when you become indifferent and lose the will to fight, someone who has the will to fight will take over. You have that power-use it.