We are proud of the superlative clinical training available at Ohio State's Wexner Medical Center, resulting in the majority of our residents completing the requirements for cases and procedures set by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)’s Anesthesiology Residency Review Committee by the middle of their CA-2 year. This permits our residents to customize their CA-3 year to fit their educational and training interests, including a variety of clinical and basic science research opportunities, without being encumbered by having to complete case requirements. See a sample rotation schedule below.

CBY

Med - Med - CVICU - SICU - MICU - Cardio - C/S - Surg - ENT - BB/US - Acute Pain - Anesthesiology

CA1

BA - BA - BA - BA - SDS - PACU - OB - Acute Pain - OORA - SICU - Preop - Subspecialty

CA2

CV - Thoracic - Neuro - Ortho Amb - Vasc - Ch Pain - Peds - CVICU - Regional - OB

CA3

ACT - ACT - ACT - Vasc - Thor - Amb - Elective (Liver, OF Acute Pain, Regional, Ch Pain, ICU, TEE, Peds, Research)

Guide
Med = general internal medicine service ; cardio = inpatient cardiology service, C/S = elective, surg = general surgery service; BB/US = blood bank/ultrasound
BA = main OR anesthesia, SDS = same-day surgery, OORA = out of OR anesthesia
ACT = advanced clinical training main OR anesthesia/variety of advanced/complex cases

Anesthesiology residents in all training years are assigned to the on-call schedule. Residents on call are provided with access to vending, lounge, computer and study facilities. Individual call rooms include televisions, bathrooms and computers in each room, as well as 24-hour access to linens and towels.

• CA-1, CA-2, CA-3 main OR call details
  • 16 hour call with the post-call day off on Monday through Friday
  • 24 hour call on Saturday and Sunday
  • Call averages one day every six days
  • Meals on call: residents are provided catered dinners from outside vendors 7 nights a week
• Subspecialty call details
  • OB: 1 week of nights (Sunday to Thursday from 6pm-7am) while on rotation, OB call intermittently throughout CA1-3 year after completing first month of OB
  • SICU: Night float system
  • Peds: 1-2 weekend day calls per month (7a-5pm)
  • Pain: Generally one 24-hour weekend call and one weekend rounding on the inpatient service (short days)
  • Regional: 2-3 OR calls during the rotation

Our residents spend their rotations at a few different clinical sites, all located within close proximity to the main medical center.

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• OSUWMC – one campus including University Hospital, Ross Heart Hospital, and the James Cancer Center
  • Majority of rotations
• Nationwide Children’s Hospital
  • Pediatrics
• OSU East Hospital
  • Orthopedic ambulatory anesthesia; emphasis on regional anesthesia
• Eye and Ear Institute and Jameson Crane Sports Medicine Institute
  • Ambulatory anesthesia

No Pain Labor

Outreach program in China to promote safe labor and decrease the rate of cesarean delivery.

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Project EAR

Humanitarian effort to help the poor and underserved in the Dominican Republic who suffer from hearing loss and ear disease. During this week-long trip, our residents provide anesthesia to facilitate procedures performed by our ENT colleagues.

Our department offers ACGME-accredited fellowships in cardiothoracic anesthesiology, critical care medicine, obstetric anesthesiology, pain medicine, and acute pain and regional anesthesia. The department also offers fellowships in neuroanesthesiology and ambulatory anesthesiology/business and leadership. As such, our residents have faculty readily available to mentor them in all subspecialty fields.

As a large institution with a complex patient population, our fellows take on different roles from residents and do not compete with residents for participation in patient care.

Learn more about our fellowships