University of Ottawa Anesthesia Residency Program

1. University of Ottawa Anesthesia Residency Program Career Night 2012Desiree Persaud MD FRCPCProgram Director AnesthesiaAssociate Professor University of Ottawa

2. Our Program • Ottawa Anesthesia training program one of the best in the country. • Always matches in the first round! • Second biggest in the country • Flies through accreditation every cycle. • One of the best track records for success on the royal college exams • 7 CMG CaRMS positions.

3. Do anesthesioloigists put people to “sleep”? • NOT what we do!! • Medically induced coma. • Highly potent anesthetic agents that have effects on every major body system. Must be pharmacology and physiology experts.

4. What so we do in anesthesia other than “put people to sleep”? • The one everyone calls when they need help! • Peripheral lines • Invasive lines • The airway expert • Specialists in acute care medicine • Specialist in perioperative medical care • Specialist in acute pain management • Specialist in interventional surgical and chronic pain management • Code team member: cardiac arrest, trauma team • Interventional procedural training: • U/S lines, regional blocks, echo (transthoraic/esophageal)

5. Day to day experiences • High variety: neurosurg, vascular, peds, cardiac, • Extremes of Age, co-morbities, surgical pathology • Clinic work: pre-assessment, chronic pain, acute pain • Majority of our work is acute in nature • Days have a defined beginning and end. When you are off you are off!! • Job security: Always work for us: academic, community, locum. • One of the first specialties that recognized the impact of work fatigue: 24 hour call for staff at TOH: non existent • One of the first residency programs to embrace; duty hour restriction:

6. Major participating Hospitals • The Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus • The Ottawa Hospital General Campus • The Ottawa Hospital Riverside Campus • The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario • The University of Ottawa Heart Institute

7. The Ottawa Hospital: Civic campus • 46 staff Anesthetists • 10-12 residents at a time • Major surgical specialties • Vascular Center • Neuro-surgery Center • Regional Trauma Center • Nationally/Internationally recognized Regional Anesthesia Centre • Critical care unit • Internationally recognized model Pre-Admission Unit

8. The Ottawa Hospital General Campus • 31 Staff Anesthetists • 8 residents at a time • Thoracic Center • Oncologic Surgery Center • Hyperbaric Oxygen Unit • High Risk Obstetrical Unit • Critical care unit • A multidisciplinary Chronic Pain Centre

9. Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (C.H.E.O) • 17 Staff Anesthetist • 5-7 residents at a time • Serves Western Quebec and Eastern Ontario • All major surgical procedures including Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

10. University of Ottawa Heart Institute • 14 staff Anesthetists • 2 rotations: one as a junior and one as a senior • 1-2 residents at a time in CSICU • TEE teaching emphasized in the senior rotation

11. Riverside Campus • Ambulatory Care • Outpatient Regional anesthesia catheter service • Eye Care Center

12. Simulation Centre • The uOSSC (University of Ottawa Skills and Simulation Centre) was newly opened in 2010. • It is the largest centre in Canada. • Each resident attends two simulation half days per year. • In addition there are a number of multi-team sessions eg Obstetrics scenarios and a newly planned trauma team session. • There are also a number of on-going education research sessions eg TEE training • In May/June the PGY-1s also have a boot camps called the TIC course:(Transition to Independent call)

13. PGY 1 Rotation Requirements • Emergency 1 block • Radiology 1 block • Cardiology 1 block • Respirology 1 block • Adult ICU 1 block • Pre-Assessment Unit/APS 1 block • Pediatric Emergency 1 block • General Surgery 1 block • Electives 1 block • Anesthesia 3 blocks • Obstetrics 1 block

14. Additional Information • http://www.med.uottawa.ca/anesthesia/eng/index.html